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The Best Episodes of The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden

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The Best Episodes of The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden

Hugh Dennis and a team of expert archaeologists excavate back gardens around Britain, in an attempt to uncover the lost history buried beneath our lawns...

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    #1 - Episode 1: Benwell, Newcastle

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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

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    #2 - Episode 2: Masham, North Yorkshire

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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

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    #3 - Episode 3: Lenton, Nottingham

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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

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    #4 - Episode 4: South Shields

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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

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    #5 - Maidstone, Kent

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    Hugh and the team search for a Roman settlement under the back gardens of Florence Road in Maidstone, Kent.

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    #6 - Episode 1: Falkirk

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    The team search for a lost Roman fort that was built along the Antonine Wall.

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    #7 - Episode 2: Stretton, Staffordshire

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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.

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    #8 - Episode 3: Devizes, Wiltshire

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    The team search for a revolutionary 19th-century panopticon prison.

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    #9 - Episode 4: Beningbrough

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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?

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    #10 - Episode 5: West Derby, Liverpool

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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.

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    #11 - Episode 2: Odiham, Hampshire

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    In Odiham, Hugh and the team search for the house of the head of the Elizabethan Secret Service - Sir Frances Walsingham - to find out what this spymaster may have used it for.

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    #12 - Episode 2: Oldham, Greater Manchester

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    In Oldham, Hugh and the team uncover a Victorian mill that was converted into a prisoner of war camp during World War II.

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    #13 - Episode 3: King's Lynn, Norfolk

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    Hugh and the team solve a 17th-century mystery in King's Lynn as they hunt for defensive earthworks from the English Civil War.

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    #14 - Episode 4: Oswestry, Shropshire

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    Hugh and the team go on the hunt for the Morda Workhouse in Oswestry, to find out what the conditions were really like for those who lived there.

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    #15 - Episode 5: Coventry

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    Hugh and the team attempt to 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.

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    #16 - Cornwall

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    Hugh and the team make an incredible discovery at a recently discovered fort near Calstock in Cornwall, which digs deeper into an aspect of Roman history that's only just starting to emerge.

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    #17 - North Yorkshire

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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.

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    #18 - Newcastle

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    In Northumberland, Hugh and the team excavate the birthplace of one of the country's most famous naturalists and engravers, Thomas Bewick, an 18th-century sensation brought up on a farm, who rose to become a celebrity illustrator.

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    #19 - Nottinghamshire

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    In Strelley, Nottinghamshire, Hugh Dennis and the team go on a quest to find the long-lost medieval castle of the 14th-century knight, Sampson de Strelley.

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    #20 - Bognor Regis

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    In Bognor Regis, Hugh Dennis and the team attempt to uncover a seaside villa with a royal connection, and find out how Bognor spearheaded the British staycation.

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    #21 - Best of The Great British Dig

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    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

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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 1: Benwell, Newcastle" is the best rated episode of "The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/17/2021. This episode scored NaN points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 2: Masham, North Yorkshire".