{"id":19882,"date":"2023-07-19T10:21:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T14:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-factual-commissions-pompeii-archaeology-series\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T10:21:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T14:21:44","slug":"bbc-factual-commissions-pompeii-archaeology-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-factual-commissions-pompeii-archaeology-series\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Factual Commissions Pompeii Archaeology Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lion Television has been commissioned to produce the three-part archaeology series <em>Pompeii: The New Dig<\/em> (w.t.) for BBC Two and iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p>The series will follow a new dig that marks the biggest excavation to be carried out in a generation at one of the world\u2019s most famous archaeological sites. It will interweave the remarkable finds with the stories of real individuals who are confirmed to have lived in Pompeii.<\/p>\n<p>The three-parter is being produced by Pompeii expert Elena Mortelliti and Marco Gangarossa. It is being distributed by All3Media International and is set to debut in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m delighted that the team at Pompeii are allowing the BBC to document this extraordinary excavation in a major three-part series,\u201d said Jack Bootle, head of commissioning for specialist factual at BBC. \u201cThe dig has already yielded some incredible treasures, including new remains and the recently discovered \u2018pizza fresco,\u2019 and I can\u2019t wait to see what comes next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard Bradley, chief creative officer at Lion TV, added, \u201cTo be filming a new dig of this scale at Pompeii is a unique privilege. The audience will have a ring-side seat as the archaeologists open a window into the ancient Roman world frozen in time 2,000 years ago. The discoveries are already thrilling, with more to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lion Television has been commissioned to produce the three-part archaeology series Pompeii: The New Dig (w.t.) for BBC Two and iPlayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":19883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[5739,5214,699,7018,852,7850,7851],"class_list":["post-19882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-factual","tag-bbc-iplayer","tag-bbc-two","tag-jack-bootle","tag-lion-television","tag-pompeii-the-new-dig","tag-richard-bradley","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC Factual Commissions Pompeii Archaeology Series - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-factual-commissions-pompeii-archaeology-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC Factual Commissions Pompeii Archaeology Series - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lion Television has been commissioned to produce the three-part archaeology series Pompeii: The New Dig (w.t.) for BBC Two and iPlayer.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-factual-commissions-pompeii-archaeology-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-19T14:21:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/BBCTwo-PompeiiTheNewDig-0723.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"338\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-factual-commissions-pompeii-archaeology-series\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-factual-commissions-pompeii-archaeology-series\/\",\"name\":\"BBC Factual Commissions Pompeii Archaeology Series - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-19T14:21:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-19T14:21:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-factual-commissions-pompeii-archaeology-series\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-factual-commissions-pompeii-archaeology-series\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-factual-commissions-pompeii-archaeology-series\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BBC Factual Commissions Pompeii Archaeology Series\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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