Digging for Britain
Season 11
2024 • 6 Episodes
Episodes
1. The Roman Emperor’s Bathhouse
January 2, 2024
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.
2. Anglo-Saxon Gold and Rebellious Nuns
January 3, 2024
In central England, an RAF airbase with a Roman past, a forgotten medieval nunnery, a gold pendant from a 7th-century grave and a pub with a very long history of hospitality.
3. A Norman Panic Room and a Mesolithic Fish Trap
January 4, 2024
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.
4. A Roman Mystery and Waterloo’s Disappearing Dead
January 9, 2024
Roberts reveals the most fascinating archaeological finds this year in the East of England: a Roman dodecahedron, the secrets of Boudicca’s hill fort and Waterloo’s disappearing dead.
5. 3000-Year-Old Shoes and Giant Axeheads
January 10, 2024
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.
6. Forgotten Fortresses and Lost Villages
January 11, 2024
Digs in the West of Britain reveal a forgotten fortress teetering on the edge of a cliff, evidence of the oldest house in Cardiff and a discovery at a Roman mosaic that shocks the experts.