Digging for Britain
Dr Alice Roberts visits archaeological excavations around the UK, linking together the results of digs and investigations the length and breadth of the country to build up a picture of the year in British archaeology.
Genre: Documentary
Cast:Alice Roberts , Stuart Prior , Cat Jarman , Onyeka Nubia , Matt Williams , NaoÃse Mac Sweeney , Raksha Dave , Miles Russell , Jill Eyers , Andrew Richardson , Kevin Colls , Brett Thorn , Simon Mays , Clive Waddington , Mark Horton , Simon Parfitt , Hazel Moore , Alison Sheridan
S10.E1 ∙ Roman Towns and Tudor Shipwrecks
Digs in southern England reveal a previously unknown Roman town, a Tudor ship buried beneath a quarry and evidence of Henry VIII's financial forgery under the Tower of London.
S10.E2 ∙ Arthur's Stone and a Georgian Mine
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.
S10.E3 ∙ Headless Romans and Anglo Saxon Gold
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.
S10.E4 ∙ Mystery Shipwreck and a Roman Army Camp
Alice Roberts reveals a Dutch ship sunk by the English, a Cornish Roman fort and a 5,000-year-old Neolithic monument.
S10.E5 ∙ Roman Mosaics and Ancient Weapons
Travelling east, Alice discovers a Roman barn conversion, unearths a Tudor fort and finds intricately carved 10,000-year-old weapons.
S10.E6 ∙ Ice Age Camp and a Saint with Syphilis
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.
