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Digging for Britain

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Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country

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Digging for Britain - Anglo-Saxons

Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology. Skeletons at the royal seat of power in Bamburgh show signs of violent death but also of tenderness.

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Digging for Britain - Prehistory

Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology. In Orkney an early farm yields glimpses of Britons' ancestors' earliest religious beliefs and customs.

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Digging for Britain - The Romans

Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology. Roman finds include a fabulous Roman coin hoard found in Somerset and a man buried on a layer of dead animals.

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Digging for Britain - The Tudors

Final episode of the series. Dr Alice Roberts goes in search of the Tudor age, visiting excavations at Shakespeare's first theatre in London's Shoreditch.

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