0:00:03 > 0:00:04Good evening.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07Tonight on Inside Out, we go undercover at Britain's
0:00:07 > 0:00:08biggest supermarket, Tesco.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12And we go in search of gold in one of the unlikeliest of places.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Welcome to Inside Out, I'm Paul Hudson.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Tonight, we are investigating Tesco, Britain's biggest supermarket,
0:00:29 > 0:00:39where some special offers aren't always that special after all.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47It's just on the Angel Delight, mate.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48They are on offer for three for ?1.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Also tonight, the artist hiding real treasure
0:00:50 > 0:00:51in the unlikeliest of places.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53There we go, look at that.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54Solid gold.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58I wonder who's going to find it?
0:00:58 > 0:01:01And later in the programme, top archaeological finds
0:01:01 > 0:01:03here in the Yorkshire Wolds.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06You can see he's got quite a wide rood here,
0:01:06 > 0:01:12and that's probably something like an axe.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Now, how often do you check your receipt when you shop at Tesco?
0:01:15 > 0:01:18We all take for granted the price we see on the shelf
0:01:18 > 0:01:21is what we pay at the till, but what if it's not?
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Well, Jonathan Gibson has been investigating
0:01:24 > 0:01:32the not-so-special offers at Britain's biggest supermarket.
0:01:34 > 0:01:35Who's up for a good deal?
0:01:35 > 0:01:36I am!
0:01:36 > 0:01:38I'm a sucker for a special offer!
0:01:38 > 0:01:39Most of us are.
0:01:39 > 0:01:40And Tesco knows it, too.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42That's why the shelves at Britain's biggest supermarket
0:01:42 > 0:01:46are full of special offers - money off this, buy two for that,
0:01:46 > 0:01:51you get the drift, and we all take it for granted that the price we see
0:01:51 > 0:01:55on the shelf is the price we'll pay at the till - right?!
0:01:55 > 0:01:58But what if things don't quite add up when you get home
0:01:58 > 0:02:00and unpack your shopping?
0:02:00 > 0:02:03I've just bought a few bits at Tesco and I'm sure these products
0:02:03 > 0:02:06were on special offer - that's why I've bought two of each -
0:02:06 > 0:02:08but according to my receipt I've paid full price!
0:02:08 > 0:02:15And that's the point.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19I've paid 60% more than the deal on the shelf.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23That's ?3.30 in hard cash.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26At another Tesco store, I spot 2 for ?2.00 on ice cream.
0:02:26 > 0:02:35But at the till, it's the full price as well, so what's going on?
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Ice cream, Martin?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Martin works for Trading Standards and says the law
0:02:39 > 0:02:43on pricing is simple.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46They must put a price on goods so you know what you're going to pay
0:02:46 > 0:02:49and that price must be accurate so you don't get charged
0:02:49 > 0:02:54more than you thought you were going to pay.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58Sounds simple enough and with more than 3,500 stores nationwide,
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Tesco should be getting it right.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04But is it?
0:03:04 > 0:03:08That's what I want to find out so armed with my phone and some
0:03:08 > 0:03:11secret cameras I want to see how many offers on the shelves don't go
0:03:11 > 0:03:14through at the checkout, and here in Leeds I'm finding problems.
0:03:14 > 0:03:23Have we shortchanged you?
0:03:23 > 0:03:24How much by?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Yeah, just on the Angel Delight, mate.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28They're on offer for 3 for ?1.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30After checking the price on the shelf he asks his colleague
0:03:30 > 0:03:32to refund the difference.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34This seems to happen quite a lot, is it just me?
0:03:34 > 0:03:35Nah.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38But neither of the staff remove the out-of-date label so,
0:03:38 > 0:03:40when my colleague returns a few hours later, we're
0:03:40 > 0:03:41overcharged again.
0:03:41 > 0:03:42And that's the problem.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Multi-buy deals are being left on the shelves after the tills have
0:03:45 > 0:03:46been told they've ended.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49This offer is almost a month out of date and it's not
0:03:49 > 0:03:54the only out-of-date label!
0:03:54 > 0:03:57I've just bought some batteries and on the shelf they're 2 for ?5
0:03:57 > 0:03:59but they haven't come off.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02At this Tesco superstore on the outskirts of Leeds,
0:04:02 > 0:04:04a worker checks the label but he doesn't spot
0:04:04 > 0:04:05the label's out of date.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09It should have been removed five days ago.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13It's the right barcode.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16And on we go.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19I've started making a list of how many offers are wrong in how many
0:04:19 > 0:04:23places and I want to know if what's happening in Yorkshire is also
0:04:23 > 0:04:28happening across the country.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Because, if it is, it's not just a problem for Tesco,
0:04:31 > 0:04:38it's a problem for Tesco customers.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39Have we robbed you?
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Just on the Chicken Tonight.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43At this Tesco store in Liverpool, sauce marked ?1 on the shelf
0:04:43 > 0:04:46is almost double at the checkout.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49It says on the shelf ?1 and it's coming up ?1.79.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50We've all got kids.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52The kids need feeding.
0:04:52 > 0:04:53Is that right?
0:04:53 > 0:04:54That's what it is.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Thanks very much.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58And at another store nearby, I'm left completely confused
0:04:58 > 0:05:01by the offers on the shelves and what I'm charged
0:05:01 > 0:05:03at the checkout.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06In fact, there's so much difference between the shelf price
0:05:06 > 0:05:11and the receipt price, I'm not even going to bother
0:05:11 > 0:05:13to go back and try to get what I'm owed returned.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17Completely ridiculous!
0:05:17 > 0:05:24If there are just too many offers changing too frequently so that
0:05:24 > 0:05:28store staff can't really be expected to understand them, comply
0:05:28 > 0:05:33with all the changes, then that is something that Tesco
0:05:33 > 0:05:37head office needs to think about.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41And there's plenty to think about when I head back to Leeds.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Hi, I've just bought this bag full of shopping.
0:05:43 > 0:05:49All those things are on offer but none of it's come off.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50Do you want to deal with these?
0:05:50 > 0:05:52I knew I shouldn't have been standing here!
0:05:52 > 0:05:55The person who does this job did leave so we've been waiting
0:05:55 > 0:05:57for the new person to come.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Doing now what somebody should have done hours, days, weeks ago.
0:06:00 > 0:06:08That's a serious message but is everyone taking it seriously?
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Have a guess what?
0:06:10 > 0:06:11The offer's expired!
0:06:11 > 0:06:13The offer has expired.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Does that happen much then?
0:06:15 > 0:06:17It has today, we've been in a right muddle today.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Oh, there's been lots today, have there?
0:06:19 > 0:06:20Yeah.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Ah, right.
0:06:21 > 0:06:22Crikey!
0:06:22 > 0:06:23Somebody must be on holiday!
0:06:23 > 0:06:24Oh, right.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27And as I head around the country, the same thing keeps happening,
0:06:27 > 0:06:31time and time again.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33These, mate, look they've all expired as well.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34Yeah, yeah.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37And that one, and that one there.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38Blimey!
0:06:38 > 0:06:40And that one there, mate.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45I should work here!
0:06:45 > 0:06:49So what's going on?
0:06:49 > 0:06:51I have to tell the compliance manager that his men
0:06:51 > 0:06:53are not doing their job.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Oh, I see.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58So is there a separate department, then?
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Yeah, so you have PI for labels and then you have another team that
0:07:02 > 0:07:05takes things off before the date and then you have stock control
0:07:05 > 0:07:07that's supposed to doublecheck, but they don't seem to be doing
0:07:07 > 0:07:08the right thing.
0:07:08 > 0:07:09Oh, I see.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12It doesn't seem a terribly difficult or perhaps that long a job,
0:07:12 > 0:07:15just to walk round the store, assuming everyone knows
0:07:15 > 0:07:18what day it is, you know, to go round and tear off anything
0:07:18 > 0:07:24that has had its day.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26You'd think so, yeah!
0:07:26 > 0:07:28The only thing that went through correctly
0:07:28 > 0:07:29was the bag for life!
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Maybe not, then!
0:07:32 > 0:07:35And it's not just shoppers left confused as old and new promotions
0:07:35 > 0:07:38end up side by side.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40They've put two up, look.
0:07:40 > 0:07:41Oh, right.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43That one is correct and that is correct
0:07:43 > 0:07:44but they didn't take that one out.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Oh, I see, well, that's confusing.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50The longer the offer has been wrong, the bigger the failure of diligence
0:07:50 > 0:07:54and the more worried I am, frankly.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59In that case, he's not going to like what's coming up next.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01At this store, the cashier checks the out-of-date label
0:08:01 > 0:08:03but doesn't remove it.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06And when I return the next day, neither does someone else.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10So, a week later, I go back, and it's still on display.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14And when I return a month later, yes, still on the shelf.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17The fourth worker finally removes it.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19That is very bad.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22It's pretty basic that if one customer is shown something wrong
0:08:22 > 0:08:30then it's put right to stop other customers being misled.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34But at 33 of the 50 stores I went to, the till price was more
0:08:34 > 0:08:36than the shelf price.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41That's a whopping 66%!
0:08:41 > 0:08:44If customer A has come back and complained and been refunded,
0:08:44 > 0:08:47that doesn't mean there weren't 20 other customers who didn't spot it
0:08:47 > 0:08:49and didn't complain.
0:08:49 > 0:08:50So alarm bells would be ringing?
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Very much so, yes.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57There were obviously major problems with their control of the special
0:08:57 > 0:09:00offers and it's the special offers that bring people in,
0:09:00 > 0:09:03make people reach for more and perhaps spend a little bit more
0:09:03 > 0:09:05than they're meant to when they came into the store,
0:09:05 > 0:09:10so that is very, very worrying.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11But what does Tesco say?
0:09:11 > 0:09:14The company wouldn't provide anyone for interview
0:09:14 > 0:09:24but after reviewing our evidence told this programme...
0:09:36 > 0:09:37But that's just the start.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Following our investigation, Britain's biggest supermarket says
0:09:39 > 0:09:42it's now doublechecking the accuracy of every price in every store -
0:09:42 > 0:09:44that's more than 3,500 stores across Britain.
0:09:44 > 0:09:54Well, every little helps(!)
0:09:59 > 0:10:01And don't forget, if you've got any comments about the night's programme
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0:10:07 > 0:10:10Coming up on Inside Out, the archaeological treasures hidden
0:10:10 > 0:10:13in the Yorkshire Wolds.
0:10:13 > 0:10:19It's not easy to find you up here!
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Now, there's a chance to find some modern-day treasure
0:10:21 > 0:10:24in Scunthorpe next weekend.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28An art exhibition is opening in the town.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31The paintings will contain clues to a very special treasure hunt.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Anyone can take part and the prize is real gold, I kid you not!
0:10:34 > 0:10:44Keeley Donovan has been on the hunt.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47It's winter in Scunthorpe - not the most promising place to be
0:10:47 > 0:10:48looking for treasure.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50But later this week, people here will have
0:10:50 > 0:10:55a golden opportunity - quite literally.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57We've got five golden artefacts that have been created.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59They are going to be hidden in and around Scunthorpe.
0:10:59 > 0:11:09But to find them, you'll need to crack a code.
0:11:10 > 0:11:11Some of them are really difficult.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14One of them is supposed to be ridiculously easy.
0:11:14 > 0:11:21Each gold object is worth ?1,000 and if you find it you keep
0:11:21 > 0:11:23it - simple as that.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24Confused?
0:11:24 > 0:11:25Let me explain.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28It's all in the name of art and Luke Jerram is the artist behind
0:11:28 > 0:11:29this slightly crazy scheme.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31I had this idea to think about celebrating the history
0:11:31 > 0:11:34of Scunthorpe by taking five objects from the museum and created
0:11:34 > 0:11:35replicas, I suppose, in solid gold.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39So tell me about the statues themselves.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42They range from a Jurassic ammonite, which will be millions of years old,
0:11:42 > 0:11:45all the way through to a genus train, which is taken
0:11:45 > 0:11:46from the steel industry.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51There is a Viking brooch.
0:11:51 > 0:11:59We've also got a Roman ram and this beautiful Tudor figurine as well.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04But finding these ?1,000 solid gold objects will not be that easy.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Treasure hunters will have to crack a code which is hidden in paintings
0:12:07 > 0:12:09to be displayed at the 2021 Gallery in Scunthorpe.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11And the paintings are being created at this not-so-secret
0:12:11 > 0:12:17location here in Bristol.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Each artefact has a painting that goes with it, and the painting
0:12:20 > 0:12:22contains clues as to where to find this gold artefact.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24There are five paintings and five objects.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Luke has asked artist Vivienne Baker to make the five paintings.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Today he's come to take a look at how things are progressing.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Not that surprisingly, all the clues will be in gold.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Exciting.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41It's like Christmas, isn't it?
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Yeah, it looks nice, though, doesn't it?
0:12:43 > 0:12:46It's going to be good.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47Yes, that's quite a good texture.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49The paintings are like backgrounds, like something solid
0:12:49 > 0:12:50like stone or metal surfaces.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54What are you doing now, then?
0:12:54 > 0:12:56What's this?
0:12:56 > 0:13:00I'm spray painting the clues on.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Have you cracked any of the clues?
0:13:02 > 0:13:08No!
0:13:08 > 0:13:09Even the easy one?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11I don't stand a chance, then!
0:13:11 > 0:13:13And even Luke doesn't seem sure.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15There's no way I could crack the most difficult one.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18I could certainly crack probably two or three of the paintings.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20You say that now you know the answers!
0:13:20 > 0:13:22I do, yeah.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25I've been working with a guy from an unnamed government agency
0:13:25 > 0:13:28to work out all the coding and the ciphers for these paintings.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Some are really easy to decode whereas the most
0:13:30 > 0:13:33complicated painting, it will take maybe a month
0:13:33 > 0:13:36for someone to perhaps work it out.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40I know you're not giving a lot away, you don't want us to suss
0:13:40 > 0:13:43out the clues just yet, but can we speak to the man?
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Let me see what I can do.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49So I've managed to persuade Luke to give me the details for his code
0:13:49 > 0:13:55man and now I'm heading back up North to meet him.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57I'm at Sheffield University to meet mathematician and secret code
0:13:57 > 0:13:59setter Dan Fretwell.
0:13:59 > 0:14:04How on earth does a mathematician get involved with an art
0:14:04 > 0:14:09project like this?
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Well, it was quite a surprise, really.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13One day, there was an e-mail going round.
0:14:13 > 0:14:14The header was just puzzler/codebreaker required.
0:14:14 > 0:14:20I just tried to resist the temptation to open it but I failed.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23How many people know the answers to the codes?
0:14:23 > 0:14:28Just me and Luke.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31How difficult are the cyphers that you've set within them?
0:14:31 > 0:14:32Some of them are really difficult.
0:14:32 > 0:14:38So there are five in total and one of them is supposed
0:14:38 > 0:14:39to be ridiculously easy.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42The final two in particular are much harder, so we're expecting at least
0:14:42 > 0:14:48one of them to go unsolved for quite a while.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50To give me a fighting chance, Dan shows me how to solve
0:14:50 > 0:14:51a relatively easy puzzle.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54So what I've used here is something called a Caesar shift.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57It's a very old cipher and basically all I've done is I've took
0:14:57 > 0:14:59the alphabet and I've shifted it on one place.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03OK, so that would be an I.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Yep.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07OK.
0:15:07 > 0:15:12I know what you've done here.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14There you go.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16I know what you've done.
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Very clever!
0:15:17 > 0:15:27Does this one follow a similar rule?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Meanwhile, at a secret location elsewhere in the country,
0:15:47 > 0:15:49some very talented people are working to finish the gold
0:15:49 > 0:15:52objects ready for them to be hidden in five locations around Scunthorpe.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Originally, it's a Viking brooch that was found
0:15:54 > 0:15:55by a metal detectorist.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57I really like the shape of it.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59It reminds me of all the wind turbines in Scunthorpe.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01This is called Lost Wax Castle.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03We are putting the wax into the mould.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05We are going to melt the wax out of the mould.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08And then, through that tube, we will feed the metal to make the piece.
0:16:09 > 0:16:10Oh, look at that, it's boiling!
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Right, ready to go, and we will roll it over.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15There is this lovely moment of alchemy when you're holding
0:16:15 > 0:16:17precious metal and you're melting it down and it's being transformed
0:16:17 > 0:16:20into another form, there's something quite magical about that.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21It's quite hard to describe.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24We've gone from a 3D object to scanning to wax into plaster
0:16:24 > 0:16:26and now we're in 18-carat gold.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Look at that, solid gold worth ?1,000, I wonder
0:16:28 > 0:16:34who's going to find it?
0:16:34 > 0:16:43Weel, not me at this rate.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56So I'm off to meet the man whose job it is to organise the exhibition.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01Maybe he can give me some clues?
0:17:01 > 0:17:03We are in Scunthorpe Centre.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06We close to where any figures are hidden?
0:17:06 > 0:17:10There are some in urban locations, some in parkland and some
0:17:10 > 0:17:15a bit further out of town.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17You worried that people will dig up all
0:17:17 > 0:17:20the parks?
0:17:20 > 0:17:23It was a concern so we were very careful not to bury any of
0:17:23 > 0:17:24the objects.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28It will be difficult to hide them.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Should we go in balaclavas in the middle of the
0:17:31 > 0:17:32night?
0:17:32 > 0:17:38We're not sure.
0:17:38 > 0:17:46He might have to shake your bid.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48So, if someone finds the object they get to keep it,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51and they will then decide whether to melt it down
0:17:51 > 0:17:52and turn it into hard cash.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Or they can keep the artefact for artistic reasons,
0:17:54 > 0:17:58so that's interesting as well for me what the value of an object is,
0:17:58 > 0:18:01is it just the value of the gold or does it have more value
0:18:01 > 0:18:03as an artefact, as an artwork in its own right?
0:18:03 > 0:18:05So Luke and Dominic are going to be
0:18:05 > 0:18:08The exhibition starts here in Scunthorpe at the weekend
0:18:08 > 0:18:09so get yourself there.
0:18:09 > 0:18:18And happy hunting!
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Now, most people know the Yorkshire Wolds for its rolling
0:18:21 > 0:18:24hills and stunning views, but it has got another claim to fame
0:18:24 > 0:18:26- as one of Britain's richest archaeological sites.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28We sent intrepid explorer Paul Rose to investigate.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30With thousands of acres of lush farm land -
0:18:30 > 0:18:33you could be forgiven for thinking that all you'll find in the Wolds
0:18:33 > 0:18:37are wheat or potatoes.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40But just a few feet below the surface of this chalk rich
0:18:40 > 0:18:43landscape there are epic stories of the black death, extreme violence
0:18:43 > 0:18:50and heroic journeys.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52They're all there if you dig deep enough.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55I'm going to take a journey back in time through the wolds -
0:18:55 > 0:18:58a place that has provided some of the country's most significant
0:18:58 > 0:19:04archaeological finds.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06It's very productive landscape in
0:19:06 > 0:19:09prehistoric times as is the day, and
0:19:09 > 0:19:13all that activity has left its mark.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15You can go back through time periods, whether it is prehistoric
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Mesolithic material through the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the
0:19:18 > 0:19:20medieval period, the Romans, and see how humans have shaped
0:19:20 > 0:19:21informed that landscape.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23The most famous of the wolds' archaeological sites
0:19:23 > 0:19:26is the deserted medieval village of Wharram Percy near Malton.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30And here there's still lots to actually see.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35For 700 years, there was an active community here, and this is what
0:19:35 > 0:19:39remains of the church and hub of the whole village.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42A combination of the Black Death and the way the lad was
0:19:42 > 0:19:45farmed meant that by the early 16th century the village was effectively
0:19:45 > 0:19:52abandoned.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Archaeologists have had a field day trying to understand
0:19:55 > 0:19:56what happened at Wharram Percy.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01In the 1950s researchers moved in, and they stayed for 40 years
0:20:01 > 0:20:06cataloguing every aspect of life.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08You are not just looking at the building or a castle.
0:20:08 > 0:20:13You are looking at the every day, how these
0:20:13 > 0:20:15people ate, had they produced food, how they lived.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17That makes the excavations stand out because it
0:20:17 > 0:20:19gives all that contact the daily lives of ordinary people.
0:20:19 > 0:20:29People like us.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34The Wharram Percy dig is now over but, nearby on the wolds,
0:20:34 > 0:20:36archaeologists are still hard at work.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40Mel Giles and her team
0:20:40 > 0:20:42from Manchester University are working on an extraordinary cold
0:20:42 > 0:20:52case that's taken me even further back in time to the iron age
0:20:53 > 0:20:59I am on the Trail of the burial that was found
0:20:59 > 0:21:01when it was snowing in
0:21:01 > 0:21:021980.
0:21:02 > 0:21:03Originally discovered by members of the Army.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06The excavated what they thought was a shell and it
0:21:06 > 0:21:16turned out to be an iron sword.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Beside the sword were human remains.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21It was an amazing find of the lost burial site
0:21:21 > 0:21:23of what appeared to be a significant figure.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26The grave occupied a prime position with grand views all round.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29And the fact the sword was bent but not broken was probably a sign
0:21:29 > 0:21:32that the weapon was ALSO laid to rest along with its owner.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34It's a dramatic burial with the sword Ben.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36We can imagine the wood of the scabbard shattering around
0:21:36 > 0:21:37the blade.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40So this man somehow had a place high in society?
0:21:40 > 0:21:41I think so.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43I want to understand his life as well
0:21:43 > 0:21:44as his death.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48Mel's team are looking for more clues near the burial site
0:21:48 > 0:21:50but what's clear is that this warrior met a violent end.
0:21:50 > 0:21:57First, I am going to show you his skull, it is very fragile.
0:21:57 > 0:22:04His remains have made the short journey to Hull Museum.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07That fine line has healed, so that
0:22:07 > 0:22:12the sharp thin blade.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14It goes hand-in-hand with an injury at the
0:22:14 > 0:22:16back of his head, which is a much
0:22:16 > 0:22:21larger wound.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24He may have died by the sword but new data has shown that this man
0:22:24 > 0:22:26was less than fighting fit.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30Can you see that discolouration on the rip?
0:22:30 > 0:22:32There, particularly, can you see how bumpy it is?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34It looks almost like dirt.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38It should not be there.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43It is as body reacting to severe infection.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46The warrior had tuberculosis - a debilitating chest infection that
0:22:46 > 0:22:50would slowly have weakened him.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Scientists believe it's the second earliest case of TB to have
0:22:53 > 0:22:55been found in Britain.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Whether there's a conflict and he is so poorly he is unable
0:22:58 > 0:23:01to defend himself, whether members of his own
0:23:01 > 0:23:04community despatching because they do not want
0:23:04 > 0:23:07this disease to spread, they are worried, they may even see
0:23:07 > 0:23:10him as being cursed by the gods, another possibility is he may want
0:23:10 > 0:23:13to grab death the throat, go out in the glorious end,
0:23:13 > 0:23:15and it is snowing that his comrades will promise him
0:23:15 > 0:23:25the sender.
0:23:30 > 0:23:31That's quite something.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33While some stories take ages to piece together,
0:23:33 > 0:23:35others are uncovered by mother nature.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39Close to one of the world's great superstructures is the site of one
0:23:39 > 0:23:43of the Wold's most remarkable discoveries.
0:23:43 > 0:23:44In 1937, two brothers -
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Ted and Willy Wright - found planks sticking out of the mud
0:23:47 > 0:23:51of the riverbank at North Ferriby.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54The wood looked like it was once part of a boat
0:23:54 > 0:23:57but how old it was - well, that came as a complete
0:23:57 > 0:24:01surprise.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02The shape of the boat at the
0:24:02 > 0:24:04brothers to believe it was a Viking
0:24:04 > 0:24:06craft but the reality was much more exciting.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08This boat was over 4000 years old.
0:24:08 > 0:24:13These planks were situated in a gloopy, horrible mud.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17How they manage to do it.
0:24:17 > 0:24:26What a complete and utter nightmare.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30The gloopy mud acted like a preservative playing a key
0:24:30 > 0:24:31part of the survival of what remained.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Over the course of several decades, three boats were discovered -
0:24:34 > 0:24:36and their design has led historians to believe they were capable
0:24:36 > 0:24:46of crossing the open seas.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06They showed us that not just look but outwards, out
0:25:06 > 0:25:08beyond the Humber Bridge we see today.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10These days, we enjoy the Yorkshire Wolds for its natural
0:25:10 > 0:25:12beauty and amazing big sky views.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14But beneath our feet, there are thousands of secret
0:25:14 > 0:25:17stories, and one thing's for sure, what's been found so far has only
0:25:17 > 0:25:20scratched the surface of the hidden history of this corner of England.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23And you can see more Paul Rose and the hidden history
0:25:23 > 0:25:25of the Yorkshire Wolds in a new 2-part series
0:25:25 > 0:25:26on BBC Two this spring.