Mysterious Castles of Clay

Directed by

• Joan Root
• Alan Root

Produced by

• Joan Root
• Alan Root

Narrated byOrson Welles

Production
company

Survival Anglia

Mysterious Castles of Clay
Opening titles
Directed by	Joan Root Alan Root
Produced by	Joan Root Alan Root
Narrated by	Orson Welles
Production company	Survival Anglia
Distributed by	ITV
Release date	1978 (1978)
Country	United States
Language	English

Mysterious Castles of Clay is a 1978 documentary film about a termite colony filmed in Kenya by Joan and Alan Root, and narrated by Orson Welles. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature^[1] and received a Peabody Award.

One version of the film, known as simply Castles of Clay, was narrated by British actor Derek Jacobi.^{[citation needed]}