Finding the Fallen/The Trench Detectives

5 x 45 min Series | Five

Almost 90 years after the end of the First World War, the bloody battlegrounds surrender their secrets. A team of archaeologists, forensics experts and historians work to identify these unknown soldiers and finally lay them to rest. This is contemporary archaeology writ large. Its purpose: to remember the past, lest we forget. Its aim: to identify and honour those who gave their lives in the Great War.