Weather followed by Sir Mortimer Wheeler :
Digging Up People The first of two films in which Chronicle pays tribute to the late Sir Mortimer Wheeler - archaeologist, soldier and television personality.
In 1973 he took Magnus Magnusson back to the landmarks in the first half of his life, from the battle of Passchendaele in 1917 to the battle of Maiden Castle. fought and lost by a British tribe almost 2,000 years ago. Where is there a television man to equal the old wizard?
NEW STATESMAN
Producer DAVID COLUSON
Executive producer PAUL JOHNSTONE
(Part 2 on Wednesday 2 December)