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A replica of the helmet discovered at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk - Credit: Phil Morley Netflix's film The Dig - based on the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon ship at Sutton Hoo - has been released today. Here's what was found in the historic excavation back in 1939. How were the treasures found? Basil Brown, a self-taught archaeologist, was commissioned to excavate Edith Pretty's Sutton Hoo estate near Woodbridge after she became curious about several mounds on her land. Mr Brown was paid 30 shillings a week while working on the excavation and lodged with Edith's chauffeur. In May 1939, Mr Brown and ...

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NEWS Ralph Fiennes believes his role in 'The Dig' is the 'closest' he'll get to playing Indiana Jones 29 January 2021 Share with: The 58-year-old actor stars in the new Netflix movie as amateur archaeologist Basil Brown, who excavated a 7th-century burial ship in Suffolk in 1939, and feels that the role is the closest he will get to portraying Indy on screen. When quizzed if a scene where he is buried in a collapsing trench was his "Indiana Jones moment", Ralph said: "That's the closest I'm going to get! "But there was no real danger. I was actually more anxious about the scrabbling and the f...

Carey Mulligan's Netflix movie The Dig is a fascinating, if flawed, period drama Ian Sandwell © Larry Horricks The Dig, starring Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes, is now out on Netflix, but is the real-life drama worth a watch? The Dig might not sound like a must-see Netflix movie on the face of it, telling the story of what's considered to be the UK's biggest archaeological find. It's certainly a world away from Netflix's 2020 hits like Eurovision Song Contest and other movies that don't start with E. However, the streaming giant has expanded its original movie content i...

Treat yo’ self to all seven seasons of this mockumentary sitcom classic as it moves to Netflix. Mid-level bureaucrat and eternal optimist Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) wants to make a difference in her small town of Pawnee, Indiana, but there’s endless red tape to deal with first. Monday 1 February, Netflix Jill Halfpenny stars as a mother dealing with the disappearance of her son in this new thriller. After he has been missing for nine years, she convinces herself that teenager Daniel is her lost child. But is he? Jonas Armstrong and Rupert Penry-Jones co-star. Monday 1 to Thursday 4 Februa...