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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4x01 St Mary's City, Maryland, USA - Early English Settlers
05 January, 1997 6:00 pm
An exciting trip for the Time Team sees them following in the footsteps of some of the first English settlers in America. They travel to the historic landing site of St Mary's City, Maryland, where they join American experts to unearth some important finds and challenge some of their original theories.
4x02 Launceston, Cornwall - Medieval Leper Hospital
12 January, 1997 6:00 pm
An exciting discovery is made when the team attempts to solve the mystery of a well-preserved female skeleton.
4x03 Soho, Birmingham - Steam Powered Mint
19 January, 1997 6:00 pm
The team try to locate one of the most important sites in the history of the Industrial Revolution - Matthew Boulton's 18th century mint. But the task of locating the site of the largest coin presser in the world in only three days is a tricky one - given that its buried beneath the houses and gardens of Soho, Handsworth.
4x04 Govan, Glasgow - 8th Century Church
26 January, 1997 6:00 pm
The team face a fascinating conundrum that sends them spinning back into the dark ages of Scottish history. On the banks of the River Clyde, several intriguing stone sculptures have been discovered in the graveyard of the parish church.
4x05 Malton, North Yorkshire - Norman and Medieval Castles and Jacobean House
02 February, 1997 6:00 pm
The team head for this picturesque village in North Yorkshire where nettle-infested jungle conceals 2,000 years of English history.
4x06 Netheravon, Wiltshire - Roman Villa
09 February, 1997 6:00 pm
A mosaic in a partially abandoned army-barracks may be part of an ancient Roman villa. The time team head for an army barracks in Netheravon, Wiltshire, to test a theory that a Roman villa is concealed beneath the site. A colonel discovered a piece of mosaic pavement there in 1907, but until now archaeologists have not been allowed behind the barbed wire. Can the team solve the mystery before the troops return?
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