
Time Team
Creator Tim Taylor · Channel Channel 4 · Starring John Gater, Stewart Ainsworth, Tony Robinson
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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Episodes
- Episode 1: 1. The Guerrilla Base of the King - Athelney, SomersetJanuary 16, 1994 · 50 minIn this first ever episode of Time Team, Tony and the team travel to Athelney in Somerset to investigate a series of hills (once islands in a bog) that became Alfred The Great last defensive positions after a series of losses to invading Viking forces. It is also the place Alfred began the great rally that saw him re-conquer most Wessex and laid the foundations of the nation that was to become England.
- Episode 2: 2. On the Edge of an Empire - Ribchester, LancashireJanuary 23, 1994 · 50 minRibchester in Lancashire has been known for some time as a site of a Roman fort. The Time Team arrive in the town to answer two questions, one is to consolidate all the previous excavations on the site, and the second to define the outline of a possible older wooden fort that is thought to have been in the area.
- Episode 3: 3. The New Town of a Norman Prince - Much Wenlock, ShropshireJanuary 30, 1994 · 50 minThe Time Team go to the small town of Much Wenlock, after they receive a letter from a resident explains a recent excavation uncovered possibly the oldest house in the town. What they discover is the remains of an old Saxon village transitioning into a larger newer Norman settlement.
- Episode 4: 4. The Fortress in the Lake - Llangorse Lake, PowysFebruary 6, 1994 · 50 minThe Time Team travel to Brecon Beacons in Wales, they have come to investigate a small man-made island in Llangorse Lake. Locals tell many strange legends including hearing the sounds of Church bells echoing across the body of water at night. The Team want to know who built the island and try to find evidence to support the stories of it eventual fall into disuse.
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Credits
- John GaterSelf - Geophysicist · 252 episodes
- Stewart AinsworthSelf - Landscape Investigator · 249 episodes
- Tony RobinsonSelf - Presenter · 224 episodes
- Phil HardingSelf - Field Archaeologist · 224 episodes
- Mick AstonSelf - Landscape Archaeologist · 209 episodes
- Victor AmbrusSelf - Historical Illustrator · 196 episodes
- Tim TaylorCreator
- Michael DouglasDirector · 3 episodes
Film and series details
- EPISODE LENGTH
- 50 minutes
- FIRST AIRED
- January 16, 1994
- NEXT EPISODE
- December 31, 2026
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