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The Great Plague

The Great Plague

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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Created ByEddie RicheyJamie Simpson
StatusEnded
Original NameThe Great Plague
First Air DateNovember 17, 2020
Last Air DateNovember 19, 2020
Seasons1
Episodes3
Episode Runtime 45min
LanguageEnglish
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesUnited Kingdom
Production CompaniesVoltage TVMotion Content Group
Networks5
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S01E03

Aftermath

Xand van Tulleken visits Samuel Pepys' parish church and discovers the sad tale of the Poole family, who within 11 days lost all five of their children. He also heads to Eyam in Derbyshire, revealing the heroic story of self-sacrifice that saw all 700 villagers lock themselves in to try to stop the disease spreading to surrounding areas. Raksha Dave trials 17th-century disinfection methods and reveals a surprising substitute that can be just effective as modern antibacterial cleaners.

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