Name: Medieval Dead
Released: 2013-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Jeremy Freeston

TV Show · Documentary · History

A team of experts travel to battlegrounds and battlefields, towns and villages, churches and burial grounds to search for clues hidden in the bones of the dead from medieval times. As well as uncovering some great UK stories we'll be investigating in Finland, UK, France and Portugal.

2013 · 44m

Starring Jeremy Freeston

Director Jeremy Freeston

EPISODE 1

The Knight of Saint Bees

Fascinating forensics reveal the secrets of our past. A Cumbrian knight's body is found in a near-perfect state of preservation, even though he died in 1368.

44m
EPISODE 2

Agincourt Band of Brothers

Witness exciting new historical discoveries as experts study the bones of our ancestors. The tombs of English knights who fought at Agincourt are explored.

43m
EPISODE 3

Battle at Aljubarrota

Tim Sutherland makes numerous amazing discoveries as bones from the 1385 Battle of Aljubarrota - in which Portugal routed Castile - are forensically examined.

43m
EPISODE 4

The Skeleton of Lewes

Carbon dating of a skeleton found in East Sussex suggests the bones are from the Norman era. Did this The Skeleton of Lewes. mysterious medieval man fight at the Battle of Hastings?

40m
EPISODE 6

The Warrior of Jannakkala

Incredible tales are told through bone analysis. A medieval warrior's skeleton is found in Finland. His swords suggest a link between Christians and Pagans.

40m
EPISODE 1

Crusaders of Vadum Jakob

The siege of Vadum Jacob in 1179 saw Muslim forces overcome the Knights Templar. Now, forensic analysis of the battleground can shed light on this conquest.

44m