Name: Britain's Biggest Dig
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 25 min

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Roberts and Khan uncover how working-class Victorians made Birmingham one of the most important industrial cities on the planet; the discoveries range from several mysterious skeleton markings to the rise of the real Peaky Blinders.

Britain's Biggest Dig

Anthropologist Professor Alice Roberts and historian Dr. Yasmin Khan uncover the history of two of Britain's greatest cities, exploring how London became the capital of a global empire and how Birmingham grew into "the workshop of the world."

Ahead of the HS2 rail construction project, Britain's largest cemetery excavation unearths the forgotten stories of Georgian London's rich and poor--revealing how the city rose to become the heart of a global empire.

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In preparation for HS2, four massive digs uncover fascinating burials, revealing life in imperial London and industrial Birmingham.

S1 E3 | Britain's Biggest Dig