Ephemera, made in 2004 by Sean Caveille, is a short film about the popularity of archaeology/history programmes on TV. At the time, new quick-paced series like Extreme Archaeology (Channel 4) and Hidden Treasure (BBC 2) were desperately trying to capture new viewers by turning archaeology into that most dreaded of adjectives - 'sexy'. Four years later and the BBC are trying to do the same thing again with Bonekickers... Ephemera has a distinctive visual style which is achieved through placing the importance back upon the archaeology itself: once the interviews were filmed and edited, they were video-projected onto prehistoric West Kennet long barrow and re-filmed. More about this can be found here: http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/video/ephemera-about.htm The director’s website: http://www.timesequence.com/

In 1979 as a boy James Balme became interested in history and archaeology. For many years he spent time exploring the landscape in search of our ancestors. He has made many exciting discoveries during this time. In 1998 James launched a research project to explore the history that surrounded him close to his home. Now for the 1st time this short compilation of tv clips highlights how he has taken an interest and hobby forward to feature many times on British television including cult archaeological series Time Team who joined James in 2006 for a three day dig for the 2007 series. James continues his research and has just launched phase two of his research into the ancient past of the landscape that surrounds him ....

Journey of Mankind the Peopling of the World. In part one, with the aid of modern science Professor Stephen Oppenheimer sheds light on the most important journey ever made by mankind. From the earliest figurative rock art of the remote Kimberley region of north-western Australia to the mysterious stone statues of Easter Island. Throwing light on the artistic legacy of our ancient ancestors, we travel from the deep caves of Niaux in France to the magnificent carved giraffe of the Sahara, and on to the dawn of the age of the megalith in Europe. In this first series of iLecture documentary films, join us as we explore our prehistoric world. Drawing on knowledge of some of the worlds leading experts the Bradshaw Foundation website covers ancient Rock Art and Cave Paintings found throughout the world, along with articles and latest news on Archaeology, Anthropology and The Journey of Mankind. To watch iLecture Documentary Films covering these subjects please visit ... http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/ilectures