Forbidden History

- Season 1

(2013)

Jamie explores the theory that the Knights Templar looted treasure from Jerusalem and hid it. Perhaps on an uninhabited island in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, or beneath Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland or even in Jerusalem itself.

Jamie travels to Portugal to delve into the Three Secrets of Fatima - a series of prophecies supposedly given to three young shepherds by the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1917. Is Pope Francis the last Pope? What is the third secret?

Jamie travels to France to investigate claims that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and that together they had children. He meets scholars, authors and historians to hear theories that the bloodline of Christ lives on today.

Jamie travels to Sardinia to meet the archaeologists who claim to have found evidence of a race of giants. He then talks to researchers who claim to have discovered such evidence in networks of caves and tombs around the world.

When the Romans looted Jerusalem in 70AD did they take the fabled treasure of Solomon back to Rome, or did the high priests hide it somewhere in the city. Jamie meets archaeologists who have dedicated their lives to finding it.

Jamie talks to author Joy Hancox about the alchemical roots of London, the design of famous buildings such as The Globe theatre and the mysterious figure of English poet John Byrom. He also meets a modern day potion maker.