"Bonekickers" (2008) TV series

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Creators:

Mathew Graham
Ashley Pharoah

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

July 2008 (UK)

Genre:

History | Mystery

Plot Keywords:

Archaeology | Team

Cast

Hugh Bonneville	...	Gregory Parton / ... (6 episodes, 2008)
Julie Graham	...	Gillian Magwilde / ... (6 episodes, 2008)
Adrian Lester	...	Ben Ergha / ... (6 episodes, 2008)
Michael Maloney	...	Daniel Mastiff / ... (6 episodes, 2008)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw	...	Viv Davis (6 episodes, 2008)
Frances Tomelty	...	Karen Magwilde (4 episodes, 2008)
Vicky Hall	...	Nurse Strong (3 episodes, 2008)

Runtime:

UK:60 min (6 parts)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Bath, Somerset, England, UK

Company:

Mammoth Screen

Trivia:

The series was poorly received by critics and viewers. The BBC opted not to commission a second series after the first series failed to maintain good ratings, losing 3.2 million viewers in four weeks.

Bonekickers, better than you may think

I keep reading bad comments about Bonekickers and I really feel I must write a positive one.

To start with, i think it is important to say that I'm a professional archaeologist, with well over fifteen years experience. I have been lucky enough to work in several countries and on a variety of different periods sites.

First at all , YES! Bonekickers may have gathered some inspiration from Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, maybe something (not a lot though) from the Indiana Jones series, and most likely a bit from Time Team. But in addition to this,BoneKickers is a mystery series. It just happens that the main characters are not police, journalists or detectives (or a retired lady that write about murderers), BUT a team of archaeologists that get themselves involved in a series of historical (fiction) mysteries…

And when you accept the reality, that is PURE entertainment, then you can enjoy it. At the end of the day, the series is not trying to be Indiana Jones, or Dan Brown's code, but just something different, that plays with uncommon mysteries.

So what if it is not unique, fresh, new, etc etc etc? It's really funny and when they actually show some archaeology, it is actually really well done.

In its own way, it is quite fresh (does anyone remember the last time that we saw a team of archaeologists on TV other than TimeTeam?).

I really hope BBC decides to push for a second series, I know a lot of us will be really happy with it!

Well done this time BBC!!!