About this season
Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.
Episodes (6)
1. The Roman Emperor’s Bathhouse
Aired 2 January 2024 • 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.
2. Anglo-Saxon Gold and Rebellious Nuns
Aired 3 January 2024 • 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.
3. A Norman Panic Room and a Mesolithic Fish Trap
Aired 4 January 2024 • 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.
4. A Roman Mystery and Waterloo’s Disappearing Dead
Aired 9 January 2024 • 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.
5. 3000-Year-Old Shoes and Giant Axeheads
Aired 10 January 2024 • 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.
6. Forgotten Fortresses and Lost Villages
Aired 11 January 2024 • 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.