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'''''Troy: Fall of a City''''' is a British-American [[miniseries]] based on the [[Trojan War]] and the love affair between [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]] and [[Helen of Troy|Helen]]. The show tells the story of the 10-year siege of Troy, set in the 13th century BC. It is not an adaptation of [[Homer]]'s ''[[Iliad]]'' or ''[[Odyssey]]'' but rather an original take on the Greek myths, and covers some ground only alluded to in those works.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jan/27/troy-fall-of-city-west-against-east-lovers-siege-homer-bbc-netfllix|title= Enter the wooden horse. But this time the Trojans tell their side of fall of Troy|last=Hughes|first=Sarah|date=27 January 2018|website=The Guardian|access-date=4 November 2019|quote=Our story draws not only on Homer and the Greek dramatists but also on Shakespeare and Chaucer and other retellings. We have also invented bits, and I’m entirely comfortable with that – these are living stories and every retelling adds another layer to the myth}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/troy-fall-of-a-city-2579452784.html|title='Troy: Fall of a City' Was Overlooked for the Wrong Reasons|last=Tallarita|first=Andrea|date=28 Jun 2018|website= popmatters|access-date=4 November 2019|quote=…the plot of Troy: Fall of a City is based mostly on Homer's Iliad. But while the Classical epic kicks off in medias res, literally in the middle of an argument nine years into the topical Greek war, this eight-episode series begins much earlier in the timeline, looking at the lives of the characters (particularly of the Trojans) before the war and drawing on extra-Homeric tales in the process.}}</ref> The series was commissioned by [[BBC One]] and is a co-production between BBC One and [[Netflix]], with BBC One airing the show on 17 February 2018 in the [[United Kingdom]], and Netflix streaming the show internationally outside the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-boards-bbc-drama-troy-night-manager-writer-981895|title=Netflix Boards BBC Drama 'Troy' From 'Night Manager' Writer|publisher=Hollywood Reporter|date=March 1, 2017|access-date=March 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/biz/global/reed-hastings-netflix-berlin-100-million-subscribers-1201999745/|title=Netflix Invests Nearly $2 Billion in European Productions, Promises More|date=March 1, 2017|publisher=Variety|language=en-US|access-date=March 1, 2017}}</ref>