Programme Index

Discover 11,124,098 listings and 293,644 playable programmes from the BBC

Results 1 to 19 of 19 for your search filters
Filter by channel

Meet the Ancestors

Series 2

Episode 3: The Ultimate Sacrifice

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Archaeologist Julian Richards follows the scientific trail of the skeletons of a woman and three young children uncovered at a Stone Age temple in Dorset. Show more

Meet the Ancestors

Series 2

Episode 2: The Tomb that Time Forgot

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Julian Richards joins a team of investigative officers and archaeologists in a field in Orkney to look at a burial chamber untouched for 5,000 years. Show more

Meet the Ancestors

Series 2

Episode 4: The Black Hand

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Julian Richards joins archaeologists in a farmer's field in Cheshire as they excavate a long-lost chapel and the undisturbed burials of medieval landowners. Show more

Meet the Ancestors

Series 2

Episode 1: Warrior

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Archaeologist Julian Richards visits a team working on one of the most impressive Anglo-Saxon graveyards ever discovered, on a US air force base in Suffolk. Show more

Meet the Ancestors

Series 2

Episode 6: A Family Plot

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Archaeology series. Julian Richards investigates the lives of a family who lived more than 150 years ago when he helps out with a dig in the centre of Coventry. Show more

Meet the Ancestors

Series 5

Episode 1: Chariot Queen

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Archaeology series. Julian Richards and team uncover the tallest Iron Age woman ever found in Britain. They try to build a replica of the chariot beside her. Show more

Meet the Ancestors

Series 5

Episode 6: Celtic Causeway

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

The archaeology series looks at the remains of an ancient trackway in the fenlands of Lincolnshire which has thrown new light on the rituals of the Iron Age. Show more

Meet the Ancestors

Series 1

Episode 1: The Wolf Den

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Archaelogical programme unearthing past secrets. Potholers in the Yorkshire Dales stumble upon the remains of human burials as well as prehistoric footprints in a cave. Show more

Meet the Ancestors

Series 1

Episode 3: Friends, Romans or Countrymen?

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Julian Richards joins a team excavating a massive stone coffin from a building site in Bristol, which could shed light on the Romans' lifestyle.

Meet the Ancestors

Series 1

Episode 4: The Rose Garden Mystery

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Julian Richards investigates a coffin from Malmesbury Abbey. The body inside could have been a Saxon king or a monk who attempted to fly off a tower.

Meet the Ancestors

Series 1

Episode 6: At the Sign of the Eagle

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Archaeologist Julian Richards joins an excavation team as they uncover a rare find from a fourth-century Roman cemetery in Winchester: a lead coffin. Show more

Meet the Ancestors

Series 6

Episode 3: King of Stonehenge

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Archaeology documentary series. A look at the latest research into the 4,000-year-old body of a man discovered near Stonehenge, buried with a dazzling array of precious artefacts.