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The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden

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

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4 seasons

21 episodes total

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2021

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Season 1

5 episodes
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Episode 1: Benwell, Newcastle
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Episode 1: Benwell, Newcastle

Episode 1 • Feb 17, 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

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Episode 2: Masham, North Yorkshire
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Episode 2: Masham, North Yorkshire

Episode 2 • Feb 24, 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

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Episode 3: Lenton, Nottingham
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Episode 3: Lenton, Nottingham

Episode 3 • Mar 03, 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

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Episode 4: South Shields
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Episode 4: South Shields

Episode 4 • Mar 10, 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

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Maidstone, Kent
Episode 5

Maidstone, Kent

Episode 5 • Mar 17, 2021

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

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Season 2

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Episode 1: Falkirk
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Episode 1: Falkirk

Episode 1 • Dec 29, 2021

The team search for a lost Roman fort that was built along the Antonine Wall.

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Episode 2: Stretton, Staffordshire
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Episode 2: Stretton, Staffordshire

Episode 2 • Jan 05, 2022

The team search for prehistoric roundhouses in the village of Stretton and try to determine when people first made the village their home.

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Episode 3: Devizes, Wiltshire
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Episode 3: Devizes, Wiltshire

Episode 3 • Jan 12, 2022

The team search for a revolutionary 19th-century panopticon prison.

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Episode 4: Beningbrough
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Episode 4: Beningbrough

Episode 4 • Jan 19, 2022

Can Hugh and the team find the remains of a vanished building in the gardens of the Georgian stately home Beningbrough Hall?

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Episode 5: West Derby, Liverpool
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Episode 5: West Derby, Liverpool

Episode 5 • Jan 26, 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.

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Season 3

5 episodes
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Episode 2: Odiham, Hampshire
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Episode 2: Odiham, Hampshire

Episode 1 • Apr 11, 2022

In Odiham, Hugh and the team search for the house of the head of the Elizabethan Secret Service - Sir Frances Walsingham - to find out what this spymaster may have used it for.

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Episode 2: Oldham, Greater Manchester
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Episode 2: Oldham, Greater Manchester

Episode 2 • Apr 18, 2022

In Oldham, Hugh and the team uncover a Victorian mill that was converted into a prisoner of war camp during World War II.

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Episode 3: King's Lynn, Norfolk
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Episode 3: King's Lynn, Norfolk

Episode 3 • Apr 25, 2022

Hugh and the team solve a 17th-century mystery in King's Lynn as they hunt for defensive earthworks from the English Civil War.

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Episode 4: Oswestry, Shropshire
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Episode 4: Oswestry, Shropshire

Episode 4 • May 02, 2022

Hugh and the team go on the hunt for the Morda Workhouse in Oswestry, to find out what the conditions were really like for those who lived there.

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Episode 5: Coventry
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Episode 5: Coventry

Episode 5 • May 09, 2022

Hugh and the team attempt to 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.

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Season 4

6 episodes
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Cornwall
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Cornwall

Episode 1 • Jun 15, 2023

Hugh and the team make an incredible discovery at a recently discovered fort near Calstock in Cornwall, which digs deeper into an aspect of Roman history that's only just starting to emerge.

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North Yorkshire
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North Yorkshire

Episode 2 • Jun 22, 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.

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Newcastle
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Newcastle

Episode 3 • Jun 29, 2023

In Northumberland, Hugh and the team excavate the birthplace of one of the country's most famous naturalists and engravers, Thomas Bewick, an 18th-century sensation brought up on a farm, who rose to become a celebrity illustrator.

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Nottinghamshire
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Nottinghamshire

Episode 4 • Jul 06, 2023

In Strelley, Nottinghamshire, Hugh Dennis and the team go on a quest to find the long-lost medieval castle of the 14th-century knight, Sampson de Strelley.

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Bognor Regis
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Bognor Regis

Episode 5 • Jul 13, 2023

In Bognor Regis, Hugh Dennis and the team attempt to uncover a seaside villa with a royal connection, and find out how Bognor spearheaded the British staycation.

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Best of The Great British Dig
Episode 6

Best of The Great British Dig

Episode 6 • Jul 20, 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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