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Wiz Clift conjures up a Neolithic banquet from the garden of Lincolnshire archaeologists, Francis and Maisie Pryor.

Archaeologists, Francis and Maisie Pryor know more about the eating habits of prehistoric Britons than anyone else alive. In their digs across East Anglia they've uncovered convincing proof that the farmers of pre-Roman Britain had developed a sophisticated food production system, based around huge flocks of semi-domesticated sheep. Whilst they don't claim to survive purely on creamed nettles, meadowsweet ale and vinegar cheese they do keep their own flock of Neolithic sheep and need little persuasion to rustle up an ancient tribal feast.

Wiz Clift joins the Pryors for a stroll around their Lincolnshire garden. She'll be in search of the herbs, vegetables and flowers that pre-Roman Britons would have used to liven up their mutton-based diet. When her trug is over-flowing she'll be sitting Francis and Maisie around an open fire in a reconstructed Bronze Age hut for her own version of a Neolithic Sunday lunch.

Presented by Wiz Clift

Producer: Alasdair Cross

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in 2003.