Digging for Britain
Season 10
2023 • 6 Episodes
Episodes
1. Roman Towns and Tudor Shipwrecks
January 1, 2023
Digs in southern England reveal a previously unknown Roman town, a Tudor ship buried beneath a quarry and evidence of Henry VIII’s financial under the Tower of London.
2. Arthur's Stone and a Georgian Mine
January 8, 2023
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.
3. Headless Romans and Anglo Saxon Gold
January 15, 2023
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.
4. Mystery Shipwreck and a Roman Army Camp
January 22, 2023
Alice Roberts reveals a Dutch ship sunk by the English, a Cornish Roman fort and a 5000-year-old Neolithic monument.
5. Roman Mosaics and Ancient Weapons
January 29, 2023
Travelling east, Alice discovers a Roman barn conversion, unearths a Tudor fort and finds intricately carved 10,000-year-old weapons.
6. Ice Age Camp and a Saint with Syphilis
February 5, 2023
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.