The Great British Dig | |
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Also known as | The Great British Dig: History in Your Back Garden |
Genre | Factual TV Series |
Created by | Strawberry Blond TV |
Presented by | Hugh Dennis |
Starring | Richard Taylor, Natasha Billson, Chloë Duckworth, John Henry Phillips |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 20 |
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Executive producer | Steve Wynne |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 4, More 4 |
Release | 9 April 2020 |
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The Great British Dig: History in Your Back Garden is a factual television programme about community archaeology, that airs on More 4 and Channel 4, produced by Strawberry Blond TV.[1] 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.[2] Series three aired in 2022, and a fourth series is set to air in summer 2023 according to the show’s Twitter account.