WATCHING TROY FALL: THE PODCAST

EPISODE 1: THE CHALLENGE OF TRANSFORMING BRONZE AGE EPIC INTO 21ST CENTURY TELEVISION


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In this inaugural episode of WATCHING TROY FALL I lay out my master plan for the podcast serial:  a series of “Anticipatory Episodes” followed by eight “Viewing Episodes” (see the ABOUT PAGE for all the details).  Then I dive into a quick primer of the BIG 5 background questions that NETFLIX/BBC will have had to get their heads around, before creating TROY: FALL OF A CITY.  Was there really a city called Troy?  And was there really a Trojan War?  And if yes, then who fought in that war?  And what was the war really about?  And how do we – 3000 years later – know about that war today?
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WATCHING TROY FALL: THE PODCASTBy Jeff Wright