The BEST episodes of Digging for Britain season 8

Every episode of Digging for Britain season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Digging for Britain season 8!

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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8.00
7 votes

#1 - North

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/27/2019

More than is expected is found in the remains of a house thought to be the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey. Plus the graveyard of a Victorian workhouse sheds new light on the Great Famine of 1845.

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WWII Special
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8.00
6 votes

#2 - WWII Special

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/11/2019

The team are on an archaeological hunt of our more recent past as they follow the search for artefacts from World War II.

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South
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7.63
8 votes

#3 - South

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/4/2019

How a lobster led archaeologists to the discovery of an 8000-year-old neolithic settlement. And Naoise Mac Sweeney visits a construction site as it gives up the secrets of its Elizabethan past.

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West
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7.40
5 votes

#4 - West

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/20/2019

Archaeological discoveries with Professor Alice Roberts. In the Cotswolds, a secret location, which appears to be a high-status Anglo Saxon cemetery, gives up a very precious and fragile artefact.

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