In 1384 a new disease appeared on the south coast of England. A disease that killed painfully quickly and without remorse. What followed became the most calamitous event in British history; within a year, half of the population of Britain was dead. The horror of an unknown and deadly disease still haunts us today. But for the Past 100 years we have taken comfort in the knowledge that modern science has named and tamed the black death. It was the Bubonic Plague spread by rats and fleas.
But timewatch uncovers new evidence that suggest that Bubonic Plague spread by rats and fleas could not have caused the black death. And that a different, more deadly virus could be to blame.
Featuring horrific Reconstructions of plague stricken Europe and detailed analysis of fascinating diaries and chronicles, Timewatch: the mystery of the black death turns on its head everything we thought we knew about the black death.