Buried Treasure (1954)
Synopsis
Dr Glyn Daniel and guests discuss the newest insights on ancient mysteries.
First Air Date: 1954-04-09
Last Air Date: 1959-01-30
Number of Seasons: 6
Number of Episodes: 26
Top Cast
- Glyn Daniel as Self - Host
- Mortimer Wheeler as Self - Host
Seasons
Season 1954 (1954)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: The Long Arm of Science
Glyn Daniel and H. J. Plenderleith show how some of the secrets of the past are revealed.
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Ep. 2: The Peat Bog Murder Mystery
Glyn Daniel and Sir Mortimer Wheeler discuss the strange death 2,000 years ago of Tollund Man, and the light it throws on life in prehistoric Denmark.
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Ep. 3: Stonehenge
Glyn Daniel, Professor Stuart Piggott, and Richard Atkinson (of Edinburgh University) discuss the light thrown by recent research at Stonehenge on this most famous and mysterious of British ancient monuments.
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Ep. 4: The Proud Princess
Glyn Daniel and Sir Mortimer Wheeler discuss the discovery last year near Vix in north-east France of a Celtic princess who was buried 2,500 years ago in a chariot surrounded by a remarkable treasure. Film sequences by the Television Film Unit
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Ep. 5: The Irish Prehistoric Builders
The Megalithic tombs of Ireland are among the finest prehistoric monuments in Europe. Glyn Daniel and Sean P. O'Riordain discuss the recent excavations at Lough Gur and the light they throw on the domestic life of the builder.
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Ep. 6: The Dawn of Art
From the Arts Council exhibition of the Abbé Breuil's reproductions of stone-age cave-drawings. Glyn Daniel and Miles Burkitt discuss when, how, and why man's earliest art came into being.
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