Season 11

Episodes • 2024

Alice Roberts
Stuart Prior
The Roman Emperor’s Bathhouse

1. The Roman Emperor’s Bathhouse

54 min

Digs in northern Britain reveal a Roman emperor’s lost bathhouse, the sunken treasures of medieval pilgrims and a formidable fortress perched on top of a Scottish mountain.

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Anglo-Saxon Gold and Rebellious Nuns

2. Anglo-Saxon Gold and Rebellious Nuns

58 min

In central England, an RAF airbase with a Roman past, a forgotten medieval nunnery, a gold pendant from a 7th-century grave and a pub with a very long history of hospitality.

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A Norman Panic Room and a Mesolithic Fish Trap

3. A Norman Panic Room and a Mesolithic Fish Trap

59 min

In the west of Britain, there's a rare medieval cemetery, a disappearing Mesolithic landscape, a mysterious Iron Age burial and the ruins of a Gothic masterpiece.

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A Roman Mystery and Waterloo’s Disappearing Dead

4. A Roman Mystery and Waterloo’s Disappearing Dead

59 min

Roberts reveals the most fascinating archaeological finds this year in the East of England: a Roman dodecahedron, the secrets of Boudicca’s hill fort and Waterloo’s disappearing dead.

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3000-Year-Old Shoes and Giant Axeheads

5. 3000-Year-Old Shoes and Giant Axeheads

59 min

Archaeology in the south of England unearths Britain’s oldest shoe, the lost shipyard of one of England’s greatest warrior kings and Britain’s top-secret WWII defences.

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Forgotten Fortresses and Lost Villages

6. Forgotten Fortresses and Lost Villages

58 min

Digs in the West of Britain reveal a forgotten fortress teetering on the edge of a cliff, evidence of the oldest house in Cardiff and a discovery at a Roman mosaic that shocks the experts.

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