About this season
Chronicle is a BBC Television series shown monthly and then fortnightly on BBC Two from 18 June 1966 to its last broadcast in May 1991. Chronicle focused on popular archaeology and related subjects. The best remembered episodes of Chronicle were "The Lost Treasure of Jerusalem...?", "The Priest, the Painter and The Devil" and "The Shadow of The Templars". These were presented by Henry Lincoln who later went on to write Holy Blood Holy Grail with Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh. The BBC have made some editions available online
Episodes (8)
1. Ancient Mariners
Aired 3 February 1982
2. For the Love of Egypt
Aired 10 February 1982
3. Riot
Aired 24 February 1982
4. China: Treasures of the Cultural Revolution
Aired 10 March 1982
5. Search for a Century
Aired 17 March 1982
6. Raising the Rose
Aired 10 October 1982
7. The Man Behind the Mask
Aired 20 October 1982
8. The Year They Raised the Rose
Aired 24 December 1982
A precis of the day the Mary Rose was lifted from the water and transferred to shore.