Timewatch - Murder in Rome torrent

Title: Timewatch: Murder in Rome

Channel Transmitted: BBC2 / UKTV

Date: 4th March 2005

Source: TVRip

Format: XviD

Category: Documentary / Educational



Description:

--------------------------------------

Dramatized documentary of a famous Roman murder trial which established the law career of Cicero.



Directed by Dave Stewart, and based on a genuine trial record, it's set in Rome in 81BC. Sextus Roscius is accused of murdering his father, and found guilty he'll face an agonising death. However, the stakes are just as high for Cicero, the lawyer defending him. If he wins the case, he could be killed.



Forget the Coliseum. Forget the Circus Maximus. The greatest public spectacle in Rome took place in the Forum, the political and spiritual heart of the Republic. It was here, in the shadow of the Temple of Jupiter, that the bloody and brutal passions of RomeÂ’s leading citizens were laid out for the mob to see.

Rome was a dangerous place. There was no police force to safeguard its streets. And there was no state prosecution service. So the law was only open to the rich and famous. Roman trials were packaged as entertainment, with life or death outcomes. It was such a theatrical experience that the Roman word for actor and lawyer are the same. Thousands flocked to see the spectacle, drawn by the prospect of lurid tales of murder, debauchery, intrigue and violence. ItÂ’s the same principle that motivates millions of readers to buy the tabloids and celebrity magazines today.



Narrator: Michael Praed

Writer: Colin Swash

Director: David Stewart



Cast (Episode Credited cast)

--------------------------------------

Paul Rhys: Cicero

Owen Teale: Erucius

Mark McGann: Sextus Roscius

Penny Downie: Caecilia

Antony Byrne: Magnus

Andrew Greenough: Capito

Gerard Horan: Country gent

Tom Smith: Tiro

Christopher Good: Judge

Richard Ridings: Elder Sextus

Fabien Parfait: Chrysogonus

Michael Praed: Himself - Narrator



A BBC / Discovery Channel co-production



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0954240/





A/V Info:

--------------------------------------

Size: 349 MB 349 MB (358,186 KB / 366,782,884 bytes)

Running Time: 0:45:56.200

Format: Avi, 576 x 368

Aspect Ratio: 1.565 (36:23)

Video Codec: XviD (XviD 1.1.0 Final)

Video Info: Frames/s 25.000, 941 kbps

Audio: English

Audio Codec: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3 VBR

Audio Info: 48000Hz 125 kb/s, Joint Stereo LAME3.93