A Very English Genius

Overview

The work and unexplained death of Michael Ventris, the English architect, classicist, and philologist who deciphered the ancient Mycenaean Greek script Linear B, are portrayed.

Cast

L

Lynden Edwards

Michael Ventris

Sam Baron

Young Michael Ventris

Jack Davenport

Narrator

J

Judy Cowne

Dorothea Ventris

R

Robert Nisbet

Arthur Evans