Series 12
6 episodes · Jan 7, 2025
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S12E1Saxon Gold and Buried Coins
Jan 7, 202559mThe most incredible grave goods ever found on Digging for Britain, a strange Roman sarcophagus filled with plaster and an intriguing medieval coin hoard.
S12E2Dinosaur Highway and Roman Sauna
Jan 8, 202558mA 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
S12E3Island Treasures
Jan 9, 202558mExploring 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.
S12E4Roman Crime and Ancient DNA
Jan 14, 202559mGold 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
S12E5Chariots and Slaves
Jan 15, 202558mIn 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.
S12E6Lost Mansions and Impaled Prisoners
Jan 16, 202558mExtraordinary 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.