
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 finds in Carlisle from a Roman bathhouse, and from the 1970s, Scotland’s first skatepark.
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Series 11: 6. Forgotten Fortresses And Lost Villages
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 t ...
19-08-2026
BBC 4
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
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
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
BBC 4
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 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 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
Series 11: 6. Forgotten Fortresses And Lost Villages
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 t ...
19-08-2026
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 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
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 7: 4. Iron Age Revealed
Alice Roberts follows the excavation of Iron Age Britain’s most spectacular grave. A team of archaeologists in East Yorkshire have uncovered the remains of only the third ...
11-12-2024
BBC 4
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
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
The Greatest Discoveries: Episode 3
Professor Alice Roberts re-examines the key archaeological sites of Roman Britain, from the foundation of Londinium in the south to fierce siege battles in the north.
14-06-2024
BBC 4