ITV Choice Readies Tutankhamun Debut

LONDON: Tutankhamun, starring Max Irons and Sam Neill, is slated to debut on November 17 on ITV Choice.

Written by Guy Burt (The Borgias), the four-parter is based on the story of Howard Carter (Irons) and his discovery of the tomb of one of Ancient Egypt’s forgotten pharaohs, the boy-king Tutankhamun. Neill takes the role of Lord Carnarvon, who keeps faith with Carter and continues to back his expeditions when no one else will. The series was filmed in the Northern Cape, parts of which were transformed into Egypt’s famous Valley of the Kings.

Director Peter Webber (Girl with a Pearl Earring, Hannibal Rising) said of the series’ location: “There are not many jobs in this world where you get to build an exact-to-scale, minutely detailed, life-size replica of Tutankhamun’s tomb.”