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History Cold Case

Series 2

Episode 1: The Skeletons of Windy Pits

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Professor Sue Black and her team use forensic science to shed light on the past.

For decades experts have remained baffled by a jumble of human bones discovered in a unique series of caves on the North York Moors, known as the Windypits. One discovery in particular stands out - a tangle of bones that might belong to a family from two thousand years ago.

The trail to uncover answers about what happened to these people leads to a dark world of ritual sacrifice and right back to the limits of British recorded history. Show less

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