Digging for Britain

History | Adventure

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BBC iPlayer (GB)

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Running

Start:
2010-08-19

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The BBC Two series is presented by Professor Alice Roberts and archaeologist Matt Williams as they present the year's most outstanding archaeological excavations around the UK, linking together the results of digs and investigations the length and breadth of the country to build up a picture of the year in British archaeology.

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S13E1 - 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 finds in Carlisle from a Roman bathhouse, and from the 1970s, Scotland's first skatepark.

Air Date: 07 Jan 2026 00:00 (CDT)

S13E2 - 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 of the White Cliffs of Dover, and the earliest example of an artist's signature from Roman Britain.

Air Date: 07 Jan 2026 00:00 (CDT)

S13E3 - A Mysterious Bone Box and Admiral Nelson's Favourite Ship

Rare Anglo-Saxon swords, a mysterious and macabre Roman bone box and a cross-continental investigation into Admiral Nelson's favourite ship.

Air Date: 07 Jan 2026 00:00 (CDT)

S13E4 - England's Last Anglo-Saxon King and Scotland's First Whisky

The lost estate of Harold Godwinson, last Anglo-Saxon king of England, a completely intact 4,000-year-old cremation vessel and an unprecedented Roman whetstone factory.

Air Date: 07 Jan 2026 00:00 (CDT)

S13E5 - Medieval Murder and Roman Pets

Featuring a vast first-century Roman compound, the warhorses that changed the course of history, a medieval murder mystery, the thriving farmstead belonging to Isaac Newton's mother, thousands of animal bones from a Roman farm, and a 300-million-year-old forest that built the modern world.

Air Date: 07 Jan 2026 00:00 (CDT)

S13E6 - A Cornish Legend and an Ancient Wishing Well

Professor Alice Roberts returns to uncover fresh archaeological treasures and discoveries.

Air Date: 07 Jan 2026 00:00 (CDT)