Digging for Britain

Season 10

2023 · 6 episodes · 6h 0m in all

Episodes

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   1. Roman Towns and Tudor Shipwrecks

   1 Jan 2023 · 60 min

   Digs 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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   2. Arthur's Stone and a Georgian Mine

   8 Jan 2023 · 60 min

   In 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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   3. Headless Romans and Anglo Saxon Gold

   15 Jan 2023 · 60 min

   A 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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   4. Mystery Shipwreck and a Roman Army Camp

   22 Jan 2023 · 60 min

   Alice Roberts reveals a Dutch ship sunk by the English, a Cornish Roman fort and a 5000-year-old Neolithic monument.

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   5. Roman Mosaics and Ancient Weapons

   29 Jan 2023 · 60 min

   Travelling east, Alice discovers a Roman barn conversion, unearths a Tudor fort and finds intricately carved 10,000-year-old weapons.

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   6. Ice Age Camp and a Saint with Syphilis

   5 Feb 2023 · 60 min

   In 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.