What’s On: An Evening with Alice Roberts: Digging into Britain’s Past at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley
An anthropologist, author and broadcaster who has been delving into Britain’s past and making archaeology programmes for nearly 20 years is bringing a stage show to the Churchill Theatre in Bromley.
Professor Alice Roberts presents her show, An Evening with Alice Roberts: Digging into Britain’s Past.
Alice joined BBC programme Time Team as a bone expert before going on to present anthropology and archaeology stories on the BBC’s Coast series and co-presenting The Celts in 2015.
Alice has presented seven series of Digging for Britain, sharing new archaeological discoveries from across the UK on BBC Four, and she has explored the history of our towns and cities in Britain’s Most Historic Towns on Channel 4 – which will be back with a second series in 2019.
She has written eight popular science and archaeology books, including The Celts and Tamed: Ten species that changed our world.
In this show on October 23, Alice will share insights, anecdotes and behind-the-scenes stories from her personal journey to explore Britain’s past, with footage from her programmes and excerpts from her books. Each show will finish with a 20 minute Q&A.
Alice said: “It seemed like a good time to go back and look at the sites I’ve worked on over the years. History is such a huge subject, but archaeology allows us to get up close and personal with the past – with our heritage.
“So I’ll be looking back to my first Time Team dig back in 2001, when we were excavating an Anglo Saxon cemetery with a lot of buckets buried in the dead – all the way through to the latest from Digging for Britain – including that amazing chariot burial.
“There will also be clips from my Channel 4 series, Britain’s Most Historic Towns – and plenty of behind-the-scenes stories, and time for Q&A with the audience, and I’ll be book-signing after each show.
“I love making television and writing books – but that can feel a bit one-way. I really enjoy getting out and doing live shows, and having conversations with people.”
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