Building the Great Pyramid

Building the Great Pyramid
File:BBC Pyramid DVD Cover.jpg BBC DVD Cover
Also known as	Pyramid
Genre	Documentary
Written by	Jonathan Stamp Steven Manuel
Directed by	Jonathan Stamp
Starring	Hisham Abdullah Mohamed Awad
Voices of	Omar Sharif Christian Brückner
Narrated by	Michael Pennington Tom Hewitt Marc Bator
Composers	Jonathan Cooper Martyn Swain
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Steven Manuel
Running time	60 minutes
Distributor	BBC Worldwide
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	28 October 2002 (2002-10-28)
Chronology
Related	Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death Pompeii: The Last Day

Pyramid aka Building the Great Pyramid is a 2002 BBC Television documentary film which tells the story of the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza through the commentary of the fictional builder, Nakht.

Production

The film was produced by the BBC in co-production with the Discovery Channel and NDR.

Awards

• Primetime Emmy Award 2003
  • Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or Special
• International Emmy Awards 2004
  • Nominated: Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special

Media information

DVD release

• Released on Region 2 DVD as a bonus disc with Egypt.

Companion book

• Jackson, Kevin; & Jonathan Stamp (10 October 2002). Pyramid. BBC Books (hardcover). ISBN 978-0-563-48803-3.
• Jackson, Kevin; & Jonathan Stamp (1 February 2003). Building the Great Pyramid. Firefly Books (paperbook). ISBN 978-1-55297-719-4.

External links

• Pyramid at IMDb