Uncharted: The Grain of Truth

Discovery

BBC

Science, Technology

4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Amid the desperation of war-starved Netherlands, a doctor defies conventional wisdom to save gravely ill children, uncovering a treatment that sparks both hope and controversy. Years later, in 1967, a young female researcher detects a strange, pulsing signal—could it be mundane interference or evidence of alien life? From lifesaving breakthroughs to cosmic discoveries, this story celebrates the determination of pioneers who challenge convention and pursue truth against the odds.

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0:00.0	The Traitors is back, and so is that mysterious cloaked figure with the familiar fringe.
0:06.6	Yeah, it's me.
0:07.8	And when you've watched Claudia in the castle, join me, Ed Gamble, for the official visualised companion podcast.
0:13.6	And remember, I'll be listening.
0:15.8	Okay?
0:16.6	No, seriously, I love it.
0:18.4	What a faithful.
0:19.7	We'll unpack betrayals and spill scandalous secrets with celebrity guests,
0:23.7	traitors' legends, and murdered and banished players.
0:27.0	The Traitors Uncloaked.
0:28.3	Watch on EyePlayer, listen for more on BBC Sounds.
0:39.8	It's 1945.
0:43.8	The Nazis have blockaded the Netherlands by land and sea.
0:46.0	No food imports can get in,
0:49.1	and extreme hunger is starting to claim lives.
0:54.7	In the Hague, the Juliana Children's Hospital is struggling to feed its young patients,
0:58.4	so much so that the director, Dr Wilhelm Dicca,
1:01.8	has even allowed tulip bulbs to be given as food. But the alternative is death from starvation.
1:06.7	Some of the children are thriving.
1:09.8	In particular, a group with a debilitating condition called G-Hurter's syndrome.
1:14.9	They seem to be getting better.
1:18.0	What was going on?
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