Digging for Britain
Series 12
20256 episodes
Episodes
E1Saxon Gold and Buried Coins
2025-01-07 · 59m
The most incredible grave goods ever found on Digging for Britain, a strange Roman sarcophagus filled with plaster and an intriguing medieval coin hoard.
E2Dinosaur Highway and Roman Sauna
2025-01-08 · 58m
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
E3Island Treasures
2025-01-09 · 58m
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.
E4Roman Crime and Ancient DNA
2025-01-14 · 59m
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
E5Chariots and Slaves
2025-01-15 · 58m
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.
E6Lost Mansions and Impaled Prisoners
2025-01-16 · 58m
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.