Spartacus - Blood and Sand: Series 1 / Spartacus - Gods of the Arena (Blu-ray)(Import)

Double bill of US TV dramas which follow life in and around the brutal environs of Ancient Rome's gladiatorial arenas. 'Spartacus - Blood and Sand: Series 1' (2010) follows Spartacus (Andy Whitfield), separated from the love of his life and forced into the bloody and merciless world of the gladiatorial arena. Here he must learn to fight for survival in a treacherous world of politics, corruption, sex, fame, violence and death.

Episodes are:

The Red Serpent
Sacramentum Gladiatorum
Legends
The Thing in the Pit
Shadow Games
Delicate Things
Great and Unfortunate Things
Mark of the Brotherhood
Whore
Party Favors
Old Wounds
Revelations
Kill Them All

Spartacus - Gods of the Arena' (2011) is the prequel to 'Spartacus - Blood and Sand', following the gladiatorial hero who preceded Spartacus, Gannicus (Dustin Clare). Gannicus is the star gladiator of Batiatus (John Hannah), who hopes to rule the whole city one day, not just an arena. Aided in his ambitions by his politically shrewd wife, Lucretia (Lucy Lawless), and her seductive friend, Gaia (Jaime Murray), Batiatus prepares to overthrow his father.

Episodes are:

Past Transgressions
Missio
Paterfamilias
Beneath the Mask
Reckoning
The Bitter End