Bone Detectives: Britain's Buried Secrets

Series 2

Victoria Herridge and a team of scientists piece together the lives behind unearthed bones to find out their stories.

Where to Watch Series 2

5 Episodes

  • Episode 1
    E1
    Episode 1The team visit a long-forgotten cemetery in Ipswich, where 1400 bodies reveal signs of hard labour, disease, murder, and possibly the country's first post-mortem.
  • Episode 2
    E2
    Episode 2Roadworks on the A9 in Scotland uncover the remains of a young woman who lived and died in the early Bronze Age. Was she one of the so-called Beaker People?
  • Episode 3
    E3
    Episode 3Tucked away in a Runcorn industrial park is Europe's most excavated monastic site. It reveals a story of medieval knights, brutal murder and ancient disease.
  • Episode 4
    E4
    Episode 4A Wiltshire building site unearths eight Roman cemeteries and the remains of a man beheaded after burial. Who did this, and why? Tori and the team investigate.
  • Episode 5
    E5
    Episode 5Tori Herridge and a team of scientists piece together the story behind the discovery of 13 bodies with the skulls cut open in a 19th-century Bristol graveyard. The investigation uncovers a link to a local hospital, a celebrated surgeon, and the crime of bodysnatching.

Cast of Series 2

  • Carla ValentineHerself - Mortuary Technician
  • Raksha DaveHerself - Archaeologist
  • Tori HerridgeHerself - Presenter

 

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