Acropolis Now
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2000 - 2002
- 12 episodes (2 series)
It is 408 BC, and there is all kinds of business going on at the Acropolis Fish Restaurant in Ancient Athens. Stars Alan Cox, Stephen Moore, Robert Hardy, Tom George, Rosemary Leach and more.
Acropolis Now trivia
There are some historical inaccuracies in Acropolis Now.
* Aristophanes and Heraclitus are not related.
* Aristophanes and Heraclitus' mother was not the Oracle of Delphi.
* Heraclitus died in 475 B.C. and died before most of the other characters were born. Socrates was born in c. 469 B.C., Aristophanes in c. 446 B.C. and Plato between 428-427 B.C.. Heraclitus has been dead for 67 years by the time the series begins.
There is also an Australian sitcom called Acropolis Now, but this is set in a modern-day cafe.