Digging for Britain

2:55 AM to 3:55 AM

Tuesday 2 July

South

Season 8 Episode 3 of 4

How a lobster led archaeologists to the discovery of an 8,000-year-old Neolithic underwater settlement, and the team who excavated an Iron Age crouched burial at a secret location in Dorset. Also, Naoise Mac Sweeney visits a modern construction site as it gives up the secrets of an Elizabethan playhouse

Digging for Britain airs on BBC Four HD at 2:55 AM, Tuesday 2 July. (Subtitles, sign language, audio description.)

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Topics

Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics

Archaeology

News ➝ Current Affairs

Documentary

Alice Roberts

Presenter

Naoise Mac Sweeney

Reporter

Eamon Hardy

Executive Producer