• Air date: 07 Jan '96 6 episodes
      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. 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.
  • List of Episodes (6)
    • 1. Boleigh, Cornwall - Prehistoric Fougou

      07 Jan '96
      A 2,000-year-old underground chamber - or Fogou - takes the team deep into the far west of Cornwall. The fogou is located in the garden centre for alternative studies, and Tony cannot resist trying his hand at a spot of dowsing.
    • 2. Stanton Harcourt, Oxon - Hunting for Mammoth

      14 Jan '96
      Archaeological survey. The team attempt to unearth evidence of the past existence of mammoths and other prehistoric animals in the river valleys of Oxfordshire. However, as the vital clues lie in a gravel pit which is soon to become a waste tip, the group must race against time if they are to complete their task.
    • 3. Templecombe, Somerset - Village of the Templars

      21 Jan '96
      The Time Team visits the village of Templecombe in Somerset, where the Knight's Templar - a major power in the 12th and 13th centuries - established a preceptory in 1185. It is here that they would have admitted new members and trained them for the Crusades.
    • 4. Teignmouth, Devon - A Wreck of the Spanish Armada

      28 Jan '96
      The team attempt to identify an ancient ship that was wrecked some 400 years ago off Teignmouth beach in Devon. Twenty years ago, a teenage scuba diver found a bronze canon belonging to the wreck on the seabed. But after all that time under water, will there still be enough of the ship left for the Time Team to identify it?
    • 5. Navan, County Armagh - Palace of the Irish Kings

      04 Feb '96
      Palace of the Irish Kings. The fort of Emain Macha in Ireland was once the home of princes and kings of Ulster, and, according to Celtic legend, was built by King Conchobar, who also built two other palaces. The team go to Navan, the modern-day site of Emain Macha, in search of evidence of the other palaces and attempt to find a connection between what may have been a sacrificial pool and an ancient hill called Haughey's Fort.
    • 6. Preston St Mary, Suffolk

      11 Feb '96
      Treasures of the Roman Field. Discover why for years a Suffolk farmer has gathered hundreds of pieces of Roman pottery, jewellery and coins from one particular field on his land. Where did all this rich material come from? The Time Team heads into Lavenham to find out.