Aired Thursday 7 December, 11:10am - 12:10pmon Blaze (Freeview)

Digging for Britain

Name: 8:00pm - Series 12 Episode 1
Start: 2025-01-07T20:00:00Z
End: 2025-01-07T21:00:00Z
Location: BBC Two HD

Series 1 Episode 2: Prehistory

In Norfolk, flint tools unearthed recently push the earliest human occupation back by 200,000 years, to around one million years ago. In Orkney an early farm yields glimpses of our ancestors' earliest religious beliefs and customs.

Category: Documentary / History
Original air date: 28/01/2012

Cast and crew

Serena DaviesDirector
Alice RobertsHost

Upcoming broadcasts

Monday 30 December, 10:15amon Blaze (Freeview)
Series 6 Episode 3
Monday 30 December, 11:10amon Blaze (Freeview)
Series 7 Episode 2
Monday 30 December, 12:10pmon Blaze (Freeview)
Monday 30 December, 1:05pmon Blaze (Freeview)
Series 7 Episode 4
Tuesday 7 January, 8:00pmon BBC Two
Series 12 Episode 1
Tuesday 7 January, 8:00pmon BBC Two HD
Series 12 Episode 1