 The series aired in the United States on the A&E Network, on ORF in Austria, Primedia in Canada, SATEL in Germany and ITV in the UK.At the time, the series achieved the highest audience figures of any documentary shown on A&E, and remains one of the highest rated documentary series of all time.After his retirement from programme making Allan Segal taught as a university lecturer and Professor of Media Studies at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, Dickinson College, Carlisle, US, and Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, India.