Digging for Britain

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Season 10
6 episodes

History
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Episode 1: Roman Towns and Tudor Shipwrecks

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Alice Roberts visits more archaeological sites around the country, with digs in southern England revealing a previously unknown Roman town, a Tudor ship buried beneath a quarry and evidence of Henry VIII's financial forgery under the Tower of London

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Gill Crawford

You’d have thought we’d pretty much know by now the extent of the Roman occupation of Britain. But that’s the joy of archaeology – our knowledge is ever-expanding, as Professor Alice Roberts discovers in the first episode of the returning series investigating recent digs across the country. In Bishop’s Stortford in Hertfordshire, it looks like a whole new Roman settlement – with a temple and a large burial site – has just been revealed.

There are major discoveries elsewhere, too, including what may be the final home of a legendary Mercian queen in Cookham in Berkshire and a well-preserved Tudor shipwreck at Dungeness in Kent, uncovered by quarry workers. And we also learn why Henry VIII was known as “Old Copper Nose”. It has nothing to do with his love of ale.

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2023-01-01

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rolenamePresenterAlice RobertsSeries producerTheo WilliamsExecutive producerRory WheelerProducerDenis Minihan

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Episode 6

Ice Age Camp and a Saint with Syphilis

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Episode 5

Roman Mosaics and Ancient Weapons

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Episode 4

Mystery Shipwreck and a Roman Army Camp

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Episode 3

Headless Romans and Anglo Saxon Gold

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Episode 2

Arthur's Stone and a Georgian Mine

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Episode 1

Roman Towns and Tudor Shipwrecks

Summary

Alice Roberts visits more archaeological sites around the country, with digs in southern England revealing a previously unknown Roman town, a Tudor ship buried beneath a quarry and evidence of Henry VIII's financial forgery under the Tower of London

Review

Gill Crawford

You’d have thought we’d pretty much know by now the extent of the Roman occupation of Britain. But that’s the joy of archaeology – our knowledge is ever-expanding, as Professor Alice Roberts discovers in the first episode of the returning series investigating recent digs across the country. In Bishop’s Stortford in Hertfordshire, it looks like a whole new Roman settlement – with a temple and a large burial site – has just been revealed.

There are major discoveries elsewhere, too, including what may be the final home of a legendary Mercian queen in Cookham in Berkshire and a well-preserved Tudor shipwreck at Dungeness in Kent, uncovered by quarry workers. And we also learn why Henry VIII was known as “Old Copper Nose”. It has nothing to do with his love of ale.

How to watch

Next showing

There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming provider below.

Streaming
- NOW
Details

Released on

2023-01-01

Languages

Formats

Colour

Credits

Crew

rolenamePresenterAlice RobertsSeries producerTheo WilliamsExecutive producerRory WheelerProducerDenis Minihan