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

History series in which Professor Sue Black and her team use forensic science to analyse the skeletons of everyday people from across the ages in staggering detail to shed light on our forebears

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History Cold Case: Series 2

Sue Black

Xanthe Mallett

Caroline Wilkinson

Natalie Humphreys

John Lonsdale

History Cold Case: Series 2: Episode 4: The Woman and Three Babies

The Woman and Three Babies

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Episode 4: The Woman and Three Babies

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BBC Two - History Cold Case, Series 2, The Woman and Three Babies

The team is called in to investigate the discovery of a skeleton dating from around 100AD.

Professor Sue Black and her team use forensic science to shed light on the past. They investigate the discovery of a skeleton dating from around 100AD.

In the sleepy commuter town of Baldock in Hertfordshire the History Cold Case team is called in to investigate the discovery of a skeleton dating from around 100AD, buried in a bizarre position, along with the remains of three babies. Is she Celt or Roman? Is she the earliest recorded mother of triplets in Britain and what can her story reveal about the bizarre attitudes to pregnancy and childbirth during the Roman occupation of Britain?

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

History series which sees skeletons of everyday people from across the ages analysed in staggering detail, opening new windows on the history of our forebears

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