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Hidden Histories

Season 1

2008 · 5 episodes

  1. 1. Episode 1

    2008-11-04 · 30m

    Huw Edwards and the history detectives discover a lost church (Tal-y-Cafn), search for the oldest castle (Hay-on-Wye) gate in Europe and find out how the great engineer Thomas Telford built the highest aqueduct (Pont Cysyllte) in the UK.

  2. 2. Episode 2

    2008-11-11 · 30m

    Huw Edwards and his team decipher the writing on a stone pillar (Eliseg's Pillar), recreate what an iron age fort (Gaer-Fawr) would have looked like and uncover an 18th century copper works (Swansea).

  3. 3. Episode 3

    2008-11-18 · 30m

    This time, Huw Edwards and his team examine a Tudor house (Old Impton Farm), a Roman theatre (Tomen-y-Mur) and a chapel (Llanelli).

  4. 4. Episode 4

    2008-11-25 · 30m

    Huw Edwards and his team interpret the strange humps and bumps in the Welsh uplands (Pen-blaen-Milo). A model farm (Leighton Park Farm) and a medieval wall painting (Ciliau).

  5. 5. Episode 5

    2008-12-02 · 30m

    Huw Edwards investigates the case of the disappearing house near Llandeilo. WWII defences at Holyhead and searches for a lost castle at Portmeirion.

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