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Rating: A little like the remarkable event it dramatises — the unearthing of the famous Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk — The Dig yields treasure after treasure. The acting glitters brightest, but Simon Stone's direction, Moira Buffini's screenplay and Mike Eley's cinematography are just as cherishable. It's a film of enormous, completely enveloping charm. Moreover, it is especially welcome at a time when the rules of period drama, doubtless influenced by the success of The Favourite (2018), are being redrafted. On TV, hits such as Bridgerton and The Great rely heavily ...

news Fiennes and Mulligan re-make history in The Dig © Larry Horricks/Netflix Outstanding in their field: Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes in The Dig Excavate! Excavate! Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan explain why they chose to exhume the past in The Dig, a drama about the discovery of remarkable historical artefacts in Suffolk in the 1930s. Like daredevil adventurer Indiana Jones, the archaeologist portrayed by Ralph Fiennes in his new film wears a hat, digs up relics and sometimes finds himself in life-imperilling situations. That's where the similarities end, however. For one thing, th...

It certainly captured the essence of what the filmmakers were looking for.  Director Simon Stone said: “You go to Suffolk once and visit the estuary lands and you see such a unique landscape, like a world that you just don't recognise as quintessentially English, and so I thought to myself this is a real opportunity to show a side of England that you don't usually see.  “As you see, it's constantly through the film. We keep cutting back to shots that were shot in the environment where it took place.”  The old brick structure on Boyton Marshes is used in The Dig. Picture: SCREEN SUF...

The Dig: Sutton Hoo treasure explored – where is the helmet now?   The Dig explores the discovery at Sutton Hoo, but what exactly was found and where is the helmet now? Let’s look beyond the Netflix movie. Netflix continues to deliver on its promise of offering subscribers a new movie every single week and audiences are currently checking out The Dig. Arriving on Friday, January 29th 2021, the drama film is directed by Simon Stone ( The Daughter) and is based on John Preston’s 2007 novel of the same name. This, in turn, explored the events of the 1939 excavation of Sutton Hoo. Carey Mu...

Behind the scenes of filming for The Dig in 2019. Picture: SCREEN SUFFOLK - Credit: Screen Suffolk While The Dig did not exclusively film in Suffolk, the county’s countryside does feature heavily in the film.  One of the most notable locations is Butley Ferry - “As soon as Simon [Stone, director] saw the Butley Ferry he was absolutely set that was where he had to be,” Screen Suffolk’s Rachel Aldridge said.  The old brick structure on Boyton Marshes is used in The Dig. Picture: SCREEN SUFFOLK - Credit: Screen Suffolk Elsewhere, the landscapes at RSPB’s Boyton Marshes featu...