Our Great Yorkshire Life

Episode 8 (3x8)

Air date: Aug 13, 2024

Emmerdale's Dean Andrews takes co-star pal and Lancastrian Liam Fox to York to investigate the city's illustrious Roman past. In the York Museum gardens, they meet archaeologist Kurt Hunter-Mann who has spent 4 years excavating a second century fortress tower before they meet head curator Andrew Morrison who shows them the remains of the Roman Empire's most legendary character – a gladiator. Finally, Kurt takes them to the basement of a pub where they are shown one of the city's greatest archaeological finds – a bath house – uncovered by builders nearly a century ago.