Good concept, poorly executed.

Blistering performances.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Despite the inaccuracies, this miniseries is still watchable fascinating and well made. The story of the greatest discovery is so good that it makes up for the faults. The discovery itself is quite thrilling and one can really feel the joy. One of the best points is the detail shown. There are lots of details about the financial, political difficulties regarding the dig. It does give some historical context to the time of the discovery. The question over what Egypt gets to keep and what the discoverer gets as a reward is interesting. It's not right that foreigners take away the historical treasures of any country yet the discoverer needs some compensation for their expenses.Dealing with the faults: It wasn't filmed in Egypt and the sand and valley are darker and don't look like Egypt. It would have been tough to film in Egypt with all the instability since 2011 anyway. The romances with a Met Museum woman and Lady Evelyn Herbert are a little distracting but I guess if they didn't blow these up it would have been kind of like a documentary. There are some bad American accents of a few characters. Also Max Irons is too young looking at the time of the discovery - bit like Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the Tudors. But so what - he is watchable and actually is quite good here if you ignore the age thing - I can't think of another young actor who could have done a better job. A little more of the factual elements of the curse could have been shown besides Lord Carnarvon's death. Some strange things did happen. Better than showing the romances.If you enjoyed this - highly recommend a 1980 TV movie "The Curse of King Tut's Tomb", an excellent and exciting movie about the discovery and the curse. Forget about the more recent one with Casper Van Dien.Quite a pleasure to watch despite it's faults.

There are a lot of bad reviews for this programme and I feel I have to say something. I actually joined IMDb to post this review. It is a TV dramatisation, not a reenactment. Not every detail will be accurate, because they want to make it accessible to the main stream public who are not experts in the story and who want to be entertained as much as educated. I'm not an expert, just an ordinary member of the public, and perhaps if I was an Egyptologist I would be disappointed by this version of the Howard Carter story, but as an ordinary member of the public, I absolutely love it! It is atmospheric, beautiful, intriguing, and gripping. I love the actors, I love the scenery I love the costumes and of course the storyline. Who wouldn't love a story set in a vibrant and colourful part of the world, at an exciting time period, about a treasure hunt? And it makes me want to find out more and educate myself about the real story, which surely should be the aim of any good drama about a real historical event.

It is sometimes understandable why historical dramas based on long-ago events are tampered with in order to add a love story or whatever. But to present the story of Carter's discovery which fascinated the world in such an inaccurate way is inexcusable. It is pathetic. The producers and writers should be ashamed. There is no evidence of the love affair between Carter and Carnarvon's daughter. Carter was 48 yrs old at time of Tut's discovery not some stud in 20s or thereabouts as depicted in this fantasy plot. Carnarvon and his daughter were not in Egypt at the time. They had to travel from England before Carter was prepared to investigate his discovery further - a situation entirely contrary to the warped plot of this TV series. The point is that the incredible story of Carter's discovery already has the ingredients for a spectacular cinematic portrayal. Shame on those responsible for this butchered presentation of the facts.

very poor in retrospect to the truth, for starters where is the Nile river in the shots, it was not that far away, Sam neill is a great actor and i find it hard to understand why he took this role as it's very week and untrue to the great lord carnarvon the 5th earl,lady evelyn carnarvon would have only been around the age of 21 and not the age depicted in the show, and lady evelyn never had an affair with carter, the rolls Royce was never there and was not the car that lord carnarvon had use of at that time, i find the show a complete embarrassment of the true story and for Itv to have play it on TV is a shame, i love ITV but this is a new low and i have canceled my recordings on sky. i shall not be watching it any longer, very disappointed in the series,roby