Digging for Britain

Digging for Britain
Title card
Genre	Documentary
Presented by	Alice Roberts
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	8+ (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	John Farren
Running time	59 minutes
Production company(s)	360 Production for BBC (in association with Northern Ireland Screen)
Release
Original network	BBC Two
Original release	19 August 2010
External links
Website

Digging For Britain is a television series on archaeology made by 360 Production for the BBC, starting in August 2010. It is presented by Dr Alice Roberts.^[1][2]

The series focuses on archaeological excavations and research in the UK, both new sites and those already well-known to science, including:

• preparations for the first sailing of a replica Bronze Age ship
• uncovering new truths about the richest ever find of Anglo-Saxon treasure
• uncovering Shakespeare's first theatre
• exciting new discoveries in Dorset completely changing our understanding of life in Roman Britain

Filming has taken place over many parts of the UK.

The first series consisted of four episodes, initially broadcast on BBC Two from 19 August to 10 September 2010. A second series of four episodes was broadcast from 9 September to 30 September 2011. A third series aired in 2015. A fourth series begain airing in 2016.

First series

Episode 1: The Romans

• Yewden Roman villa site at Hambleden
• Late Iron Age and Roman Banjo enclosure excavation by Bournemouth University at Bere Regis in Dorset
• The discovery of the Frome Hoard, one of the largest hoards of Roman coins found in the UK.

Episode 2: Prehistory

• Happisburgh beach
• Creswell Crags cave drawings
• The Links of Noltland and the Westray Wifey
• Culduthel man
• a Bronze Age ship wrecked off Salcombe.
• The Forteviot Bronze Age tomb
• The excavation of the new temple near Skara Brae

Episode 3: The Anglo-Saxons

• Bamburgh Castle
• Sittingbourne
• Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire

Episodes

Episode	Episode title	Airdate	Viewers	Director/producer
1.1	"The Romans"	19 August 2010	2.75m	John Hayes-Fisher
1.2	"Prehistory"	26 August 2010	2.34m	Serena Davies
1.3	"The Anglo-Saxons"	2 September 2010	2.45m	Sarah Jobling
1.4	"The Tudors"	10 September 2010	N/A	James Gray
2.1	"Britannia"	9 September 2011		Tim Robinson
2.2	"Invaders"	16 September 2011		Sarah Jobling
2.3	"Age of Bronze and Iron"	23 September 2011		Emma Parkins
2.4	"Ice and Stone"	30 September 2011		James Gray
3.1	"East"	3 February 2015
3.2	"West"	10 February 2015
3.3	"North"	17 February 2015

References

1. "Digging For Britain". BBC press office. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
2. "Digging for Britain". BBC website. Retrieved 16 August 2010.

External links

• Digging for Britain at BBC.co.uk