Secrets of the Dead

Season 4

Episode 1: Blood Red Roses

Lots of bodies are found in a grave at the site of Britain's bloodiest battle during the famous Wars of the Roses - The House of Lancaster against The House of York. Practically dividing Britain into North and South, the civil war lasted for at least 30 years, and the Battle of Towton in 1461 claimed 28,000 lives in a single day's fighting. This programme focuses on just a handful of those unfortunate soldiers, accidentally found when building work disturbed their place of rest. Aired on Channel Four in 1999.