
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.
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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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
Series 6: 2. East
Professor Alice Roberts explores some of this year's most exciting archaeological finds from the east of Britain. Each discovery comes straight from the trenches/site, filmed by ...
22-04-2026
BBC 4
Series 6: 1. West
Professor Alice Roberts explores some of this year's most exciting archaeological finds from the west of Britain. Each discovery comes straight from the trenches/site, filmed by ...
08-04-2026
BBC 4
Series 13: 2. Our Rarest Find And Biggest Dig
Featuring two incredibly rare finds from an Iron Age hoard, a look inside the UK’s largest and most complex dig in a generation, an Iron Age site perched on the very edge ...
20-01-2026
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Series 13: 1. Scottish Massacre And 70s Skate Park
Featuring visceral evidence of a bloody massacre in the Scottish Highlands, one of the largest Roman cemeteries ever found in Britain, Bradford’s first Muslim burial, more ...
11-01-2026
BBC 4
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
Series 4: 2. East
Professor Alice Roberts explores the year's most exciting archaeological finds in the east of Britain. A team unearths a mass grave, divers search the Thames for clues to a 17th ...
16-09-2020
BBC 4
Series 12: 6. Lost Mansions And Impaled Prisoners
This episode showcases the best archaeology found in the south of the UK. \n\nFirst, we travel to the Killerton estate in Devon, where the National Trust are hunting for remains ...
11-11-2025
BBC 4
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
Series 8: 1. West
Professor Alice Roberts returns with the eighth series of BBC Four’s Digging for Britain. In the first episode, we explore this year’s finds in the west of Britain. ...
20-11-2024
BBC 4
The Greatest Discoveries: Episode 1
Professor Alice Roberts re-examines key archaeological sites of prehistoric Britain, from the arrival of the earliest humans to mysterious ceremonies at Stonehenge.
05-04-2024
BBC 4
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
Series 8: 2. North
The remains of a Tudor house in Leicestershire were thought to be the childhood home of England’s forgotten queen, Lady Jane Grey. But when archaeologists excavate, they f ...
27-11-2024
BBC 4