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Have you seen this documentary on the Holy Grail?

Asked by RikhardRavindraTanskanen (76points) September 29th, 2015

I saw only the ending of this documentary, as I arrived late to it when it was on, or I changed the channel to it after becoming interested in it. I had moved to Canada the previous year and I was 9 if you want to know. It was either on the History Channel, Discovery Civilization, or the National Geographic Channel.

All I remember from it is the narrator, who sounds like the narrator of the Oka cheese commercials (“the monks from Oka, Quebec…”) talking about the Holy Grail, I can’t remember what, across a green backdrop outside, and then saying that the creator of the Holy Grail (those name I learned years later on Wikipedia in 2011 or 2012 was Chretien de Troyes) or the writers of the Holy Grail romances – I can’t remember which of the two possibilities it is – never intended it to be taken as history, across a green backdrop in front of a field where a large tree was, with a forest in the distance, or in between part of the ruins of the walls of a castle in front of a field or overgrown courtyard, where the walls extended, where a large tree was.

At the time, I assumed this meant that they were writing novels rather than history, but in retrospect he might have meant they were writing legends or Christian morality tales or parables. Anyways, immediately afterwards, this white man with a North American accent saying “Imagine if a thousand years from now people will think that Lord of the Rings was real and that there really was this place called Middle-earth.”, followed by him saying something else related to the Holy Grail – I can’t remember what.

This was followed by the narrator again talking about the Holy Grail, again in the castle ruins or the green backdrop, or maybe somewhere else that was green outside (not the previous green backdrop which was the first that I saw), and then the credits ran, I am not sure against the same background or against blackness.

Please, can you tell me what this documentary on the Holy Grail was?

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janbb's avatar

I know this is off topic but I am wondering where all these questions of yours about obscure programs you saw when you were a child are coming from. Are there other things going on in your life now? We can’t help much with these questions but would be happy to have you as a member.

jul_ras's avatar

Sorry. Have not seen this. Sounds ehhrm, great?

msh's avatar

These channels- well, two of them, are owned by the same parent company.
Regardless of the time it was seen, they can research their archives. This would be your best bet. Contact the channels themselves and ask for their historical production archives dept. or to refer you to who might have access to them.
Look up the name of the narrator by finding a YouTube of the commercial. Then look up voice-over sites or ID of commercial narrators.
This would greatly aid your search. Also pinpoint the country being explored- that helps narrowing subject results also.
I love the shows on these channels also! They’re so interesting.
If it was long ago, another way to look is to go to a library: reference section. Ask for help. There is information you can search- but I don’t believe that you would find it in Reader’s Guide To Periodical Literature, unless it’s Nat Geo. (with magazine cross-reference.)
Ask a Reference Librarian for help because they have incredible ways to find info for you. You could even try a University Library, they may have viewing rights & privileges
I hope you find it!
Good luck! :)

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