The Dig: History vs. Hollywood
In this episode, we sift out the facts
from the fiction in the movie
The
Dig starring Ralph Fiennes and Carey
Mulligan as amateur archaeologist Basil
Brown and the woman who hires him, Edith
Pretty, respectively. Edith employed Basil
to excavate the burial mounds on her
Sutton Hoo estate. We answer questions
about
The Dig's historical
accuracy, including did the excavation
take place all in one summer? Is the
romance between Rory Lomax and Peggy
Piggott real? Are any of the characters
fictional? Did a mound cave in on Basil
Brown? Was Peggy's husband, Stuart Piggot,
a closeted gay man? Was Edith Pretty ill
at the time? Was she awarded ownership of
the artifacts found on her Sutton Hoo
property?
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