Mark set to reveal Lost Treasures!

WARRINGTON based archaeologist Mark Olly will at long last return to the TV screens this weekend with his third series of Lost Treasures – after being delayed by racing superstar Lewis Hamilton!
Season three kicks off tomorrow, Sunday (June 15) on ITV1, Granada at 6pm with a Roman North West Special, featuring Stockton Heath and Wilderspool.
It will involve a Roman village being recreated in the village where Mark grew up as he traces the route supplies
would have taken to reach Hadrian’s Wall.
The series continues with seven further episodes, in June, July and August.
“It is absolutely fantastic that we are returning with a third series,” said Mark, who had the series put on hold by racing star Lewis Hamilton winning the Monaco Grand Prix in May resulting in the TV schedules over running and the show being put on hold.
“I couldn’t believe it when the Grand Prix over ran,” said Mark. “I’m not a big racing fan at the best of times and I
felt like throwing something at the TV screen!
“This series will be more hard hitting than ever as we push political and religious boundaries to the limit.
We will also be looking into the truth behind legends like Robin Hood and King Arthur and revealing brand new finds.”
The new series scours the wild north west and digs up a raft of dramatic new stories and compelling investigations.
Joined by the region’s amateur history sleuths, a host of fresh experts and exciting re-enactments,
Mark will show how ordinary people are discovering real lost treasures just below their feet.
The series concludes in Manchester where Mark will get a behind the scenes of the some of the finest museums
in the country, investigating ancient human remains, including the head of “Worsley man” a distant relative of Lindow man.
“This will all be mind blowing stuff,” he added. “We never really expected to get the chance of a third series so we have not been afraid to push the boundaries. Some of the re-enactments are breathtaking and I will also be revealing my own DNA which will be quite revealing!”
Mark is a Cheshire writer and archaeologist who established and runs the archaeological unit CWP Archaeology
(Celtic Warrington Project) which aims to document all prehistoric and Dark Age remains in the Mid Mersey Valley, North Cheshire and South Lancashire, using Warrington as the central point.
“Lost Treasures season three will not be the end – far from it. There is a lot more exciting stuff in the pipeline.”
Meanwhile a two month exhibition of costumes and props from the series is being staged at Fort Perch Rock on the Wirral during
June and July, as part of the Liverpool European Capital of Culture.