Digging for Britain (2010)

Name: Digging for Britain
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Alice Roberts, Victoria Herridge

Documentary

Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.

IMDb rating: 8.3 (343 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 -0.8 vs IMDb
Seasons: 13
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 13 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2010)

7.95 avg 4 episodes 8.1 → 8.7 50 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Romans	8.1	24
2	Prehistory	7.1	17
3	The Anglo-Saxons	7.9	18
4	The Tudors	8.7	16

Season 2 (2011)

7.78 avg 4 episodes 7.8 → 7.7 51 min avg

Declining

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Britannia	7.8	12
2	Invaders	7.8	12
3	Age of Bronze and Iron	7.8	13
4	Ice and Stone	7.7	11

Season 3 (2015)

7.23 avg 3 episodes 6.9 → 7.4 52 min avg

Rising

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	East	6.9	9
2	West	7.4	8
3	North	7.4	8

Season 4 (2016)

8.07 avg 3 episodes 7.9 → 8.2

Rising

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	West	7.9	11
2	East	8.1	9
3	North	8.2	8

Season 5 (2016)

7.73 avg 3 episodes 7.8 → 7.8

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	West	7.8	12
2	North	7.6	14
3	East	7.8	13

Season 6 (2017)

7.90 avg 4 episodes 8.1 → 7.9

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	West	8.1	20
2	East	7.8	19
3	North	7.8	18
4	Special: The Horsemen of Hadrian's Wall	7.9	20

Season 7 (2018)

7.63 avg 4 episodes 7.6 → 7.8

Big finale

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	North	7.6	18
2	West	7.6	15
3	East	7.5	14
4	Iron Age Revealed	7.8	16

Season 8 (2019)

7.45 avg 4 episodes 7.7 → 7.4

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	West	7.7	12
2	North	7.5	11
3	South	7.2	11
4	WW2 Special	7.4	9

Season 9 (2022)

7.08 avg 6 episodes 7.1 → 7.1 59 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	East	7.1	14
2	South	7.1	13
3	North	7.4	17
4	Midlands	7.1	15
5	West	6.7	13
6	North	7.1	16

Season 10 (2023)

7.42 avg 6 episodes 7.1 → 7.6 59 min avg

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Roman Towns and Tudor Shipwrecks	7.1	19
2	Arthur's Stone and a Georgian Mine	7.2	17
3	Headless Romans and Anglo Saxon Gold	7.5	11
4	Mystery Shipwreck and a Roman Army Camp	7.7	13
5	Roman Mosaics and Ancient Weapons	7.4	10
6	Ice Age Camp and a Saint with Syphilis	7.6	10

Season 11 (2024)

7.32 avg 6 episodes 7.4 → 7.4 59 min avg

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Roman Emperor's Bathhouse	7.4	16
2	Anglo-Saxon Gold and Rebellious Nuns	7.3	14
3	A Norman Panic Room and a Mesolithic Fish Trap	7.4	12
4	A Roman Mystery and Waterloo's Disappearing Dead	7.2	11
5	3000-Year-Old Shoes and Giant Axeheads	7.2	10
6	Forgotten Fortresses and Lost Villages	7.4	9

Season 12 (2025)

7.73 avg 6 episodes 7.8 → 7.6 58 min avg

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Saxon Gold and Buried Coins	7.8	20
2	Dinosaur Highway and Roman Sauna	8.0	19
3	Island Treasures	7.7	18
4	Roman Crime and Ancient DNA	7.7	17
5	Chariots and Slaves	7.6	14
6	Lost Mansions and Impaled Prisoners	7.6	14

Season 13 (2026)

7.42 avg 6 episodes 7.0 → 7.4 59 min avg

Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Scottish Massacre and 70s Skate Park	7.0	16
2	Our Rarest Find and Biggest Dig	8.0	14
3	A Mysterious Bone Box and Admiral Nelson's Favorite Ship	7.3	13
4	England's Last Anglo-Saxon King and Scotland's First Whisky	7.4	10
5	Medieval Murder and Roman Pets	7.4	9
6	A Cornish Legend and an Ancient Wishing Well	7.4	10