
Digging For Britain
Alice discovers the well-preserved writing tablets, swords and domestic items left by Romans at Vindolanda during a time of British rebellion.

Alice discovers the well-preserved writing tablets, swords and domestic items left by Romans at Vindolanda during a time of British rebellion.

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

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.

Rick Edwards joins YouTuber and detectorist Beau Ouimette on an underwater hunt to discover the secrets of Hadrian's Wall.

The Tudor Way: Tony Robinson takes a 45-mile hike through the beautiful countryside of the Weald in Kent and East Sussex, discovering its rich and surprising Tudor heritage.

Salvage crews work to install the world's largest environmental protection barrier flying into a highly volatile region, crews battle pirates, tornadoes, and riots to salvage a wrecked cargo ship.

The team must remove thousands of wrecked cars from the hull before it becomes an environmental disaster repairing a vessel before the waters of the River Solent flood the hull.

Presenters Karl Ude-Martinez and Kevin Hicks continue their look at how weapons and body armour were developed, examining the impact of the Battle of Towton during the Wars of the Roses.

Karl Ude-Martinez and Kevin Hicks explore how weapons and body armour were developed, beginning with a look at the impact of the 1645 Battle of Naseby during the English Civil War.

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

Dig into how a lobster helped archaeologists discover an 8000-year-old underwater settlement.

A look at the biggest collection of Roman writing tablets in Britain, giving insight into what Roman London was really like.

A look at the camp from which Vikings invaded Britain, and groundbreaking evidence that the world-famous Avebury stone circle isn't just a sacred site but a place where people lived and worked.

In 1685, a rebel army landed at the pretty Dorset port of Lyme Regis and swept up through Somerset, pausing at Taunton to declare its leader, Duke of Monmouth, the rightful king.

Nowhere is fact and fiction so entwined than in the stories of King John, Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham. Yet out of this legendary time came Magna Carta, a foundation stone of modern democracy.

Professor Alice Roberts explores the Georgian era in her hometown of Bristol, from architectural gems to the world's first chocolate factory.

Professor Alice Roberts explores British history through the stories of individual towns. Alice examines Britain in wartime by looking at the coastal town of Dover.

River detectorist turned YouTube sensation Beau Ouimette and presenter Rick Edwards search for underwater archaeological finds tied to the Civil War.