The Great British Dig

Seasons

2020

8.7

Hugh Dennis and a team of expert archaeologists excavate back gardens around Britain, in an attempt to uncover the lost history buried beneath our lawns and flower beds.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Maidstone, Kent

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

S1 • E1

Benwell, Newcastle

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

S1 • E2

Masham, North Yorkshire

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.

S1 • E3

Lenton, Nottingham

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.

S1 • E4

South Shields

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