Follow scientists as they track down the earliest known bubonic plague victims in hopes of preventing future outbreaks, while historians and scholars explore the societal impact of the plague on medieval Europe. What happens when a third of a continent’s population is wiped out?
Secrets of the Dead: Chasing the Plague is an Impossible Factual production for The WNET Group, in association with ZDF Studios, Hearst Networks EMEA, SBS Australia, and Viasat World. Narrated by Jay O. Sanders. Produced and directed by Adam Luria and Daisy Carolath. Executive producers for Impossible Factual are Steve Maher and Jonathan Drake. For Secrets of the Dead: Julian Lim is producer; Benjamin Phelps is senior supervising producer; Stephanie Carter is executive producer; Stephen Segaller is executive in charge.
Chasing the Plague was produced with the participation of HMRC Animation Tax Relief. Series funding for Secrets of the Dead is provided by public television viewers.
