Elena Mortelliti
Director
Pompeii: The New Dig (2024)
Series 1
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.
Released April 15, 2024
Episode 58 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, History
Keywords: tmdb.italy, tmdb.pompeii, tmdb.archaeology, mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.tv-mini-series, mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.history
Watch Providers: PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel
Production Companies: Lion Television, All3Media International, ARTE France Cinéma, BBC
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English,
Italian
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S1E1 - The Bodies
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.
April 15, 2024, midnight
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S1E2 - Escape
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.
April 22, 2024, midnight
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S1E3 - The Final Hours
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.
April 29, 2024, midnight
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S1E4 - House of Treasures
At Pompeii, Italian archaeologists complete the biggest dig in a generation, where they strike gold and luxury in one of Pompeii’s richest homes.
Jan. 20, 2025, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 58 min.
Season Runtime: 235 min.
Released: April 15, 2024
Last Air Date: Jan. 20, 2025, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: 16
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