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

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Best episode
S4E1 Cornwall
7.76 votes
Top season
Season 4
7.7avg
Binge time
11h 45m
21 episodes
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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden Season 4 Episode 1 - Cornwall
    7.7/10(6 votes)

    S4:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden Season 1 Episode 1 - Episode 1: Benwell, Newcastle
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E1

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden Season 1 Episode 2 - Episode 2: Masham, North Yorkshire
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E2

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode 3: Lenton, Nottingham
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E3

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden Season 1 Episode 4 - Episode 4: South Shields
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E4

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden Season 1 Episode 5 - Maidstone, Kent
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden Season 2 Episode 1 - Episode 1: Falkirk
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden Season 2 Episode 2 - Episode 2: Stretton, Staffordshire
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E2

    The team search for prehistoric roundhouses in the village of Stretton and try to determine when people first made the village their home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden Season 2 Episode 3 - Episode 3: Devizes, Wiltshire
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden Season 2 Episode 4 - Episode 4: Beningbrough
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E4

    Can Hugh and the team find the remains of a vanished building in the gardens of the Georgian stately home Beningbrough Hall?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden Season 2 Episode 5 - Episode 5: West Derby, Liverpool
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden Season 3 Episode 1 - Episode 2: Odiham, Hampshire
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden Season 3 Episode 2 - Episode 2: Oldham, Greater Manchester
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E2

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden Season 3 Episode 3 - Episode 3: King's Lynn, Norfolk
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden Season 3 Episode 4 - Episode 4: Oswestry, Shropshire
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden Season 3 Episode 5 - Episode 5: Coventry
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden Season 4 Episode 2 - North Yorkshire
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S4:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden Season 4 Episode 3 - Newcastle
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S4:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden Season 4 Episode 4 - Nottinghamshire
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S4:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden Season 4 Episode 5 - Bognor Regis
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S4:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden Season 4 Episode 6 - Best of The Great British Dig
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S4:E6

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Cornwall" is the best rated episode of The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden. It scored 7.7/10 from 6 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on June 15, 2023. This episode scored 7.7 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 1: Benwell, Newcastle".

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