
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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13x01 Glendon Hall, Northants - The Bodies In The Shed
22 January, 2006 6:00 pm
The Bodies in the Shed - Glendon's lost graveyard.
Tony and the team return for a new series, visiting Glendon Hall in Northamptonshire to unravel the mystery of the human skeletons found under an outbuilding. In November 2004 Martin Hipwell was working in the garden converting a Victorian brick shed.
He had to stop rather suddenly because as he dug up the old floors he came across a whole host of human skeletons. He contacted the local unit, Northampton Archaeology, who revealed 11 burials inside one of the buildings. They removed seven sets of human remains. But in another barn the builders discovered yet more remains. They left these undisturbed and Martin got in touch with Time Team.
Before Martin carried on his building work he wanted to know who these people were and where they lived. All these burials were aligned east-to-west. They were closely packed and some had been buried on top of others. The density of the burials, the orientation and the lack of finds and grav
13x02 Withington, Gloucestershire - Villas Out Of Molehills
29 January, 2006 6:00 pm
Villas out of Molehills.
When a colony of moles brings up pieces of mosaic floor in a Cotswold field, Tony Robinson and the team investigate whether the findings could be linked to a nearby Roman villa discovered nearby almost 200 years ago.
13x03 Manchester - Rubble at the Mill
05 February, 2006 6:00 pm
Rubble at the Mill - The birth of the Industrial Revolution in Manchester.
The team set to work uncovering Manchester's first cotton mill, built by one of the fathers of the Industrial Revolution, Richard Arkwright. Over three days the team uncover the remains of a complex factory as they search for the heart of the first mill: a revolutionary steam engine that was decades ahead of its time.
13x04 Esher, Surrey - The First Tudor Palace?
12 February, 2006 6:00 pm
The First Tudor Palace?
The team visit Penny Rainbow's Surrey home that is all that remains of a palace that was grand it inspired the design of Hampton Court. Over three days they piece together the story of a site that evolved into one of the most stunning buildings of early Tudor times.
13x05 Utrecht, The Netherlands - The Boat On The Rhine
19 February, 2006 6:00 pm
The Boat on the Rhine - A Roman boat in Utrecht.
On the biggest building site in Europe, Tony Robinson and the team unearth a perfectly preserved Roman boat. Invited by Dutch archaeologists to help rescue crucial evidence from a 35-metre-long barge that once sailed the Rhine, the team have one chance to investigate the boat before the bulldozers move in.
13x06 Eastry, Kent - Court Of The Kentish King
26 February, 2006 6:00 pm
Court of the Kentish King.
Tony and the team descend on the orchards of Kent to search for the lost Anglo-Saxon palace of Eastry, and discover two likely contenders. Over three days, they dig the longest trench in Time Team history on their way to unearthing a fascinating story of power, politics and murder.
13x07 Brimham, Harrogate, North Yorkshire - The Monks' Manor
05 March, 2006 6:00 pm
The Monk's Manor - Brimham Medieval Monastic Farm.
Tony Robinson's archaeological team travel to the Yorkshire Dales to meet Chris and Barbara Bradley on their farm to uncover the remains of a monastic grange - a medieval forerunner to the grand country house.
13x08 Queensborough, Isle of Sheppey, Kent - Castle In The Round
12 March, 2006 6:00 pm
Castle in the Round.
At the mouth of the Thames, on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, lie the remains of Queenborough Castle, built by Edward III during the Hundred Years War. The Time Team excavate the castle mound, but its circular design makes analysis difficult, and opinion is divided whether the castle was built for defence or as a royal bolthole from the plague. The surrounding town is also explored, leading to the recreation of a bizarre journey using a paper boat paddled by oars made of cod.
13x09 Blackpatch, Sussex - Sussex Ups And Downs
19 March, 2006 6:00 pm
Sussex Ups and Downs.
They travel to what could be a Neolithic settlement in the Sussex Downs in Essex. Initially discovered in 1923, the site is littered with remains of 6000-year-old flint mines.
13x10 Islip, Oxfordshire - Birthplace Of The Confessor
26 March, 2006 6:00 pm
Birthplace of the Confessor.
The team descend upon the sleepy Oxfordshire village of Islip, the birthplace of Edward the Confessor, for one of the most challenging and intriguing excavations of the series. The villagers of Islip are celebrating the millennium of Edward's birth and want the team to discover the location of a medieval chapel dedicated to their famous former resident.
13x11 Ffrith, North Wales - Early Bath
02 April, 2006 6:00 pm
Early Bath.
The team descend on the village of Ffrith in North Wales to discover if it is built on the remains of a Roman mining town.
13x12 Alfoldean, Sussex - The Taxmans' Tavern
09 April, 2006 6:00 pm
The Taxman's Tavern - A Roman Mansion.
Time Team travel to Alfoldean in Sussex to uncover a Roman coaching inn, and the story of the whole settlement. Atrocious weather and the sheer scale of the site push the team's resources to the limits.
13x13 Applecross, Scotland - Scotch Broch
16 April, 2006 6:00 pm
Scotch Broch - Iron Age life at Applecross near Skye.
Tony and the team journey to Applecross in the north west of Scotland to excavate a broch, a monumental stone tower that was amongst one of the largest Iron Age structures in Britain.
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