355 years before Covid 19, another pandemic swept through Britain. The Great Plague of 1665 killed 100 000 in London - a horrifying 25% of the population - and a further 100 000 in the rest of the country. Medic Xand van Tulleken, archaeologist Raksha Dave and journalist John Sergeant discover extraordinary parallels between these two outbreaks.
In the first episode, the epidemic is traced back to its source in the parish...