Bone Detectives: Britain's Buried Secrets

Bone Detectives: Britain's Buried Secrets

2020•45m

Documentary

Tori Herridge and a team of scientists piece together life stories behind unearthed bones

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Production

Tern TV

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

January 11, 2020

Last Aired

October 24, 2020

Networks

Channel 4

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

US

No providers available for this region.

Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

E1

Episode 1

Air date: 2020-01-11

Five Bronze Age bodies have been found in a deep pit in Kent. One of them, an old woman, has been manipulated into a position where she is pointing at something. But at what? And why?

E2

Episode 2

Air date: 2020-01-18

Tori and the team examine a stash of bones beneath an upmarket shopping arcade in Leeds, as they piece together the challenging lives of children from the industrial revolution.

E3

Episode 3

Air date: 2020-01-25

The remains of over 100 young Anglo-Saxon men are found under a planned car park in Hampshire. Why were they denied a Christian interment and buried so remotely?

Cast

Carla Valentine

Carla Valentine

Self - Mortuary Technician

Raksha Dave

Raksha Dave

Self - Archaeologist

Victoria Herridge

Victoria Herridge

Self - Presenter

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