Britain's Biggest Dig

Name: Britain's Biggest Dig
Released: 2020-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Yasmin Khan, Alice Roberts

Programa de TV · Documental · Historia

From Roman relics to Victorian remains, Britain's largest archaeological dig uncovers two vast cemeteries buried beneath today's modern roads, revealing thousands of burials and reshaping our understanding of Britain's rich history.

2020 · 1h 0m

Reparto Yasmin Khan, Alice Roberts

Dirección Thomas McCarthy

EPISODIO 1

Episode 1

Ahead of the HS2 rail construction project, Britain's largest cemetery excavation unearths the forgotten stories of Georgian London's rich and poor--revealing how the city rose to become the heart of a global empire.
EPISODIO 2

Episode 2

Anthropologist Professor Alice Roberts and historian Dr. Yasmin Khan uncover the history of two of Britain's greatest cities, exploring how London became the capital of a global empire and how Birmingham grew into "the workshop of the world."
EPISODIO 3

Episode 3

Roberts and Khan uncover how working-class Victorians made Birmingham one of the most important industrial cities on the planet. The discoveries range from several mysterious skeleton markings to the rise of the real Peaky Blinders.