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This year’s best archaeological finds from the east of the UK: a monument as old as Stonehenge, a dig at the site of Britain’s first tank battle and some disturbing Roman burials.

Professor Alice Roberts explores this year’s most exciting archaeological finds from the east of Britain. Every new discovery was filmed by the archaeologists themselves, giving us an unprecedented view of each excavation as it happens.

In this episode, we join a team in Suffolk as they uncover an ancient lost monument as old as Stonehenge. We travel a little further east than usual to a WWI battlefield in France to explore one of Britain’s earliest and most disastrous tank battles, and then return to Suffolk as archaeologists try to make sense of some disturbing Roman burial practices. Also, one lucky metal detectorist chances upon a coin hoard that gives us insight into the effect the English civil war had on the lives of ordinary people.

Our roving archaeologist Raksha Dave goes behind the scenes at an archaeological lab in Brighton and follows an investigation into a lost
medieval village.

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Role Contributor
Reporter Raksha Dave
Presenter Alice Roberts
Director Louise Ord
Executive Producer Eamon Hardy
Executive Producer Emma Parkins
Series Producer Nick Gillam-Smith
Editor Toby Farrell

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