A YEWDEN villa in Hambleden will feature in a new BBC 2 history show.

Archaeology series called Digging for Britain, presented by Dr Alice Roberts, has been filming at Buckinghamshire's County Museum in Aylesbury.

A selection of the most impressive Yewden finds are on display in its exhibition called Human: half a million years of life in Buckinghamshire, which runs until July 11.

Yewden Villa was originally excavated in 1912.

The finds from the site are being re-interpreted, by the Romans in the Hambleden Valley community archaeology project, led by Dr Jill Eyers.

Yewden is considered an unusual villa site, and the finds have proved mysterious and left many unanswered questions, according to archaeologists.

But with almost a century of increased understanding since the site was dug, they hope applying modern techniques will reveal some startling new facts.

The project team have appealed to the public to help provide details about the original excavator, Alfred Heneage Cocks.

An early curator of the county museum considered ahead of his time, there is no record of how he looked.

The museum hopes someone can provide a photograph of A.H. Cocks.

John Hayes Fisher, producer of the Digging for Britain series, said:

"It's immensely frustrating for us and our viewers to know so much about these extraordinary excavations from 1912 which are being re-assessed 100 years later, but not to know what Alfred Cocks looked like."

Councillor Mike Colston, Cabinet member for Adults and Family Wellbeing said:

"It is wonderful to see the hidden gems of the county museum's archaeology collection being recognised for their importance on national television.

"Especially now, with the public having the opportunity to see some of the fascinating finds from Yewden Villa on display in the Human exhibition."

Digging for Britain will feature current archaeology from prehistory to the Tudors.

The continuing work carried out by the museum and the community archaeology project from the excavations on the Villas at Hambleden will feature in the Roman episode of the four part series. 

The series is due to be broadcast on BBC2 in August.