Episode 1
Piltdown Man
May 30, 1955
Dr. J. Weiner, of the Department of Anatomy at Oxford University, and Dr. K. Oakley, of the British Museum of Natural History, tell the story of the finding of the Piltdown remains and show Glyn Daniel how one of the most remarkable hoaxes in scientific history was eventually exposed.
Episode 2
Two Maltese Mysteries
Jun 13, 1955
John Evans discusses with Glyn Daniel the great stone temples of Malta, and Instructor Captain H. S. Gracie, R.N., suggests an answer to the problem of the prehistoric Maltese cart-tracks.
Episode 3
West Kennet Long Barrow
Jul 11, 1955
With the help of television outside broadcast cameras Professor Stuart Piggott and Richard Atkinson of Edinburgh University show Glyn Daniel the results of their excavation of the West Kennet Long Barrow, one of the largest and best-known prehistoric burial mounds in Britain.
Episode 4
The Etruscans
Aug 8, 1955
Glyn Daniel tells the story of one of the most mysterious of the peoples of the ancient world and illustrates their achievements with film specially shot in Italy.
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