Time Team Episode Guide/Database
Search the Time Team Episode Database for information regarding the research undertaken by Time Team between 1994 and 2014. For each episode, links to the relevant archaeological reports and Historic Environment Record entries have been provided. Additional information regarding the availability of episodes on Channel 4 and Youtube are shown as well.
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217 episodes found
The Guerrilla Base of the King
Athelney, Somerset (England) at ST 34452 29270
The Team investigate a site in Somerset that could hold the key to a crucial phase in English history: Alfred the Great's defeat of the Danes. Were this orchard and farmland once Alfred's fortress? (Source: Channel 4)
Historic England NRHE Excavation Index
ATHELNEY ISLAND (TIME TEAM) (Id: 1339841)
Historic Environment Record
Geophysical survey (1993). Athelney Abbey (Somerset HER Id: 11620)
Archaeological reports
Gaffney and Gater (1993) Athelney: GSB Prospection report No 93/55
Periods represented
MedievalSeason 1 – Episode 1
16 January 1994
16–18 April 1993
Not available on YouTube
Updated on 26.09.2021
On the Edge of an Empire
Ribchester, Lancashire (England) at SD 65049 35116
The Team investigate a unique piece of military engineering at Ribchester in Lancashire that reveals how the Roman army survived - around AD100 - at the northern frontier of their Empire (Source: Channel 4)
Historic England NRHE Excavation Index
RIBCHESTER (TIME TEAM) (Id: 1339858)
Historic Environment Record
No HER entry identified
Archaeological reports
Periods represented
RomanSeason 1 – Episode 2
23 January 1994
3–5 September 1993
Not available on YouTube
Updated on 06.06.2022
The New Town of a Norman Prince
Much Wenlock, Shropshire (England) at SO 62351 99936
In the gardens - and one kitchen - of Much Wenlock in Shropshire, the Team reveal fascinating evidence about the early development of a medieval town and an important aspect of England's past (Source: Channel 4)
Historic England NRHE Excavation Index
55 SHEINTON STREET (TIME TEAM) (Id: 1339854)
Historic Environment Record
No HER entry identified
Archaeological reports
No excavation report identified
Periods represented
MedievalSeason 1 – Episode 3
30 January 1994
9–11 April 1993
Not available on YouTube
Updated on 06.06.2022
The Fortress in the Lake
Llangorse Lake, Powys (Wales) at SO 12884 26890
The Team visit the site of a Dark Age crannog - a man-made island - in Brecon. What happened to the people who lived there? What was their connection with Ireland and an ancient script known as ogham? (Source: Channel 4)
Historic England NRHE Excavation Index
No NRHE entry identified
Historic Environment Record
Llangors Church (St Paulinus), assessment 1993 (Welsh HER Id: 38275)
Llangors Church (St Paulinus), desktop study 1993 (Welsh HER Id: 58527)
Llangors Church (St Paulinus), evaluation 1993 (Welsh HER Id: 58528)
Archaeological reports
No excavation report identified
Periods represented
Early MedievalSeason 1 – Episode 4
6 February 1994
16–18 September 1993
Not available on YouTube
Updated on 26.09.2021
Lord of the Isles
Finlaggan, Islay (Scotland) at NR 38918 68055
On Islay in the Scottish Hebrides, the Team try to crack the mysteries of the Lords of the Isles: where were these 13th-century Kings crowned and how did they live? (Source: Channel 4)
Historic England NRHE Excavation Index
No NRHE entry identified
Historic Environment Record
Islay, Finlaggan (Scotland HER (Canmore) Id: 79731)
Islay, Finlaggan (Scotland HER (Canmore) Id: 37701)
Islay, Loch Finlaggan (Scotland HER (Canmore) Id: 113270)
Archaeological reports
No excavation report identified
Periods represented
MedievalSeason 2 – Episode 1
8 January 1995
24–26 June 1994
Not available on YouTube
Updated on 26.09.2021
The Saxon Graves
Winterbourne Gunner, Wiltshire (England) at SU 18252 35209
A building site in the village of Winterboume Gunner, near Salisbury, stands abandoned. Previous developments on the surrounding land unearthed evidence of a Saxon burial ground. (Source: Channel 4)
Historic England NRHE Excavation Index
SALT LANE, WINTERBOURNE (TIME TEAM) (Id: 1050577)
Historic Environment Record
Ring Ditch, Rear of Salt Lane, Winterbourne Gunner (Wiltshire and Swindon HER Id: SU13NE661)
Camerton' Salt Lane Winterbourne Gunner (Wiltshire and Swindon HER Id: SU13NE660)
Archaeological reports
No excavation report identified
Periods represented
Bronze AgeEarly MedievalSeason 2 – Episode 2
15 January 1995
6–8 May 1994
Not available on YouTube
Updated on 27.09.2021
The Lost Villa
Tockenham, Wiltshire (England) at SU 03945 79281
The Time Team visit the picturesque village of Tockenham, deep in the heart of the ancient Wiltshire countryside (Source: Channel 4)
Historic England NRHE Excavation Index
TOCKENHAM (TIME TEAM) (Id: 1073776)
Historic Environment Record
Tockenham Villa site (Wiltshire and Swindon HER Id: SU07NW457)
Archaeological reports
Harding and Lewis (1997) An archaeological investigation at Tockenham, 1994
The Archbishop's Back Garden
Lambeth Palace, London (England) at TQ 30693 79240
Did the first road the Romans built into London cross the river at Lambeth rather than Tower Bridge and if so, does this mean that Lambeth was the site of the original Roman settlement? (Source: Channel 4)
Historic England NRHE Excavation Index
LAMBETH PALACE GARDENS (TIME TEAM) (Id: 1038962)
Historic Environment Record
Lambeth Palace Road [Lambeth Palace Gardens], Lambeth: Evaluation (Greater London HER Id: ELO1743)
Archaeological reports
Solane (1995) Lambeth Palace Gardens Evaluation, Site Code: LEG94
Periods represented
RomanMedievalPost-MedievalSeason 2 – Episode 4
29 January 1995
8–10 July 1994
Not available on YouTube
Updated on 27.09.2021
Medieval Dining Hall
Hylton Castle, Sunderland (England) at NZ 35786 58790
This episode takes an in-depth look at archaeology as it happens in a derelict medieval castle stranded in the middle of a Sunderland housing estate (Source: Channel 4)
Historic England NRHE Excavation Index
HYLTON CASTLE (TIME TEAM) (Id: 1109653)
Historic Environment Record
Hylton Castle (Tyne and Wear HER Id: 12)
Archaeological reports
Morley and Speak (2002) Excavation and Survey at Hylton Castle, Sunderland
Speak (1994) Hylton Castle, Sunderland. Evaluation, Earthwork & Geophysical Survey: Interim Report
Gater (1994) Geophysical survey report: Hylton Castle, Sunderland – Report No 94/60
Periods represented
MedievalSeason 2 – Episode 5
5 February 1995
10–12 June 1994
Not available on YouTube
Updated on 27.09.2021
Prehistoric Fogou
Boleigh, Cornwall (England) at SW 43717 25172
The Team investigate a 2000-year-old underground chamber - a fogou - in Cornwall. What was it used for, is there another underground passage nearby and was there an Iron Age Settlement on the site? (Source: Channel 4)
Historic England NRHE Excavation Index
BOLEIGH FOGOU (TIME TEAM) (Id: 1113492)
TREVENEAGUE FOGOU (TIME TEAM) (Id: 1113493)
Historic Environment Record
BOLEIGH - Iron Age fogou (Cornwall & Scilly HER Id: 28916.1)
Archaeological reports
Ovenden-Wilson (1995) Geophysical Survey: Cornish Fogous at Boleigh and Treveneague
Periods represented
Iron AgeSeason 3 – Episode 1
7 January 1996
17–19 March 1995
Not available on YouTube
Updated on 27.09.2021