Digging for Britain

Season 9

2022 · 6 episodes · 6h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 

   1. East

   4 Jan 2022 · 60 min

   The astonishing discovery of a mosaic has art historians, archaeologists and Alice very excited as they slowly reveal its full beauty.

2. 

   2. South

   5 Jan 2022 · 60 min

   The south of England offers rich pickings, including the earliest money made in Britain and a massive haul of Roman treasure that brings to life the fall of the empire in Britain.

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   3. North

   6 Jan 2022 · 60 min

   The best archaeology from the north of Britain, including Scotland’s oldest railway, one of the best-preserved Norman castles and an extraordinary find from a Neolithic tomb.

4. 

   4. Midlands

   11 Jan 2022 · 60 min

   Unearthing a Jurassic giant, investigating finds from an Anglo-Saxon cemetery and uncovering the hidden heart of Roman Leicester.

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   5. West

   12 Jan 2022 · 60 min

   A new Roman town and hundreds of finds are discovered. The Cerne Giant finally gets a date, and a World War II air crash mystery is laid to rest.

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   6. North

   13 Jan 2022 · 60 min

   Featuring a Roman fort on Hadrian’s Wall, evidence of early writing by the Picts in Scotland and a 3000-year-old Bronze Age coffin buried under a golf course.