The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden
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Année : 2021
Nombre de saisons : 4
Durée moyenne d'un épisode : 60 minutes
Genre(s) : Documentaire, Histoire
In Britain, our towns and cities are a treasure trove of hidden history, with 6,000 years of human habitation encased in the earth beneath our feet. Now, The Great British Dig challenges British communities to get their hands dirty and uncover the history that is, literally, in their back gardens.
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Épisode 1 - Benwell Newcastle
17 février 2021
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
Épisode 2 - Masham, North Yorkshire
24 février 2021
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
Épisode 3 - Lenton, Nottingham
3 mars 2021
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
Épisode 4 - South Shields
10 mars 2021
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
Épisode 5 - Maidstone, Kent
17 mars 2021
Hugh and the team search for a Roman settlement under the back gardens of Florence Road in Maidstone, Kent
Épisode 1 - Falkirk
29 décembre 2021
The team search for a lost Roman fort that was built along the Antonine Wall.
Épisode 2 - Stretton, Staffordshire
5 janvier 2022
The team search for prehistoric roundhouses in the village of Stretton and try to determine when people first made the village their home.
Épisode 3 - Devizes, Wiltshire
12 janvier 2022
The team search for a revolutionary 19th-century panopticon prison.
Épisode 4 - Beningbrough
19 janvier 2022
Can Hugh and the team find the remains of a vanished building in the gardens of the Georgian stately home Beningbrough Hall?
Épisode 5 - West Derby, Liverpool
26 janvier 2022
Hugh and the team search for the remains of a Norman motte and bailey castle in the suburb of West Derby in Liverpool and uncover all kinds of finds in the residents' gardens
Épisode 1 - Odiham
11 avril 2022
Hugh Dennis and the team are in Odiham, Hampshire, searching for the house of Sir Frances Walsingham, the head of Elizabeth I's Secret Service. It is the first time the site has ever been dug, so with very little to go on, our team want to locate the house, work out its size and scale, and what Walsingham may have used it for. As part of the investigation, Hugh turns his hand to spy craft as he learns how Walsingham used to break codes.
Épisode 2 - Oldham
18 avril 2022
Hugh Dennis and the team visit a a housing estate in Oldham, Greater Manchester, where they attempt to unearth a Victorian mill that was converted into a prisoner of war camp that housed over 6000 men during the Second World War. As part of the investigation, Hugh also visits Manor Mill, a stunning example of a 19th-century cotton mill.
Épisode 3 - King's Lynn
25 avril 2022
Hugh Dennis and the team solve a 17th-century mystery in King's Lynn, as they hunt for enormous defensive earthworks that surrounded the Norfolk town during the English Civil War. However, as the barricades were built from Earth and the team are looking for them in Earth, finding any evidence of their existence is not going to be easy.
Épisode 4 - Oswestry
2 mai 2022
Hugh Dennis and the team go on the hunt for the Morda Workhouse in Oswestry, Shropshire, and search for evidence of what life was really like for the poor who ended up there. As part of his investigation, Hugh also visits Llanfyllin Workhouse, where he takes some hard labour like the inmates would have done - stone breaking.
Épisode 5 - A Medieval Mystery in Coventry
9 mai 2022
Hugh Dennis and the team solve a medieval mystery in Coventry, as they search for a monastic grange known as Biggin Hall, which provided produce for the nearby monks at St Mary's Priory. As the team dig deeper, they not only uncover all kinds of exciting artefacts that tell them more about the lives of the monks, but completely redraw the map of what we thought we knew about the grange itself in Coventry.
Épisode 1 - Calstock, Cornwall
15 juin 2023
Hugh Dennis and the team excavate a recently discovered Roman fort near Calstock in Cornwall.
Épisode 2 - Studley Royal, North Yorkshire
22 juin 2023
Hugh and the team get digging in stunning Studley Royal Park in North Yorkshire, on a quest to find the lost Georgian mansion that would have been the heart of the Water Gardens
Épisode 3 - Mickley, Northumberland
29 juin 2023
In Northumberland, Hugh and the team excavate the birthplace of one of the country's most famous 18th-century naturalists and engravers, Thomas Bewick
Épisode 4 - Strelley, Nottinghamshire
6 juillet 2023
Hugh and the team search for the lost medieval castle of the 14th-century knight, Sampson de Strelley.
Épisode 5 - Bognor Regis
13 juillet 2023
Hugh and the team excavate a seaside villa with a royal connection, and discover how Bognor spearheaded the British staycation.
Épisode 6 - Best of The Great British Dig
20 juillet 2023
Hugh and the team look back at some of their most exciting archaeological adventures, from Anglo-Scandinavian burials in North Yorkshire to a Roman fort in Newcastle
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