Digging for Britain

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Monday 24 February
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West - WW1 and King Arthur

Season 5 Episode 1 of 3

Alice Roberts visits archaeological digs around the UK, starting with the west of Britain. She discovers lost First World War training trenches on Salisbury Plain, visits Britain's first 'double henge' discovered just down the road from Stonehenge, dives into the English Channel to explore an 18th-century East India company ship packed with silver, and unearths luxury foreign goods discovered at Tintagel, the legendary childhood home of King Arthur

Digging for Britain airs on Sky History HD at 4:00 PM, Monday 24 February.
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
Archaeology
News ➝ Current Affairs
Documentary
Alice Roberts
Presenter
Emma Parkins
Executive Producer
Graham Cooper
Series Producer