Timewatch · SEASON 23
The Mystery of the Black Death
Episode 8 · 2004-10-15
- Documentary
Episode overview
Could the Black Death - killer of up to half of Europe in the 14th century - be lying dormant, ready to strike again? New evidence refutes received opinion that the cause was bubonic plague spread by rats, but was actually a deadly virus that emerged from animals and then vanished again. 3/6.
50 minutes
Season 23 episodes
1. Britain's X-Files2004-01-09
2. The Lost Liner and the Empire's Gold2004-01-16
3. The Secrets of Enzo Ferrari2004-01-23
4. The Mysteries of the Medieval Ship2004-01-30
5. How Mad Was King George?2004-02-06
6. Who Killed Rasputin?2004-10-01
7. The Lost Heroes2004-10-08
8. The Mystery of the Black Death2004-10-15
9. The Black Pharaohs2004-10-22
10. The Secrets of the Mary Rose2004-10-29
11. Julius Caesar's Greatest Battle2004-11-05
