The Great British Dig: History in Your Garden (2020)
- Original title
- The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 4 seasons, 21 episodes
- Rated
- U
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Comedian Hugh Dennis and three archaeologists go door to door in British towns, asking residents if they can dig up their gardens. They search for historical artifacts buried beneath everyday backyards.
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What happens
The Great British Dig: History in Your Back Garden is a factual television programme about community archaeology, that airs on More4 and Channel 4, produced by Strawberry Blond TV. Presented by comedian and actor Hugh Dennis along with three archaeological experts, each episode sees the team arrive in a local community somewhere in Britain, and knock on people's doors to ask if they can dig in their gardens and shared spaces. The pilot aired on More 4 in April 2020, and was followed by a 4-episode series starting on 17 February 2021 on More 4, repeated on Channel 4 on Sunday evenings from 24 October 2021. The five-episode second series aired from 29 December 2021. Series three aired in 2022, and a fourth series aired in 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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