King Arthur's Britain: The Truth Unearthed

PBS America (Freeview)

3:25 PM to 4:40 PM

Monday 24 February

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With access to a major new excavation on the Tintagel peninsula in Cornwall, Professor Alice Roberts pulls together the latest evidence to reveal what Dark Age Britain was really like. Long known to have been a Dark Ages settlement, the new evidence reveals that Tintagel was also a seat of power, and Alice explores the link between the location and Arthurian legend, tracking down the early sources for the period and the first written reference to King Arthur