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Battlefield Detectives is a forensic documentary television series that aired on the History Channel from 2003 to 2006. The series explores famous battles focusing on the battlefield itself, and tell its story based on recent scientific research. It uses modern science to examine how the battles were won or lost.
Original Release
10/04/2003 on HIST
US Release
10/04/2003
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Gavin MacFadyen | Self - Narrator |
| Ivan Williams | Self - Ancient Weapons Designer / Self - Armorer & Design Consulant |
| Simon West | Self - Lieutenant Colonel / Self - Royal Military College of Science |
| Lynette Nusbacher | Self - Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst / Self |
| Kevin R. Hershberger | Confederate & Union Soldiers |
| Shaun C. Grenan | Union Telegraph Operator, Soldier |
| Danny Nunn | Wounded Confederate / Wounded Soldier |
| Ed Mantell | Soldier |
| Eric U. Lowman | Union / Confederate Soldier / Union Corrier / Infantryman |
| Dan C. Johnson | Confederate and Union Soldier |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Civil War: Shiloh | Friday, 06 January 2006 |
| 2 | Battle of Big Hole | Friday, 03 February 2006 |
| 3 | Siege of Alesia |
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Directors
Mark Elliott, Jeremy Freeston, Chris Malone, Birgitte Johnson, Bob Bentley, James Millar
Writers
James Millar, Jeremy Freeston, Birgitte Johnson
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Gavin MacFadyen | Self - Narrator |
| Ivan Williams | Self - Ancient Weapons Designer / Self - Armorer & Design Consulant |
| Simon West | Self - Lieutenant Colonel / Self - Royal Military College of Science |
| Lynette Nusbacher | Self - Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst / Self |
| Kevin R. Hershberger | Confederate & Union Soldiers |
| Shaun C. Grenan | Union Telegraph Operator, Soldier |
| Danny Nunn | Wounded Confederate / Wounded Soldier |
| Ed Mantell | Soldier |
| Eric U. Lowman | Union / Confederate Soldier / Union Corrier / Infantryman |
| Dan C. Johnson | Confederate and Union Soldier |
| Buzz Mooney | Reenactor |
| Stephen Wolfsberger | Confederate and Union flag-bearers, Civilian |
| David Fletcher | Self - Tank Museum, Bovington, UK / Self |
| Richard Fox | Self - Archaeologist |
| Stephen Rashbrook | Narrator |
| Gavin McFayden | Self - Narrator |
| Douglas Scott | Self - Archaeologist |
| Tim Sutherland | Self - Battlefield Archaeologist |
| Joe Medicine Crow | Self - Crow Tribal Historian |
| Anne Curry | Self - Historian, University of Reading |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Liz McLeod | Executive Producer |
| Susan Werbe | Executive Producer |
| David Wason | Executive Producer |
| David Wason | Producer |
| Doug Gordon | Producer |
| Jeremy Freeston | Producer |
| James Millar | Producer |
| Georgina Pye | Producer |
| Sarah Cain | Producer |
| Chris Malone | Producer |
| Birgitte Johnson | Producer |
| Scott Martin | Producer |
| Brian Achin | Producer |
| Jo Walker | Producer |
