Two Men in a Trench

Archaeologists Tony Pollard and Neil Oliver carry out detailed studies of British battlegrounds, beginning with a visit to Essex to uncover the lost site of RAF Hornchurch, an airbase that played a crucial role in the Battle of Britain. The intrepid pair chronicle the story of the aerial conflict between the Luftwaffe and the RAF, unearth precious finds from the period, talk to veterans of World War Two and trace the whereabouts of a Spitfire which flew out of Hornchurch during the battle. .

Archaeologists Tony Pollard and Neil Oliver go in search of evidence of the Battle of Sedgemoor of 1685, the last confrontation of its kind to take place on English soil, when the forces of James II faced a rebel army raised by his nephew the Duke of Monmouth. However, as they hunt for clues, it seems the duo's most potent enemy could be the local Somerset cider.

Archaeologists Tony Pollard and Neil Oliver examine the 1642 Battle of Edgehill in Warwickshire, where almost 30,000 Roundheads and Cavaliers fought the first major engagement of the English Civil War. The pair discover that no archaeological work has ever been done on the site, and, before they don period costumes to test their 17th-century pistols, their excavations uncover long-lost buildings standing at the time of the conflict.

Archaeologists Tony Pollard and Neil Oliver investigate the 1689 Battle of Killiecrankie, when the Highland clans, lead by Bonnie Dundee, rose up against English troops supporting William of Orange, bringing about the first Jacobite rebellion. As they conduct their excavation, the pair come across a sniper's den and the remains of a house lost more than 300 years ago.

Archaeologists Tony Pollard and Neil Oliver search for the site of the battle of Bannockburn where, in 1314, Scotland's Robert the Bruce routed Edward II's English forces. The location of the country's most famous conflict proves elusive, and the pair must call upon all their expertise, coming face to face with mounted police and an irate museum director in the process.

Archaeologists Tony Pollard and Neil Oliver travel to the White Cliffs of Dover in search of clues to one of the forgotten conflicts of World War Two - the Battle of the Big Guns, which lasted from 1940 to 1944. After they set up their HQ, the pair search for evidence of Winnie and Jane, two of the long-range British weapons which fired across the Channel, and visit France to see their German counterparts.