Overview

Profiling two of the massive archaeological digs along the 150-mile route of HS2, the UK’s new high-speed rail link, ahead of its start of construction. These cemetery excavations reveal forgotten stories of the rich and poor, and how Georgian-era London and industrial Birmingham left their mark on the thousands of skeletons buried there.

Network

• BBC Two

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Alice Roberts

  Self - Presenter

  3 eps

• 

  Yasmin Khan

  Self - Presenter

  3 eps

Themes

• british history
• archaeological dig
• archaeology

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