Cursed Treasures
Duration: 10 x 60'
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“They are amongst the greatest treasures known to humankind. Revered and feared for centuries. But many of them have a dark history. Their creators possessed of madness and misery. Their finders and holders struck by illness, death and misfortune. Dare you discover the secrets of the cursed treasures?”
In this thrilling ten part series we travel the world in search of some of the most famous treasures in history. From Tutankhamun to The Terracotta Army; from the Hope Diamond to the Amber Room. All are objects that have mesmerised and terrorised those who have pursued them and viewed them.
Each episode reveals the deadly provenance behind four notorious artefacts. The stories featured are told through interviews with some of the world’s leading experts in their field, who try to unravel the mystery behind these fascinating, doomed objects: the storytelling complimented by cutting-edge CGI, drama reconstruction and an Aladdin’s cave of archive.
Cursed Treasures takes the viewer on a journey into the dark heart of those priceless objects that often come with the ultimate price tag: human life itself.
EPISODE 1: In this episode, the hunt takes us to ancient Egypt, medieval Britain, North America during the cretaceous period and the Northwest Passage at the time of Arctic exploration, where we uncover the origins of the curses surrounding King Tutankhamun, the Stone of Destiny, Sue T-Rex and Landseer's Man Proposes, God Disposes.
EPISODE 2: In this episode, the hunt takes us to Anglo-Saxon England, medieval Europe, China under its first Emperor and Egypt when the Pharaohs still ruled, where we uncover the origins of the curses surrounding the Staffordshire Hoard, Black Prince’s Ruby, Terracotta Army and iconic Bust of Nefertiti.
EPISODE 3: In this episode, the hunt takes us to an Anglo-Saxon burial ground, the caves in the Judean Desert, a small town in the Netherlands and Siberia in the ice age, where we uncover the origins of the curses surrounding Sutton Hoo, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Van Gogh’s Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Neunen and Lyuba.
EPISODE 4: In this episode, the hunt takes us to France at the time of the Knights Templar, recent times in a northern English city, 17th Century India and pre-historic Spain where we uncover the origins of the curses surrounding the Turin Shroud, Manchester's Moving Statue, Hope Diamond and the Cave Paintings of Altamira.
EPISODE 5: In this episode, the hunt takes us to the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis, rural Spain in the 1800’s, Russia during World War 2 and Latin America at the time of the Inca's where we uncover the origins of the curses surrounding Sutton Hoo, the Rosetta Stone, Goya’s Black Paintings, the Amber Room and the Children of Llullaillaco.
EPISODE 6: In this episode, the hunt takes us to India at the time of the Mughal Empire, Los Angeles in the 1950’s, Britain during the Wars of the Roses and the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, where we uncover the origins of the curses surrounding the Koh-i-Noor, James Dean’s Spyder, King Richard III and the Neo-Assyrian Stele.
EPISODE 7: In this episode, the hunt takes us to an ancient Roman city, Nazi Germany, the Alps during the copper age and mid-west America in the cretaceous period, where we uncover the origins of the curses surrounding Pompeii, the Gurlitt Collection, Ötzi the Iceman and Stan T-Rex.
EPISODE 8: In this episode, the hunt takes us to revolutionary Russia, ancient Egypt, a remote Island in Polynesia and a picturesque village in France, where we uncover the origins of the curses surrounding the Fabergé Eggs, the Unlucky Mummy, the Easter Island Moai and Van Gogh’s Tree Roots.
EPISODE 9: In this episode, the hunt takes us to an ancient monument in Greece, a kingdom in Africa, a death bed in Norway and a hidden tomb in Turkey, where we uncover the origins of the curses surrounding the Benin Bronzes, Elgin Marbles, Munch’s Sick Child and the Karun Treasure.
EPISODE 10: In this episode, the hunt takes us to an iron age bog, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Britain in the early Middle Ages and the Utah desert, where we uncover the origins of the curses surrounding Lindow Man, Franz Ferdinand’s Car, The Viking Hoard and The Conqueror.
