Miniseries · Channel 4
Richard E. Grant's Very Modern Odyssey
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Richard E. Grant's Very Modern Odyssey actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Richard E. Grant's Very Modern Odyssey reads strongest on Serialized, Cliffhanger Intensity and Tension.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
In celebration of the biggest movie release of this summer - Christopher Nolans' The Odyssey, Richard E. Grant recreates the route of Odysseus' 20-year voyage, travelling to Malta, Sicily, Italy, Tunisia, Turkey, Corfu and Ithaca, exploring the ancient worlds and modern places which formed the inspiration for Homer’s masterpiece.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Rob McCabeProducer
- Emma ReadExecutive Producer
Direction
- Paul BithreyDirector
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