Seasons & Episodes
Episode 1: Benwell, Newcastle
Hugh and the team attempt to uncover a Roman fort, connected to Hadrian's Wall, that's buried beneath the back gardens o
Episode 2: Masham, North Yorkshire
Hugh and the team attempt to uncover a Viking burial ground hidden beneath Masham in North Yorkshire, to shed light on t
Episode 3: Lenton, Nottingham
Hugh and the team unearth William the Conqueror's lost priory hidden beneath Lenton in Nottingham, and begin to draw a b
Episode 4: South Shields
Hugh and the team attempt to uncover a secret World War military base on the clifftops of South Shields and set out to b
Maidstone, Kent
Hugh and the team search for a Roman settlement under the back gardens of Florence Road in Maidstone, Kent.
Episode 1: Falkirk
The team search for a lost Roman fort that was built along the Antonine Wall.
Episode 2: Stretton, Staffordshire
The team search for prehistoric roundhouses in the village of Stretton and try to determine when people first made the v
Episode 3: Devizes, Wiltshire
The team search for a revolutionary 19th-century panopticon prison.
Episode 4: Beningbrough
Can Hugh and the team find the remains of a vanished building in the gardens of the Georgian stately home Beningbrough H
Episode 5: West Derby, Liverpool
Hugh and the team search for the remains of a Norman motte and bailey castle in the suburb of West Derby in Liverpool an
Episode 2: Odiham, Hampshire
In Odiham, Hugh and the team search for the house of the head of the Elizabethan Secret Service - Sir Frances Walsingham
Episode 2: Oldham, Greater Manchester
In Oldham, Hugh and the team uncover a Victorian mill that was converted into a prisoner of war camp during World War II
Episode 3: King's Lynn, Norfolk
Hugh and the team solve a 17th-century mystery in King's Lynn as they hunt for defensive earthworks from the English Civ
Episode 4: Oswestry, Shropshire
Hugh and the team go on the hunt for the Morda Workhouse in Oswestry, to find out what the conditions were really like f
Episode 5: Coventry
Hugh and the team attempt to solve a medieval mystery in Coventry, as they search for a monastic grange known as Biggin
Cornwall
Hugh and the team make an incredible discovery at a recently discovered fort near Calstock in Cornwall, which digs deepe
North Yorkshire
Hugh and the team get digging in stunning Studley Royal Park in North Yorkshire, on a quest to find the lost Georgian ma
Newcastle
In Northumberland, Hugh and the team excavate the birthplace of one of the country's most famous naturalists and engrave
Nottinghamshire
In Strelley, Nottinghamshire, Hugh Dennis and the team go on a quest to find the long-lost medieval castle of the 14th-c
Bognor Regis
In Bognor Regis, Hugh Dennis and the team attempt to uncover a seaside villa with a royal connection, and find out how B
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