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Living in the Past·BBC Two

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1 season · 12 eps

Season 1

S1 · E1 50 min

March Episode 1

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The Archaeological background. Building the settlement.

S1 · E2 50 min

April Episode 2

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Difficulties and delays.

S1 · E3 50 min

May Episode 3

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Spring at last.

S1 · E4 50 min

June Episode 4

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Learning to be self-sufficient.

S1 · E5 50 min

July Episode 5

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The first signs of strain appear in the group's relationship with one another. They have problems with their livestock, but some successes as well.

S1 · E6 50 min

August Episode 6

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Fun and games for the Celtic Festival of Lugnatha-a prehistoric August Bank Holiday. Harvest time begins and one of the group goes missing.

S1 · E7 50 min

September Episode 7

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The group take in the harvest and run into more problems. They kill a pig and begin preparing for the winter.

S1 · E8 50 min

October Episode 8

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The village has a disastrous crop failure. They train cattle, make clothes and shoes and deal with minor cuts and injuries.

S1 · E9 50 min

November Episode 9

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The villagers celebrate the Celtic festival of Samhain, better known today as Bonfire Night. They burn a wicker man and enact a play with the spirits of darkness.

S1 · E10 50 min

December Episode 10

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The Iron Age village prepares for the winter. Lindsay and Peter return home with the children and the others regret their departure. The villagers experiment with metal working.

S1 · E11 50 min

January Episode 11

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The Iron Age village in winter. The group begin to master the skills of working iron and weaving. They talk about the lack of leadership and the lack of privacy in the Round House.

S1 · E12 50 min

February Episode 12

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The Iron Age village during the closing weeks of the project. The group talk about the skills they have attained and their feelings about returning to the outside world. The archaeologists take over and give an assessment of the project as a whole, its failures and its successes.

12 episodes in Season 1

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