Synopsis
This documentary sets out to discover exactly what it is about the image on the Shroud of Turin that has defied imitation.
- Programme: Shroud of Turin: Material Evidence
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2008
Licence: ERA Licence required
Free to watch for UK schools, colleges and universities with an ERA Licence
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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