The Great British Dig
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The Great British Dig
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The Great British Dig, Benwell, Newcastle

Season 1, Episode 1

Hugh and the team attempt to uncover a Roman fort, connected to Hadrian's Wall, that's buried beneath the back gardens of Benwell in Newcastle.
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Benwell, Newcastle
S1 E1 • 44m • HDClosed Captioned Alt TextU

Hugh and the team attempt to uncover a Roman fort, connected to Hadrian's Wall, that's buried beneath the back gardens of Benwell in Newcastle.

Masham, North Yorkshire
S1 E2 • 44m • HDClosed Captioned Alt TextU

Hugh and the team attempt to uncover a Viking burial ground hidden beneath Masham in North Yorkshire, to shed light on the lives of the Anglo-Saxons laid to rest there.

Lenton, Nottingham
S1 E3 • 44m • HDClosed Captioned Alt TextU

Hugh and the team unearth William the Conqueror's lost priory hidden beneath Lenton in Nottingham and begin to draw a bigger picture of the landscape during the Domesday Book era.

South Shields
S1 E4 • 44m • HDClosed Captioned Alt TextU

Hugh and the team attempt to uncover a secret World War military base on the clifftops of South Shields and become the first people to put these pieces of military history on the map.

Maidstone, Kent
S1 E5 • 44m • HDU

Hugh and the team search for a Roman settlement under the back gardens of Florence Road in Maidstone, Kent.

  • About this episode
  • Hugh and the team attempt to uncover a Roman fort, connected to Hadrian's Wall, that's buried beneath the back gardens of Benwell in Newcastle.
  • UHD
  • CrewNick Clarke Powell (Director)
  • GenreFeatures
  • Seasons3
  • StudioSky History

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