The BBC have today released promotional pictures for Neil Oliver’s new documentary The Search for Alfred The Great. The program sees Neil Oliver go from Hyde Abbey to Colosseum in Rome, from the Norfolk fens to  St Bartholomew’s Church, Winchester. The series also examines bones thought to be those belonging to Anglo Saxon England’s greatest King.

Above: a piece of hip bone thought to belong to Alfred The Great

Above: The unmarked grave at St Bartholomew’s Church, Winchester

Above: Hyde Gate, the entrance to the last known resting place of Alfred The Great

Above: Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire