Dr Alice Roberts follows years of groundbreaking British archaeology, combining on-site visits that capture each discovery as it happens with CGI and lab-based investigations that bring history to life.

Teams travel to Belgium to excavate the battlefield at Waterloo to investigate how the Duke of Wellington's outnumbered army managed to defeat Napoleon against the odds. Workers at a Crossrail site make a grim discovery that reveals the brutality of Roman rule in Britain. Divers search a 17th century Royal Navy shipwreck in the Thames for the cause of a mysterious explosion, and a metal detectorist stumbles upon a £1 million Viking treasure chest in Lenborough.

From the series Digging for Britain.