Secrets of the Dead
{{Short description|PBS television series}}
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{{Infobox television
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| genre = Historical documentary
| narrated = Roy Scheider
Liev Schreiber
Jay O. Sanders
| theme_music_composer = Michael Montes & Jeff Heffernan
| country = United States
United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_seasons = 21 (US)
| num_episodes = 107 + 6 specials (US)
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = Jared Lipworth
| producer = Thirteen/WNET
Quickfire Media
David Johnson
Lucy Palmer
Five (UK)
Channel 4 International(UK)
| camera = multiple
| runtime = 56 minutes
| first_aired = {{Start date|2000|5|15}}
| last_aired = present
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Secrets of the Dead, produced by WNET 13 New York, is an ongoing PBS television series which began in 2000. The show generally follows an investigator or team of investigators exploring what modern science can tell viewers about some of the great mysteries of history. Most programs incorporate primary source material, first-hand accounts, dramatic reenactments, and computer-generated imagery (CGI) to tell the story. The series originated in a series of the same name in the United Kingdom first shown by Channel 4 in 1999. The first two seasons for each country were broadly similar, but thereafter diverged. The US series includes some programs shown in other Channel 4 series (e.g. Secret History). In the case of original British episodes, PBS re-edited, re-branded and finally re-narrated them with various American voice artists.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/31726|title=Secrets of the Dead (TV series)|author=|website=ftvdb.bfi.org.uk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804073103/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/31726|archive-date=August 4, 2011}} PBS description: "Scientists seek to uncover celebrated mysteries of the past in this occasional British series."
Episode topics (Which are listed in different order on PBS) have included the Titanic, D-Day, the Shroud of Turin, the Salem Witch Trials, Blackbeard's lost ship, and the first English translations of the Bible.
The PBS series premiered on May 15, 2000, airing four programs in three days (the first episode, concerning the Extreme weather events of 535–536, was a two-parter).{{cite news | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802EED8133BF936A25756C0A9669C8B63 | title=Television Review; A Seance in 4 Parts, With Narration | work=The New York Times | date=2000-05-15 | first=Ron | last=Wertheimer | access-date=2017-02-12 | archive-date=2008-05-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507085553/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802EED8133BF936A25756C0A9669C8B63 | url-status=live }} Despite an irregular schedule, new episodes continue to air.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/arts/television/23secr.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=secrets+of+the+dead&st=nyt&oref=slogin | title=Going for the Grisly Gives a Show Staying Power | work=The New York Times | date=2008-04-23 | first=Felicia R. | last=Lee | access-date=2010-05-23 | archive-date=2009-04-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425142003/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/arts/television/23secr.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=secrets+of+the+dead&st=nyt&oref=slogin | url-status=live }}
Episodes — UK series
=Season 1 (1999)=
- Ep. 1: "Blood Red Roses" (1999-06-29 — US S4#1)
- Ep. 2: "What Happened to the Hindenburg?" (1999-07-06 — US S1#4)
- Ep. 3: "The Lost Vikings" (1999-07-13 — US S1#3)
- Ep. 4: "Cannibals of the Canyon" (1999-07-20 — US S1#5 "Cannibalism in the Canyon")
- Ep. 5: "Catastrophe – The Day the Sun Went Out" (1999-07-27 — US S1#1)
- Ep. 6: "Catastrophe – How the World Changed" (1999-08-03 — US S1#2)
=Season 2 (2000)=
- Ep. 1: "Murder at Stonehenge" (2000-07-17 — US S2#2)
- Ep. 2: "The Syphilis Enigma" (2000-07-24 — US S2#6)
- Ep. 3: "Murder in Jamestown" (2000-07-31 — US S2#3 "Death at Jamestown")
- Ep. 4: "Bewitched" (2000-08-07 — US S2#1 "Witches Curse")
- Ep. 5: "Blood on the Altar" (2000-08-14)
- Ep. 6: "What Sank the Mary Rose?" (2000-08-21)
=Season 3 (2001)=
- Ep. 1: "The Riddle of Pompeii" (2001-02-01)
- Ep. 2: "The Hidden Scrolls of Herculaneum" (2001-02-08)
- Ep. 3: "Gladiator Girl" (2001-05-14)
- Ep. 4: "Sounds from the Stone Age" (2001-11-12)
- Ep. 5: "The First Human?" (2001-11-19 — US S3#1 "Search for the First Human")
- Ep. 6: "Mystery of Zulu Dawn" (2001-12-03 — US S2#4 "Day of the Zulu")
- Ep. 7: "Who Burnt Rome?" (2001-12-10 — US S3#4 "The Great Fire of Rome")
- Ep. 8: "King Midas's Feast" (2001-12-30)
=Season 4 (2002)=
- Ep. 1: "Riddle of the Plague Survivors" (2002-02-24)
- Ep. 2: "The Birth of the Smart Bomber" (2002-03-03)
- Ep. 3: "Quest for Noah's Flood" (2002-03-16)
=Season 5 (2003–04)=
- Ep. 1: "Titanic's Ghost" (2003-03-13 — US S3#3)
- Ep. 2: "The Coldest March" (2003-03-20 — US S3#5 "Tragedy at the Pole")
- Ep. 3: "Plague on the Western Front" (2003-03-27)
- Ep. 4: "Shroud of Christ?" (2004-03-29 — US S4#4)
Episodes — US series
=Specials (2014-17)=
- Ep. 1: "Dick Cavett's Watergate" (2014-08-08)
- Ep. 2: "Secrets of Spanish Florida" (2017-12-26)
- Ep. 3: "America’s Untold Story - Struggle to Survive" (2017-12-26)
- Ep. 4: "America’s Untold Story - Men of God, Men of Greed" (2018-01-02)
- Ep. 5: "America’s Untold Story - The British Are Coming" (2018-01-09)
- Ep. 6: "America’s Untold Story - The 14th and 15th Colonies" (2018-01-18)
=Season 1 (2000)=
{{Episode table |background=#000 |season=5 |title=18 |airdate=25 |episodes=
{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Catastrophe! – The Day the Sun Went Out” Part 1 of 2 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|5|15}}| LineColor = 000 | ShortSummary = UK S1#5 narrated by Roy Scheider
}} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Catastrophe! – How the World Changed” Part 2 of 2 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|5|16}}| LineColor = 000 | ShortSummary = UK S1#6 narrated by Roy Scheider
}} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = The Lost Vikings | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|05|16}}| LineColor = 000 | ShortSummary = UK S1#3
}} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = What Happened to the Hindenburg? | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|05|17}}| LineColor = 000 | ShortSummary = UK S1#2
}} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = Cannibalism in the Canyon | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|05|17}}| LineColor = 000 | ShortSummary = UK S1#4 "Cannibals of the Canyon"
}}
}}
=Season 2 (2001)=
{{Episode table |background=#000 |season=5 |title=18 |airdate=25 |episodes=
{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Witches Curse | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|06|26}}| LineColor = 000 | ShortSummary = UK S2#4 "Bewitched"
}} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Murder at Stonehenge | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|07|3}}| LineColor = 000 | ShortSummary = UK S2#1
}} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Death at Jamestown | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|07|10}}| LineColor = 000 | ShortSummary = UK S2#3 "Murder in Jamestown"
}} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Day of the Zulu | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|07|17}}| LineColor = 000 | ShortSummary = UK S3#6 "Mystery of Zulu Dawn"
}} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = Tomb of Christ | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|07|24}}
}} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = The Syphilis Enigma | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|07|31}}| LineColor = 000 | ShortSummary = UK S2#2
}}
}}
=Season 3 (2002–03)=
{{Episode table |background=#000 |season=5 |title=18 |airdate=25 |episodes=
{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Search for the First Human | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|05|8}}| LineColor = 000 | ShortSummary = UK S3#5 "The First Human?"
}} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Mystery of the Black Death | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|10|30}}
}} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Titanic's Ghosts | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|11|20}}| LineColor = 000 | ShortSummary = UK S5#1
}} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = The Great Fire of Rome | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|11|27}}| LineColor = 000 | ShortSummary = UK S3#7 "Who Burnt Rome?"
}} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = Tragedy at the Pole | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|01|15}}| LineColor = 000 | ShortSummary = UK S5#2
}} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = Bombing Nazi Dams | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|02|12}}
}}
}}
=Season 4 (2003–04)=
{{Episode table |background=#000 |season=5 |title=18 |airdate=25 |episodes=
{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Bridge on the River Kwai | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|11|12}}
}} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Killer Flu | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|03|3}}| LineColor = 000 | ShortSummary = UK Secret History S6#5
}} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Shroud of Christ? | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|04|7}}| LineColor = 000 | ShortSummary = UK S5#4
}} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = D-Day | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|05|19}}
}} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = Amazon Warrior Women | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|08|4}}
}}
}}
=Season 5 (2005–06)=
{{Episode table |background=#000 |season=5 |title=18 |airdate=25 |episodes=
{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = The Hunt for Nazi Scientists | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|10|19}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 }}
{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Gangland Graveyard | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|11|16}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 }}
{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Voyage of the Courtesans | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|11|23}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 }}
{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = The Sinking of the Andrea Doria | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|07|26}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 }}
{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = Umbrella Assassin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|10|04}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 }}
}}
=Season 6 (2006–07)=
{{Episode table |background=#000 |season=5 |title=18 |airdate=18 |prodcode= 7|episodes=
{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Dogfight Over Guadalcanal | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|11|8}} |ProdCode=601
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Battle for the Bible | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|04|25}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 602
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Herculaneum Uncovered | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|05|2}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 603
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Headless Romans | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|05|9}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 604
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = Irish Escape | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|05|16}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 605
}}
}}
=Season 7 (2008)=
{{Episode table |background=#000 |season=5 |title=18 |airdate=18 |prodcode= 7|episodes=
{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Aztec Massacre | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|04|23}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 701
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Escape from Auschwitz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|04|30}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 702
}}
}}
=Season 8 (2008–09)=
{{Episode table |background=#000 |season=5 |title=18 |airdate=18 |prodcode= 7|episodes=
{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Doping for Gold | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|05|7}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 801
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Sinking Atlantis | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|05|14}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 802
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Executed in Error | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|10|1}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 803
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Blackbeard's Lost Ship | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|04|22}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 804
}}
}}
=Season 9 (2009–10)=
{{Episode table |background=#000 |season=5 |title=18 |airdate=18 |prodcode= 7|episodes=
{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Michelangelo Revealed | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|05|13}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 901
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = The Airmen and the Headhunters | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|11|11}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 902
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Mumbai Massacre | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|11|25}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 903
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Japanese SuperSub | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|05|5}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode =
}}
}}
=Season 10 (2010)=
{{Episode table |background=#000 |season=5 |title=18 |airdate=18 |prodcode= 7|episodes=
{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Churchill's Deadly Decision | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|05|12}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1001
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Deadliest Battle | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|05|19}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1002
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = The Silver Pharaoh | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|3}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1003
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Slave Ship Mutiny | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|10}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1004
}}
}}
=Season 11 (2010–11)=
{{Episode table |background=#000 |season=5 |title=18 |airdate=18 |prodcode= 7|episodes=
{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Lost Ships of Rome | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|17}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1101
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Lost in the Amazon | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|04|20}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1102
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = China's Terracotta Warriors | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|05|4}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1103
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = World's Biggest Bomb | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|05|17}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1104
}}
}}
=Season 12 (2012–13)=
{{Episode table |background=#000 |season=5 |title=18 |airdate=18 |prodcode= 7|episodes=
{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = The Man Who Saved the World | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|10|24}} | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1201 | ShortSummary = Soviet Navy officer Vasily Arkhipov's actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Bugging Hitler's Soldiers | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|05|1}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1202
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Death on the Railroad | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|05|8}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1203
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Caveman Cold Case | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|05|15}} | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1204 | ShortSummary = Narrated by Jay O. Sanders
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = Ultimate Tut | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|07|10}} | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1205 | ShortSummary = 2-hour episode narrated by Jay O. Sanders
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = Bones of the Buddha | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|07|23}} | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1206 | ShortSummary = Host explorer Charles Allen, narrated by Jay O. Sanders (Charles Dance in the UK version
}}
}}
=Season 13 (2013–14)=
{{Episode table |background=#000 |season=5 |title=18 |airdate=18 |prodcode= 7|episodes=
{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = JFK: One PM Central Standard Time | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|11|13}} | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1301 | ShortSummary = Narrated by George Clooney
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = The Lost Diary of Dr. Livingstone | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|03|26}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1302
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Carthage's Lost Warriors | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|04|2}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1303
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = The Lost Gardens of Babylon | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|05|6}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1304
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = The Mona Lisa Mystery | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|07|9}} | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1305 | ShortSummary = Written and directed by Klaus T. Steindl{{break
}}Experts examine the controversy over whether the Isleworth Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = Resurrecting Richard III | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|09|24}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1306
}}
}}
=Season 14 (2015)=
{{Episode table |background=#000 |season=5 |title=18 |airdate=18 |prodcode= 7|episodes=
{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Ben Franklin's Bones | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|01|28}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1401
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|08|4}} | ShortSummary = Narrated by Morgan Freeman |ProdCode =
| LineColor = 000 }}
{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = The Real Trojan Horse | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|10|13}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1402
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Jamestown's Dark Winter | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|11|24}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1403
}}
}}
=Season 15 (2015–16)=
{{Episode table |background=#000 |season=5 |title=18 |airdate=18 |prodcode= 7|episodes=
{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Vampire Legend | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|10|27}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1501
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = The Alcatraz Escape | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|03|29}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1503
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Cleopatra's Lost Tomb | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|05|17}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1502
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Teotihuacán's Lost Kings | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|05|24}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1504
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = Graveyard of the Giant Beasts | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|11|2}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1505
}}
}}
=Season 16 (2016–19)=
{{Episode table |background=#000 |season=5 |title=18 |airdate=18 |prodcode= 7|episodes=
{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = After Stonehenge | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|26}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1601
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Van Gogh's Ear | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|12|14}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1602
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Nero's Sunken City | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|03|29}} | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1603 | ShortSummary = Archaeologists map the underwater ruins of Baiae, ancient Rome's version of Las Vegas
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Leonardo, the Man Who Saved Science | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|04|5}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1604
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = *Special | Title = Secrets of Spanish Florida | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|26}} | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1604 | ShortSummary = AMFC — 2 hours
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = The Woman in the Iron Coffin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|10|3}} | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1605 | ShortSummary = Forensic experts investigate the preserved remains of a young 19th century New York African American woman and reveal details of early America's free black communities.
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = The Nero Files | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|02|20}} | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1606 | ShortSummary = The life and legend of Nero are examined by a forensic profiler.
}}
}}
=Season 17 (2018–20)=
{{Episode table |background=#000 |season=5 |title=18 |airdate=18 |prodcode= 7|episodes=
{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Scanning the Pyramids | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|01|24}}| LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1701
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Hannibal in the Alps | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|04|10}}| LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1702 | ShortSummary = A team of experts determines which of 4 possible routes was used by Hannibal
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = King Arthur's Lost Kingdom | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|03|27}}| LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1703 | ShortSummary = New archaeological evidence that rewrites our understanding of 5th and 6th century Britain might also explain the legend of King Arthur.
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Egypt's Darkest Hour | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|04|3}}| LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1704 | ShortSummary = The discovery of a rare mass grave with the bones of nearly 60 people outside Luxor sends archaeologists on a quest to find out who the remains belong to, why they were buried the way they were and what was happening in ancient Egypt that would have led to a mass burial.
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = World War Speed | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|06|25}}| LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1705 | ShortSummary = Historian James Holland, on his quest to understand how the use of amphetamines affected the course of World War II and unleashed “the world's first pharmacological arms race.”{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/world-war-speed-world-war-speed-about-the-film/4306/|title=World War Speed {{!}} World War Speed: About the Film|publisher=PBS|date=2019-05-08|website=Secrets of the Dead|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-11|archive-date=2019-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903173023/https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/world-war-speed-world-war-speed-about-the-film/4306/|url-status=live}} Shown in the UK on BBC Four as a standalone, Aug 29, 2019.{{cite web | url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/m0007zd5 | title=BBC Programme Index | date=29 August 2019 | access-date=2022-08-23 | archive-date=2022-08-23 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823171332/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/m0007zd5 | url-status=live }}
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = Abandoning the Titanic | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|4}} | ShortSummary = Weighs the evidence concerning the "mystery" ship seen from the deck of the sinking Titanic{{cite web|title=Abandoning the Titanic|work=Secrets of the Dead|date=6 October 2020|publisher=PBS|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/abandoning-the-titanic-full-fulm/5590/|access-date=November 4, 2020|archive-date=5 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105171719/https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/abandoning-the-titanic-full-fulm/5590/|url-status=live}}
| LineColor = 000
| ProdCode = 1706
}}
}}
=Season 18 (2019–22)=
{{Episode table |background=#000 |season=5 |title=18 |airdate=18 |prodcode= 7|episodes=
{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Galileo's Moon | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|07|2}}| LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1801 | ShortSummary = When it was published in 1610, Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger set in motion a scientific revolution.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/galileos-moon-galileos-moon-about-the-film/4309/|title=Galileo's Moon {{!}} Galileo's Moon: About the Film|publisher=PBS|date=2019-05-08|website=Secrets of the Dead|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-11|archive-date=2021-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717000239/https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/galileos-moon-galileos-moon-about-the-film/4309/|url-status=dead}}
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Bombing Auschwitz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|01|21}}| LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1802 | ShortSummary = On December 3, 1944, The Washington Post published an editorial on the atrocities in Auschwitz with the headline “Genocide,” marking the first time the word appeared in a national newspaper.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/bombing-auschwitz-about-the-film/4685/|title=Bombing Auschwitz {{!}} Bombing Auschwitz: About the Film|publisher=PBS|date=2019-11-18|website=Secrets of the Dead|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-20|archive-date=2020-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121015552/https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/bombing-auschwitz-about-the-film/4685/|url-status=live}}
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Building Notre Dame | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|04|28}}| LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1803 | ShortSummary = An in-depth investigation is made into the centuries-long construction of Notre Dame de Paris.
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Viking Warrior Queen | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|07|7}}| LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1804 | ShortSummary = An examination of Birka's grave Bj 581 reveals that the remains of the warrior buried inside are female.
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = Gangster's Gold | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|18}}| LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1805 | ShortSummary = In New York City, treasure hunters look for the trunk of money and diamonds buried by gangster Dutch Schultz in 1935.
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = The End of the Romans | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|10|26}}| LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1806
}}
}}
=Season 19 (2021)=
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{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Magellan's Crossing | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|10|20}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1901
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Lady Sapiens | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|10|27}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1902
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = The First Circle of Stonehenge | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|3}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1903
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Hindenburg's Fatal Flaws | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|10}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1904
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = A Samurai in the Vatican | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|17}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1905
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = The Caravaggio Heist | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|24}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 1906
}}
}}
=Season 20 (2022–23)=
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{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Archaeology at Althorp | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|10|9}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 2001
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Last Days of Pompeii | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|10|19}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 2002
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Decoding Hieroglyphics | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|11|2}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 2003
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Hidden in the Amazon | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|11|9}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 2004
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = The Sunken Basilica | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|10|11}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 2005
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = Jurassic Fortunes | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|10|18}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 2006
}}
}}
=Season 21 (2023)=
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{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Eiffel's Race to the Top | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|10|25}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 2007
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Death in Britannia | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|11|1}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 2008
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Princes in the Tower | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|11|22}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode = 2009
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Returning to Babylon | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|10|2}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode =
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = Mozart's Sister | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|10|9}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode =
}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = The Herculaneum Scrolls | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|10|16}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 | ProdCode =
}}
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References
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External links
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- {{TV Guide show|194949}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/|title=Secrets of the Dead|website=at PBS.org}}
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Category:Historical television series
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Category:2000 American television series debuts
Category:2000s American documentary television series