Episodes
The Black Death With Dan Snow: Outbreak (SBS Sunday 23 April 2023)
The Black Death With Dan Snow: Outbreak airs Tonight on SBS.
The most destructive sickness ever recorded made its way to the southern coast of Britain in June 1348. Dan Snow visits Melcombe Regis, Dorset, the epicentre of the disaster. Here, he begins to piece together the path of the epidemic that will kill off half of Britain within two years.
The Black Death With Dan Snow: Outbreak airs Sunday 23 April 2023 at 8.30pm on SBS
Season 1 Episode 1
Archaeologist Raksha Dave and historian Dan Snow look at the Black Death’s impact on Britain 700 years ago.
About 3 million people, or half the country’s population, perished as a result of this devastating pandemic. Dan and Raksha visit epicentres of the outbreak and dig up archival data to trace its horrifying progress across the country over the course of a year.
They hear terrible sickness symptoms reenacted alongside dramatic retellings of occurrences. Through firsthand accounts and in-depth analysis of current data, students get insight into why the Black Death was and is still the deadliest pandemic in recorded history.
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