Digging for Britain

  

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Digging for Britain1/6. 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. Also in HD. [S,AD]Thu, May 15, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain6/6. Featuring a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall, evidence of early writing by the Picts in Scotland and a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age coffin buried under a golf course. Also in HD. [S,AD]Thu, May 8, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain5/6. A new Roman town and hundreds of finds are discovered. The Cerne Giant finally gets a date, and a World War II air crash mystery is laid to rest. Also in HD. [S,AD]Thu, May 1, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain4/6. Unearthing a Jurassic giant, investigating finds from an Anglo-Saxon cemetery and uncovering the hidden heart of Roman Leicester. Also in HD. [S,AD]Thu, Apr 24, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain3/6. The best archaeology from the north of Britain, including Scotland's oldest railway, one of the best-preserved Norman castles and an extraordinary find from a Neolithic tomb. Also in HD. [S,AD]Thu, Apr 17, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain2/6. A massive hoard of Roman treasure is revealed under a Norman church. Also in HD. [S,AD]Thu, Apr 10, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain1/6. The astonishing discovery of a mosaic has art historians, archaeologists and Alice very excited as they slowly reveal its full beauty. Also in HD. [S,AD]Thu, Apr 3, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain6/6. Britain's first Romani dig, a grisly Georgian discovery and a rare Roman funeral bed. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]Tue, Feb 4, 8:00 amBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain3/6. Exploring Britain's islands: a 5,000-year-old Neolithic tomb, an international effort to save a WWI warship, and a Neanderthal hunting ground off Jersey's coast. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]Wed, Jan 22, 2:05 amBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain2/6. A quarryman makes the discovery of a set of very large footprints, and a chance find reveals a spectacular Roman villa with mosaics and a sauna. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]Tue, Jan 21, 8:00 amBBC TWO60 mins
New: Digging for Britain6/6. Britain's first Romani dig, a grisly Georgian discovery and a rare Roman funeral bed. Also in HD. [S,AD]Thu, Jan 16, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
New: Digging for Britain5/6. A vast Roman building, an Iron Age chariot and Devon's transatlantic slave trade past. Also in HD. [S,AD]Wed, Jan 15, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
New: Digging for Britain4/6. Gold is found at a bishop's palace, a Roman crime is uncovered, detectorists unearth a staggering bronze age haul, and ancient DNA solves a medieval mystery. Also in HD. [S,AD]Tue, Jan 14, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain1/6. The most incredible grave goods ever found on Digging for Britain, a strange Roman sarcophagus filled with plaster and an intriguing medieval coin hoard. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]Tue, Jan 14, 8:00 amBBC TWO60 mins
New: Digging for Britain3/6. Exploring Britain's islands: a 5,000-year-old Neolithic tomb, an international effort to save a WWI warship, and a Neanderthal hunting ground off Jersey's coast. Also in HD. [S,AD]Thu, Jan 9, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
New: Digging for Britain2/6. A quarryman makes the discovery of a set of very large footprints, and a chance find reveals a spectacular Roman villa with mosaics and a sauna. Also in HD. [S,AD]Wed, Jan 8, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
New: Digging for Britain1/6. The most incredible grave goods ever found on Digging for Britain, a strange Roman sarcophagus filled with plaster and an intriguing medieval coin hoard. Also in HD. [S,AD]Tue, Jan 7, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain3/4. How a lobster helped archaeologists discover an 8,000-year-old underwater settlement. Also in HD. [S,AD]Wed, Dec 4, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain2/4. Archaeologists find more than they expect in the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey. Also in HD. [S,AD]Wed, Nov 27, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain3/4. Prof Alice Roberts investigates this year's best archaeological discoveries from the east. Also in HD. [S,AD]Wed, Nov 13, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain2/4. Alice Roberts shares archaeological discoveries from the west of the UK, including the biggest maritime excavation since the Mary Rose, a Roman bath house and a German camp. Also in HD. [S,AD]Wed, Nov 6, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain1/4. Alice Roberts celebrates the biggest and best archaeological discoveries of 2018 from the north of the UK. Also in HD. [S]Wed, Oct 30, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain4/4. Alice Roberts reveals the story of the Roman cavalry. As she sets off across Hadrian's Wall on their trail, re-enactors recreate a cavalry tournament. Also in HD. [S,AD]Tue, Oct 22, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain3/4. Archaeologists find Roman objects abandoned during a British rebellion, traces of the lost Iona monastery, and a weapons hoard belonging to a wealthy Bronze Age warrior. Also in HD. [S,AD]Tue, Oct 15, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain2/4. The best in British archaeology. Finds include Roman letters that reveal what London was like, an East India ship packed with silver, and evidence of Julius Caesar in Britain. Also in HD. [S,AD]Tue, Oct 8, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain1/4. The best in British archaeology. Finds in the west include the camp from which the Vikings invaded, Iron Age gold and evidence that people lived inside our henge monuments. Also in HD. [S,AD]Tue, Oct 1, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain6/6. In Scotland and the north of England, Alice investigates an Ice Age camp, the mystery of a medieval skeleton and the earliest evidence of salt making in Britain. Also in HD. [S,AD]Tue, Sept 24, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain5/6. Travelling east, Alice discovers a Roman barn conversion, unearths a Tudor fort and finds intricately carved 10,000-year-old weapons. Also in HD. [S,AD]Tue, Sept 17, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain4/6. Alice Roberts reveals a Dutch ship sunk by the English, a Cornish Roman fort and a 5,000-year-old Neolithic monument. Also in HD. [S,AD]Tue, Sept 10, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain3/6. 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. Also in HD. [S,AD]Tue, Sept 3, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain2/6. 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. Also in HD. [S,AD]Tue, Aug 27, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain1/6. Digs in southern England reveal 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. Also in HD. [S,AD]Tue, Aug 20, 8:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain6/6. A fortress on the edge of a cliff, the oldest house in Cardiff and a Roman mosaic. Also in HD. [S,AD]Thu, May 16, 7:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain5/6. Archaeology in the south of England unearths Britain's oldest shoe, the lost shipyard of one of England's greatest warrior kings and Britain's top-secret WWII defences. Also in HD. [S,AD]Wed, May 15, 7:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain4/6. The strangest object ever seen on Digging for Britain, and Waterloo's disappearing dead. Also in HD. [S,AD]Tue, May 14, 7:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain3/6. 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. Also in HD. [S,AD]Mon, May 13, 7:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain1/6. 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. Also in HD. [S,AD]Tue, May 7, 7:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain6/6. Featuring a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall, evidence of early writing by the Picts in Scotland and a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age coffin buried under a golf course. Also in HD. [S,AD]Fri, Mar 29, 7:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain5/6. A new Roman town and hundreds of finds are discovered. The Cerne Giant finally gets a date, and a World War II air crash mystery is laid to rest. Also in HD. [S,AD]Thu, Mar 28, 7:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain4/6. Unearthing a Jurassic giant, investigating finds from an Anglo-Saxon cemetery and uncovering the hidden heart of Roman Leicester. Also in HD. [S,AD]Wed, Mar 27, 7:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain3/6. The best archaeology from the north of Britain, including Scotland's oldest railway, one of the best-preserved Norman castles and an extraordinary find from a Neolithic tomb. Also in HD. [S,AD]Tue, Mar 26, 7:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain2/6. A massive hoard of Roman treasure is revealed under a Norman church. Also in HD. [S,AD]Thu, Mar 21, 7:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain1/6. The astonishing discovery of a mosaic has art historians, archaeologists and Alice very excited as they slowly reveal its full beauty. Also in HD. [S,AD]Wed, Mar 20, 7:00 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain6/6. A fortress on the edge of a cliff, the oldest house in Cardiff and a Roman mosaic. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]Fri, Feb 16, 1:15 amBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain5/6. Archaeology in the south of England unearths Britain's oldest shoe, the lost shipyard of one of England's greatest warrior kings and Britain's top-secret WWII defences. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]Fri, Feb 9, 1:30 amBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain4/6. The strangest object ever seen on Digging for Britain, and Waterloo's disappearing dead. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]Fri, Feb 2, 1:00 amBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain3/6. 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. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]Fri, Jan 26, 12:15 amBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain6/6. A fortress on the edge of a cliff, the oldest house in Cardiff and a Roman mosaic. Also in HD. [S,AD]Wed, Jan 17, 11:45 pmBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain5/6. Archaeology in the south of England unearths Britain's oldest shoe, the lost shipyard of one of England's greatest warrior kings and Britain's top-secret WWII defences. Also in HD. [S,AD]Tue, Jan 16, 12:50 amBBC TWO60 mins
Digging for Britain1/6. 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. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]Fri, Jan 12, 3:05 amBBC TWO60 mins