Synopsis
Ben Robinson flies over the Thames to reveal discoveries about WWI, including a network of trenches on the Hoo peninsula near the former Chattenden Barracks.
- Programme: The Flying Archaeologist
- Episode: 4: The Thames: Secret War
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2013
- History
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