The Black Death with Dan Snow

Visit ground zero in Dorset where the plague arrives in June 1348 Get up close and personal with the superspreading rats that stow away on trading ships then watch in horror as the disease explodes affecting everyone from princes to paupers

Pick up the terrifying story at the sixmonth mark in 1349 when the Black Death has engulfed southern England Witness bodies piling up in London as the disease moves north and learn why the kings tough plaguecontrol measures spark chaos