Key biography and cast list
Production
Executive Producer - Philip Dolling
Phil Dolling has been an Executive Producer at the BBC for over ten years, working on a variety of programmes such as Human Instinct with Robert Winston and Space with Sam Neil.
He recently moved to the BBC's History Department where he made Genghis Khan and The Battle of Trafalgar with Michael Portillo.
Series Producer
- Paul Bradshaw
Paul Bradshaw has produced a number of series and single documentaries for the BBC, breaking new ground in the way that history is told, for example: the Emmy and RTS-nominated series, Terry Jones' Medieval Lives (for Oxford Film & Television), which he conceived and developed with Terry Jones.
Director/Writer - Ferdinand Fairfax
Ferdinand Fairfax has worked as a director on many productions, including the 1996 Royal Command Film True Blue; Rose & Maloney (ITV); Lynda La Plante's Trial and Retribution; The Choir (BBC); and Jeeves & Wooster (ITV). His work as writer/director includes Egypt's Belzoni episodes and the highly-acclaimed Winston Churchill, The Wilderness Years (ITV, ten Bafta nominations)
Howard Carter
Howard Carter - Stuart Graham
Stuart has recently starred in Steel River Blues, Waking the Dead and Silent Witness and is a regular face in British theatre.
Lord Carnarvon - Julian Wadham
Lady Carnarvon - Caroline Langrishe
Pierre Lacau - Valentine Pelka
Theodore Davis - William Hope
Leonard - Laurence Fox
The Great Belzoni
Belzoni - Matthew Kelly
Better known for his role as a light entertainer in Stars in your Eyes or presenter on City Hospital, Matthew is a trained actor and the recipient of an Olivier Award (Best Actor) for his role as Lenny in Of Mice and Men at the Birmingham Rep.
As well as his lead role as Belzoni in Egypt, Matthew is also starring in the BBC adaptation of Bleak House.
Sarah Belzoni - Lindsay Baxter
James Curtin - Nevan Finnigan
Henry Salt - Robert Portal
John Lewis Bukhardt - Thomas Lockyer
Drovetti - Joseph Long
Champollion
Jean-François Champollion - Elliot Cowan
Elliot has featured in ITV's Poirot and the BBC's Jonathan Creek and Judge John Deed; he is also a well-known face in British theatre.
Jacques-Joseph Champollion - Stuart Bunce
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