British Archaeology 113

Eroding sand dunes are revealing an ancient landscape on a windswept and remote Scottish island. Hazel Moore and Graeme Wilson describe the startling new discoveries at one of the bleakest sites in the country. MP

Literary critics may wonder if Shakespeare wrote all those plays, but archaeologists know where to find him: at home in Stratford. Kevin Colls and William Mitchell describe the background to an imaginative excavation now in progress. MP

We are hearing much about "community archaeology". Is it a recent movement which has changed the landscape of archaeology? Or has it been around for years, if not always recognised? What exactly is it, anyway? Suzie Thomas and Dan Hull report on a major new survey. MP

How people treated the dead varied enormously over the past few thousand years, but until recently what happened in the iron age '“ from 800BC till Roman times '“ was largely a mystery. A new dating programme in Atlantic Scotland reveals the dead were there all along. Fiona Tucker and Ian Armit report. MP

Jon Cannon tours the villages and floodplains of south-central Oxfordshire. MP

Faced with divided audiences and falling budgets, television courts viewers with spectacle and celebrity. Greg Bailey asks, what future for the thoughtful documentary? MP