Digging Up Britain: A New History in Ten Extraordinary Discoveries

Product Information

Toby Jones and Mackenzie Crook struck comedic gold with this much-adored series about two oddballs scouring the English countryside for treasure. What I love about Digging for Britain is that, when we set out to film the series, we have no idea what discoveries might come to light. The last hoard was 199 Roman silver denarii,” he said, noting the club also found 332 fake silver coins in Staffordshire. Once you get past the overly-dramatic production, this series is actually both nerdy, and watchable – it applies 3D scanning to some extraordinary ancient sites, and produces some pretty attention-grabbing discoveries. In The Great British Dig, actor and comedian Hugh Dennis is joined by an expert team of archaeologists to excavate back gardens around Britain, in an attempt to uncover the lost history buried beneath our lawns and flower beds – recruiting local people to get digging too.

BBC Two - Digging for Britain, Series 10 - Episode guide BBC Two - Digging for Britain, Series 10 - Episode guide

Director of Engagement at DigVentures, Maiya digs with a trowel in one hand, and a Twitter feed in the other. Membership of the NCMD, Tamblyn added, includes insurance to protect the landowner in the event of accidental damage.

Highlights from this bumper series include the Roman mosaic and surrounding villa found in a field in Rutland, described by archaeologists on site as the most important mosaic discovered in the last 100 years. This beautiful documentary follows their discovery, and the journey to understand more about the individual buried there. The first series consisted of four episodes, initially broadcast on BBC Two in August and September 2010. She, like Neil Oliver, have exactly what it takes to get across science while at the same time really helping the viewer use what they are seeing at the excavation to imagine what life was like for the ancient people there.

Best Archaeology TV Series, Films, and Documentaries Best Archaeology TV Series, Films, and Documentaries

Now imagine each of them giving a talk on their favourite archaeological discoveries, and sharing their best memories of working together. Time Team is also available on YouTube – the later original episodes on their Classics channel, and new episodes on their Official channel.Everywhere in the country is owned by somebody even if it’s the council for your local park,” he said. Another LIDAR-based series of discoveries are revealed in this documentary as archaeologists uncover whole swathes of previously unknown settlements. It’s a classic, and provides plenty of inspiration for playing your own version of the game at home! Yep, we all know Agathe Christie married an archaeologist, but even better than that, she set one of our favourite episodes of Poirot on an archaeological site in Syria. Raksha Dave (born 22 August 1977) is an archaeologist and TV presenter, and is the current President of the Council for British Archaeology.

Digging for Britain - Wikipedia

If you’re reading this list, you’ve probably already seen every episode, but that’s the great thing about this show – you can watch it again, and again, again. DigVentures was born from a mission: to connect people who love archaeology with opportunities to DO archaeology. Every year, hundreds of archaeological digs from across the British Isles find clues that add to the great historical jigsaw of Britain’s story and our ancestors’ lives.

Every day, on a sandy beach or a rocky foreshore, fascinating evidence of Britain’s history appears and disappears as the tide rolls in and rolls back out again.