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Professor Alice Roberts explores key periods in British history through the story of individual towns in Britain’s Most Historic Towns. Although kings and queens inevitably play a role, this is essentially the people’s story, as Alice unpicks each era with a focus on riots, disasters, strikes and rebellions that shaped modern Britain. Ball accepted the deal and headed to New York (technically) a free man.
From the mystery solvers and treasure hunters to the hard grafters and deal makers, BLAZE raises the flag for people who boldly follow their own path. As the American War of Independence began to reach its final stages, the British grew desperate for more men. They turned to the young black men toiling in the fields down south. Favourable deals were struck, often the promise of land after the war as payment. From hard grafters to tough crafters, from mystery solvers and treasure hunters to deal makers and curse breakers.

• Laugh out loud with Al Murray Why Everyone Hates The English, embark on an epic treasure hunt with The Curse of Oak Island, or explore British true crime with Crimes That Shook Britain and Britain’s Darkest Taboos.
• As is the ultimate home of UFO TV shows, BLAZE regularly asks the big question on whether ‘there is life out there?
• One app, with six free channels at your fingertips to feed your curiosity with a mix of true crime, mysteries, wheeling and dealing, and history.
• Oak Island is 140 acres of privately-owned land in Lunenburg County, on the south shore of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
• And, judging by the future land purchases and wealth at his death, he could very well have found some.
• BLAZE brings together a host of hit programming that is sure to entertain.

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He decided to branch out and bought a small plot on Oak Island. Slowly he acquired more and more land until he eventually owned hundreds of acres. Freeview have video tutorials, which explain how to retune many different devices. Click here to visit freeview.co.uk’s retune tutorials. If you currently watch BLAZE on Freeview or YouView, you’ll need to do a retune of your TV or set-top-box.

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A forested island, one of more than 350 small islands in Mahone Bay, it’s not all that geographically significant. But the legends that Oak Island boasts are, well, legendary. Well, it seems as though he’d heard the rumours of treasure being buried on the island. There’s some suggestion that he may well have been the very first person to ever go treasure hunting on the island. And, judging by the future land purchases and wealth at his death, he could very well have found some.

The Curse Of Oak Island

Our story begins way back in 1765, in South Carolina. Born to parents that were kept as slaves on a plantation and raised in dreadful conditions with limited food rations, young Samuel’s future looked bleak. Until he was offered a unique – although dangerous – way out.

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Dive into the non-stop shows you crave – with multiple series of Ancient Aliens and Hardcore Pawn. Laugh out loud with Al Murray Why Everyone Hates The English, embark on an epic treasure hunt with The Curse of Oak Island, or explore British true crime with Crimes That Shook Britain and Britain’s Darkest Taboos. No strings attached, just straightforward, free entertainment – watch what you want, when you want with the BLAZE app on your favourite device. Stream 24/7 with one app, housing six TV channels for your viewing pleasure. No need to break the bank – expand your mind and have a laugh with some extraordinary entertainment all for free!
For more information about our privacy practices and your rights (including your right to withdraw your consent), please consult our privacy policy. Here’s the strange part, though – Ball’s initial investment of 8 pounds Sterling for a few acres on Oak Island may sound like nothing now, but at the time? He could have bought more than 20 times that land for that amount of money on mainland Nova Scotia. Some 23-odd years after taking control of his first farm, Samuel Ball had amassed a sizable plot of land in Mahone Bay.

• Favourable deals were struck, often the promise of land after the war as payment.
• Some 23-odd years after taking control of his first farm, Samuel Ball had amassed a sizable plot of land in Mahone Bay.
• Ball accepted the deal and headed to New York (technically) a free man.
• Born to parents that were kept as slaves on a plantation and raised in dreadful conditions with limited food rations, young Samuel’s future looked bleak.
• Fans of The Curse of Oak Island already know all of this, of course.
• Samuel was paid in land and set up a cabbage farm in Shelburne, Nova Scotia and then one in nearby Chester.

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One app, with six free channels at your fingertips to feed your curiosity with a mix of true crime, mysteries, wheeling and dealing, and history. With new unmissable shows added daily on demand, including the latest from BLAZE, the UFO enthusiasts’ TV heaven. Fans of The Curse of Oak Island already know all of this, of course. BLAZE is the free-to-air entertainment channel that celebrates real people and their real stories.
Despite the colonists’ defeat, he survived the war and his new employers were good to their word. Samuel was paid in land and set up a cabbage farm in Shelburne, Nova Scotia and then one in nearby Chester. One of the show’s most memorable episodes was The Mystery of Samuel Ball (series 4, episode 8). In it, the Michigan-born siblings and their team discover some compelling evidence which links a freed black slave to the enigma that is Oak Island. Oak Island is 140 acres of privately-owned land in Lunenburg County, on the south shore of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
Some of Britain’s favourite stars explore the truly unique British blaze spins preoccupations in Britain’s Greatest Obsessions. The third series follows Gus and Will as they settle into a brand-new workshop location made from old shipping containers. Watch as they work on one car every episode, from the worst Rolls Royce in Britain to the most lovely Triumph Herald.

Forbidden History

BLAZE brings together a host of hit programming that is sure to entertain. Watch hit US shows like Hardcore Pawn and Pawn Stars and the very best in mystery programming like The Curse of Oak Island. As is the ultimate home of UFO TV shows, BLAZE regularly asks the big question on whether ‘there is life out there? Hearst Networks® UK is a joint venture between Hearst and Sky. Its portfolio of quality factual and entertainment channels includes Sky HISTORY®, Crime + Investigation®, Sky HISTORY2® and the free-to-air channel BLAZE®.