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The Best Episodes of Digging for Britain Season 12

Every episode of Digging for Britain Season 12 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Digging for Britain Season 12!

Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC Two

Season 12 Ratings Summary

"Saxon Gold and Buried Coins" is the best rated episode of "Digging for Britain" season 12. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/7/2025. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Dinosaur Highway and Roman Sauna".

  • Saxon Gold and Buried Coins
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    #1 - Saxon Gold and Buried Coins

    Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2025

    The most incredible grave goods ever found on Digging for Britain, a strange Roman sarcophagus filled with plaster and an intriguing medieval coin hoard.

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  • Dinosaur Highway and Roman Sauna
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    #2 - Dinosaur Highway and Roman Sauna

    Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 1/8/2025

    A quarryman makes the discovery of a set of very large footprints, and a chance find reveals a spectacular Roman villa with mosaics and a sauna

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  • Island Treasures
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    #3 - Island Treasures

    Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 1/9/2025

    Exploring Britain’s islands: a 5,000-year-old Neolithic tomb, an international effort to save a WWI warship, and a Neanderthal hunting ground off Jersey’s coast.

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  • Roman Crime and Ancient DNA
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    #4 - Roman Crime and Ancient DNA

    Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 1/14/2025

    Gold is found at a bishop’s palace, a Roman crime is uncovered, detectorists unearth a staggering bronze age haul, and ancient DNA solves a medieval mystery

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  • Chariots and Slaves
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    #5 - Chariots and Slaves

    Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 1/15/2025

    In the west of Britain, there's one of the largest Roman buildings ever discovered in Britain, an Iron Age chariot is saved, and evidence is found of the transatlantic slave trade in Devon.

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  • Lost Mansions and Impaled Prisoners
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    #6 - Lost Mansions and Impaled Prisoners

    Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 1/16/2025

    Extraordinary digs from the south - a Romani encampment in the New Forest, a convict’s burial ground, discovery of a civil war mansion and London’s best-preserved Roman cemetery.

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