Meet the Ancestors
The Forgotten Battlefield
Season 5 Episode 3 of 6
Following amateur archaeologists as they undertake the largest-ever excavation of the World War One battlefield at Ypres in Flanders, uncovering an incredible array of artefacts either forgotten or discarded at the end of the conflict. The programme reveals remarkably well-preserved infrastructures of trenches and dug-outs, as well as poignant personal reminders of the human cost involved
Meet the Ancestors airs on BBC Four HD at 7:30 PM, Thursday 6 November. (Subtitles.)
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News ➝ Current Affairs
Documentary
Caroline van den Brul
Executive Producer
John Hayes Fisher
Producer