| Bonekickers | |
|---|---|
 From left to right: Prof Gregory Parton (Hugh Bonneville), Dr Gillian Magwilde (Julie Graham), Dr Ben Ergha (Adrian Lester) and Viv Davis (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) | |
| Genre | Serial Drama |
| Created by | Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah |
| Starring | Julie Graham Gugu Mbatha-Raw Adrian Lester Hugh Bonneville Michael Maloney |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 57 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 8 July – 12 August 2008 |
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Bonekickers is a BBC drama about a team of archaeologists, set at the fictional Wessex University.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] 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."[4]
Much of the series was filmed in the City of Bath, Somerset, with locations including the University of Bath campus (which does not offer Archaeology courses).[1] Additional locations included Brean Down Fort and Kings Weston House (both for episode 2), 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.[5]
- ^ a b "University-based BBC1 drama Bonekickers to be aired tonight". Internal News. University of Bath. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
- ^ History comes alive in Bonekickers – new "groundbreaking" drama for BBC One Archived 10 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine, BBC press release, 13 June 2008
- ^ First Look: Bonekickers, the BBC's new 'Time Team meets Indiana Jones' drama series Archived 24 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine, TV Scoop
- ^ Warman, Matt (8 July 2008). "Bonekickers". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 July 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "BBC1 drops Bonekickers". Broadcast. 21 November 2008. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008.