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Digging for Britain

Digging for Britain (2010)

August. 19,2010

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TV-14

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Digging for Britain

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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Digging for Britain

2010 / TV-14

Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 12 : 2025

6 Episode

Episode 1 - Saxon Gold and Buried Coins

January. 07,2025

The most incredible grave goods ever found on Digging for Britain, a strange Roman sarcophagus filled with plaster and an intriguing medieval coin hoard.

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A quarryman makes the discovery of a set of very large footprints, and a chance find reveals a spectacular Roman villa with mosaics and a sauna

Episode 3 - Island Treasures

January. 09,2025

Exploring Britain’s islands: a 5,000-year-old Neolithic tomb, an international effort to save a WWI warship, and a Neanderthal hunting ground off Jersey’s coast.

Episode 4 - Roman Crime and Ancient DNA

January. 14,2025

Gold is found at a bishop’s palace, a Roman crime is uncovered, detectorists unearth a staggering bronze age haul, and ancient DNA solves a medieval mystery

Episode 5 - Chariots and Slaves

January. 15,2025

In the west of Britain, there's one of the largest Roman buildings ever discovered in Britain, an Iron Age chariot is saved, and evidence is found of the transatlantic slave trade in Devon.

Episode 6 - Lost Mansions and Impaled Prisoners

January. 16,2025

Extraordinary digs from the south - a Romani encampment in the New Forest, a convict’s burial ground, discovery of a civil war mansion and London’s best-preserved Roman cemetery.

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6 Episode

Seasons 10 : 2023

6 Episode

Seasons 9 : 2022

6 Episode

Seasons 8 : 2019

4 Episode

Seasons 7 : 2018

4 Episode

Seasons 6 : 2017

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