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Digging for Britain

Digging for Britain (2010)

August. 19,2010

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Digging for Britain

Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.

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Digging for Britain

2010 / TV-14

Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.

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Seasons 11 : 2024

6 Episode

Episode 1 - The Roman Emperor’s Bathhouse

January. 02,2024

Digs in northern Britain reveal a Roman emperor’s lost bathhouse, the sunken treasures of medieval pilgrims and a formidable fortress perched on top of a Scottish mountain.

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Episode 2 - Anglo-Saxon Gold and Rebellious Nuns

January. 03,2024

In central England, an RAF airbase with a Roman past, a forgotten medieval nunnery, a gold pendant from a 7th-century grave and a pub with a very long history of hospitality.

Episode 3 - A Norman Panic Room and a Mesolithic Fish Trap

January. 04,2024

In the west of Britain, there's a rare medieval cemetery, a disappearing Mesolithic landscape, a mysterious Iron Age burial and the ruins of a Gothic masterpiece.

Episode 4 - A Roman Mystery and Waterloo’s Disappearing Dead

January. 09,2024

Roberts reveals the most fascinating archaeological finds this year in the East of England: a Roman dodecahedron, the secrets of Boudicca’s hill fort and Waterloo’s disappearing dead.

Episode 5 - 3000-Year-Old Shoes and Giant Axeheads

January. 10,2024

Archaeology in the south of England unearths Britain’s oldest shoe, the lost shipyard of one of England’s greatest warrior kings and Britain’s top-secret WWII defences.

Episode 6 - Forgotten Fortresses and Lost Villages

January. 11,2024

Digs in the West of Britain reveal a forgotten fortress teetering on the edge of a cliff, evidence of the oldest house in Cardiff and a discovery at a Roman mosaic that shocks the experts.

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6 Episode

Seasons 9 : 2022

6 Episode

Seasons 8 : 2019

4 Episode

Seasons 7 : 2018

4 Episode

Seasons 6 : 2017

4 Episode

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3 Episode