Name: Digging for Britain
Released: 2011-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Alice Roberts

TV Show · Documentary · History

Dr Alice Roberts visits archaeological excavations around the UK, linking together the results of digs and investigations to build up a picture of the year in British archaeology.

2011 · 49m

Starring Alice Roberts

EPISODE 1

The Romans

Iraqi troops defended Britain from the Barbarians; melting pot of cultures in a cemetery on Hadrian's Wall.
EPISODE 2

Prehistory

Temple complex to match Skara Brae; Neolithic burial place suggesting mass murder in Oxfordshire.
EPISODE 3

Anglo-Saxons

In Northumbria, skeletons tell tales of violent death and tenderness; people curate grave goods in an amazing community project.
EPISODE 4

The Tudors

Excavating and restoring a British naval find; mystery surrounds a forgotten Tudor palace; Shakespeare's first theater.
EPISODE 1

Britannia

Uncovering 97 baby skeletons near the Thames; a newly discovered town in Devon; burial place for a Roman cult figure.
EPISODE 2

Invaders

Discovering a different side to the seafaring pirates of Scandinavia; searching for the earliest Viking settlers in the Outer Hebrides.