Nigel Spivey
Birthday: Born in 1958-10-16 in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
Nygel "Nigel" Jonathan Spivey (born 17 October 1958) is a British classicist and academic, specialising in classical art and archaeology. He is a senior lecturer in classics at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Emmanuel College. He has written extensively on the Etruscans and on the Olympic Games.
TV Credits
Kings and Queens
Character: Self - Presenter
The twelve episodes of this BBC series cover a millennium of English monarchy and portray lives of twelve important English monarchs and how each of them impacted the history: William the Conqueror, Henry II, Edward I, Henry V , Richard III, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Charles I, Charles II, George III, Victoria, and to the present Queen Elizabeth II. Each 23-minute episode is filmed on location, with historian Nigel Spivey providing the narration describing bloodshed, lust and political intrigue. ...
How Art Made The World
Character: Himself
Nigel Spivey reveals how the images which surround us today come from the ancient world. It's an epic journey spanning five continents and a hundred thousand years of history....
Cunk on...
Character: Self - Senior Lecturer in Classics
Landmark mockumentary-maker Philomena Cunk traces the history of Britain and Earth....