Digging for Britain

Digging for Britain

2010
★★★☆☆ 5.0/10
📺 12 Seasons
🎬 53 Episodes
📅 Returning Series
🌐 EN
⏱️ 60 min/episode
Documentary
Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.

Where to Watch (US)

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Acorn TV
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Buy

Amazon Video

Seasons

Season 1
2010 • 4 Episodes
Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up digs and investigations
Season 2
2011 • 4 Episodes
Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up digs and investigations
Season 3
2015 • 3 Episodes
Dr Alice Roberts and Matt Williams highlight the best discoveries from around the country.
Season 4
2016 • 3 Episodes
Series highlighting the best archaeological discoveries from around the country.
Season 5
2016 • 3 Episodes
Highlighting the best archaeological discoveries from around the country.
Season 6
2017 • 4 Episodes
Professor Alice Roberts explores 2017's most exciting archaeological finds.
Season 7
2018 • 4 Episodes
Professor Alice Roberts explores 2018's most exciting archaeological finds.
Season 8
2019 • 4 Episodes
Archaeological discoveries with Professor Alice Roberts. In the Cotswolds, a secret location, which appears to be a high-status Anglo Saxon cemetery, gives up a very precious and fragile artefact.
Season 9
2022 • 6 Episodes
The astonishing discovery of a mosaic has art historians, archaeologists and Alice very excited as they slowly reveal its full beauty.
Season 10
2023 • 6 Episodes
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.
Season 11
2024 • 6 Episodes
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.
Season 12
2025 • 6 Episodes
The most incredible grave goods ever found on Digging for Britain, a strange Roman sarcophagus filled with plaster and an intriguing medieval coin hoard.

Cast

Alice Roberts
Alice Roberts
Self - Presenter

Network

BBC Two

Production

360 Production, Rare TV

Keywords

educationalarchaeologistbritish historyarchaeological dig