The Great Plague

Name: The Great Plague
Director: Eddie Richey
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 45 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Raksha Dave, Xand van Tulleken, John Sergeant

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 By

Eddie Richey Jamie Simpson

Status

Ended

Original Name

The Great Plague

First Air Date

November 17, 2020

Last Air Date

November 19, 2020

Seasons

Episodes

Language

English

Production Companies

Voltage TV Motion Content Group

Networks

Channel 5

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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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.