Hannibal (also known as Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare) is a 2006 television film, presented as a dramatised documentary, made by the BBC.^[1][2][3][4] It is narrated by Kenneth Cranham.

The film is chiefly centred on the Italian campaign of Hannibal, the famous Carthaginian general during the Second Punic War.

Cast

Carthaginians

• Alexander Siddig as Hannibal, supreme commander of the Carthaginian army.
• Emilio Doorgashingh as Maharbal, chief cavalry commander and second-in-command of the Carthaginian army.
• Bashar Rahal as Hasdrubal, Hannibal's younger brother and the commander of the Spanish provinces.
• Mido Hamada as Mago, Hannibal's youngest brother and the infantry commander.
• Histro Mitzkov as Gisgo, an officer in Hannibal's army who notably comments on the strength of the Roman army at Cannae. This earns Hannibal's comment that, while there are indeed a lot of Romans, none of them are called Gisgo.

Romans

• Shaun Dingwall as Scipio Africanus, the Roman general who finally defeated Hannibal.
• Tristan Gemmill as Varro, the consul defeated at Cannae.
• Ben Cross as Fabius Maximus, Dictator and author of the Fabian strategy.