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.
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Professor Alice Roberts explores 2018's best archaeological finds from the east of the UK: a monument as old as Stonehenge, a dig at the site of Britain's first tank battle, and some disturbing Roman burials.
Alice Roberts shares archaeological discoveries from the west of the UK, including the biggest maritime excavation since the Mary Rose, a Roman bath house and a German camp.
Setting off from Liverpool, Tony takes a three-day walk inland to Wigan, tracing the story of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal's chaotic construction and its dramatic impact on the development of Lancashire.
In the late 18th century, there was a sure-fire way to earn a living along the Cornish coast: smuggling. The great walking country is home to tiny secretive harbours, beaches and secluded coves which were once ideal for the infamous illicit imports.
In this episode Al faces up to one of the world's superpowers and the richest nation on Earth to discover how the former British colony of America somehow slipped through its fingers. Joining him to fight for his nation's honour is comedian Reginald D. Hunter.
Bruno Tonioli joins Al to look at key battle tactics during the Roman Invasion back in AD 43.
Alice tells the story of Norman England by studying the history of Winchester, Britain's most Norman city.
Professor Roberts participates in a Viking battle in York, gets her hands on Viking poo.
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.
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.
North: In the north of Britain, a team discovers clues to Scotland's first kingdoms and metal detectorists unearth a Viking treasure hoard.
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.
A recurring mine marker points the team east, to neighbouring Harrison Lake as leads and legend line up.
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.
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.
After aborting his mission last season, lone wolf prospector David Muise returns undeterred and looking for a partner.
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
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.
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