TV series

Time Team

Name: Time Team
Released: 1994
Cast: Gus Casely-Hayford, Natalie Haynes, Carenza Lewis, John Gater, Stewart Ainsworth

1994–· 25 seasons· 50 min episodes★ 7.4Returning series

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Synopsis

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.

Themes

investigation educational british history archaeological dig archeology

Episodes

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E1 The Guerrilla Base of the King - Athelney, SomersetNext upJan 16, 1994 · 50 min
Synopsis
In 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.
Guest stars: John Gater (Self - Geophysicist), Fred Morgan (Self - Land Owner), Chris Gaffney (Self - Geophysics), Geraldine Barber (Self), Tim Morgan (Self - Land Owner), Gerry McDonnell (Self - Archaeological Scientist)
E2 On the Edge of an Empire - Ribchester, LancashireJan 23, 1994 · 50 min
Synopsis
Ribchester 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.
Guest stars: John Gater (Self - Geophysicist), Chris Gaffney (Self)
E3 The New Town of a Norman Prince - Much Wenlock, ShropshireJan 30, 1994 · 50 min
Synopsis
The 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.
Guest stars: Geraldine Barber (Self), Mark Horton (Self)
E4 The Fortress in the Lake - Llangorse Lake, PowysFeb 6, 1994 · 50 min
Synopsis
The 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.
Guest stars: John Gater (Self - Geophysicist), Chris Gaffney (Self - Geophysicist)