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Digging for Britain

Season 10

2023 · 6 episodes

  1. 1. Roman Towns and Tudor Shipwrecks

    2023-01-01 · 60m

    Digs in southern England reveal a previously unknown Roman town, a Tudor ship buried beneath a quarry and evidence of Henry VIII’s financial under the Tower of London.

  2. 2. Arthur's Stone and a Georgian Mine

    2023-01-08 · 60m

    In the west of the UK, a spectacular monument older than Stonehenge, a 200-year-old mine trapped in time and a lost medieval friary.

  3. 3. Headless Romans and Anglo Saxon Gold

    2023-01-15 · 60m

    A gatehouse riddled with Civil War bullets, a unique Iron Age shield made from bark and Roman burials with pots where the heads should be.

  4. 4. Mystery Shipwreck and a Roman Army Camp

    2023-01-22 · 60m

    Alice Roberts reveals a Dutch ship sunk by the English, a Cornish Roman fort and a 5000-year-old Neolithic monument.

  5. 5. Roman Mosaics and Ancient Weapons

    2023-01-29 · 60m

    Travelling east, Alice discovers a Roman barn conversion, unearths a Tudor fort and finds intricately carved 10,000-year-old weapons.

  6. 6. Ice Age Camp and a Saint with Syphilis

    2023-02-05 · 60m

    In Scotland and the north of England, Alice investigates an Ice Age camp, the mystery of a medieval skeleton and the earliest evidence of salt making in Britain.

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