Digging for Britain

Season 4

2016 · 3 episodes · 3h 0m in all · 9.5/10

Series highlighting the best archaeological discoveries from around the country.

Episodes

1. 

   1. West

   10 Mar 2016 · 60 min

   This episode heads to the west of Britain, while archaeologists join us back in the Salisbury Museum to look at the new finds and what they mean.

2. 

   2. East

   17 Mar 2016 · 60 min · 9.5/10

   Professor Alice Roberts explores the year's most exciting archaeological finds in the east of Britain. A team unearths a mass grave, divers search the Thames for clues to a 17th-century tragedy, and a metal detectorist makes the find of a lifetime.

3. 

   3. North

   24 Mar 2016 · 60 min

   Professor Alice Roberts explores the year's most exciting archaeological finds in the north of Britain. A team discovers clues to Scotland's first kingdoms, metal detectorists unearth a hoard of Viking treasure, and a new housing development reveals a graveyard of Iron Age warriors.