The Black Death: Pandemic

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10:00 PM to 11:05 PM

Saturday 18 July

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Part two of two. Dan Snow and archaeologist Raksha Dave investigate how the Black Death devastated Britain 700 years ago, killing around three million people across the country. In the concluding episode, Dan and Raksha pick up the terrifying story of Black Death six months after the first deadly outbreak in Britain 700 years ago. By January 1349, the plague had engulfed southern England, and Britain was now in the grip of the most devastating pandemic in history. As Dan and Raksha explore the spiralling death toll, they reveal how the country was gripped by fear and descended into chaos