← Digging for Britain

Season 11

6 episodes · 2024

  1. 1The Roman Emperor’s Bathhouse

    02 Jan 2024 · 54 min

    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.

  2. 2Anglo-Saxon Gold and Rebellious Nuns

    03 Jan 2024 · 58 min

    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.

  3. 3A Norman Panic Room and a Mesolithic Fish Trap

    04 Jan 2024 · 59 min

    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.

  4. 4A Roman Mystery and Waterloo’s Disappearing Dead

    09 Jan 2024 · 59 min

    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.

  5. 53000-Year-Old Shoes and Giant Axeheads

    10 Jan 2024 · 59 min

    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.

  6. 6Forgotten Fortresses and Lost Villages

    11 Jan 2024 · 58 min

    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.