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Pompeii: The New Dig

Pompeii: The New Dig

162024•59m•7.8/10
Documentary

Ratings

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7.8/10(10)

Following the biggest archaeological excavation in Pompeii for a generation. Exciting discoveries and fresco-inspired animations tell the story of life in Pompeii AD 79.

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Production

Lion Television, All3Media International, ARTE France Cinéma, BBC

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

April 15, 2024

Last Aired

January 20, 2025

Networks

BBC Two

Created By

Elena Mortelliti

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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
The Bodies
E1
The Bodies
Air date: 2024-04-15
At Pompeii, Italian archaeologists begin the biggest dig in a generation, where they find a bakery, a wealthy house and a fresco of a so-called ‘pizza’, and make a grisly discovery.
Escape
E2
Escape
Air date: 2024-04-22
At Pompeii, a new excavation continues to unearth rich discoveries, while a pioneering new investigation finds evidence that some Pompeiians survived the eruption of AD 79.
The Final Hours
E3
The Final Hours
Air date: 2024-04-29
In Pompeii, the excavation of a wealthy villa, bakery and laundry reaches its climax with chilling revelations about what people were doing in the final terrifying hours in AD 79.
E4
House of Treasures
Air date: 2025-01-20
At Pompeii, Italian archaeologists complete the biggest dig in a generation, where they strike gold and luxury in one of Pompeii’s richest homes.

Cast

Kate Fleetwood

Kate Fleetwood

Self - Narrator (voice)

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