Rory McGrath's Pub Dig
Rory and Paul root around beneath some of the country's oldest boozers to reveal hundreds of years of British history.
- 2012-2012
- 1 season
- Documentary
Rory and Paul root around beneath some of the country's oldest boozers to reveal hundreds of years of British history.
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2012
Episode 1
Chatham
Rory and Paul begin their pub dig journey at the Command House pub in Chatham, Kent, digging through 400 years of naval history in search of Henry VIII's lost Tudor docks and relics from the time of Nelson and the British Empire.
Episode 2
Alfriston
Comedian Rory McGrath and archaeologist Paul Blinkhorn root around in the grounds of another British pub. They are at Ye Olde Smugglers Inne in Alfriston, East Sussex, once the home of 19th-century smuggler Stanton Collins.
Episode 3
St Albans
Rory McGrath, Paul Blinkhorn and the 'time gentleman please' team dig up the car park of the Six Bells in St Albans, Hertfordshire, searching for Roman treasure.
Episode 4
Banbury
Comedian Rory McGrath and archaeologist Paul Blinkhorn visit Ye Olde Reine Deer Inn in Banbury, Oxfordshire, where Oliver Cromwell was said to have plotted the Civil War Battle of Edgehill and sat in judgement on several Royalist trials.