Bone Detectives: Britain's Buried Secrets

2020•2 series

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Tori Herridge and a team of scientists piece together the lives behind unearthed bones to find out their stories. Once a skeleton has been recorded, the bones immediately begin to reveal their mysteries, opening up a secret history of Britain.

Episode 1The Isle of Thanet, Kent

Five Bronze Age bodies found in a Kent pit. One old woman is posed pointing at something. The team investigates what and why. (S1, ep 1)

Episode 2Victoria Gate, Leeds

Beneath a shopping arcade in Leeds' city centre, archaeologists discovered a Roman-era Christian cemetery containing the remains of 317 individuals. (S1, ep 4)

Episode 3Weyhill, Hampshire

The remains of over 100 young Anglo-Saxon men are found under a planned car park in Hampshire. (S1, ep 3)

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