The BEST episodes of Digging for Britain season 4

Every episode of Digging for Britain season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Digging for Britain season 4!

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

Last Updated: 12/16/2024Network: BBC TwoStatus: Continuing
North
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8.08
12 votes

#1 - North

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/24/2016

Professor Alice Roberts explores the year's most exciting archaeological finds in the north of Britain. A team discovers clues to Scotland's first kingdoms, metal detectorists unearth a hoard of Viking treasure, and a new housing development reveals a graveyard of Iron Age warriors.

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East
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8.00
13 votes

#2 - East

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/17/2016

Professor Alice Roberts explores the year's most exciting archaeological finds in the east of Britain. A team unearths a mass grave, divers search the Thames for clues to a 17th-century tragedy, and a metal detectorist makes the find of a lifetime.

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West
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7.60
20 votes

#3 - West

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/10/2016

Professor Alice Roberts and archaeologist Matt Williams present the year's most outstanding archaeology. During the summer, archaeologists have been unearthing our history in hundreds of digs across Britain. They've gone to extraordinary lengths to uncover long-lost treasures, retelling our story in a way only archaeology can. With unique access to some of the countries best digs, our teams have been self-shooting their excavations to make sure the audience is there for every moment of discovery. This episode heads to the west of Britain, while archaeologists join us back in the Salisbury Museum to look at the new finds and what they mean. Marden Henge: The communal sweat lodges and feasting remains that illuminate the lost rituals of Stonehenge. Durotriges: A glimpse into the bizarre animal sacrifice rituals offered to their gods by a mysterious Celtric tribe of the first century BC. Trellech: An enormous lost Welch city is discovered seven centuries after it disappeared from historical record. Kent's Cavern: A team swap trowels for pneumatic drills in a search for the hidden entrance of the site where Britain's earliest human remains have been found. Jersey: Archaeologists are fighting against mother nature to find the evidence of a Stone Age hunter-gather campsite. Staffordshire Hoard: Conservators painstakingly reassemble the elaborate weaponry of the Anglo-Saxon warriors we didn't know existed.

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