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Series 10: 2. Arthur's Stone and a Georgian Mine
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.
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Series 11: 3. A Norman Panic Room And A Mesolithic Fish Trap
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.
06-08-2026
BBC 4
Digging For Britain
Series 11: 2. Anglo-saxon Gold And Rebellious Nuns
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.
30-07-2026
BBC 4
Digging For Britain
Series 11: 1. The Roman Emperor’s Bathhouse
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.
23-07-2026
BBC 4
Digging For Britain
Series 10: 2. Arthur's Stone And A Georgian Mine
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.
14-07-2026
BBC 4
Digging For Britain
Series 10: 1. Roman Towns And Tudor Shipwrecks
Digs in southern England reveal a previously unknown Roman town, a Tudor ship buried beneath a quarry and evidence of Henry VIII’s financial\nforgery under the Tower of Lo ...
07-07-2026
BBC 4
Digging For Britain
Series 7: 3. East
Professor Alice Roberts explores this year’s most exciting archaeological finds from the east of Britain. Every new discovery was filmed by the archaeologists themselves, ...
23-06-2026
BBC 4
Digging For Britain
Series 7: 2. West
Professor Alice Robert explores this year’s most exciting archaeological finds from the west of Britain. Every new discovery was filmed by the archaeologists themselves, g ...
16-06-2026
BBC 4
Digging For Britain
Series 7: 1. North
Professor Alice Roberts celebrates the biggest and best archaeological discoveries of 2018 from the north of the UK. Each digging team has been filming its own excavations, givi ...
01-06-2026
BBC 4
Digging For Britain
Series 6: 4. The Horsemen Of Hadrian's Wall
In this special, Professor Alice Roberts reveals the forgotten story of the Roman Army's secret weapon in Britain - their cavalry. These fearsome horsemen were the key to defend ...
25-05-2026
BBC 4
Digging For Britain
Series 6: 3. North
Professor Alice Roberts explores some of this year's most exciting archaeological finds from the north of Britain. Each discovery comes straight from the site, filmed by the arc ...
18-05-2026
BBC 4
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Series 9: Episode 6
The north of England is so rich in archaeological finds that Alice Roberts is travelling back there once again to reveal more of its fascinating history.\n\nShe starts this jour ...
25-03-2026
BBC 4
Digging For Britain
Series 11: 1. The Roman Emperor’s Bathhouse
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.
23-07-2026
BBC 4
Digging For Britain
Series 11: 3. A Norman Panic Room And A Mesolithic Fish Trap
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.
06-08-2026
BBC 4
Digging For Britain
Series 10: 2. Arthur's Stone And A Georgian Mine
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.
14-07-2026
BBC 4
Digging For Britain
Series 10: 1. Roman Towns And Tudor Shipwrecks
Digs in southern England reveal a previously unknown Roman town, a Tudor ship buried beneath a quarry and evidence of Henry VIII’s financial\nforgery under the Tower of Lo ...
07-07-2026
BBC 4
Digging For Britain
Series 7: 3. East
Professor Alice Roberts explores this year’s most exciting archaeological finds from the east of Britain. Every new discovery was filmed by the archaeologists themselves, ...
23-06-2026
BBC 4
Digging For Britain
Series 7: 1. North
Professor Alice Roberts celebrates the biggest and best archaeological discoveries of 2018 from the north of the UK. Each digging team has been filming its own excavations, givi ...
01-06-2026
BBC 4
Digging For Britain
Series 11: 2. Anglo-saxon Gold And Rebellious Nuns
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.
30-07-2026
BBC 4
Digging For Britain
Series 12: 5. Chariots And Slaves
Alice travels through the west of Britain, exploring the region's most exciting archaeological digs. \n\nA previously unknown Roman villa complex is unearthed west of Oxford, ...
04-11-2025
BBC 4
Digging For Britain
Series 12: 1. Saxon Gold And Buried Coins
Alice travels through the east of Britain to the area’s most exciting archaeological digs.\n\nShe joins archaeologists digging an astonishing Anglo-Saxon cemetery in rural ...
30-09-2025
BBC 4