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Secrets of the Dead

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Secrets of the Dead
GenreHistorical documentary
Narrated byRoy Scheider (2000), Liev Schreiber (2001 – 2011), Jay O. Sanders (2012 – present)
Theme music composerMichael Montes & Jeff Heffernan
Country of originUnited States
United Kingdom
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons13
No. of episodes64
Production
Executive producer(s)Jared Lipworth
Producer(s)Thirteen/WNET
Quickfire Media
David Johnson
Lucy Palmer
Five (UK)
Channel 4 International(UK)
Camera setupmultiple
Running time56 minutes
Release
Original networkPBS
NJN
Original releaseMay 15, 2000 (2000-05-15) – present
External links
Website

Secrets of the Dead, produced by Thirteen/WNET New York, is an ongoing PBS television series which began in 2000. The show generally follows an investigator or team of investigators exploring what modern science can tell us about some of the great mysteries of history. Most programs incorporate primary source material, first-hand accounts, dramatic reenactments, and computer-generated imagery (CGI) to tell the story. The series originated in a series of the same name in the United Kingdom first shown by Channel 4 in 1999. The first two seasons for each country were broadly similar, but thereafter diverged. The US series includes some programs shown in other Channel 4 series (e.g. Secret History). In the case of original British episodes, PBS re-edited, re-branded and finally re-narrated them with various American voice artists. [1] PBS description: "Scientists seek to uncover celebrated mysteries of the past in this occasional British series."

Episode topics have included the Titanic, D-Day, the Shroud of Turin, the Salem Witch Trials, Blackbeard's lost ship, and the first English translations of the Bible.

The PBS series premiered on May 15, 2000, airing four programs in three days (the first episode, concerning the Extreme weather events of 535–536, was a two-parter).[2] Despite an irregular schedule, new episodes continue to air.[3]

Episodes - UK series[edit]

Season 1 (1999)[edit]

  • Ep. 1: Blood Red Roses (06/29/1999 - US S4#1)
  • Ep. 2: What Happened to the Hindenburg? (07/06/1999 - US S1#4)
  • Ep. 3: The Lost Vikings (07/13/1999 - US S1#3)
  • Ep. 4: Cannibals of the Canyon (07/20/1999 - US S1#5)
  • Ep. 5: Catastrophe - The Day the Sun Went Out (07/27/1999 - US S1#1)
  • Ep. 6: Catastrophe - How the World Changed (08/03/1999 - US S1#2)

Season 2 (2000)[edit]

  • Ep. 1: Murder at Stonehenge (07/17/2000 - US S2#2)
  • Ep. 2: The Syphilis Enigma (07/24/2000 - US S2#6)
  • Ep. 3: Murder in Jamestown (07/31/2000 - US S2#3)
  • Ep. 4: Bewitched (08/07/2000 - US S2#1 Witches Curse)
  • Ep. 5: Blood on the Altar (08/14/2000)
  • Ep. 6: What Sank the Mary Rose? (08/21/2000)

Season 3 (2001)[edit]

  • Ep. 1: The Riddle of Pompeii (02/01/2001)
  • Ep. 2: The Hidden Scrolls of Herculaneum (02/08/2001)
  • Ep. 3: Gladiator Girl (05/14/2001)
  • Ep. 4: Sounds from the Stone Age (11/12/2001)
  • Ep. 5: The First Human? (11/19/2001 - US S1#4 Search for the First Human)
  • Ep. 6: Mystery of Zulu Dawn (12/03/2001 - US S2#4 Day of the Zulu)
  • Ep. 7: Who Burnt Rome? (12/10/2001 - US S3#4 The Great Fire of Rome)
  • Ep. 8: King Midas's Feast (12/30/2001)

Season 4 (2002)[edit]

  • Ep. 1: Riddle of the Plague Survivors (02/24/2002)
  • Ep. 2: The Birth of the Smart Bomber (03/03/2002)
  • Ep. 3: Quest for Noah's Flood (03/16/2002)

Season 5 (2003-4)[edit]

  • Ep. 1: Titanic's Ghost (03/13/2003 - US S3#3)
  • Ep. 2: The Coldest March (03/20/2003 - US S3#5)
  • Ep. 3: Plague on the Western Front (03/27/2003)
  • Ep. 4: Shroud of Christ? (03/29/2004 - US S4#4)

Episodes - US series[edit]

Season 1 (2000)[edit]

  • Ep. 1: Catastrophe! Part 1: “The Day the Sun Went Out” (05/15/2000 - UK S1#5) — narrated by Roy Scheider
  • Ep. 2: Catastrophe! Part 2: “How the World Changed” (05/16/2000 - UK S1#6) — narrated by Roy Scheider
  • Ep. 3: The Lost Vikings (05/16/2000 - UK S1#3)
  • Ep. 4: What Happened to the Hindenburg? (05/17/2000 - UK S1#2)
  • Ep. 5: Cannibalism in the Canyon (05/17/2000 - UK S1#4 Cannibals of the Canyon)

Home Video[edit]

This VHS is Released August 1, 2000.

Season 2 (2001)[edit]

  • Ep. 1: Witches Curse (06/26/2001 - UK S2#4 Bewitched)
  • Ep. 2: Murder at Stonehenge (07/03/2001 - UK S2#1)
  • Ep. 3: Death at Jamestown (07/10/2001 - UK S2#3 Murder in Jamestown)
  • Ep. 4: Day of the Zulu (07/17/2001 - UK S3#6 Mystery of Zulu Dawn)
  • Ep. 5: Tomb of Christ (07/24/2001)
  • Ep. 6: The Syphilis Enigma (07/31/2001 - UK S2#2)

Home Video[edit]

This VHS is Released July 31, 2001.

Season 3 (2002 – 2003)[edit]

  • Ep. 1: Search for the First Human (05/08/2002 - UK S3#5 The First Human?)
  • Ep. 2: Mystery of the Black Death (10/30/2002)
  • Ep. 3: Titanic’s Ghosts (11/20/2002 - UK S5#1)
  • Ep. 4: The Great Fire of Rome (11/27/2002 - UK S3#7 Who Burnt Rome?)
  • Ep. 5: Tragedy at the Pole (01/15/2003 - UK S5#2)
  • Ep. 6: Bombing Nazi Dams (02/12/2003)

Home Video[edit]

This VHS is Released December 3, 2002 and February 25, 2003.

Season 4 (2003 – 2004)[edit]

  • Ep. 1: Blood Red Roses (11/01/2003 - UK S1#1)
  • Ep. 2: Bridge on the River Kwai (11/12/2003) (11/18/2003 VHS)
  • Ep. 3: Killer Flu (03/3/2004 UK Secret History S6#5) (3/2/2004 VHS)
  • Ep. 4: Shroud of Christ? (04/07/2004 - UK S5#4) (4/6/2004 VHS)
  • Ep. 5: D-Day (05/19/2004) (10/26/2004 VHS)
  • Ep. 6: Amazon Warrior Women (08/04/2004) (8/24/2004 VHS)

Season 5 (2005 – 2006)[edit]

  • Ep. 1: The Hunt for Nazi Scientists (10/19/2005) (10/18/2005 DVD/VHS)
  • Ep. 2: Gangland Graveyard (11/16/2005) (1/3/2006 DVD/VHS)
  • Ep. 3: Voyage of the Courtesans (11/23/2005) (11/22/2005 VHS; 01/3/2006 DVD)
  • Ep. 4: The Sinking of the Andrea Doria (07/26/2006) (9/19/06 DVD/Video)
  • Ep. 5: Umbrella Assassin (10/04/2006) (11/14/2006 DVD)

Season 6 (2006 – 2007)[edit]

  • Ep. 1: Dogfight Over Guadalcanal (11/8/2006)
  • Ep. 2: Battle for the Bible (04/25/2007)
  • Ep. 3: Herculaneum Uncovered (05/02/2007)
  • Ep. 4: Headless Romans (05/09/2007)
  • Ep. 5: Irish Escape (05/16/2007)

Season 7 (2008)[edit]

  • Ep. 1: Aztec Massacre (04/23/2008)
  • Ep. 2: Escape from Auschwitz (04/30/2008)

Season 8 (2008 – 2009)[edit]

  • Ep. 1: Doping for Gold (05/07/2008)
  • Ep. 2: Sinking Atlantis (05/14/2008)
  • Ep. 3: Executed in Error (10/01/2008)
  • Ep. 4: Blackbeard’s Lost Ship (04/22/2009)

Season 9 (2009 – 2010)[edit]

  • Ep. 1: Michelangelo Revealed (05/13/2009)
  • Ep. 2: The Airmen and The Headhunters (11/11/2009)
  • Ep. 3: Mumbai Massacre (11/25/2009)
  • Ep. 4: Japanese SuperSub (05/05/2010)
  • Ep. 5: Churchill's Deadly Decision (05/12/2010)
  • Ep. 6: Deadliest Battle (05/19/2010)

Season 10 (2010 – 2011)[edit]

  • Ep. 1: The Silver Pharaoh (11/3/2010)
  • Ep. 2: Slave Ship Mutiny (11/10/2010)
  • Ep. 3: Lost Ships of Rome (11/17/2010)
  • Ep. 4: Lost in the Amazon (04/20/2011)
  • Ep. 5: China’s Terracotta Warriors (05/04/2011)
  • Ep. 6: The World's Biggest Bomb (05/18/2011)

Season 11 (2012)[edit]

  • Ep. 1: The Man Who Saved The World (10/24/2012)

Season 12 (2013)[edit]

Season 13 (2013 - 2014)[edit]

  • Ep. 1: JFK: One PM Central Standard Time (11/13/2013) — narrated by George Clooney
  • Ep. 2: The Lost Diary of Dr. Livingstone (3/26/2014)
  • Ep. 3: Carthage's Lost Warriors (4/2/2014)
  • Ep. 4: The Lost Gardens of Babylon (5/6/2014)
  • Ep. 5: The Mona Lisa Mystery (7/9/2014)
  • Ep. 6: Dick Cavett's Watergate (8/8/2014)
  • Ep. 7: Resurrecting Richard III (9/24/2014)

Season 14 (2015)[edit]

  • Ep. 1: Ben Franklin’s Bones (1/28/2015)
  • Ep. 2: JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness (8/4/2015) — narrated by Morgan Freeman.
  • Ep. 3: The Real Trojan Horse (10/13/2015)

Season 15 (2015-2016)[edit]

  • Ep. 1: Vampire Legend (10/27/2015)
  • Ep. 2: Jamestown's Dark Winter[4] (11/24/2015)
  • Ep. 3: The Alcatraz Escape (3/29/2016)
  • Ep. 4: Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb (5/17/2016)
  • Ep. 5: Teotihuacán’s Lost Kings (5/24/2016)

Season 16 (2016-2017)[edit]

  • Ep. 1: After Stonehenge (10/26/2016)
  • Ep. 2: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts (11/2/2016)
  • Ep. 3: Van Gogh’s Ear (12/14/2016)
  • EP. 4: Nero's Sunken City (03/29/2017)
  • Ep. 5: Leonardo, The Man Who Saved Science (04/05/2017)

Season 17 (2017-2018)[edit]

  • Ep. 1: Secrets of Spanish Florida (12/26/2017)
  • Ep. 2: Scanning the Pyramids (1/24/2018)
  • Ep. 3: "Hannibal in the Alps" (4/10/18)
  • Ep. 4: "The Woman in the Iron Coffin" (10/03/18)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Secrets of the Dead (TV series)". ftvdb.bfi.org.uk.
  2. ^ Wertheimer, Ron (2000-05-15). "Television Review; A Seance in 4 Parts, With Narration". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Lee, Felicia R. (2008-04-23). "Going for the Grisly Gives a Show Staying Power". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  4. ^ "Secrets of the Dead". Zap2it. Retrieved 9 November 2015.

External links[edit]

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