Time Team (1994)
Time Team is a British television series which has been aired on British Channel 4 from 1994. Created by television producer Tim Taylor and presented by actor Tony Robinson, each episode featured a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig over a period of three days, with Robinson explaining the process in layman's terms. This team of specialists changed throughout the series' run, although has consistently included professional archaeologists such as Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Francis Pryor and Phil Harding. The sites excavated over the show's run have ranged in date from the Palaeolithic right through to the Second World War.
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1x01 Athelney, Somerset - The Guerrilla Base of the King
16 January, 1994 6:00 pm
The Time Team has just three days to answer questions raised by a local farmer about the archaeological history on his Somerset doorstep, asking whether this once-impenetrable, marsh-encircled site was Alfred's hiding place.
1x02 Ribchester, Lancashire - On the Edge of an Empire
23 January, 1994 6:00 pm
The village of Ribchester is midway between Preston and Clitheroe, in a tranquil setting beside the River Ribble. In Roman times, however, it must have seemed like the last outpost of the empire to a legionary of the newly conquering army. Jim Ridge, a local resident, asked Time Team to investigate the Roman remains in his garden.
1x03 Much Wenlock, Shropshire - The New Town of a Norman Prince
30 January, 1994 6:00 pm
Old foundations found in a garden may be one of the first houses to be built in the town - is this so? How did Much Wenlock become a big market town as it is today? The 'Time Team' reveal evidence of a 13th-century aisled hall in a present-day garden in Much Wenlock. Through the identification of 13th-century pottery finds and tree-ring dating, they link the building with visits by Henry II.
1x04 Llangorse, Powys - The Fortress in the Lake
06 February, 1994 6:00 pm
In the Dark Ages, a powerful king decided to show how powerful he was. He built an island in the middle of a lake, and stuck a palace on top of it. Who was the king, who were the builders, and what happened to them all? The time team visits the site of this Dark Age man-made island, known as a Crannog, in Llangorse Lake near Brecon in Wales.
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