Series 1: The Flat-Earth Incident

Part 1

At a socialist commune in East Anglia, Samuel Rowbotham takes advantage of the fenland landscape to develop an outlandish cosmological theory.

At a socialist commune in East Anglia, Samuel Rowbotham takes advantage of the fenland landscape to develop an outlandish cosmological theory.

Two flat earthers inspired by Samuel Rowbotham enter into a bizarre wager with an eminent naturalist.

Two flat earthers inspired by Samuel Rowbotham enter into a bizarre wager with an eminent naturalist.

Arguments over the result of the wager between John Hampden and Alfred Russel Wallace descend into a campaign of lawsuits and hate mail.

Arguments over the result of the wager between John Hampden and Alfred Russel Wallace descend into a campaign of lawsuits and hate mail.