Digging for Britain (2010)
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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Episode 1 - Roman Towns and Tudor Shipwrecks
Release Date: 2023-01-01Digs in southern England reveal a previously unknown Roman town, a Tudor ship buried beneath a quarry and evidence of Henry VIII’s financial under the Tower of London.
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Episode 2 - Arthur's Stone and a Georgian Mine
Release Date: 2023-01-08In the west of the UK, a spectacular monument older than Stonehenge, a 200-year-old mine trapped in time and a lost medieval friary.
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Episode 3 - Headless Romans and Anglo Saxon Gold
Release Date: 2023-01-15A gatehouse riddled with Civil War bullets, a unique Iron Age shield made from bark and Roman burials with pots where the heads should be.
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Episode 4 - Mystery Shipwreck and a Roman Army Camp
Release Date: 2023-01-22Alice Roberts reveals a Dutch ship sunk by the English, a Cornish Roman fort and a 5000-year-old Neolithic monument.
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Episode 5 - Roman Mosaics and Ancient Weapons
Release Date: 2023-01-29Travelling east, Alice discovers a Roman barn conversion, unearths a Tudor fort and finds intricately carved 10,000-year-old weapons.
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Episode 6 - Ice Age Camp and a Saint with Syphilis
Release Date: 2023-02-05In Scotland and the north of England, Alice investigates an Ice Age camp, the mystery of a medieval skeleton and the earliest evidence of salt making in Britain.