Digging for Britain

4 seasons available

Dr. Alice Roberts follows an entire year of British archaeology.
West
S4 E1

Archeologists gather at the Salisbury Museum to look at finds from Marden Henge, Durotriges, Trellech, Kent's Cavern, Jersey, and Staffordshire Hoard.

East
S4 E2

The most exciting archaeological finds in the east of Britain, including the unearthing of a mass grave, and a search for clues to a 17th century tragedy in the Thames.

East
S3 E1

The meaning of new finds at Norwich Castle Museum; Must Farm; Colchester; Basing House; Silchester.

West
S3 E2

2014's exceptional archaeology; Barrow Clump; Durotriges Big Dig; Winchester; Bling; Ipplepen.

North
S3 E3

Archaeology from the north of Britain; neolithic Orkney; a Roman altar; wild horses at Flixton; feasting hall; Pictish treasure.

Britannia
S2 E1

Uncovering 97 baby skeletons near the Thames; a newly discovered town in Devon; burial place for a Roman cult figure.

Invaders
S2 E2

Discovering a different side to the seafaring pirates of Scandinavia; searching for the earliest Viking settlers in the Outer Hebrides.

Age of Bronze and Iron
S2 E3

Uncovering a complex and sophisticated world prior to Roman invasion; examining the Cladh Hallan mummies which appear to be made up of different people.

Ice and Stone
S2 E4

Searching for elusive Stone Age communities on Jersey; surveying the coastline by kayak.

The Romans
S1 E1

Iraqi troops defended Britain from the Barbarians; melting pot of cultures in a cemetery on Hadrian's Wall.

Prehistory
S1 E2

Temple complex to match Skara Brae; Neolithic burial place suggesting mass murder in Oxfordshire.

Anglo-Saxons
S1 E3

In Northumbria, skeletons tell tales of violent death and tenderness; people curate grave goods in an amazing community project.

The Tudors
S1 E4

Excavating and restoring a British naval find; mystery surrounds a forgotten Tudor palace; Shakespeare's first theater.