Digging for Britain

Episode 1

The Roman Emperor's Bathhouse

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.

Episode 2

Anglo-Saxon Gold and Rebellious Nuns

59 mins

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.

Episode 3

A Norman Panic Room and a Mesolithic Fish Trap

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.

Episode 4

A Roman Mystery and Waterloo's Disappearing Dead

59 mins

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.

Episode 5

3000-Year-Old Shoes and Giant Axeheads

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.

Episode 6

Forgotten Fortresses and Lost Villages

59 mins

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.