Rent Digging for Britain (2010)
4.1 of 5 from 48 ratings
3h 19min
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- Synopsis:
A small island with a big history - everywhere you stand there are worlds beneath your feet, and archaeologists make it their life's work to uncover the clues that tell our story, unravelling who lived here, when and how. Join Dr. Alice Roberts as she visits some of Britain's most exciting archaeological digs in search of the small finds that point towards the bigger picture. Over four episodes and four time periods: Prehistory, the Romans, the Anglo-Saxons and the Tudors, we discover a Norfolk beach which hints at a world of pine forests, hyenas, mammoths; and early man; the secret of the 97 buried infants near a Roman fort; the enormous Frome Hoard of buried coins; deep insights from shallow graves; lost palaces, found theaters and so much more. Skeletons, swords, temples, coins, wood, pottery and cobble stone. So many secrets, so many clues, so much history that lies just beneath your feet. - Actors:
- Alice Roberts, Matt Williams, Kevin Colls, Jill Eyers, Simon Mays, Andrew Richardson, Miles Russell, Brett Thorn, Clive Waddington, Nick Ashton, David Austin, Jemma Bezant, Andrew Birley, Barbara Birley, Justin Blake, Roger Bland, Anna Booth, Julian Bowsher, Steve Brooker, Kenny Brophy
- Directors:
- Edward Hart, James Gray, Sarah Jobling, Serena Davies, John Hayes Fisher, Emma Parkins, Tim Robinson
- Producers:
- Alex Rowson, James Gray, Sarah Jobling, Serena Davies, John Hayes Fisher, Tim Robinson, Edward Hart, Emma Parkins, Gemma Hagen
- Narrated By:
- Dr Alice Roberts
- Studio:
- Acorn Media
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Documentaries
