Episodes

  • 4. The Two Emperors
    Apr 10 2025

    History is written by the winners – but in the ground beneath our feet, lie secrets someone has tried to bury. We travel back in time to 878AD, a world of warring Anglo Saxon kingdoms and Viking invasions. Historian Gareth Williams reveals how the coins found by George and Layton could rewrite the story of King Alfred’s reign and of Britain itself.

    Narrator: Aimee-Ffion Edwards

    Contributors: Dr Gareth Williams, Nigel Cleeton, Peter Reavill Sound Design: Peregrine Andrews Production Co-ordinator: Dan Marchini Additional Research: Holly Morgan

    Associate Producer: David James Smith

    Producer: Aron Keller

    Exec Producer: James Robinson

    A BBC Studios Audio Production

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    29 mins
  • 3. The Cover Story
    Apr 3 2025

    Trying to throw authorities off their scent, George and Layton hand in precious pieces of gold jewelry to a museum in Cardiff, spinning a story about how and where they were found. But archaeologist Peter Reavill isn't convinced - and as the true scale and value of the hoard become impossible to ignore, so do George and Layton's lies.

    Narrator: Aimee-Ffion Edwards

    Contributors: Peter Reavill, Simon Wicks, Dr Gareth Williams

    Sound Design: Peregrine Andrews

    Production Co-ordinator: Dan Marchini

    Associate Producer: David James Smith

    Producer: Aron Keller

    Exec Producer: James Robinson

    A BBC Studios Audio Production

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    22 mins
  • 2. The Middleman
    Mar 27 2025

    In the close-knit detectorist community, secrets don't stay secret for long. With rare Anglo-Saxon coins in their possession, George and Layton turn to coin dealer Simon Wicks. But as coins start appearing at a Mayfair auction house, whispers of an undeclared hoard begin to spread.

    Narrator: Aimee-Ffion Edwards

    Contributors: Peter Reavill, Simon Wicks.

    Sound Design: Peregrine Andrews

    Production Co-ordinator: Dan Marchini

    Additional Research: Holly Morgan

    Associate Producer: David James Smith

    Producer: Aron Keller

    Exec Producer: James Robinson

    A BBC Studios Audio Production

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    26 mins
  • 1. Buried Treasure
    Mar 20 2025

    June 2015, Herefordshire. Two Welsh detectorists - George Powell and Layton Davies - stumble upon a Viking hoard estimated to be worth up to £12m.

    They could have become very rich and been celebrated as heroes in museums across the land. But instead, they began to hatch a criminal plot. Narrated by Aimee-Ffion Edwards (Detectorists/Slow Horses), this is the story of how to go from the luckiest treasure hunters on earth, to Newport's most wanted.

    Narrator: Aimee-Ffion Edwards

    Contributors: Holly Morgan, Dawn Chipchase & Simon Wicks

    Sound design: Peregrine Andrews,

    Production co-ordinator: Dan Marchini

    Additional Research: Holly Morgan

    Associate Producer: David James Smith.

    Producer: Aron Keller

    Exec Producer: James Robinson

    A BBC Studios Audio Production

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    27 mins
  • Introducing... Fool's Gold
    Mar 11 2025

    Two Welsh detectorists dig up a Viking hoard estimated to be worth up to £12m. This is the story of how to go from the luckiest treasure hunters on earth, to Newport’s most wanted

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    1 min