All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Benwell Newcastle

    • February 17, 2021
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    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

  • S01E02 Masham, North Yorkshire

    • February 24, 2021
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    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

  • S01E03 Lenton, Nottingham

    • March 3, 2021
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    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

  • S01E04 South Shields

    • March 10, 2021
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    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

Season 2

  • S02E01 Falkirk

    • December 29, 2021
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    The team search for a lost Roman fort that was built along the Antonine Wall.

  • S02E02 Stretton, Staffordshire

    • January 5, 2022
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    The team search for prehistoric roundhouses in the village of Stretton and try to determine when people first made the village their home.

  • S02E03 Devizes, Wiltshire

    • January 12, 2022
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    The team search for a revolutionary 19th-century panopticon prison.

  • S02E04 Beningbrough

    • January 19, 2022
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    Can Hugh and the team find the remains of a vanished building in the gardens of the Georgian stately home Beningbrough Hall?

  • S02E05 West Derby, Liverpool

    • January 26, 2022
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    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

Season 3

  • S03E01 Odiham

    • April 11, 2022
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    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.

  • S03E02 Oldham

    • April 18, 2022
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    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.

  • S03E03 King's Lynn

    • April 25, 2022
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    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.

  • S03E04 Oswestry

    • May 2, 2022
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    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.

  • S03E05 A Medieval Mystery in Coventry

    • May 9, 2022
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    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.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Calstock, Cornwall

    • June 15, 2023
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    Hugh Dennis and the team excavate a recently discovered Roman fort near Calstock in Cornwall.

  • S04E02 Studley Royal, North Yorkshire

    • June 22, 2023
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    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

  • S04E03 Mickley, Northumberland

    • June 29, 2023
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    In Northumberland, Hugh and the team excavate the birthplace of one of the country's most famous 18th-century naturalists and engravers, Thomas Bewick

  • S04E04 Strelley, Nottinghamshire

    • July 6, 2023
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    Hugh and the team search for the lost medieval castle of the 14th-century knight, Sampson de Strelley.

  • S04E05 Bognor Regis

    • July 13, 2023
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    Hugh and the team excavate a seaside villa with a royal connection, and discover how Bognor spearheaded the British staycation.

  • SPECIAL 0x2 Best of The Great British Dig

    • July 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

Additional Specials

  • SPECIAL 0x1 Maidstone, Kent

    • April 9, 2020
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    Hugh and the team search for a Roman settlement under the back gardens of Florence Road in