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 and flower beds

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Hugh and the team look back at some of their most exciting archaeological adventures

First shown: Thu 20 Jul 2023 | 47 mins

Best of The Great British Dig

Can Hugh and the team uncover a magnificent seaside royal villa in Bognor Regis?

First shown: Thu 13 Jul 2023 | 47 mins

Series 4 Episode 5: Bognor Regis

Can Hugh and the team find a medieval knight's castle in Nottinghamshire?

First shown: Thu 6 Jul 2023 | 47 mins

Series 4 Episode 4: Nottinghamshire

Hugh and the team excavate the birthplace of the naturalist Thomas Bewick

First shown: Thu 29 Jun 2023 | 47 mins

Series 4 Episode 3: Newcastle

Hugh and the team go on a quest to find the lost Georgian mansion of Studley Royal Park

First shown: Thu 22 Jun 2023 | 47 mins

Series 4 Episode 2: North Yorkshire

The team uncover a new chapter of Roman history at a recently discovered fort in Calstock

First shown: Thu 15 Jun 2023 | 46 mins

Series 4 Episode 1: Cornwall

In Coventry, Hugh and the team search for a monastic grange known as Biggin Hall

First shown: Mon 9 May 2022 | 47 mins

Series 3 Episode 5: Coventry

The team hunt for the Morda Workhouse to find out what the conditions were really like

First shown: Mon 2 May 2022 | 47 mins

Series 3 Episode 4: Oswestry, Shropshire

Hugh and the team hunt for King's Lynn's defensive earthworks from the English Civil War

First shown: Mon 25 Apr 2022 | 47 mins

Series 3 Episode 3: King's Lynn, Norfolk

In Oldham, the team uncover a Victorian mill that was converted into a WWII POW camp

First shown: Mon 18 Apr 2022 | 47 mins

Series 3 Episode 2: Oldham, Greater Manchester

Can the team find the house of Sir Walsingham, the head of the Elizabethan Secret Service?

First shown: Mon 11 Apr 2022 | 47 mins

Series 3 Episode 1: Odiham, Hampshire

Can the team work out the true size and scale of a lost Norman motte and bailey castle?

First shown: Wed 26 Jan 2022 | 47 mins

Series 2 Episode 5: West Derby, Liverpool

Can the team find the remains of a vanished building in Beningbrough Hall's gardens?

First shown: Wed 19 Jan 2022 | 47 mins

Series 2 Episode 4: Beningbrough

In Devizes, the team search for a revolutionary 19th-century prison

First shown: Wed 12 Jan 2022 | 47 mins

Series 2 Episode 3: Devizes

In Stretton, Hugh and the team search for long-lost prehistoric roundhouses

First shown: Wed 5 Jan 2022 | 47 mins

Series 2 Episode 2: Stretton, Staffordshire

Hugh and the experts search for a lost Roman Fort connected to the Antonine Wall

First shown: Wed 29 Dec 2021 | 47 mins

Series 2 Episode 1: Falkirk

Hugh and the team attempt to uncover a secret military base on South Shields' clifftops

First shown: Wed 10 Mar 2021 | 47 mins

Series 1 Episode 4: South Shields

Hugh and the team unearth William the Conqueror's lost priory in Lenton in Nottingham

First shown: Wed 3 Mar 2021 | 47 mins

Series 1 Episode 3: Lenton, Nottingham

Hugh and the team attempt to uncover a Viking burial ground hidden beneath Masham

First shown: Wed 24 Feb 2021 | 47 mins

Series 1 Episode 2: Masham, North Yorkshire

The team attempt to uncover a Roman fort connected to Hadrian's Wall in Benwell, Newcastle

First shown: Wed 17 Feb 2021 | 47 mins

Series 1 Episode 1: Benwell, Newcastle

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