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Going Upmarket With The Romans - Standish, Gloucestershire
For years, a field near Standish in Gloucestershire has yielded Roman brooches, mosaic tiles and coins. The finds point to a sizeable villa somewhere nearby - but so far none has been found. Tony Robinson and the team have just three days to solve the mystery. There are plenty of signs that people lived in the area from the Iron Age through to the Roman period, but no sign of the villa. But clue by clue the archaeologists piece together the puzzle to reveal an extraordinary picture of several generations of one family living through huge social change and gradually improving their lifestyle as Romanised Britain became more and more prosperous.
Aired: Feb 13, 2005 Genre: Documentary MysteryCasts: Tony Robinson Carenza Lewis Phil Harding John Gater Stewart Ainsworth Mick Aston Victor Ambrus Francis PryorCreated By: Tim TaylorDuration: 50m Rating: 0 Country: United Kingdom Production:
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01: The Manor That's Back to Front - Chenies Manor House, Buckinghamshire02: The Monastery and the Mansion - Nether Poppleton, Yorkshire03: The Bombers in the Marsh - Warton near Preston, Lancashire04: Fighting On The Frontier - Drumlanrig, Dumfries and Galloway05: A Neolithic Cathedral? - Northborough, Peterborough06: In Search of Henry V's Flagship, Grace Dieu - Bursledon, Hampshire07: Going Upmarket With The Romans - Standish, Gloucestershire08: Picts And Hermits: Cave Dwellers Of Fife - Wemyss, Fife09: Lost Centuries Of St Osyth - St Osyth, Essex10: The Puzzle Of Picket's Farm - South Perrott, Dorset11: Norman Neighbours - Skipsea, East Yorkshire12: Tower Blocks And Togas - South Shields, Tyneside13: Animal Farm - Hanslope, Milton Keynes