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Tutankhamun's tomb (lower left) in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor (ancient Thebes), Egypt. King Tut's Chamber Slot There’s always been something exotic about Egypt. And that’s before you add in the mystique of King Tutankhamun (or his funkier name here of King Tut). Does WorldMatch do a pharaoh job (boom boom) with incorporating such a famous figure into a fun slot machine game? Tutankhamun (/ ˌ t uː t ən k ɑː ˈ m uː n /, Ancient Egyptian: twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn), Egyptological pronunciation Tutankhamen (/ ˌ t uː t ən ˈ k ɑː m ɛ n /) (c. 1325 BC), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who was the last of his royal family to rule during the end of the 18th Dynasty (ruled c. 1334 – 1325 BC in the conventional chronology) during the New Kingdom of Egyptian.
| Tutankhamun | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adventure, drama |
| Written by | Guy Burt |
| Directed by | Peter Webber |
| Starring | |
| Composer | Christian Henson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Simon Lewis |
| Cinematography | David Raedeker |
| Editor | David Head |
| Running time | 180 mins. |
| Production companies | |
| Distributor | ITV Studios Global Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 16 October – 6 November 2016 |
| External links | |
| Production website | |
Tutankhamun is a 2016 adventure-dramaserial produced by ITV and Tall Story Pictures which is based on the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter, directed by Peter Webber from a screenplay by BAFTA award-winning writer Guy Burt.[1][2]
Plot[edit]
Archaeologist Howard Carter (Max Irons) stumbles upon evidence of an undiscovered tomb of one of Egypt's forgotten Pharaohs, Tutankhamun. His peers, however, dismiss the idea, save for one man: the wealthy Lord Carnarvon (Sam Neill), a born gambler and thrill-seeker, who agrees to fund Carter's digs.
Cast[edit]
- Max Irons as Howard Carter
- Sam Neill as Lord Carnarvon
- Susan Danford as Lady Carnarvon
- Amy Wren as Lady Evelyn Herbert
- Catherine Steadman as Maggie Lewis
- Nicolas Beaucaire as Pierre Lacau
- Jonathan Aris as Herbert Winlock
- Rupert Vansittart as Flinders Petrie
- Vincent Grass as Gaston Maspero
- Anthony Higgins as Theodore Davis
- Leon Clingman as Arthur Mace
- Vere Tindale as Harry Burton
- Adam Neill as Arthur Callender
Episodes[edit]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 'Episode 1.1' | Peter Webber | Guy Burt | 16 October 2016 | 6.65 |
| 2 | 'Episode 1.2' | Peter Webber | Guy Burt | 23 October 2016 | 5.65 |
| 3 | 'Episode 1.3' | Peter Webber | Guy Burt | 30 October 2016 | 5.40 |
| 4 | 'Episode 1.4' | Peter Webber | Guy Burt | 6 November 2016 | 5.08 |
Home media[edit]
The series was released by ITV on DVD on 7 November 2016.[3] It was made available on the streaming service Britbox in October 2017.[citation needed]
Reception[edit]
The Guardian found the series 'not 100% historically accurate, ... It’s just a bit of fun.' and recommended it for fans of Downton Abbey.[4]
The Daily Telegraph also commented on the lack of historical accuracy of the series, which portrayed an affair between Carter and Lady Evelyn, the Telegraph quoting the 8th Earl of Carnarvon as saying 'there was no romance, it just did not happen that way'.[5]
References[edit]
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- ^'Tutankhamun (TV Mini-Series 2016) - Full Cast & Crew'. IMBb. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^'PRODUCTIONS - TUTANKHAMUN'. Tall Story Pictures. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^'Tutankhamun: DVD & Blu-ray'. Amazon. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^Wollaston, Sam (17 October 2016). 'Tutankhamun review – they could have called it Down-tomb Abbey'. The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^Furness, Hannah (14 October 2016). 'Row over Tutankhamun's tomb affair as ITV drama brings discovery to life'. The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
External links[edit]
- Tutankhamun at IMDb
- Video of composer Christian Henson overseeing a real-time recording session in AIR Studios for the Tutankhamun soundtrack