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Archaeological discoveries with Professor Alice Roberts. In the Cotswolds, a secret location, which appears to be a high-status Anglo Saxon cemetery, gives up a very precious and fragile artefact.
Professor Alice Roberts returns with the eighth series of 91热爆 Four鈥檚 Digging for Britain. In the first episode, we explore this year鈥檚 finds in the west of Britain.
A secret location in the Cotswolds, with all the hallmarks of a high-status Anglo Saxon cemetery, gives up a very precious and fragile artefact. And at the site of Shaftesbury Abbey, Dr Naoise MacSweeney joins archaeologist Julian Richards in his hunt for the missing cloister.
We visit the bone cave of Wales once inhabited by Neanderthals and early humans, while on Salisbury Plain archaeologists have a puzzle. Have they found more remains of the mysterious Beaker People, even though there鈥檚 no beaker? The programme also follows an archaeological rescue as a team from Cardiff University is called in to investigate medieval bones protruding from cliff face on the Welsh coast.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Alice Roberts |
| Reporter | Naoise Mac Sweeney |
| Executive Producer | Eamon Hardy |
| Series Producer | Paul Olding |
| Producer | Sophie Smith |
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Outstanding archaeology from Ireland, including perfectly preserved Iron Age bog bodies