[Interview] Voynich documentary on the Travel Channel

[Mark Knowles]

I thought the documentary was anodyne and disappointing, with any trace of character or verve ruthlessly edited out.

To me it was just another Voynich documentary.

The National Geographic documentary is a bit disappointing as it explores lots of different theories only to introduce the carbon dating at the end of the programme and thereby shows that all the previous theories discussed could not be correct.

My favourite is the BBC Four documentary though it predates the carbon dating results.

I suppose one thing about this documentary is that it introduced me to the names of some people who I hadn't heard of in connection with the Voynich. It was also beautifully filmed, but other than that I am not sure if there is much more to be said. Though to be fair making any long documentary about the Voynich seems to me to be fraught with difficulty unless one starts to explore different theories it seems hard to say much for which there is a broad consensus.