Bonekickers

- Season 1

(2008)

Archaeology professor Gregory 'Dolly' Parton's dig in Somerset stumbles upon mysterious early 14th century remains from both parties of the Knights Templar crusade fight against the Turkish Saracen sultan Mamluk's troops for Jerusalem. The Templars seem to have fled France after their order's disbanding, carrying the priceless relic of the Holy Cross. The affair arouses interest from modern day British Christian heritage extremist Edward Laygass's movement which prepares a new 'holy war' contra Islam.

Professor Gregory Parton's team digs up manacles and mutilated corpses with the wreck of the aristocratic Carr family's 18th century ship Somerset near a Bristol channel bridge. It seems a beached 'tringular trade' slaver, which stirs modern political commotion, just now Afro-American presidential candidate senator Joy is visiting England. But DNA proves the bodies aren't slaves, Admiralty records the ship was falsely reported destroyed in Northern America. More research unearths a long-covered story involving Oban's Jamaican Maroons and George Washington. It's ...

An earth tremor near Bath exposes what the discovers to be its cause, a secret 'mine field' in the Roman-Celtic underground. They work out from digs and a Victoran manuscript it's all linked with Roman military commanders Marcus Quintanus and Cassius, Britton insurrection queen Baudicca ('Boadicea') and complex treason and cover-ups. But the danger is worse then appeared.

Gillian's ex-lover, an Iraqi archaeologist, comes to Bath. He wishes to take back some valuable relics, which were stolen from Iraq.

When a British WW1 tank is found in France with remains inside, tensions between the British and the Germans escalate.

Gilly continues her search for the greatest sword in history, the same hunt which made her mother. a world-renowned archaeologist as well, go mad.