The Great British Dig

The Great British Dig
Hugh Dennis and archaeologists Tash, Richard and Chloe on a street with digging tools
Great British Dig presenters
Also known asThe Great British Dig: History in Your Back Garden
GenreFactual TV Series
Created byStrawberry Blond TV
Presented byHugh Dennis
StarringRichard Taylor, Natasha Billson, Chloë Duckworth, John Henry Phillips
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producerSteve Wynne
Running time45 minutes
Original release
NetworkChannel 4, More 4
Release9 April 2020 (2020-04-09)
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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.

  1. ^ "Strawberry Blond TV - TV/Digital Content Production". Strawberry Blond.
  2. ^ "The Great British Dig Returfs for Series 2 » Strawberry Blond". 17 June 2021.