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The Final Hours
Episode 3 of 3
In Pompeii, the excavation of a wealthy villa, bakery and laundry reaches its climax with chilling revelations about what people were doing in the final terrifying hours in AD 79.
The archaeologists complete the excavation of a wealthy residence, a bakery and a laundry and, in doing so, discover evidence of what people were doing in the city during its final hours.
Nineteen hours after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius begins, most of Pompeii is buried in metres of pumice. All over the city, roofs have collapsed, killing many, but some residents survive. As the eruption begins to subside, are they over the worst?
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Sat 15 Mar 202518:10
BBC Two Wales HD & Wales only
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Kate Fleetwood |
| Director | Elena Mortelliti |
| Producer | Marco Gangarossa |
| Production Manager | Jennifer Cambridge |
| Director of photography | Edoardo Anselmi |
| Editor | Julie Buckland |
| Composer | Dimitri Scarlato |
| Series Producer | Elena Mortelliti |
| Executive Producer | Ian A Hunt |
| Executive Producer | Richard Bradley |
| Production Company | Lion Television |
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