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.

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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	1
Episodes	3
Episode Runtime	45min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	United Kingdom
Production Companies	Voltage TV Motion Content Group
Networks	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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