River Hunters
An investigation into the last pitched battle to have taken place on British soil, the Battle of Culloden in 1746, on the outskirts of Inverness. Rick Edwards and river detectorist Beau Ouimette search for clues as to where Bonnie Prince Charlie, crossed the River Nairn as he fled the battlefield pursued by government forces. The battle was to have an impact for decades to follow on those on the losing side, the Jacobites who wanted to restore the Stuart lineage to the British throne. The Jacobite forces were shot down as they carried out their famous Highland Charge across the moorland, and some of those who survived escaped and crossed the River Nairn in an attempt to return to the relative safety of their homelands
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Wednesday 10 December
Rick Edwards and Beau Ouimette head to north Wales to investigate waterways that may contain signs of the medieval Welsh Rebellion of the late 13th century
Rick Edwards and Beau Ouimette look for evidence of Roman life in Scotland, heading to Ardoch Fort in Perthshire, on the east bank of the River Knaik
Thursday 11 December
Saturday 13 December
Sunday 14 December
Monday 15 December
Beau Ouimette and Rick Edwards return to the River Trent to follow in the bloody footsteps of the Vikings as they invaded 9th-century Britain
Beau Ouimette and Rick Edwards visit Hadrian's Wall, where they scour the River Eden and River Carlisle for lost evidence of the Romans' brutal occupation of Britain
Beau Ouimette and Rick Edwards search the River Tees, searching for lost Tudor relics from a gruesome 16th-century siege at Barnard Castle and secrets of this ancient borderland