Britain's Most Historic Towns

Alice tells the story of Norman England by studying the history of Winchester, Britain's most Norman city.

Britain's Most Historic Towns

Professor Roberts participates in a Viking battle in York, gets her hands on Viking poo.

Britain's Secret Islands

At the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, we visit the 5,000-year-old standing stones of Callanish, look at traditional Scottish blackhouses and highland cattle, and cut peat with a modern crofter.

Britain's Secret Islands

In their time, the Farne Islands have been home to immense numbers of seals and seabirds, early Christian communities and the first attack by terrifying Viking raiders.

Digging For Britain

North: In the north of Britain, a team discovers clues to Scotland's first kingdoms and metal detectorists unearth a Viking treasure hoard.

Digging For Britain

East: Alice Roberts and Matt Williams present more outstanding archaeology. The team unearths a mass grave and search the Thames for clues to a 17th century tragedy.

S01E02 Cornwall Part 1

Deadman's Curse

A recurring mine marker points the team east, to neighbouring Harrison Lake as leads and legend line up.

Deadman's Curse

An old map connected to testimony from an 1891 eyewitness account of Slumach's hanging sheds light on the legend. Adam's new theory pushes the team deep into the BC wilderness where the legend says Slumach found the gold.

Deadman's Curse

The final words of a lifelong gold hunter send Adam, Kru and Daryl Friesen through an icy gauntlet high above Pitt Lake. On the Gadsby claim, Kru & Daryl move earth in search of Slumach's walnut-sized gold nuggets.

Deadman's Curse

After aborting his mission last season, lone wolf prospector David Muise returns undeterred and looking for a partner.

Deadman's Curse

The team follow the path of a failed 1982 Vancouver news team, but a series of events bear striking similarities to those of the crew decades befor

Deadman's Curse

According to a 1980s author and historian, the Spanish have a long and hidden history of gold exploration in Pitt Lake - and Slumach found their cache.

Deadman's Curse

Could a sketch in the corner of a 100-year-old map point to Slumach's gold? With little to go on, Adam must guide the team through the Corbold Canyon.

Deadman's Curse

According to a 1980s author and historian, the Spanish have a long and hidden history of gold exploration in Pitt Lake - and Slumach found their cache.

Deadman's Curse

Could a sketch in the corner of a 100-year-old map point to Slumach's gold? With little to go on, Adam must guide the team through the Corbold Canyon.

Deadman's Curse

Could the source of Slumach's legendary lost gold actually be a lost Spanish mine east of the Pitt on Harrison Lake?

Deadman's Curse

A recurring mine marker points the team east, to neighbouring Harrison Lake as leads and legend line up.

Deadman's Curse

An old map connected to testimony from an 1891 eyewitness account of Slumach's hanging sheds light on the legend. Adam's new theory pushes the team deep into the BC wilderness where the legend says Slumach found the gold.

Deadman's Curse

The final words of a lifelong gold hunter send Adam, Kru and Daryl Friesen through an icy gauntlet high above Pitt Lake. On the Gadsby claim, Kru & Daryl move earth in search of Slumach's walnut-sized gold nuggets.