The Great British Dig
| The Great British Dig | |
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Promotional photograph for Series 1 of The Great British Dig | |
| Also known as | The Great British Dig: History in Your Back Garden |
| Genre | Factual TV Series |
| Created by | Strawberry Blond TV |
| Presented by | Hugh Dennis |
| Starring | Richard Taylor, Natasha Billson, Chloë Duckworth, John-Henry Phillips |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Steve Wynne |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 4, More4 |
| Release | 9 April 2020 – 20 July 2023 |
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The Great British Dig: History in Your Back Garden is a factual television programme about community archaeology, that airs on More4 and Channel 4, produced by Strawberry Blond TV. 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. Series three aired in 2022, and a fourth series aired in 2023.