Concerning historic validity of docu-drama "Ancient roads from Christ to Constantine" on PBS

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Hello, I recently viewed a six part series entitled “Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine” by British history professor Jonathan Phillips from the Royal Holloway University of London. The series was aired on KCET CH. 28-2 in Los Angeles and was a repeat for the 2016 Easter season after originally being aired in March of 2015.

I was curious if anyone can comment on whether this series would be a good teaching tool for evangelizing for the Catholic Churches early roots and development. The documentary seems to be well produced, has an excellent musical score and does a good job of connecting historic events of the early Church Christ founded and details the lives of the Apostles and how they and the early Church fathers and martyrs influenced the society of their day. I am also curious if the research sited in the series is accurate?
 
I see the 2 DVD set is available on Amazon and I was thinking of buying it as a resource for early church history. I guess the title ‘docu-drama’ isn’t actually correct. It’s more of a travel documentary with guest commentators/experts being asked questions and answering and accompanying graphics on the subjects. I especially enjoyed the original musical score from Jose Julian Gonzalez. Really first rate production. What I’de like to know is if it’s worth trusting the experts and all the ‘facts’ presented? I don’t find it hostile to Christianity in any way, in fact it seems to display an admiration for the early Christians on the part of the writer/narrator.
 
I don’t have much to say about the accuracy except that I didn’t see anything that stuck me as wrong or questionable.

I agree, it was a top notch production and the musical score was great. I recommend it (and might have to get the DVDs myself).
 
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