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Littlestone Jan 31, 2011 15:38:54

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Is it this one - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xchyf and http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/british_prehistory/ Can’t see any dates yet but looks good.

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Sanctuary Jan 31, 2011 17:08:49

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CARL wrote:

Whilst I was recently shopping in a well known supermarket I took the chance to have a quick look through the BBC Histoty magazine (I know, cheapskate!) Anyway, there was a couple of page feature on a new series coming up presented by Neil Oliver covering Britain from Boxgrove man up to the Roman invasion. There were lots of photos of prehistoric sites etc. It looks like it could be a cracking series. It looks like the series could be starting in February but I have no definite start dates. Should be worth keeping an eye out for!

Thanks for the info Carl and LS

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thesweetcheat Jan 31, 2011 20:11:56

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CARL wrote:

.... a new series coming up presented by Neil Oliver covering Britain from Boxgrove man up to the Roman invasion. There were lots of photos of prehistoric sites etc. It looks like it could be a cracking series. It looks like the series could be starting in February but I have no definite start dates. Should be worth keeping an eye out for!

Excellent, thanks for this Carl, will definitely watch out for that.

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strathspey Jan 31, 2011 21:50:28

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Excellent - hope it is Feb. Anything to lighten up the gloom of this interminably long winter!

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baza Jan 31, 2011 22:29:03

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A History Of Ancient Britain – Age Of Ice Episode 1/4
Wednesday 9 February
9.00-10.00pm BBC TWO and BBC HD

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CARL Feb 7, 2011 07:56:11

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On this Wednesday 9.00pm BBC2 - four episodes.

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moss Feb 8, 2011 09:36:48

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And not only do we have TV progs on the subject but a real-live 3d model of an inflatable Stonehenge trilithon coming your way soon!
(You will be searched for pins of course)

To celebrate the new BBC Two series on the Ancient Britons, a Stonehenge model is touring the UK.

English Heritage experts are helping BBC Hands on History make the most of a new BBC Two TV series, 'A History of Ancient Britain', scheduled to start on 9 February.

They are pulling out all the stops to get an inflatable scale model of one Stonehenge trilithon (two uprights and a lintel) as accurate as possible before it goes on a whistle-stop tour of five city centre shopping centres from 21-25 February.

English Heritage policy researchers, archaeological investigators, surveyors and historians have all been keen to join forces and investigate a variety of archived information, including 3D data from a previous survey of the monument in 1993, old plans and photos of the 1958 re-erection, in order to supply correct dimensions.
Others have also helped to supply images, information and check details for a series of popular, jointly branded learning resources as part of an ongoing partnership between BBC Learning and English Heritage Education.

Resources on the Normans went down well at English Heritage properties last year and prehistory timelines and group activity guides are currently being handed out free of charge to families and learning groups visiting Stonehenge.

All these can also be downloaded from the BBC Hands on History website where teachers, parents and students can also find events, a map of sites to visit, animations featuring the Hands on History mini-time traveller, Eric and more.

The Stonehenge road show will challenge families to help solve the mystery of how the stones were moved and also feature interpretation boards and an interactive mini drama led by historical interpreters. It is scheduled to visit shopping centres in five locations from 11.00am - 15.30pm:

•Monday 21 February: Queen’s Arcade, Cardiff
•Tuesday 22 February: thecentre:mk, Middleton Hall, Milton Keynes
•Wednesday 23 February: Swindon Designer Outlet
•Thursday 24 February: Westfield Derby
•Friday 25h February: MetroCentre, Gateshead

http://www.wired-gov.net/wg/wg-news-1.nsf/0/1D89B94912EA7F23802578300053FB68?OpenDocument

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CARL Feb 10, 2011 07:38:20

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Enjoyed the show last night.
I quite like Neil Oliver as a presenter.
Looks like next weeks episode should be good!

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Gwass Feb 16, 2011 12:49:58

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Just saw this on the History of Ancient Britain site. Apologies if it's been posted before but couldn't be arsed to go through all the posts.

It says there is going to be a second series next year so you'd assume that most of this series' remaining programmes and a fair few of the next will focus on the neolithic and bronze age assuming they cover up to the end of the iron age.

The locations seem pretty good tonight and next weeks episode looks good.

Age Of Comsomology

"Neil Oliver continues his journey through the world of Ancient Britain as he encounters an age of cosmological priests and some of the greatest monuments of the Stone Age, including Stonehenge itself. This is a time of elite travellers, who were inventing the very idea of Heaven itself."

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Squid Tempest Feb 23, 2011 11:14:19

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Just had a quick browse around the A History of Ancient Britain website. To my suprise, it appears they have inside knowledge as to how stone circles were built. Forget foam henge, stone rowing and all that...

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/history/handsonhistory/ancients_circle.pdf

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goffik Feb 23, 2011 21:23:39

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SSSSSHHH!!! Brodgar's on telly!!!

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CianMcLiam Feb 24, 2011 22:01:39

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Think it's safe enough to share these now it's been aired! I shot a series of pics while they filmed the sequence of the pig cremation, something primal about watching a body (even a pig) being consumed by a funeral pyre you helped to build.

Hope this works: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=174615&id=594544906&l=f36f0a7e5d

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Mart Feb 25, 2011 02:34:46

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They dealt with both the paleolithic and mesolithic in just one (the first) episode. Bearing in mind they recently found evidence of human activity in Norfolk that was 700,000 years old, and the neolithic (episode 2) started around 6000 years ago, thats 694,000 years of ancient british history nicely parcelled up in one hour - probably didnt have enough mystical stone stuff to offer to make it worth stringing it out. Good stuff about the Storrega tsunami though - must have been absolutely terrifying, its impact on the stoneage mind must have been devastating.

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BBC Gloucestershire Mar 1, 2011 14:30:16

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Hi,

Just thought I'd let you know that the BBC Gloucestershire and BBC Wiltshire websites both have spin-off features from this series - a virtual tour of some of the counties' best ancient sites.

The Gloucestershire sites are described by Professor Mark Horton:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-12499444

And the Wiltshire ones are described by Phil Harding:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-12499452

Hopefully it'll be of interest!

Regards,
David
BBC Gloucestershire

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Vicster Mar 2, 2011 09:35:59

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Apologies if this has already been mentioned (too lazy to read every post!) but....did anyone else notice he was stood right next to the rock art boulders at Chapel Stile last week and DIDN'T EVEN MENTION THEM????? I can only presume that they were edited out because you couldn't stand THAT CLOSE with an expert in tow and not realise they were there, could you?

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jackyboy Mar 2, 2011 22:09:41

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Good show tonight I enjoyed it a lot. Best so far as far as I'm concerned. The coming forward of the individual and riches