Chronicle was a BBC

BBC

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 Television series shown monthly and then fortnightly on BBC Two

BBC Two

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 from 18 June 1966 to its last broadcast in May 1991.

Chronicle focused on popular archaeology and related subjects.

The BBC have made some editions available online.

The most famous episodes of Chonicle were "The Lost Treasure of Jerusalem...?" (1972), "The Priest, the Painter and The Devil" (1974, repeated in 1979) and "The Shadow of The Templars" (1979). These were presented by Henry Lincoln

Henry Lincoln

Henry Lincoln is an English author, television presenter, scriptwriter and former Supporting actor. He co-wrote three Doctor Who multi-part serials in the 1960s, and —starting in the 1970s— authored a series of books and inspired documentaries for the British television channel BBC2,...

 who later went on to write Holy Blood Holy Grail with Michael Baigent

Michael Baigent

Michael Baigent is an author and speculative theorist who co-wrote a number of books that question mainstream perceptions of history and the life of Jesus. He is best known as co-writer of the book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail....

 and Richard Leigh

Richard Leigh

Richard Leigh is the name of:*Richard Leigh , Catholic martyr*Richard Leigh *Richard Leigh , co-author of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail...

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Further reading

Ray Sutcliffe (Editor), Chronicle: Essays From Ten Years of Television Archaeology (BBC Publishing, 1978).