History Hit’s film, ‘Medieval Cold Case: Death in the Dark Ages’ (https://youtu.be/hBrr66Dnw?si=hfhnpWIVBKB4mAnW), features Dr Jo Buckberry, who provided her expertise on three skeletons dating back to the early medieval period.

The 58-minute-long documentary, released on YouTube, takes a closer look at skeletons of an early medieval man killed in battle, a male with leprosy, and a third man possibly executed as a criminal.

Dr Buckberry is joined on the programme by Matt Lewis, History Hit’s Senior Presenter, in the University’s Keith Manchester Laboratory.
She said: “It was delightful to welcome History Hit back to Archaeological and Forensic Sciences at the University of Bradford and to discuss more individuals from our extensive skeletal collection with Matt.
“This time we focused on three individuals from the early medieval, or Anglo-Saxon, period. One died from multiple sword injuries, another had an unusual strain of leprosy and a third who was decapitated, probably as punishment for a crime.”

Matt Lewis said: “It was fascinating to be back at the University of Bradford to visit Dr Buckberry and investigate the stories of some of the human remains studied there.
“I hope the documentary will be as well-received as the last one was, not least so that I can return to Bradford to continue to explore these fascinating stories from the past.”