“Surviving Pompeii With Tom Hiddleston” Coming Soon To National Geographic & Disney+
Following Tom Hiddleston’s successful team up with Disney for Marvel’s “Loki”, the British actor is set to star in a brand new documentary by National Geographic, which is currently going by the working title of “Surviving Pompeii With Tom Hiddleston”.
This new series will see Tom Hiddleston bring his passion for ancient history to life in “Surviving Pompeii With Tom Hiddleston”, which is going to be produced by Plimsoll Productions. Continuing his partnership with “Loki” executive producer Kevin R. Wright on this original concept, Hiddleston leads a groundbreaking historical exploration that immerses audiences in the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and the hauntingly preserved Roman city it left behind.
“Surviving Pompeii With Tom Hiddleston”. is a creatively ambitious meld of documentary and drama on a journey into the past that is still echoed in the present. Hiddleston, who studied Classics at Cambridge University and is a dedicated enthusiast of ancient history, embarks on a detective-like quest, breathing life back into the lost voices of Pompeii’s people.
Each episode uncovers real stories hidden for centuries, revealing the extraordinary instants of everyday life that allow us to touch the humanity of those who lived almost 2,000 years ago. Through richly emotional narratives, Hiddleston unveils a remarkably modern city and brings to light the lives of ordinary Romans — not just the elite — showing how their resilience and choices still echo in our world today.
Surviving Pompeii With Tom Hiddleston”. is both a forensic investigation and a deeply empathetic experience, drawing viewers into a meticulous, minute-by-minute retelling of Pompeii’s final moments. This is history as you’ve never seen it: captivating, urgent and profoundly human.
For Plimsoll Productions, Grant Mansfield, Alan Eyres, Helen Flint and Tom Barbor-Might are executive producers. Kevin R. Wright and Tom Hiddleston are executive producers. For National Geographic, Carolyn Payne is executive producer; Bengt Anderson is senior vice president, Production; Charlie Parsons, is senior vice president, Development; and Tom McDonald is executive vice president, Global Factual and Unscripted Content.
No details have been announced for when this series will arrive on the National Geographic channel or Disney+, but it’s likely going to be a while, since National Geographic does tend to announce new projects far in advance.
Roger’s Take: I was lucky enough to visit Pompeii last year and it’s an interesting experience, so I’m looking forward to checking this documentary out, since it’ll no doubt provide me with more insight into what I’ve seen, which, while my tour guide was great, he isn’t the storyteller that Tom Hiddleston is.
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