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Archaeology: A Secret History

This broadcast is scheduled on BBC Four on Monday 31 August 2026, 20:00, ending at 21:00.

When is this airing on?

Archaeology: A Secret History starts at 20:00 on BBC Four on Mon 31 Aug 2026.

ChannelBBC Four

StartsMon 31 Aug 2026, 20:00

EndsMon 31 Aug 2026, 21:00

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Richard Miles shows how 18th- and 19th-century discoveries overturned ideas of when and where civilisation began as empires competed to own the past.

The next currently listed showing is Tue 1 Sep 2026, 02:50 on BBC Four.