BRITAIN’S VIKING GRAVEYARD
1 x 60’ | Windfall Films | Channel 4 & PBS (NOVA) 2019
Producer & Director
Archaeologists are hunting for the remains of one of the largest armies ever to invade Britain. In the 9th Century, thousands of Vikings stormed these shores, but left little evidence of their bloody occupation.
In search of this lost army, an intrepid team reopens the gruesome mystery of a mass grave found under a Derbyshire vicarage lawn, to forensically piece together stories of women warriors and a king, reunited with his son in death.
They also unearth new evidence of a massive encampment, in what looks set to become one of the most significant Viking sites ever discovered in Britain…
“CSI Valhalla”, The Times. Pick of the Day, Radio Times, Guardian, Telegraph.
Winner of the Gold award for Best Historical Documentary, New York Festivals 2020.
The moment our archaeologists knew that they had finally located the Viking Army
Staging a Viking burial in a local village hall
Graphics by Dinnick & Howells
Recreating the grave of the famous Birka Warrior
How many people does it take to pull a longboat ashore? Answer: more than this
Proto-Viking
Lead archaeologist Cat Jarman, with friend
Filming with archaeologist Cat Jarman in our HQ at the Viking Graveyard
Not all viking warriors had beards
Nighttime filming in the Viking graveyard at Repton