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Medieval Murder and Roman Pets

Digging for BritainSeries 13
Episode 5 of 6

Featuring a vast first-century Roman compound, the warhorses that changed the course of history, a medieval murder mystery, the thriving farmstead belonging to Isaac Newton's mother, thousands of animal bones from a Roman farm, and a 300-million-year-old forest that built the modern world.

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59 minutes

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Sun 8 Feb 202613:15
BBC Two except Wales & Wales HD

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Credits

PresenterAlice Roberts
PresenterTori Herridge
ExpertYasmin Khan
ExpertNaomi Sykes
Series ProducerIan Hunt
Line ProducerVerity Quinn
Commissioning EditorDenise Mather
Executive ProducerRory Wheeler
Executive ProducerEdward Hart
Executive ProducerSusannah Zeff
Production CompanyRare TV

Broadcasts

  • Wed 4 Feb 202620:00
    BBC Two except Wales & Wales HD
  • Wed 4 Feb 202620:30
    BBC Two Wales HD & Wales only
  • Sat 7 Feb 202602:40
    BBC Two
  • Sun 8 Feb 202613:15
    BBC Two except Wales & Wales HD

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