About this season
Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.
Episodes (6)
1. Roman Towns and Tudor Shipwrecks
Aired 1 January 2023 • 60 min
Digs in southern England reveal a previously unknown Roman town, a Tudor ship buried beneath a quarry and evidence of Henry VIII’s financial under the Tower of London.
2. Arthur's Stone and a Georgian Mine
Aired 8 January 2023 • 60 min
In the west of the UK, a spectacular monument older than Stonehenge, a 200-year-old mine trapped in time and a lost medieval friary.
3. Headless Romans and Anglo Saxon Gold
Aired 15 January 2023 • 60 min
A gatehouse riddled with Civil War bullets, a unique Iron Age shield made from bark and Roman burials with pots where the heads should be.
4. Mystery Shipwreck and a Roman Army Camp
Aired 22 January 2023 • 60 min
Alice Roberts reveals a Dutch ship sunk by the English, a Cornish Roman fort and a 5000-year-old Neolithic monument.
5. Roman Mosaics and Ancient Weapons
Aired 29 January 2023 • 60 min
Travelling east, Alice discovers a Roman barn conversion, unearths a Tudor fort and finds intricately carved 10,000-year-old weapons.
6. Ice Age Camp and a Saint with Syphilis
Aired 5 February 2023 • 60 min
In Scotland and the north of England, Alice investigates an Ice Age camp, the mystery of a medieval skeleton and the earliest evidence of salt making in Britain.