Ancient Secrets of Althorp

1 x 60’ | Spun Gold | Channel 4 & PBS | 2021

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Ever since he was a boy, Charles Spencer has been fascinated by the legend of a lost Anglo Saxon village that’s believed to lie in the grounds of his ancestral home of Althorp.

Now a bestselling historian, and the 9th Earl Spencer, Charles is determined to find the lost settlement. For the first time in the history of the estate, he’s opened its gates to an archaeological dig.

Led by Dr Cat Jarman and Prof Mark Horton, the excavation unearths some unwelcome surprises, while the Saxon village proves frustratingly elusive.

But then the archaeologists begin to uncover extraordinary evidence of pre-historic people living at Althorp - including a Neolithic encampment which they believe to be more than five thousand years old…