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Digging for Britain
2010 · TV series · documentary · 60 min episodes · 13 seasons
Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.
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For those in the UK, the BBC show Digging for Britain recently covered the discovery of this artefact in S11E04 at the 30min mark, available on iPlayer.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001ttqr
The BBC has some extremely good content... nature documentaries (David Attenborough), science shows (Horizon), archaeological/history (Digging for Britain), comedy (Ghosts), comedy/news/current affairs (Have I Got News For You). The US does big budget shows very well, but for a wide variety of content I really miss the BBC when I can't access it. I'm obviously biased though.
A Guardian article says the dig was in August and September. The first 3 episodes in the BBC's brilliant Digging for Britain that aired last week look like they were shot in a similar timeframe. This fossil will covered in tomorrow's show. I think what we'd find is that those associated with the discovery timed their announement with the show airing rather than the BBC dictating it.