Back from the dead. Part 1, Nelson's navy.

A team of forensic scientists investigate over three hundred and fifty skeletons, exhumed from Royal Navy graveyards from the era of Nelson's Navy. Their research shows how the men might have lived and died and includes details of amputations and other injuries. Dramatic reconstructions are used to show the Battle of Trafalgar and other major events in the sailors' lives. Illnesses such as scurvy can be seen in the sailors' remains.