Julian Richards
Self - Presenter
Meet the Ancestors (1998)
Season 3
Meet the Ancestors aka Ancestors was a BBC Television documentary series that documented the archaeological excavation and scientific reconstruction of human remains. The series was introduced by archaeologist Julian Richards and often included facial reconstructions by Caroline Wilkinson.
Released Jan. 8, 1998
Episode 30 min
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Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.archaeology, imdb.excavation, imdb.british, imdb.united-kingdom
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S3E1 - Princess of the City
Richards investigates the significance of the archaeological dig at Spitalfields where experts have uncovered an elaborate Roman sarcophagus with a decorated lead coffin inside, and remnants of clothing and objects never before found in Britain.
Jan. 13, 2000, midnight
S3E2 - The French Connection
Richards investigates the lives of three men whose remains were found on an island just off the coast of Guernsey to find out how they ended up in such a desolate place, and whether they could have been monks.
Jan. 20, 2000, midnight
S3E3 - The Domesday Fire
Richards examines the remains of a medieval execution victim discovered in one of 600 graves surrounding a ruined Saxon church in Cambridgeshire.
Jan. 27, 2000, midnight
S3E4 - The Chosen One
Richards investigates the seemingly bound body of an Iron Age teenage girl found in a rubbish heap in the Cotswold village of Bourton-on-the-Water to reconstruct her life more than 2,500 years ago.
Feb. 3, 2000, midnight
S3E5 - A Roman Plot
Richards explores the stories behind two Roman burial sites excavated in the centre of Bath. He attempts to discover why the deceased were laid to rest contrary to normal Roman custom with one actually placed in a lead coffin and he retraces events from the time when Christianity was gradually taking root in Britain to the final days of Roman rule.
Feb. 10, 2000, midnight
S3E6 - The Lost Souls
Richards recruits local schoolchildren to investigate a mysterious burial ground found among the foundations of the Victorian village school in Buckinghamshire. The project provides a revealing insight into the history of the area and the people who lived there 1,000 years ago.
Feb. 17, 2000, midnight
S3E7 - Skeleton in the Crypt: The Pilgrim Trade
Professor John Butler investigates the mysterious disappearance of the remains of murdered Archbishop of Canterbury St Thomas Becket, killed by Henry II's soldiers in 1170. How much truth is there in the popular belief that he was cremated and his ashes scattered during the Reformation? Plus, an examination of the town of Canterbury itself as a place of pilgrimage and tourism.
Oct. 7, 2000, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 1380 min.
Released: Jan. 8, 1998
Last Air Date: March 18, 2004, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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