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Time Team : Season 4
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Air date: 05 Jan '97 - 6 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 (6)
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Time Team (1994)
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1. Maryland, USA
05 Jan '97An 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.
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Time Team (1994)
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2. Launceston, Cornwall - Medieval Leper Hospital
12 Jan '97An exciting discovery is made when the team attempts to solve the mystery of a well-preserved female skeleton.
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Time Team (1994)
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3. Soho, Birmingham - Steam Powered Mint
19 Jan '97The 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.
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Time Team (1994)
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4. Govan, Glasgow - 8th Century Church
26 Jan '97The 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.
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Time Team (1994)
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5. Malton, North Yorkshire
02 Feb '97The team head for this picturesque village in North Yorkshire where nettle-infested jungle conceals 2,000 years of English history.
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Time Team (1994)
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6. Netheravon, Wiltshire - Roman Villa
09 Feb '97A 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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