The Great British Dig: History in Your Back Garden
A Lost Tudor Hall in Odiham
Season 3 Episode 1 of 5
Hugh Dennis and the team are in Odiham, Hampshire, searching for the house of Sir Frances Walsingham, the head of Elizabeth I's Secret Service. It is the first time the site has ever been dug, so with very little to go on, our team want to locate the house, work out its size and scale, and what Walsingham may have used it for. As part of the investigation, Hugh turns his hand to spy craft as he learns how Walsingham used to break codes
The Great British Dig: History in Your Back Garden airs on Sky History at 8:00 PM, Monday 29 September. (Subtitles.)
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General
Hugh Dennis
Presenter
Steve Wynne
Executive Producer
Audrey Neil
Series Producer
Rich Mathews
Director