Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.
Showing Season 12 of 13
Series 12
2025
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01. Saxon Gold and Buried Coins
2025-01-07
The most incredible grave goods ever found on Digging for Britain, a strange Roman sarcophagus filled with plaster and an intriguing medieval coin hoard.
02. Dinosaur Highway and Roman Sauna
2025-01-08
A quarryman makes the discovery of a set of very large footprints, and a chance find reveals a spectacular Roman villa with mosaics and a sauna
03. Island Treasures
2025-01-09
Exploring Britain’s islands: a 5,000-year-old Neolithic tomb, an international effort to save a WWI warship, and a Neanderthal hunting ground off Jersey’s coast.
04. Roman Crime and Ancient DNA
2025-01-14
Gold is found at a bishop’s palace, a Roman crime is uncovered, detectorists unearth a staggering bronze age haul, and ancient DNA solves a medieval mystery
05. Chariots and Slaves
2025-01-15
In the west of Britain, there's one of the largest Roman buildings ever discovered in Britain, an Iron Age chariot is saved, and evidence is found of the transatlantic slave trade in Devon.
06. Lost Mansions and Impaled Prisoners
2025-01-16
Extraordinary digs from the south - a Romani encampment in the New Forest, a convict’s burial ground, discovery of a civil war mansion and London’s best-preserved Roman cemetery.
