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The Aztecs battle to save their civilisation from Spanish invaders – but is the real threat from the enemy within?

At its height, the Aztec civilisation is a vast and well-organised society, ruled by Emperor Moctezuma II and centred on the spectacular island city of Tenochtitlan, which contains around 100,000 people.

But in 1519, the arrival of a band of Spanish conquistadors, led by Hernan Cortes, becomes one of the most fateful moments in world history and exposes the fault lines within the Aztec world. Is the real threat from the enemy within?

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59 minutes

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Fri 19 Dec 202500:50
BBC Two

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Credits

NarratorSophie Okonedo
MoctezumaDavid Bedella
MalintzinAndressa Cardoso Fernandes
CortesAdam Bond
DirectorDuncan Singh
ProducerLindsey Hanlon
Production ManagerEmma Hyland
Series ProducerAnthony Mitchell
Executive ProducerAlexander Leith

Broadcasts

  • Mon 8 Dec 202521:00
    BBC Two
  • Thu 11 Dec 202523:00
    BBC Two except Wales & Wales HD
  • Thu 11 Dec 202523:45
    BBC Two Wales & Wales HD only
  • Fri 19 Dec 202500:50
    BBC Two

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