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Digging For Britain is a British television series focused on last and current year archaeology . The series is made by 360 Production (now Rare TV) for the BBC and is presented...

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Digging For Britain is a British television series focused on last and current year archaeology. The series is made by 360 Production (now Rare TV) for the BBC and is presented by Alice Roberts.[2][3] It was first aired in August 2010.

The series focuses on archaeological excavations and research in the United Kingdom, both at new sites and those already well known to science. Filming has taken place in many parts of the country.

Its 11th series, containing six episodes, was broadcast in January 2024.[4]

Production

The first series consisted of four episodes, initially broadcast on BBC Two in August and September 2010. A second series of four episodes was broadcast in September 2011. Each episodes of first two series had covered archaeology of specific period. The programme returned as a series of three episodes on BBC Four in February 2015, covering the previous summer's investigations in specific geographical region of the United Kingdom in each episode. Each episode of this series was hosted in a regional museum. The same format as in series 3 was adopted for series 4 and 5, which first aired in March and December 2016, respectively. There was also a programme Digging for Ireland linked to the series[5] which had the same format and presenters as series 5; it was broadcast in February 2015. A sixth series of the programme began airing in November 2017, returning to the four-episode format (covering three geographical regions plus one special theme). This structure was retained for series 7 and 8, which aired in November 2018 and 2019 respectively. Four episodes titled The Greatest Discoveries aired in 2020. It returned for its 9th series in January 2022.[6]

Since series 3, with exception of series 5, the programme was co-presented in various forms. Some presenters are former members of the Time Team crew (as is Roberts). The series 3 and 4 by archaeologist Matt Williams (who also presented some Time Team episodes). (Roberts and Williams also presented Digging for Ireland.) Raksha Dave (archaeologist in Time Team) series 7.[7] The archaeologist and academic Naoíse Mac Sweeney was a presenter in series 8.[8] Series 9 features historian Onyeka Nubia and archaeologists Cat Jarman and Stuart Prior in some episodes as presenters.[9]

The song Coins for the Eyes was written for series 9 by Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane.[10]

Series overview

Episodes

Series 1 (2010)

Series 2 (2011)

Series 3 (2015)

Series 4 (2016)

Series 5 (2016)

Series 6 (2017)

Series 7 (2018)

Series 8 (2019)

Special (2020)

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Series 9 (2022)

Series 10 (2023)

Series 11 (2024)

Archaeologists

  • Matt Williams[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
  • Raksha Dave[7]
  • Naoíse Mac Sweeney[8]
  • Cat Jarman [19][20][21][9][22][23][24][25]
  • Stuart Prior[9][26][27][28][29][30][31]
  • Richard Osgood [Wikidata], MOD archaeologist, Guest, Series 1–present[32]

Notes

  1. ^ Includes one special episode.
  2. ^ a b c d Credited as Studio Director.
  3. ^ Special Episode.
  4. ^ a b Listed in end credits as Series Producer/Director.
  5. ^ Judging from the place in the credits might be Nick Gillam-Smith for this episode, mistitled as Series Producer only.
  6. ^ Each episode is about 30 minutes in length.[11]
  7. ^ Each episode is a compilation of material from previous series.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Credited as Executive Producer.

References

  1. ^ "360 Production, Screencut join and rebrand as Rare TV - Televisual". 25 January 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Digging For Britain". BBC press office. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Digging for Britain". BBC Programmes. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Digging for Britain". BBC Programmes. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Digging for Ireland". BBC Programmes. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  6. ^ Digging for Britain (Documentary), 360 Production, Northern Ireland Screen, Rare-TV, 19 August 2010, retrieved 12 January 2022
  7. ^ a b "Raksha Dave". Pitt Rivers Museum. Archived from the original on 17 January 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Digging for Britain, Series 8, WWII Special". BBC Two. BBC. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  9. ^ a b c "BBC Two - Digging for Britain". BBC. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  10. ^ Flynn, Johnny [@JohnnyFlynnHQ] (4 January 2022). "Hello all and Happy New Year. The song @RobGMacfarlane and I have written for @theAliceRoberts's fantastic new series of Digging For Britain is released in two versions today, to celebrate the first episode on @BBCTwo - listen to Coins for the Eyes here: https://t.co/dHBYmRTsZW" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "BBC Two - Digging for Britain, the Greatest Discoveries, Episode 1".
  12. ^ "Matt Williams". Our People. bristol.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Digging for Britain". Bradshaw Foundation. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Matt Williams Interview". The Post Hole. Department of Archaeology, University of York. February 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Digging for Britain, Series 4". BBC Two. BBC. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  16. ^ "the Trust and the 'Fenwick treasure' on TV: "Digging for Britain"". The Colchester Archaeologist. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  17. ^ "New Time Team crew members hail from Bournemouth University". Bournemouth University. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  18. ^ Norton, Andrew (31 May 2016). "Our New Man in Wales". Wessex Archaeology. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  19. ^ O'Connor, Rachael. "Extremely rare 'ancient Celtic ornament' discovered in Norway believed to have been stolen by Vikings". The Irish Post. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  20. ^ Jarman, Cat (1 February 2022). River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-64313-870-1. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  21. ^ "Cat Jarman". Peters Fraser and Dunlop, Literary Agents. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  22. ^ "Cat Jarman". Jaipur Literature Festival London at the British Library. 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  23. ^ "CAT JARMAN - Encouraging potential archaeology students". Current Archaeology. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  24. ^ Jarman, Cat. "What archaeology tells us about human migration". TEDxBath. YouTube. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  25. ^ "Dr Catrine Jarman". Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, School of Arts. University of Bristol. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  26. ^ "2010: Gravedigger to archaeologist". News and features. University of Bristol. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  27. ^ "Stuart Prior". Our People. bristol.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  28. ^ Ravilious, Kate (January 2014). "The Scientist's Garden". Archaeology Magazine. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  29. ^ "Stuart J Prior". University of Bristol. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  30. ^ "Stuart Prior". Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, School of Arts. University of Bristol. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  31. ^ Perfect Weapon (TV series)
  32. ^ "MOD archaeologist awarded MBE in New Year's Honours list". GOV.UK. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
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