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The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Computer

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A historical and scientific investigation telling the extraordinary story of how the ancient Greeks built a computer 2,000 years ago. Set against the glorious backdrop of classical Greece, this Grierson-nominated film follows the international research team who finally solved the puzzle of the ‘Antikythera Mechanism’. Scientific breakthroughs illustrated with stunning graphics and reenactments, reveal a trail of mysterious numbers that solved the conundrum of the gears – a real life Da Vinci code set in ancient Greece.

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English
  • ancient greece
  • computer technology

Behind the camera

Director

Mike Beckham

Produced in

United Kingdom, Greece, France, Japan

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TVPBS (as NOVA: Ancient Computer)3 Apr 2013
    • PremiereTAC Festival, Eugene, OR11 May 2013
  • United KingdomGB

    • TVBBC Four (as The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Computer)10 May 2012
  • GreeceGR

    • PremiereThessaloniki Documentary Festival14 Mar 2012
  • JapanJP

    • TVNHK BS Premium19 Nov 2012

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The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Computer was released on 14 March 2012.

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