Anyone who's a huge nerd (as opposed to most of the people here, who are techinically geeks), will enjoy Time Team! It's on Amazon Prime, and also full episodes are on You-Tube. It's an archeology show; the team is given three days to do rescue excavation somewhere in the UK, and it's amazing every time. It's rare that they don't find ANYTHING, but most of the time it's pretty exciting.
I recommend starting with Turkdean I and II (a newly discovered Roman Villa, the only place they dug twice), The Massacre in the Cellar (English Civil War), and Codnor Castle (a high status stone castle that had been built in stages over the centuries). They cover every time period, with all the latest (for the time) technology, and since the show was on for 15 years, you can watch the tech get better and better.