1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets

Three school children visit a dusty library to research the story of 'The Dark Ages'. What they find changes their world view dramatically as ingenious inventors and pioneers of science and culture from the Muslim civilization are vividly brought to life.

• Tom FicklingWriter
• Alan DeakinsDirector

• Ben KingsleyAl-Jazari / Librarian
• James HollyDanny
• Courtney GeorgeIsabella
• Rhiann ConnorLuke
• Stewart ScudamoreIbn Al-Haytham
• Andrew BridgmontAbbas Ibn Firnas
• Nicholas KhanAl-Zahrawi
• Tara JafarMerriam Al-Astrulabi (as Tara Jaffar)
• Samantha EdmondsTeacher