Lindow Man: The Body In The Bog

August 1984. Deep inside a peat-cutting works on Lindow Moss in Cheshire, workers were feeding ancient peat onto a conveyor belt when something unexpected appeared.

A human foot.

Police were called. At first, investigators feared they were dealing with a modern murder victim. But as experts began their examination, the case took an extraordinary turn. The remains were nearly two thousand years old.

A perfectly preserved corpse of a man whose skin still survived with hair intact, his death appeared to have been shockingly violent. Today he is known simply as Lindow Man, but what happened to him on that fateful, final day?

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Presenters: Rebecca Rideal & Raksha Dave

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Rowan Jacobs

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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