It's on Sky1. They posted it up on Facebook so hopefully it's true. Maybe check on closer to the date but take it with a pinch of Salt :s ha ha ha xxx

Thanks, everyone, for all the extra info - Starz all round

Sugarcookie - your thread is great, It is a pity it didn't get more attention. I was 'with' Spartacus right up until the time when he slaughtered his horse. Rotten git - ah well, he got his comeuppance. Karma or what

Double checked on my Skybox and yep! Monday at 10pm on Sky1 Woooooo!!!

Very entertaining tv-show with some great actors. But what about the culture at that time...does the tv-show give an accurate idea of how the people inteacted with each other?

The inter-action with people are very brute, sexual orientated and homosexuality is considered something normal and accepted.

It will not surprise me if it was the norm in those times but on the otherhand it seems to contradict the sophisticated culture of the roman society....as far as you can speak of sophistication compared to our time.

Anybody..?

Very brutal season of Spartacus this one, very very enjoyable

I've even grown to accept the new actor after the passing of the original.

As a result of this series, I have actually done some research into Roman history. The Spartacus series (and the Kirk Douglas movie) were approximately 5% solid history and the rest was pure speculation by the modern writers. Roman/Greek historians, the only sources of information on him, were thoroughly uninterested in his personal details, and mention only his mutiny and certain details of his campaign against Rome (Plutarch on Crassus, and Appian's History, especially) and that he was killed by the Romans - but no details as to the reasons for his mutiny, whether he was married or what happened to his wife, or the personal details of the life and household of his owner/trainer Batiatis, nor precise details of the death of Spartacus. The story that his was double-crossed by the Romans, by Batiatis, or the "I'm Spartacus" scene (from the movie) when his men were captured are all modern writing. There had been various stories that, wherever he had come from, he was a prince, or a shepherd, or anything in between, and that he was inspired to mutiny because, having killed a helmeted man in the arena, he removed the helmet and then realized that he had killed his best friend from his homeland, etc. etc.

There's something about the speaking style in the series - not quite Shakespearean, not quite Yoda, but definitely not regular English; it's like there's always a word or two missing from every sentence. Is there a proper name for this sort of diction??

The series is definitely very instructive. Especially about what was hidden under Xena's leather armor.

Very true Zatara. I think it's one of those things thats seen as 'wrong' simply cause we grow up being told it is, although jealousy can have very strong pulls anyway to be fair lol.

But to get back on topic, i'm really enjoying the new series! I still miss the original actor though the new guy's good but he's just not the same looking forward to catching up on last nights episode tonight the plots starting to thicken quite nicely.

Last episode was pretty good. Looks like they might have a good fighter and he freed the pregnant o e. Now the question iz will that comr back to haunt him?