Series 1
Series Summary
This major collaboration between Channel 4 and the British Museum is a code cracking historical quiz. Tony Robinson guides the contestants through darkened galleries as each episode visits a different period of history, shedding light on artefacts from Ancient Egypt, Imperial Rome, Mesopotamia, Ancient Athens, China and the Anglo-Saxons.
Episodes (12)
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The five contestants - including a professional wrestler, a barman and a geography teacher - come face to face with treasures from…
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Five contestants from around the UK - including a DJ and an aromatherapist - explore the British Museum's Imperial Rome collection in a bid…
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The contestants explore the period of Ancient Athens, and the programme comes face to face with artefacts like the world-famous Parthenon…
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Tony Robinson guides the contestants and viewers through the British Museum's Chinese history collection as they come face to face with…
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This episode utilises artefacts to explore life and death in Anglo-Saxon England.
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Tony Robinson guides the contestants and viewers through ancient Egypt as they come face to face with artefacts including the world-famous…
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A team of archaeologists compete against a team of history students to uncover the secrets of some Egyptian coffin portraits, the Assyrian…
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A team of politicians compete against a team of stewards to decipher the mysteries of the Mummy Mask of Sadjehuty; the Vindolanda Tablets;…
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A team of archivists play opposite a team of students to explore the mysteries of Da Vinci's Tank, Ginger, the pre-Dynastic man and…
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A team of accountants compete against a team of investors to reveal the hidden depths of the Lewis Chessmen, Discobolus, Rembrandt's…
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A team of guides play opposite a team of surveyors to explore the wonders of Cromwell's Death Mask, the colossal head of Amenhotep III and…
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A team of archaeologists pit their wits and historical knowledge against a team of authors in rounds based on objects covering 5,000 years…
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