Digging for Britain (2010)
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Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.
Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.
Jan 2, 2024 - 54m
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.
Jan 3, 2024 - 58m
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.
Jan 4, 2024 - 59m
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.
Jan 9, 2024 - 59m
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.
Jan 10, 2024 - 59m
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.
Jan 11, 2024 - 58m
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.
