1. Buried Treasure
Two detectorists stumble upon a Viking hoard estimated to be worth up to £12m. This is the story of how to go from the luckiest treasure hunters on earth, to Newport’s most wanted.
June 2015, Herefordshire. Two Welsh detectorists - George Powell and Layton Davies - stumble upon a Viking hoard estimated to be worth up to £12m.
They could have become very rich and been celebrated as heroes in museums across the land. But instead, they began to hatch a criminal plot. Narrated by Aimee-Ffion Edwards (Detectorists/Slow Horses), this is the story of how to go from the luckiest treasure hunters on earth, to Newport’s most wanted.
Narrator: Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Contributors: Holly Morgan, Dawn Chipchase & Simon Wicks
Sound design: Peregrine Andrews,
Production co-ordinator: Dan Marchini
Additional Research: Holly Morgan
Associate Producer: David James Smith.
Producer: Aron Keller
Exec Producer: James Robinson
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