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Toby Symonds THE 1939 excavation of Suffolk’s Sutton Hoo is the subject of this week’s biggest release. Based on John Preston’s 2007 novel of the same name - and directed by Simon Stone - The Dig finds Carey Mulligan in the role of Spiritualist landowner Edith Pretty. It is on her estate that a pair of early Medieval cemeteries lay hidden. Numerous would be treasure hunters had attempted to discover the secrets beneath Sutton Hoo prior to the excavation of 1939. Each time, the core of the burial had been missed. Each time, little of use was reported. In 1910, Colonel Frank Prett...

If you’ve ever pined for ‘Time Team: The Movie’, The Dig is for you. Adapted from John Preston’s novel, Simon Stone’s film details one of Britain’s most notorious archaeological digs, the discovery in 1938 of an Anglo-Saxon ship in the burial mounds at the delightfully named Sutton Hoo estate in Suffolk. As anyone who’s followed Tony Robinson presiding over a three-day exploration of a Roman villa in the rain might guess, The Dig has to work hard to conjure up genuine dramas out of the minutiae of archaeology (this is no search for the Ark Of The Covenant), never really raisin...

It is one of the most important archaeological finds in British history, and it was made right here in East Anglia. The 1939 excavation of the...

January 25, 2021 - 12:48 PM Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES — An intimate melodrama set in England just before the outbreak of World War II, “The Dig” is the kind of well-crafted, well-acted period drama not unearthed so often. Simon Stone’s adaptation of John Preston’s novel, which begins streaming Friday on Netflix, stars Carey Mulligan as a British landowner and widow who brings in a local excavator for a p...

New this week: 'Resident Alien,' Arlo Parks & 'Palmer' Associated Press Tags:  2018 SYFY Media, LLC This image released by Syfy shows Alan Tudyk as Harry Vanderspeigle in a scene from the new series "Resident Alien," premiering Wednesday on Syfy. (James Dittinger/SYFY via AP) Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES — An intimate melodrama set in England just before the outbreak of World War II, “The Dig” is the kind of well-crafted, well-acted period drama not...