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A Mysterious Bone Box and Admiral Nelson’s Favourite Ship

Rare Anglo-Saxon swords, a mysterious and macabre Roman bone box and a cross-continental investigation into Admiral Nelson’s favourite ship.

Featuring an 18th-century slipway in the New Forest where Admiral Nelson's favourite ship was built, an Anglo-Saxon cemetery where a host of well-preserved and rare objects have been found, and fascinating finds from Trinity College, Oxford. Plus a remarkable late Roman cemetery that features an intricate bone box and part of a Roman bone flute, and a tangle of delicate Iron Age objects that have to be carefully micro-excavated in Kent.

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Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterAlice Roberts
PresenterTori Herridge
ExpertStuart Prior
Series ProducerIan Hunt
Line ProducerVerity Quinn
Commissioning EditorDenise Mather
Executive ProducerRory Wheeler
Executive ProducerEdward Hart
Executive ProducerSusannah Zeff
Production CompanyRare TV

Broadcasts

  • Wed 21 Jan 202621:00
  • Fri 23 Jan 202608:00
  • Sun 25 Jan 202618:00

Digging for Ireland

Digging for Ireland

Outstanding archaeology from Ireland, including perfectly preserved Iron Age bog bodies