Digging for Britain

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11x1
The Roman Emperor’s Bathhouse
Episode overview
Digs in northern Britain reveal a Roman emperor’s lost bathhouse, the sunken treasures of medieval pilgrims and a formidable fortress perched on top of a Scottish mountain.
11x2
Anglo-Saxon Gold and Rebellious Nuns
Episode overview
In central England, an RAF airbase with a Roman past, a forgotten medieval nunnery, a gold pendant from a 7th-century grave and a pub with a very long history of hospitality.
11x3
A Norman Panic Room and a Mesolithic Fish Trap
Episode overview
In the west of Britain, there's a rare medieval cemetery, a disappearing Mesolithic landscape, a mysterious Iron Age burial and the ruins of a Gothic masterpiece.
11x4
A Roman Mystery and Waterloo’s Disappearing Dead
Episode overview
Roberts reveals the most fascinating archaeological finds this year in the East of England: a Roman dodecahedron, the secrets of Boudicca’s hill fort and Waterloo’s disappearing dead.
11x5
3000-Year-Old Shoes and Giant Axeheads
Episode overview
Archaeology in the south of England unearths Britain’s oldest shoe, the lost shipyard of one of England’s greatest warrior kings and Britain’s top-secret WWII defences.
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Forgotten Fortresses and Lost Villages
Episode overview
Digs in the West of Britain reveal a forgotten fortress teetering on the edge of a cliff, evidence of the oldest house in Cardiff and a discovery at a Roman mosaic that shocks the experts.

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