Biography

Mortimer Wheeler(1890-1976)

Sir Mortimer Wheeler was a British archaeologist known for his appearances on radio and television, particularly the BBC series Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? (1952-1959) and Buried Treasure (1954-1959). His popularity earned him the Television Personality of the Year award in 1954. He presented his own history series Armchair Voyage: Hellenic Cruise (1958) and The Grandeur That Was Rome (1960).

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Known for

Men, Women and Clothes

8.1

TV Series

Himself Modelling Fashions(as Sir Mortimer Wheeler)

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?

6.3

TV Series

Self - Expert
Self - (Chairman)

An Evening with...

TV Series

Self

Buried Treasure

TV Series

Self

Credits

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Self

Timeshift
6.8
TV Series
- Self (as Sir Mortimer Wheeler)
- 2007
Sir Mortimer and Magnus
TV Mini Series
- Self
- 1975
Chronicle
7.5
TV Series
- Self (as Sir Mortimer Wheeler)
- 1966–1973
An Evening with...
TV Series
- Self
- 1969
The Grandeur That Was Rome
6.8
TV Series
- Self
- 1960
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?
6.3
TV Series
- Self - Expert
- Self - (Chairman)
- 1952–1959
Buried Treasure
TV Series
- Self
- 1954–1958
Armchair Voyage: Hellenic Cruise
5.5
TV Mini Series
- Self
- Self - Narrator (as Sir Mortimer Wheeler)
- 1958
Studio E
TV Series
- Self (as Sir Mortimer Wheeler)
- 1958
Men, Women and Clothes
8.1
TV Series
- Himself Modelling Fashions (as Sir Mortimer Wheeler)
- 1957

Archive Footage

Ancient Murders Unearthed
7.8
TV Series
- Self (archive footage)
- 2023
Time Team
8.6
TV Series
- Self (archive footage, as Sir Mortimer Wheeler)
- 2008
Timeshift
6.8
TV Series
- Self (archive footage, uncredited)
- 2007
Plunder
TV Series
- Self (archive footage, as Sir Mortimer Wheeler)
- 1966
Late Night Line-Up
6.0
TV Series
- Self (archive footage, as Sir Mortimer Wheeler)
- 1965
What in the World?
7.3
TV Series
- Self (archive footage)
- 1955