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More than is expected is found in the remains of a house thought to be the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey. Plus the graveyard of a Victorian workhouse sheds new light on the Great Famine of 1845.
The remains of a Tudor house in Leicestershire were thought to be the childhood home of England鈥檚 forgotten queen, Lady Jane Grey. But when archaeologists excavate, they find more than they bargained for. In Northern Ireland, the graveyard of a Victorian workhouse sheds new light on one of the most traumatic periods of modern Irish history, the Great Famine of 1845.
A team from Sheffield University want to understand the lives of people who occupied a village near the famous caves at Creswell Crags in Nottinghamshire. But could the clues - tales of superstition, witches, and the occult - be hidden in plain sight?
Near Lincoln, a return to an Anglo-Saxon site proves rewarding with the discovery of a spectacularly well-preserved bronze and enamel Roman bowl, carefully laid into a grave. And, on Rousay in the Orkneys there鈥檚 tantalising evidence of an undiscovered Viking longhouse.
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| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Alice Roberts |
| Reporter | Naoise Mac Sweeney |
| Executive Producer | Eamon Hardy |
| Series Producer | Paul Olding |
| Producer | Gareth Sacala |
Digging for Ireland
Outstanding archaeology from Ireland, including perfectly preserved Iron Age bog bodies