Series

Bonekickers

★ 5.6(11)20081h 0m1 season

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Creator: Ashley Pharoah, Matthew Graham
Release date: 2008-07-08
Runtime: 1h 0m
Language: English
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
Network: BBC One
Status: Ended
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: BBC

Bonekickers — trailer

About Bonekickers

Bonekickers is a 2008 web series in the Drama genre, created by Ashley Pharoah and Matthew Graham, starring Hugh Bonneville, Adrian Lester and Michael Maloney. It spans 1 season and 6 episodes, and originally aired on BBC One. It holds an average rating of 5.6/10 from 11 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Bonekickers in United Kingdom — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

Bonekickers was a BBC drama about a team of archaeologists, set at the fictional Wessex University. It made its début on 8 July 2008 and ran for one series. It was written by Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes creators Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah. It was produced by Michele Buck and Damien Timmer of Mammoth Screen Ltd and co-produced with Monastic Productions. Archaeologist and Bristol University academic Mark Horton acted as the series' archaeological consultant. Adrian Lester has described the programme as "CSI meets Indiana Jones [...] There's an element of the crime procedural show, there's science, conspiracy theories – and there's a big underlying mystery that goes through the whole six-episode series." Much of the series was filmed in the City of Bath, Somerset, with locations including the University of Bath campus. Additional locations included Brean Down Fort and Kings Weston House, Chavenage House for episodes 5 & 6 and Sheldon Manor. On 21 November 2008 Broadcast magazine revealed the show would not be returning for a second series.