Subj : Re: Rome #4
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : John I
Date : Mon Sep 19 2005 21:27:35

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Tyler Trafford wrote:

> Steve Brooks wrote:
>> Tyler Trafford wrote:
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>>> I haven't seen it yet, but MA's election as Tribunal(?) upset a lot
>>>> of apple carts.  MA's advisors dropped the ball in the area of
>>>> getting him to use his veto, but I suppose a lot of the blame could
>>>> be placed on the conceited MA.
>>>
>>> That, and Antony's inexperience in Senate politics.  From the way he
>>> is portrayed (10 moves ahead of everyone else), Caesar probably
>>> counted on it happening.
>>
>> Can any of you guys watching this tell me if the BBC is credited? I
>> saw a BBC news story from last year suggesting it was a joint
>> produciotn with HBO.
> 
> I don't recall the on-screen credits...
> 
> <quote>
> A co-production between HBO and the BBC, ROME is one of the largest
> co-production deals ever by the BBC for an American series, and marks
> the first series co-production of the two networks.
> </quote>
> 

I think that it's really funny that a guy with an extremely German name is 
the creator and writer of the series.

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