Bonekickers Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Season 1 Episode 6: Follow the Gleam

  Gillian risks her reputation, friendships and life in pursuit of her greatest obsession - the search for Excalibur. The same quest drove her mother mad, but she refuses to heed the warnings from colleagues or give up the chase, even when one by one people connected to the Arthurian legend start to die. Despite a lifetime's research, her only ally is Daniel. Last in the series, starring Julie Graham

• Season 1 Episode 5: The Lines of War

  A British World War One tank containing the burned remains of six soldiers is uncovered in France. Evidence of a war crime emerges from the site, causing tension between Gillian and her German counterpart, while the French official struggles to remain neutral. Archaeological drama, with Julie Graham, guest-starring Gabrielle Scharnitzky

• Season 1 Episode 4: The Cradle of Civilisation

  Kahmil Hammadi, an Iraqi archaeologist and Gillian's former love interest, arrives in Bath with a cultural delegation to reclaim a Babylonian relic looted during the Iraq war. Gillian is suspicious of Hammadi, believing he has a different reason for visiting, and her suspicions are further aroused when an antiques dealer is found murdered. Julie Graham stars

• Season 1 Episode 3: The Eternal Fire

  Gillian and the team explore a Celtic chamber beneath Roman baths, hoping to uncover more about the mysterious relationship between Boudicca and a soldier named Marcus Quintanus. The discovery of Celtic metalwork and a human jawbone in their excavation throws up some unexpected possibilities, and a cave-in forces Ben and Gillian to confront their own relationship issues. Julie Graham and Adrian Lester star

• Season 1 Episode 2: Warriors

  The team finds ancient remains - seemingly those of 18th-century slaves - in the Bristol Channel. The discovery of a ship's bell in mud flats links the bones to a boat called the Somerset, but Gillian's research suggests the vessel never carried slaves. Unexpected results after analysis of the remains widen the investigation further, and it appears anyone who gets close to the truth is in danger

• Season 1 Episode 1: Army of God

  New drama series. Julie Graham, Hugh Bonneville and Adrian Lester play archaeologists investigating mysteries of the past, starting with the apparent discovery of part of Christ's True Cross in a Somerset field. The find is made among the bodies of 14th-century Knights Templar returned from the Crusades and sparks the declaration of a modern-day holy war by a religious extremist who buys the site