← Digging for Britain

Season 10

6 episodes · 2023

  1. 1Roman Towns and Tudor Shipwrecks

    01 Jan 2023 · 1 hr 0 min

    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. 2Arthur's Stone and a Georgian Mine

    08 Jan 2023 · 1 hr 0 min

    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. 3Headless Romans and Anglo Saxon Gold

    15 Jan 2023 · 1 hr 0 min

    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. 4Mystery Shipwreck and a Roman Army Camp

    22 Jan 2023 · 1 hr 0 min

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

  5. 5Roman Mosaics and Ancient Weapons

    29 Jan 2023 · 1 hr 0 min

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

  6. 6Ice Age Camp and a Saint with Syphilis

    05 Feb 2023 · 1 hr 0 min

    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.