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Apr 19, 2015
Paul Atterbury investigates the role of the Medway Queen in the Dunkirk evacuation and takes a Grandson to visit his Grandfather's ship for the first time.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 14 episodes

Season 1
   
Episode 2,
Paul Atterbury investigates a sampler and the heart-wrenching tale of the incarceration of its creator in a Victorian workhouse.
28m Apr 6, 2015
   
Episode 3,
John Foster and the team investigate two remarkable trophies that record great British moments of athletic endeavour.
29m Apr 7, 2015
   
Episode 4,
Paul Atterbury investigates the mystery that surrounds a portrait of Tina Strobos, a member of the Dutch resistance during the 2nd World War.
29m Apr 8, 2015
   
Episode 5,
Andy McConnell helps a daughter to discover the truth about her father's working life at the Whitefriars Glass factory.
28m Apr 9, 2015
   
Episode 6,
Judith Miller pieces together the poignant story of a housemaid who was forced to give up her baby for adoption.
29m Apr 12, 2015
   
Episode 7,
Hilary Kay investigates a rare medal and reveals the details of an extraordinary act of bravery.
29m Apr 13, 2015
   
Episode 8,
Fiona Bruce investigates the story of a holocaust survivor and visits the Nazi concentration camp, Bergen Belsen. 70 years after the liberation of the camp by the British Army, Fiona organises an emotional meeting.
29m Apr 14, 2015
   
Episode 9,
Marc Allum investigates the story of the Carpathia, the ship that went to the rescue of the Titanic survivors, and brings together two of the Captain's relatives.
29m Apr 15, 2015
   
Episode 10,
Geoffrey Munn investigates the history of a ring that comes from perhaps the most explosive time in British history; the trial of Charles I.
29m Apr 16, 2015
   
Episode 11,
Paul Atterbury investigates the role of the Medway Queen in the Dunkirk evacuation and takes a Grandson to visit his Grandfather's ship for the first time.
29m Apr 19, 2015
   
Episode 12,
Will Farmer investigates the life of a talented but little known sculptor. Does any of his work survive and if so can Will help the artist's family to trace it?
29m Apr 20, 2015
   
Episode 13,
Adam Schoon investigates one of the most incredible adventure stories of all time led by one of the biggest names in exploration, Sir Ernest Shackleton.
29m Apr 21, 2015
   
Episode 14,
Hilary Kay investigates a tiny Victorian sketchbook but who was the artist and how did he come to lose what must have been a treasured possession?
29m Apr 22, 2015
   
Episode 15,
Graham Lay investigates an embroidered tablecloth. Covered in signatures, it was made by female prisoners in a Japanese internment camp during the 2nd World War.
28m Apr 23, 2015
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