It wanted to be another Pompeii, but Atlantis was always the second best ancient disaster'One grievous day and night there occurred portentous earthquake and floods," Plato tells us helpfully about Atlantis, which was thereupon swallowed into the sea and vanished. Then, some years later, Hitler became obsessed with the missing island, which should have been reason enough to leave this not-so-mysterious half-tale well alone (to adapt the Elmore Leonard line, when you have a great idea and the Nazis have already tried it, that is not a great idea). But no, these days, we have all the "latest science and research"; we know all sorts of things, such as they may have used saffron as a psychoactive drug and they may have made blood sacrifices. What a criminal shame, to have all that plotline gold, and not do something with it. All we need now is some portentous music and a portentous narrator (Tom Conti), and we're on our way.
TV review: Atlantis and Lord Sugar Tackles Football.
