1974

S1.E1 ∙ Churchill and the First Englishman

Wed, May 28, 1975

First transmitted in 1974, Magnus Magnusson talks to Sir Mortimer Wheeler about Winston Churchill's writing and how close his Nobel Prize-winning volumes 'The History of the English-Speaking Peoples' came to being founded on a forgery - Piltdown Man.

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S1.E2 ∙ In the Steps of Alexander

Wed, Jun 18, 1975

In the year 327BC Alexander the Great conquered Pushkalavati, the 'Lotus City' at the foot of the Khyber Pass. Upon invitation by the Government of Pakistan Sir Mortimer Wheeler traveled to the site in 1958 and commenced what was to be his last excavation.

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S1.E3 ∙ The Festival Dig

Wed, Jun 04, 1975

First transmitted in 1974, Magnus Magnusson talks to Sir Mortimer Wheeler about his excavation at Stanwick St John in Yorkshire during the Festival of Britain celebrations in 1951. It was there that Wheeler uncovered the Iron Age stronghold of the Brigantes, a tribe of Celts.

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S1.E4 ∙ Schliemann and Gladstone

Wed, Jul 02, 1975

First transmitted in 1974, Magnus Magnusson and Sir Mortimer Wheeler discuss the changing attitudes to archaeology which have taken place in Wheeler's lifetime.

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S1.E5 ∙ The Genius of Flinders Petrie

Wed, Jun 25, 1975

First transmitted in 1974, Magnus Magnusson talks to Sir Mortimer Wheeler about Sir Flinders Petrie, the single-minded Egyptologist and eccentric who was Wheeler's friend for 20 years.

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S1.E6 ∙ The Royal House of the Brigantes

Wed, Jun 11, 1975

First transmitted in 1974, Magnus Magnusson talks to Sir Mortimer Wheeler about Brigantes in northern Britain at the time of the Roman conquest. The Brigantes, a tribe of Celts, attempted to stave off the approaching Roman army at Stanwick St John in Yorkshire.

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