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Time Team : Season 13
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Air date: 22 Jan '06 - 13 episodesTime 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. In October 2012 Channel 4 announced that the final series would be broadcast in 2013. Series 20 was screened in January–March 2013 and a number of specials are planned to be screened into 2014.
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List of Episodes (13)
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Time Team (1994)
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1. Glendon Hall, Northants - The Bodies In The Shed
22 Jan '06The 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 i
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Time Team (1994)
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2. Withington, Gloucestershire - Villas Out Of Molehills
29 Jan '06Villas 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.
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Time Team (1994)
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3. Manchester - Rubble At Mill
05 Feb '06Rubble 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.
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Time Team (1994)
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4. Esher, Surrey - The First Tudor Palace?
12 Feb '06The 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.
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Time Team (1994)
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5. Utrecht, The Netherlands - The Boat On The Rhine
19 Feb '06The 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.
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Time Team (1994)
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6. Eastry, Kent - Court Of The Kentish King
26 Feb '06Court 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.
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Time Team (1994)
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7. Brimham, Harrogate, North Yorkshire - The Monks' Manor
05 Mar '06The 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.
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Time Team (1994)
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8. Queensborough, Isle of Sheppey, Kent - Castle In The Round
12 Mar '06Castle 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.
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Time Team (1994)
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9. Blackpatch, Sussex - Sussex Ups And Downs
19 Mar '06Sussex 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.
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Time Team (1994)
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10. Islip, Oxfordshire - Birthplace Of The Confessor
26 Mar '06Birthplace 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.
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Time Team (1994)
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11. Ffrith, North Wales - Early Bath
02 Apr '06Early 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.
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Time Team (1994)
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12. Alfoldean, Sussex - The Taxmans' Tavern
09 Apr '06The 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.
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Time Team (1994)
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13. Applecross, Scotland - Scotch Broch
16 Apr '06Scotch 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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