In this exclusive interview, critically acclaimed author of 'The Dig', John Preston chats to Time Team's creator and Series Producer, Tim Taylor, to discuss one of Britain's most incredible archaeological discoveries: Sutton Hoo.

They consider the amazing discovery of the AngloSaxon burial by Basil Brown and Edith Pretty (as recently portrayed in the Netflix film adaptation), and the stateoftheart survey techniques that Time Team is now deploying at the site to help us uncover more of its secrets.

❄ FESTIVE COMPETITION ❄ This competition is now closed

Win a copy of John Preston's ’The Dig’, plus a bundle of Time Team Official goodies autographed by the team at our latest Oxfordshire Dig, including a Limited Edition Archaeology Trowel!

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'The Dig' is a brilliantly realised account of one of the most famous archeological dig in British history at Sutton Hoo, now a BAFTA nominated motion picture starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James

Competition closes 23:59 GMT, 3rd Jan 2022. Winner will be notified directly.
With thanks to John Preston's publishers, Penguin Random House for gifting the book prize.

Can’t wait that long? You can now purchase your own copy of ’The Dig’ book in our official shop here: https://shop.timeteamdigital.com/prod...



With special thanks to:

Penguin Random House
John Preston portrait photo: © Justine Stoddard

Stills from The Dig:
© 2021 Netflix / Larry Horricks

Sutton Hoo ship CGI reconstruction film credits:
Evie Troy of troyproductions.co.uk
Dan Fisher of [email protected]
Shipbuilding footage / Sutton Hoo stills: Samuel Bignell

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