Stuff the British Stole - Season 2

Stuff the British Stole - Season 2

Season 2

There are eight new episodes as Fennell visits museums and galleries across 11 different nations from Kenya to Canada, in search of whole new suite of artefacts seized during the reign of the British Empire, revealing the truth of how they got there.

Marc ventures from Egyptian deserts to deep in the Amazon River and takes viewers from a shipwreck in the depths of the Aegean Sea to a robot laboratory high in a Tuscan mountain range. Legendary actor and writer Stephen Fry joins Marc in episode one for an investigation into arguably the most controversial museum display in Britain, the Parthenon Marbles.

Along the way, Marc uncovers hidden tales of heists, wars, intrigue, and skullduggery. Were these treasures really stolen? By whom? And what should be done with them now? The answers to these questions are never as straightforward as they seem.

Production credit: An Australia-Canada co-production, Stuff the British Stole is co-produced by Wooden Horse, WildBear Entertainment and Cream Productions (Canada) for the ABC and CBC. Major production investment from Screen Australia. Financed with support from Rogers Cable Network Fund, the Government of Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, Canada Media Fun, Create NSW and VicScreen. FremantleMedia will distribute the series world-wide.

Creator, Writer, Director and Executive Producer: Marc Fennell. Series Writer and Director: Stephanie Weimar. Executive Producers: David Brady and Kate Harrison Karman (Cream Productions) Michael Tear (WildBear Entertainment); and Richard Finlayson and Jude Troy (Wooden Horse). Series Producer: Kate Pappas. Producers: Alan Erson and Felicity Justrabo. CBC Executive Director of Unscripted Content: Jennifer Dettman. CBC Executive in Charge of Production, Unscripted Content: Nic Meloney. ABC Commissioning Editor and Executive Producer: Kalita Corrigan. ABC Head of Factual: Susie Jones.

Network
Episodes8
DatesJuni 17, 2024 - Aug. 5, 2024
Previous Season

Episodes

Parthenon Sculptures
Season 2Episode 130 min

Parthenon Sculptures

Stephen Fry joins Marc Fennell on a gripping adventure from the pinnacle of the Acropolis to a secluded robotics lab high in the Tuscan mountains to a shipwreck under the Aegean Sea.

Juni 17, 2024
Australia's Egyptian Mystery
Season 2Episode 230 min

Australia's Egyptian Mystery

Marc Fennell travels to the Pyramids of Giza, down the Nile and to the very heart of the British Empire to uncover the truth of how the ancient Egyptian mummified remains of a child ended up in Australia's oldest university.

Juni 24, 2024
World's Biggest Diamond
Season 2Episode 330 min

World's Biggest Diamond

Marc Fennell delves into South Africa's first diamond mine and the opulent realms of London to uncover the intriguing tale of how the largest gem-quality diamond ultimately reached the hands of the British Royal family.

Juli 1, 2024
Girl and Her Doll
Season 2Episode 430 min

Girl and Her Doll

In 2022, a tattered black doll was sent from Britain to the First Nations people of lutruwita/Tasmania, carrying with it a devastating story of a stolen child. Marc Fennell unravels a story of heartbreak and injustice.

Juli 8, 2024
Irish Giant
Season 2Episode 530 min

Irish Giant

Marc Fennell unpicks the twisting history of Charles Byrne, the Irish Giant. It is a story of betrayal, exploitation, and the brutal reality of the medical industry.

Juli 15, 2024
Operation Legacy
Season 2Episode 630 min

Operation Legacy

From the bustling streets of Nairobi to a secluded royal retreat in the Kenyan mountains, Marc Fennell is on the hunt for secret documents that reveal a brutal history of war and a crumbling empire.

Juli 22, 2024
Great Rubber Heist
Season 2Episode 730 min

Great Rubber Heist

Look around you. Rubber is everywhere now, but it wasn't always this way. Marc Fennell takes you deep into the Amazon jungle to unravel an elaborate botanical heist that changed the world.

Juli 29, 2024
Mystery Sphinx
Season 2Episode 830 min

Mystery Sphinx

Marc Fennell takes us to Egypt, a remote Canadian island and London in his quest to unravel the mystery of a sphinx located in the British Museum that looks almost identical to those from Egypt, except it's not from Egypt.

Aug. 5, 2024

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