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The Final Hours

In Pompeii, the excavation of a wealthy villa, bakery and laundry reaches its climax with chilling revelations about what people were doing in the final terrifying hours in AD 79.

The archaeologists complete the excavation of a wealthy residence, a bakery and a laundry and, in doing so, discover evidence of what people were doing in the city during its final hours.

Nineteen hours after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius begins, most of Pompeii is buried in metres of pumice. All over the city, roofs have collapsed, killing many, but some residents survive. As the eruption begins to subside, are they over the worst?

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Thu 9 May 2024 01:45

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Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator Kate Fleetwood
Director Elena Mortelliti
Producer Marco Gangarossa
Production Manager Jennifer Cambridge
Director of photography Edoardo Anselmi
Editor Julie Buckland
Composer Dimitri Scarlato
Series Producer Elena Mortelliti
Executive Producer Ian A Hunt
Executive Producer Richard Bradley
Production Company Lion Television

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