Medieval Dead
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Medieval Dead

A team of experts travel to battlegrounds and battlefields, towns and villages, churches and burial grounds to search for clues hidden in the bones of the dead from medieval times. As well as uncovering some great UK stories we'll be investigating in Finland, UK, France and Portugal.
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  1. S2 E1 - The Knight of Saint Bees

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    June 10, 2015
    45min
    13+
    Fascinating forensics reveal the secrets of our past. A Cumbrian knight's body is found in a near-perfect state of preservation, even though he died in 1368.
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  2. S2 E2 - Agincourt Band of Brothers

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    March 29, 2015
    44min
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    Witness exciting new historical discoveries as experts study the bones of our ancestors. The tombs of English knights who fought at Agincourt are explored.
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  3. S2 E3 - Battle at Aljubarrota

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    August 9, 2015
    44min
    13+
    Tim Sutherland makes numerous amazing discoveries as bones from the 1385 Battle of Aljubarrota - in which Portugal routed Castile - are forensically examined.
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  4. S2 E4 - The Skeleton of Lewes

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    April 12, 2015
    44min
    16+
    Carbon dating of a skeleton found in East Sussex suggests the bones are from the Norman era. Did this The Skeleton of Lewes. mysterious medieval man fight at the Battle of Hastings?
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  5. S2 E5 - The Warrior of Jannakkala

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    November 29, 2015
    44min
    16+
    Incredible tales are told through bone analysis. A medieval warrior's skeleton is found in Finland. His swords suggest a link between Christians and Pagans.
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  6. S2 E6 - The Fortress of Montesegur

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    December 6, 2015
    44min
    16+
    Our crack team travel to France to investigate the massacre of hundreds of Cathars in 1244. History is brought alive through intricate skeletal analysis.
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