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Salve! Got this request from BBC Radio 4 and am afraid I don't know any current/former military person familiar with Roman battle sites in the UK. I think they're really keen on Watling St. Anyone have any suggestions?
Dear Mr Campbell,
I am wondering if you can help me. I am working on a BBC Radio 4 programme called Punt PI. I am trying to find an unsolved mystery which the presenter Steve Punt can investigate for his programme. One idea is to locate the site where the Battle of Watling Street happened and I wondered if you know of any experts who have or who are serving in the military in the UK and know a lot about Roman history / battles?
Thank you ever so much for your time.
Best wishes
Emma Betteridge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00trzfl
+44 207 765 5484
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One can only hope they're not going to go for Mancetter again - although, as you say Richard, calling it the Battle of Watling Street already rules out some of the more interesting contenders!
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Think I've sent you a PM... :roll:
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The BBC thanks you guys.
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To be broadcast 10:30 hrs Saturday 24th September 2011 and there after on the BBC iPlayer at;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00krfns
rumor has it they hired a medium to find it........
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Thanks for the link - will try to listen.
I sincerely hope that the rumour about a medium is not true...
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Oh dear...I have a feeling I might know who the meduim is...hopefully NOT the one from Avebury...  hock:
...road crash radio! LOL! :wink:
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Quote:rumor has it they hired a medium to find it........
Good grief. That sounds awful! :-o
Although I will eat my words with ketchup if the 'medium' hits on Dunstable as a site...
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ok I was wrong, not a medium, a psychic;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01509vj
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Quote:ok I was wrong, not a medium, a psychic;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01509vj
...because that's more credible.
:lol:
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They could at least have asked an Oracle !
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Rumour, and the BBC schedule, now suggest the show won't be on anticipated, but postponed until a later date;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programmes/s...2011/09/24
Could this be due to a "significant find" near Dunstable?
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What did they find near Dunstable?
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Quote:John1 post=296342 Wrote:ok I was wrong, not a medium, a psychic;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01509vj
...because that's more credible.
:lol:
ROFL...
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