Mystic Britain
19 Episodes Available
TV-PGDocumentary • History
Season 19 Episodes
Secrets of StonehengeS1 E1Clive Anderson uses his skills as a former barrister to investigate the many mysteries of Stonehenge and its origins.
Witches and DemonsS1 E2Clive Anderson and Mary-Ann Ochota explore the world of superstition and magic in the Middle Ages, when Brits believed witches and devils walked the Earth; Clive travels to a church where the walls are scored with demonic symbols.
The Rollright WitchS1 E3Clive Anderson and Mary-Ann Ochota visit the site of the 6,000-year-old Rollright Stones to find out who built them and why.
The RevenantsS1 E5Clive Anderson and Mary-Ann Ochota Witness attempt to unravel a 600-year-old mystery involving a pit of human remains found in a medieval village in Yorkshire.
The Pagan PrinceS1 E6An unexpected discovery in a 1,400-year-old Anglo-Saxon burial chamber turns historians' views of the pagan world upside down.
MummiesS1 E7Mummification is usually associated with ancient Egyptians or Peruvians, but Clive Anderson and Mary-Ann Ochota discover that the practice reached Britain during the prehistoric Bronze Age.
Ice Age ShamanS1 E8Clive Anderson and Mary-Ann Ochota don deer-skull headdresses, do some ancient DIY and try to commune with the old gods as they investigate Britain's Ice Age shamans.
Human SacrificeS1 E9When a mass grave at Britain's biggest Iron Age hill fort reveals evidence of ritual human sacrifice, Clive Anderson and Mary-Ann Ochota confront a murder mystery.
Time TrippingS1 E10Clive Anderson and Mary-Ann Ochota take a whistle-stop tour through the last 11,000 years and review the remarkable mystic mysteries they've unraveled along the way.
Synopsis
Smithsonian Channel delves into the supernatural beliefs of ancient Britons in "Mystic Britain." In this documentary series, talk show host Clive Anderson and anthropologist Mary-Ann Ochota travel across the United Kingdom exploring sacred belief, strange rituals and occult practices. They are joined by scientists, archaeologists and historians who look at the latest discoveries unearthing weird and wondrous truths about ancient sites, events and cultures. Anderson and Ochota's journeys include a visit to an ancient church, where the walls are scored with demonic symbols, Hadrian's Wall, a massive structure believed to have magical powers, the site of the Rollright Stones, where it is said that fairies dance on summer evenings, and a pit full of human bones showing signs of mutilation in a Yorkshire village.Cast
Clive Anderson, Mary-Ann OchotaRating
TV-PG
Genres
Documentary, HistoryMore Like This
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