Britain's Biggest Dig - Season 1 - Episode 2
Professor Alice Roberts and Dr Yasmin Khan dig deeper through the excavations at St James’s burial ground on the hunt for the lost explorer who extended Britain’s empire across the globe.
About Britain's Biggest Dig
Title: Britain's Biggest Dig
First Air Date: 2020-09-15
Last Air Date: 2020-09-29
Status: Ended
Rating: 0/10 (from 0 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 3
Network: BBC Two
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Lion Television
Synopsis
Profiling two of the massive archaeological digs along the 150-mile route of HS2, the UK’s new high-speed rail link, ahead of its start of construction. These cemetery excavations reveal forgotten stories of the rich and poor, and how Georgian-era London and industrial Birmingham left their mark on the thousands of skeletons buried there.
Cast
Alice Roberts
Self - Presenter
Yasmin Khan
Self - Presenter
