On Sunday night Channel 4 launches a new game show which is based within the British Museum. Their microsite is a bit sparse, but here’s the blurb:
Channel 4 from Sunday 12 November 6.45pm & More4 Sunday 19 November 11.45am
Locked in the British Museum overnight, a team of intrepid contestants must turn historical detectives to crack the mysterious Codex. Along the way they need to solve puzzles based around some of the world’s most important and mysterious treasures, including the Rosetta Stone and the Flood Tablet.
A fresh and engaging combination of game show and historical mystery tour, Codex is a major collaboration between Channel 4 and the British Museum. Tony Robinson guides the contestants and viewers through darkened galleries as each episode visits a different period of history, shedding light on artefacts from Ancient Egypt, Imperial Rome, Mesopotamia, Ancient Athens, China and the Anglo-Saxons.
The objects yield clues to help crack the Codex which leads to the final challenge and the chance of a fantastic prize.
By going to the Codex website that accompanies the series, you can try to crack the code yourself by printing out each week’s ‘codex’, plus take a close look at the artefacts and read about codes and why we are so fascinated by them.
The programme is presented by Tony Robinson/ Baldrick and will probably attract big audiences. A feature in the Guardian in May 2006 explains far more>>
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