Digging for Britain
A small island with a big history. Professor Alice Roberts reveals the fascinating world hidden beneath our feet, showcasing the latest finds of dedicated archaeologists.
- 2010-2026
- 13 seasons
- Dreamscape Media
- Documentary
- TV-14
A small island with a big history. Professor Alice Roberts reveals the fascinating world hidden beneath our feet, showcasing the latest finds of dedicated archaeologists.
Season 13 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2026
Episode 1
Scottish Massacre and 70s Skate Park
Visceral evidence of a bloody massacre in the Scottish Highlands, Bradford's first Muslim burial and, from the 1970s, Scotland's first skate-park.
Episode 2
Our Rarest Find and Biggest Dig
Two incredibly rare finds from an Iron Age hoard, a look inside the UK's largest and most complex dig in a generation, and the earliest example of an artist's signature from Roman Britain.
Episode 3
A Mysterious Bone Box and Admiral Nelson's Favorite Ship
Rare Anglo-Saxon swords, a mysterious and macabre Roman bone box and a cross-continental investigation into Admiral Nelson's favourite ship.
Episode 4
England's Last Anglo-Saxon King and Scotland's First Whisky
The lost estate of Harold Godwinson, last Anglo-Saxon king of England, a completely intact 4,000-year-old cremation vessel and an unprecedented Roman whetstone factory.
Episode 5
Medieval Murder and Roman Pets
The warhorses that changed the course of history, a medieval murder mystery and a 300-million-year-old forest that built the modern world.
Episode 6
A Cornish Legend and an Ancient Wishing Well
Tantalising clues to the ancient origin story of St Michael's Mount, rare Roman cavalry swords with hidden secrets and a wishing well of coins at a promontory fort in Pembrokeshire.