Meet the Ancestors (1998) is a documentary web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Meet the Ancestors online in HD.
Meet the Ancestors — Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
- Starring: Julian Richards
Meet the Ancestors — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1998-01-08 |
| Seasons | 7 |
| Episodes | 46 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Language | English |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 7.5/10 (2 votes) |
Meet the Ancestors — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: The Wolf Den (1998-01-08) — Richards investigates the discovery of a subterranean chamber discovered by two pot-holing divers, Andrew Goddard and Phil Murphy, in the Yorkshire Dales which contains human remai
- E2: The Lady of the Sands (1998-01-15) — Richards investigates a bulldozer-operator's discovery of bodies cremated almost 2,000 years ago on a beach near Donegal, providing an insight into the lives and deaths of Ireland'
- E3: Friends, Romans or Countrymen? (1998-01-22) — Richards joins a team excavating a large sarcophagus from a Bristol burial site discovered by a bulldozer-operator which could shed light on the Roman lifestyle.
- E4: The Rose Garden Mystery (1998-01-29) — Richards investigates the remains of a body dating from Saxon times, discovered in the grounds of Malmesbury Abbey, which could be the final resting place of King Athelstan.
- E5: Bones in the Barnyard (1998-02-05) — Richards investigates remains of two crouched bodies discovered in a remote Somerset village that DNA experts link with the Iron Age.
- E6: At the Sign of the Eagle — Richards investigates the priceless contents of a fourth-century lead sarcophagus found in a Roman cemetery in Winchester, which gives unexpected clues to the pagan beliefs of its
Season 2
- E1: Warrior (1999-01-07) — Richards investigates an Anglo-Saxon grave on a U.S. Air Force base in Suffolk, where the remains of a warrior in full battle regalia have been discovered alongside the bodies of h
- E2: The Tomb That Time Forgot (1999-01-28) — Richards joins a team of police officers and archaeologists to investigate the secrets of the past in a Stone Age burial chamber containing the remains of four people recently disc
- E3: Living with the Ancestors (1999-02-04) — Richards and the team visit a couple's home built over a fifth-century graveyard in Winterbourne Gunner, near Salisbury. Under the garage they are surprised to discover a male skel
- E4: The Black Hand (1999-02-11) — Richards investigates the discovery of a human jawbone in a Chester field, which led to the unearthing of a 12th-century chapel and the remains of medieval landowners. As archaeolo
- E5: The Princess and the Pauper (1) (1999-09-18)
- E6: The Princess and the Pauper (2) (1999-09-18)
- E7: Hunter of the Plain (2000-02-17) — Richards investigates a rare Bronze Age grave on the Army's vast training ground on Salisbury Plain dating from the time of nearby Stonehenge to recreate a prehistoric bow and arro
- E8: A Family Plot — Richards helps an archaeological team remove three burials locked within a 19th-century vault, as an old cemetery is cleared for redevelopment near to the ruins of Coventry's blitz
Season 3
- E1: Princess of the City (2000-01-13) — Richards investigates the significance of the archaeological dig at Spitalfields where experts have uncovered an elaborate Roman sarcophagus with a decorated lead coffin inside, an
- E2: The French Connection (2000-01-20) — 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 whethe
- E3: The Domesday Fire (2000-01-27) — Richards examines the remains of a medieval execution victim discovered in one of 600 graves surrounding a ruined Saxon church in Cambridgeshire.
- E4: The Chosen One (2000-02-03) — 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
- E5: A Roman Plot (2000-02-10) — 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 cus
- E6: The Lost Souls (2000-02-17) — Richards recruits local schoolchildren to investigate a mysterious burial ground found among the foundations of the Victorian village school in Buckinghamshire. The project provide
- E7: Skeleton in the Crypt: The Pilgrim Trade (2000-10-07) — 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 muc
Season 4
- E1: The Killing Field (2001-01-09) — Richards investigates a field where a mass of ancient bones was unearthed in 1968. The team slowly piece together evidence of a battle that took place more than 3,000 years ago, an
- E2: Bishop's Men (2001-01-16) — Richards investigates a medieval burial site unearthed beneath the walls of Hereford Cathedral that revealed six skeletons clutching chalices and patens, suggesting they were pries
- E3: Winds of Change (2001-01-23) — Richards investigates six Anglo-Saxon graves in the sand dunes near Bamburgh Castle, which could provide an insight into the life of King Oswald of Bernicia. Initially discovered w
- E4: The Architect, the Clerk and the Money (2001-01-30) — Richards explores the life of Lawrence Spencer, clerk of works to Christopher Wren during the construction of St Paul's Cathedral. His devotion to the task earned him the right to
- E5: The Ultimate Sacrifice (2001-02-06) — Richards contemplates the gruesome fate of a Neolithic woman and three children whose remains were discovered in a Stone Age temple. Bones and teeth reveal a dark tale of these pre
- E6: Treasures of the Dark Age (2001-02-06) — Richards investigates a burial ground in Peterborough unearthing artefacts from first and second-generation Anglians who settled in Britain, including bronze brooches, silver rings
Season 5
- E1: Lost Palace of Hampton Court — Richards joins a team as they start to dig within the walls of Hampton Court Palace for evidence to support the assistant curator's theory that the original palace built by Cardina
- E2: Slave Island — Richards investigates how the 1991 discovery of a forgotten burial ground in Manhattan shed new light on the history of slavery in America. Archaeological evidence has exploded the
- E3: Celtic Causeway (2002-03-27) — Richards looks at how the discovery of the remains of an ancient trackway in the fenlands of Lincolnshire has thrown new light on the rituals of the Iron Age. Made of wooden posts
- E4: Chariot Queen (2002-02-19) — Richards investigates the discovery of a grave containing the body of tallest Iron Age woman ever found in Britain and a dismantled chariot, a find which caused great excitement an
- E5: The Forgotten Battlefield (2002-03-05) — Richards pieces together the story of life on the World War I front line as amateur archaeologists unearth a complex system of trenches, an exceptional array of military hardware a
- E6: Malaria and the Fall of Rome (2002-02-26) — Richards and the team visit an archaeological site where the bodies of 47 babies and children were recently excavated. The discovery that the youngsters died from malaria has given
Season 6
- E1: Our Top Ten Treasures (2003-01-01) — Adam Hart-Davies profiles the 10 most important treasures ever unearthed in Britain as voted by a panel of experts from the British Museum.
- E2: Napoleon's Lost Army (2003-02-04) — Richards investigates the remains of the soldiers of Napoleon's army, discovered in a mass grave near Vilnius provide a new perspective on the final days of the dictator's military
- E3: Desert Rescue — A British team travel deep into the inhospitable Sahara desert to find out what remains of a Hermes airliner forced to crash-land in May 1952, when it ran out of fuel 1,300 miles o
- E4: King of Stonehenge (2003-02-19) — Richards investigates a grave found a few miles from Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain, believed to be the richest Bronze Age burial ever found, owing to the quantity of riches with wh
- E5: The Lost City of Roman Britain (2003-02-26) — Richards uncovers the mysteries of the recently-discovered missing city of Calleva Atrebatum in Hampshire. All that now remains of it is a wall enclosing 100 hectares of empty fiel
- E6: Britain's Oldest House — Richards joins archaeologist Clive Waddington and his team as they unearth evidence of Stone Age communities dating back 10,000 years. Advanced dating techniques and analysis build
- E7: The Mummies of Cladh Hallan (2004-03-18) — One of the UK's foremost archaeologists reveals what he claims are the first British mummies ever discovered, dating back 3,000 years to the Bronze Age. Overcoming conventional thi
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Meet the Ancestors have? 7 season(s) with 46 episodes.
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