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Digging for Britain

Digging for Britain

★ 6.0/10•2010•1h 0m•TV-14•Documentary
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Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.

StatusReturning Series
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateAug 19, 2010

Episodes

Episode 1 - The RomansE160m

The Romans

Roman finds include the mystery of 97 babies murdered by the Thames, a fabulous Roman coin hoard found in Somerset and a man buried on a layer of dead animals.

Aug 19, 2010

Episode 2 - PrehistoryE260m

Prehistory

Her journey takes her from Orkney to Devon by land, sea and air. In Norfolk, flint tools unearthed this year push the earliest human occupation back by 200,000 years, to around one million years ago. In Orkney an early farm yields glimpses of our ancestors' earliest religious beliefs and customs - cattle skulls buried within building walls, and tiny household goddesses. In Devon, we find one of the oldest known shipwrecks. And a bronze age burial holds a mystery, and touching evidence of grief echoing down over 2000 years.

Aug 26, 2010

Episode 3 - Anglo-SaxonsE360m

Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons - they divided our land and heralded the arrival of the Dark Ages. But were they really just barbarians? Dr Alice Roberts continues her journey through a year of archaeology, visiting the key sites that are throwing light on this most mysterious of periods. She visits the royal seat of power at Bamburgh, Northumbria and sees how the skeletons tell tales of violent death, but also of tenderness.

Sep 2, 2010

Episode 4 - The TudorsE460m

The Tudors

Alice Roberts finds out about discoveries that shed new light on the Tudor Age, visiting excavations at Shakespeare's first theatre, in London's Shoreditch, and at his last home in Stratford-upon-Avon, where clues reveal his economical use of money. In Wales, she meets a team of archaeologists learning about the realities of Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries, while on the banks of the Thames, the history of a forgotten royal palace is uncovered

Sep 10, 2010

Actors

Alice Roberts

Alice Roberts

Self - Presenter

Victoria Herridge

Victoria Herridge

Self - Presenter

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