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. Saxon Gold and Buried Coins
Aired 7 January 2025 • 59 min
The most incredible grave goods ever found on Digging for Britain, a strange Roman sarcophagus filled with plaster and an intriguing medieval coin hoard.
2. Dinosaur Highway and Roman Sauna
Aired 8 January 2025 • 58 min
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
3. Island Treasures
Aired 9 January 2025 • 58 min
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.
4. Roman Crime and Ancient DNA
Aired 14 January 2025 • 59 min
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
5. Chariots and Slaves
Aired 15 January 2025 • 58 min
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.
6. Lost Mansions and Impaled Prisoners
Aired 16 January 2025 • 58 min
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.