Troy: Fall of a City: episode by episode
Troy: Fall of a City recap – series 1, episode 8: The Offering
The finale of the BBC’s big-budget – but often lumpy – show finally give us a love story and a tragedy worthy of the name
Troy: Fall of a City recap: series 1, episode 7 – Twelve Days
Things hot up in the best episode of the series so far as Achilles’ weakness is exposed, the Gods get it wrong and Helen finally does something against her own interests
Troy: Fall of a City recap – series 1, episode 6: The Battle on the Beach
Achilles takes to the battlefield, as does Patroclus whose little bit of fancy dress ends disastrously, while Hector faces a reckoning of his own in a packed episode
Troy: Fall of a City recap – series 1, episode 5: Hunted
Bella Dayne’s Helen continues to look like a Real Housewife who has taken a wrong turn on a spa day, but thankfully there were interesting moments elsewhere
Troy: Fall of a City recap – series one, episode four: The Spoils of War
The stakes were finally raised following the sacking of Cilicia, while Paris faced off against Menelaus in an omen-heavy episode
Troy: Fall of a City recap – series one, episode three: Siege
Surely, most of us at home were yelling for Hector to do the right thing with Paris – to no avail – while certain scenes offered a tantalising glimpse of a stronger, more complicated show
Troy: Fall of a City recap – series one, episode two: Conditions
Joseph Mawle’s mournful Odysseus and the otherworldly Gods save the show from Bella Dayne and Louis Hunter’s lack of chemistry
Troy: Fall of a City recap – series one, episode one: Black Blood
Homer’s epic of cruel gods, vanished wives and the destructive power of love gets a fresh take that promises an entertaining eight weeks
