
Xand van Tulleken, Raksha Dave and John Sergeant trace the spread of the Great Plague of 1665 week by week and discover parallels with the coronavirus.
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Air Date: 2020-11-17
In the first episode, the epidemic is traced back to its source in the parish of St Giles in the Fields, now at the h...
Air Date: 2020-11-18
In the second episode, Xand heads to St Barts hospital to look back at historical records which show that nursing sta...
Air Date: 2020-11-19
Xand van Tulleken visits Samuel Pepys' parish church and discovers the sad tale of the Poole family, who within 11 da...