Series 12

Episodes • 2025

Alice Roberts
Saxon Gold and Buried Coins

1. Saxon Gold and Buried Coins

59 min

The most incredible grave goods ever found on Digging for Britain, a strange Roman sarcophagus filled with plaster and an intriguing medieval coin hoard.

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Dinosaur Highway and Roman Sauna

2. Dinosaur Highway and Roman Sauna

58 min

A quarryman makes the discovery of a set of very large footprints, and a chance find reveals a spectacular Roman villa with mosaics and a sauna

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Island Treasures

3. Island Treasures

58 min

Exploring Britain’s islands: a 5,000-year-old Neolithic tomb, an international effort to save a WWI warship, and a Neanderthal hunting ground off Jersey’s coast.

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Roman Crime and Ancient DNA

4. Roman Crime and Ancient DNA

59 min

Gold is found at a bishop’s palace, a Roman crime is uncovered, detectorists unearth a staggering bronze age haul, and ancient DNA solves a medieval mystery

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Chariots and Slaves

5. Chariots and Slaves

58 min

In the west of Britain, there's one of the largest Roman buildings ever discovered in Britain, an Iron Age chariot is saved, and evidence is found of the transatlantic slave trade in Devon.

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Lost Mansions and Impaled Prisoners

6. Lost Mansions and Impaled Prisoners

58 min

Extraordinary digs from the south - a Romani encampment in the New Forest, a convict’s burial ground, discovery of a civil war mansion and London’s best-preserved Roman cemetery.

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