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It's on at 9pm on channel 4.
I think it's a sort of general thing about iron age sites and what you can tell about how people lived then (rather than the usual dig in 3 days tt thing).

...On a similar note, you may remember back in the 70's the BBC ran one of the early "reality" shows in which some families lived an Iron Age lifestyle for a year. They are going to show a new prog in which we catch up with the participants and hear how they feel about the experience after all these years. Could be interesting.

Rhiannon wrote:
It's on at 9pm on channel 4.
I think it's a sort of general thing about iron age sites and what you can tell about how people lived then (rather than the usual dig in 3 days tt thing).
Ah, thanks for that Rhiannon - I'd forgotten it was on. This is the blurb in the RadioTimes -

"The Iron Age is a fascinating yet inscrutable period in British history. For centuries it was supposed to have been a barbaric and primitive time, but archaeologists have begun to revise their opinions, leading to a radical new picture of life around 800 years before the Roman occupation."

Wow that was good
After overdosing on Taula sanctuaries last week I wondered
whether anything but the biggest and best of british prehistory
could satisfy me.................job done!

Rhiannon,
Thanks, I enjoyed it immensely. Also, as Wiggy says, last night's (20th May) BBC programme revisiting the BBC reality Iron Age programme from 1978, which I saw as a young teenager first time round, was also very good.
My interests are usually confined to the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, with a bit of early Iron Age thrown in. However, having read Francis Prior's "Britain BC", and having seen a few recent Iron Age programmes, I'm now finding that I want to know more about the later Iron Age.
At last the telly is proving to be worth watching.
Regards,
TE.