 In 1999, Hale made "Atlantis Reborn" for the BBC science strand Horizon, a critique of pseudo historical ideas focusing on the myth of Atlantis and the claims of writer Graham Hancock.When the documentary was transmitted, Hancock complained to the Broadcasting Standards Commission - now Ofcom - which exonerated the broadcaster of any significant unfairness.Hale described the experience of making the film and dealing with the anger it provoked in a chapter "The Atleantean Box" in 'Archaeological Fantasies', edited by Garret G. Fagan for Routledge.