Two Men in a Trench is a British comedic historical documentary television series, produced by the BBC, that ran from 2002 to 2004.
Two Men in a Trench follows archaeologists Tony Pollard and Neil Oliver around the British Isles, where they visit ancient battlegrounds and use modern archaeological methods, bringing information about the battles and those who participated in them to their viewers.
[2] Two Men in a Trench follows Pollard and Oliver across the British Isles, their research taking them to various battles across the United Kingdom.
The battles of Flodden, Barnet and Shrewsbury, as well as the Siege of Newark and the Defence of Inchkeith, are among the conflicts studied by the duo in their first series.
[3] The second season of Two Men in a Trench, stylized as Two Men in a Trench II, takes Pollard and Oliver to a new set of locations, their exploits taking them to the archaeological locations of the battles of Bannockburn, Edgehill, Sedgemoor, Killiecrankie, an airfield used during the Battle of Britain, and the big guns near Dover.