Britain's Biggest Dig


6:30 pm - 7:50 pm, Wednesday, February 4 on PBS America (Freeview) (84)

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About this Broadcast

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Season 1, Episode 3

Professor Alice Roberts and Dr Yasmin Khan reveal how Birmingham's Victorian working class residents made their home city one of the most important industrial centres on the planet. They examine the surviving remains of one of the world's oldest railway terminuses, and discover how many of the thousands of skeletons in the cemetery have evidence of bone damage or amputation, as well as signs of the after-effects of industrial pollution. Plus, a look at the true story behind Peaky Blinders


Archaeology Education/Science/Factual Topics History

Cast & Crew

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Yasmin Khan (Presenter)
Alice Roberts (Presenter)
Harvey Lilley (Series producer)
Bill Locke (Executive producer)
Izzy Charman (Producer)
Jane Harris (Editor)

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Yasmin Khan (Presenter)
Alice Roberts (Presenter)
Harvey Lilley (Series producer)
Bill Locke (Executive producer)
Izzy Charman (Producer)
Jane Harris (Editor)

Before / After

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Jungle War
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