Digging for Britain
TV-14
8.1
2010
Documentary
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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- Cast:
- Alice Roberts , Stuart Prior
Episode 6 : Forgotten Fortresses and Lost Villages
January. 11,2024
Digs in the West of Britain reveal a forgotten fortress teetering on the edge of a cliff, evidence of the oldest house in Cardiff and a discovery at a Roman mosaic that shocks the experts.
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Episode 5 : 3000-Year-Old Shoes and Giant Axeheads
January. 10,2024
Archaeology in the south of England unearths Britain’s oldest shoe, the lost shipyard of one of England’s greatest warrior kings and Britain’s top-secret WWII defences.
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Episode 4 : A Roman Mystery and Waterloo’s Disappearing Dead
January. 09,2024
Roberts reveals the most fascinating archaeological finds this year in the East of England: a Roman dodecahedron, the secrets of Boudicca’s hill fort and Waterloo’s disappearing dead.
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Episode 3 : A Norman Panic Room and a Mesolithic Fish Trap
January. 04,2024
In the west of Britain, there's a rare medieval cemetery, a disappearing Mesolithic landscape, a mysterious Iron Age burial and the ruins of a Gothic masterpiece.
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Episode 2 : Anglo-Saxon Gold and Rebellious Nuns
January. 03,2024
In central England, an RAF airbase with a Roman past, a forgotten medieval nunnery, a gold pendant from a 7th-century grave and a pub with a very long history of hospitality.
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Episode 1 : The Roman Emperor’s Bathhouse
January. 02,2024
Digs in northern Britain reveal a Roman emperor’s lost bathhouse, the sunken treasures of medieval pilgrims and a formidable fortress perched on top of a Scottish mountain.
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