Chinese Chariots Revealed

A team of experts rebuild an ancient battle chariot to help uncover its design secrets. Airing May 17, 2017 at 9 pm on PBS Aired May 17, 2017 on PBS

Program Description

For over a thousand years, chariots thundered across China’s battlefields, dominating warfare far longer than anywhere else on Earth. Now a series of amazing archaeological discoveries, including whole chariots buried with their horses, has enabled a team of experts to probe the genius of China’s first super-weapon. By recreating a battle chariot, they investigate the design secrets which made them such a long-lived war machine, all while discovering how they were used, what set them apart from the rest of the world, and their role in the unification of China.

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PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY

Giulia Clark

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Bill Locke

EDITED BY

Steve Brown

CAMERA

David Tong
Tom Pilbeam
Piers Leigh

NARRATED BY

Eric Meyers

ACTORS

Tim Dow
Qi Qingxin's Actor Team
Gordon Summers

PRODUCER

Han Zhang

RESEARCHER

Alex Mattholie

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Emma Falkus

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR

Katie King

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION

Shahana Meer

SOUND RECORDISTS

Qiao Xin
Tim Hodge

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Matais Wang

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Simon Priestman

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Douglas Black Heaton
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Mark Peters
Adam Vrijland

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Malcolm Thorp

ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Roger T. Ames
Nikolai Vinogradov

SPECIAL THANKS

Anyang Yinxu Museum
Zhang Bo
Guojiamiao Archaeology Site
Huai’an Museum
Chang Huaiying
Tang Jigen
Hu Jingming
Xiangyang Museum
Li Yinde
Liu Yonghua
Ralph D. Sawyer
Edward L. Shaughnessy
Jon Woodward
Robin D. D. Yates

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Bu Yu
Ren Tong

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Qiu Yuanyuan
Gu Ting

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Ma Han
Liu Xiaocong

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Rob Morsberger

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Ana Aceves

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Caitlin Saks

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Cory Allen

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Paula S. Apsell

A NOVA production by Lion Television for NOVA/WGBH Boston in association with JSBC-I & ARTE France

This program was produced by WGBH, which is solely responsible for its content.

Original funding for this program was provided by Cancer Treatment Centers of America, 23andMe, The David H. Koch Fund for Science, The Steve Perry Foundation, Marjie and Robert Kargman and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.