Time Team (Specials)

Time Team Specials
No. of episodes 50
Broadcast
Original channel Channel 4
Original run 28 December 1997 – 17 June 2012

This is a list of Time Team Special episodes. The first one aired on 28 December 1997, the latest on September 7th, 2014. Regular contributors on Time Team include: Tony Robinson (presenter); archaeologists Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Carenza Lewis, Helen Geake, Francis Pryor; Robin Bush, Guy de la Bedoyere (historians); Victor Ambrus (illustrator); Stewart Ainsworth (landscape investigator); John Gater, Chris Gaffney (Geophysics); Henry Chapman (surveyor); Mark Corney (Roman specialist).[1]

Episodes

Specials

Episode # Special # Episode Title Location Coordinates Original airdate
221"Christmas Special - Much Wenlock"Much Wenlock, Shropshire28 December 1997
In this episode, the team go back to Much Wenlock in Shropshire, which they visited in the 1994 episode "The New Town of a Norman Prince", and from the Guildhall look back on previous Time Team sites to see what has happened since.[2]
442"Christmas Special - Barley Hall"Barley Hall, York53°57′40″N 1°04′57″W / 53.961241°N 1.082367°W19 December 1999
Tony Robinson presents this seasonal episode of Time Team from York's Barley Hall, where an extravagant Medieval Christmas celebration is in full swing. Looking back over previous digs, startling new evidence is revealed about one of the 'stars' unearthed on the show - a skeleton discovered during the live dig at Bawsey in Norfolk. Tony also revisits Reedham Marshes in Norfolk, to pay a special tribute to the crew of a B-17 'Flying Fortress' which crashed in February, 1944.[3]
453"The Mystery of Seahenge"Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk52°58′05″N 0°31′07″E / 52.967997°N 0.518536°E29 December 1999
In the spring of 2050 BCE, a huge oak tree was felled and its stump upturned and half-buried on a site near to what is now Holme-next-the-Sea in Norfolk. The following year, a number of smaller oaks were felled and cut into 56 posts, which were arranged in a circle around the central stump. This Bronze-Age monument, hailed by some modern archaeologists as among the most exciting ever discovered, could have formed some kind of ceremonial site, perhaps with special astronomical or other significance.
594"The Real King Arthur"24 December 2000
Once upon a time there lived a great hero and king known as Arthur - and his story is well known. Or is it? As Time Team discovers, most of what we know about Arthur is myth, the creation of imaginative writers and artful propagandists. Time Team is on a quest, searching for the truth behind the myth, mystery and multi-million-pound industry which has grown up around Arthur – the alleged 'King of the Britons'.
605"The Mystery of Mine Howe"Tankerness, Orkney58°56′18″N 2°51′06″W / 58.938400°N 2.851794°W27 December 2000
In September 1999, a local farmer rediscovered a remarkable underground structure - a flight of 17 stone steps descending to a half-landing and a further 11 steps descending to a chamber - which had been almost consigned to the annals of local folklore. The Team travels to Orkney, where local farmer Douglas Paterson went, in search of the mysterious underground chamber, said to be lost on his land after its discovery some 50 years earlier. Time Team film the excavation of the site for this years Christmas documentary.
706"Coventry's Lost Cathedral"Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, Warwickshire8 March 2001
Coventry's first cathedral was thought to have been virtually obliterated by Henry VIII. But a great deal more has survived than expected. When Time Team went to Coventry in 1999, a high-status grave, discovered late on the third day could not be properly excavated. The following day, remains of a burial that had survived Henry VIII's destruction of the monastery in the 1530s were uncovered, The team went back to film the results.
757"Island of the Eels"Ely, Cambridgeshire52°23′42″N 0°16′04″E / 52.395086°N 0.267727°E17 May 2001
Time Team has been following an excavation in Ely, Cambridgeshire, for a 90-minute documentary screened on 17 May. It has uncovered a remarkable picture of Ely in past centuries: channels where boats used to moor to load and unload goods; a medieval kiln with huge quantities of high-quality pottery finds; and a number of buildings fronting the road at Broad Street.[4]
768"Dinosaur Hunting"Dinosaur Belt, Montana, US47°48′40″N 112°10′56″W / 47.811155°N 112.182327°W30 December 2001
Tony Robinson and Phil Harding travelled to the Rocky Mountains in Montana, USA, for this special programme on dinosaurs and the 'dinosaur hunters' who discover and dig up their fossil remains. The methods used by the dinosaur hunters turned out to be very similar to those employed by archaeologists. And although Phil found he was making more use of a hammer and chisel than his usual digger's trowel, there was much more with which he was familiar from archaeological excavations. After joining a museum dig to excavate the bones of the T-Rex's ancestor, they uncover the big bucks tourist industry that dinosaur hunting has spawned in the US. Their journey culminates in a trip to the Badlands, where they help dinosaur hunter Jack Horner dig up the remains of a T-Rex.
909"The Big Dig in Canterbury"Canterbury, Kent51°16′37″N 1°04′54″E / 51.277013°N 1.081759°E15 April 2002
Much of the centre of the ancient Kentish city of Canterbury is being dug up to make way for a huge shopping centre. Time team have been invited to join local archaeologists in piecing together its rich 2000 year history within 9 months. They are joined by site co-directors Alison Hicks and Mark Houliston, Director of Canterbury Archaeological Trust Paul Bennett, project manager Helen Evans, and Sheila Sweetingborough (archive researcher). The dig is hampered by appalling weather. Attempts to market the dig to local businesses and residents meet with frustration.
9110"Londinium, The Edge of Empire"London51°30′54″N 0°05′35″W / 51.514915°N 0.093061°W22 April 2002
9211"The Wreck of the Colossus"St Mary's, Isles of Scilly49°56′10″N 6°19′20″W / 49.935975°N 6.322117°W31 October 2002
Tony and Phil from Time Team join divers from the British Government's Archeological Diving Unit, fighting to recover a massive statue and other treasure from the wreck of HMS Colossus, and piece together the history of this 18th century warship.[5]
10612"Hadrian's Well"10 April 2003
10713"Big Dig, The Hole Story"29 December 2003
12014"Sheffield Steel City"Sheffield, South Yorkshire53°23′09″N 1°27′56″W / 53.385858°N 1.465609°W
53°24′05″N 1°31′12″W / 53.401319°N 1.520046°W
53°22′55″N 1°28′31″W / 53.381912°N 1.475182°W		22 March 2004
12215"The House in the Loch"Loch Tay, Perthshire56°34′19″N 4°04′58″W / 56.571940°N 4.082767°W19 April 2004
12316"The Ten Million Pound House"Ightham Mote, Kent51°15′31″N 0°16′11″E / 51.258473°N 0.269655°E3 May 2004
12417"D-Day"D-Day, Normandy49°19′27″N 0°35′44″W / 49.324187°N 0.595621°W31 May 2004
13818"The King of Bling"Prittlewell, Essex51°33′13″N 0°42′30″E / 51.553514°N 0.708365°E13 June 2005
13919"Britain's Lost Roman Circus"Colchester, Essex51°53′00″N 0°53′48″E / 51.883429°N 0.896732°E20 June 2005
Time Team visit a chilly Colchester. It is well-known as a town rich in Roman remains. Tony Robinson tells the story of the discovery of the only Roman circus ever found in Britain, just outside Colchester's town walls. The circus was used for chariot-racing. As the site is due for development, time is of the essence. The team are joined by Philip Crummy of Colchester Archaeological Trust, Roman Historian John Humphrey, and site supervisor Rob Masefield. Guy de la Bedoyere visits the Circus of Maxentius in Rome. Phil Harding helps wheelwright Robert Hurford to make a replica chariot, which is demonstrated by stuntman Jonathan Waterer. As chariot-racing was a highly dangerous sport, could it be that some of the casualties are interred in the nearby cemetery?
14020"Life on the Edge 1,000 Years BC"Washingborough, Lincoln53°13′45″N 0°26′25″W / 53.229263°N 0.440213°W27 June 2005
14121"Journey to Stonehenge"Durrington, Wiltshire51°11′31″N 1°47′00″W / 51.191838°N 1.783245°W28 November 2005
An international team of archaeologists is excavating Durrington Walls, Britain's biggest henge, which dwarfs nearby Stonehenge. Mike Parker Pearson explains to Tony and Mick his revolutionary theory about the connection between the two sites. A road leading from the henge to the river would bear out his theory. Meanwhile Phil is taking part in Time Team's biggest ever reconstruction, a great timber circle. Victor provides characteristic illustrations.
14222"The Big Roman Villa"Dinnington, Somerset50°55′05″N 2°50′58″W / 50.918038°N 2.849563°W8 January 2006
Time Team first discovered this Roman villa at Dinnington, Somerset in 2002 (programme shown 12 January 2003) and returned to it during the Big Roman Dig in July 2005 (programme shown live). This Special includes content from the previous programmes. The villa was on a grand scale, with central heating and gaudily painted rooms. Victor Ambrus sketches one of the spectacular mosaic floors.
15623"Buried By The Blitz"Shoreditch Park, London29 October 2006
Parkland in London where terraced houses were destroyed in The Blitz
15724"The Big Royal Dig"Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Holyrood Palace31 December 2006
16525"Pugin - The God Of Gothic"Ramsgate, Kent51°19′41″N 1°24′35″E / 51.328172°N 1.409773°E1 March 2007
Tony Robinson, with the help of experts like Grand Designs' Kevin McCloud, discovers how in just 20 working years, architect Augustus Pugin changed the face of Britain
17226"Britain's Drowned World"51°04′45″N 1°40′22″E / 51.079069°N 1.672726°E24 April 2007
Tony Robinson, Phil Harding and Francis Pryor investigate the large area of land which used to connect the island of Britain to mainland Europe, before it was flooded by the North Sea 9,000 years ago. New research shows that the area known as Doggerland was a fertile land with its own ecosystem, including exotic animals, humans and Neanderthals.[1]
17327"Jamestown: America's Birthplace"Virginia, US37°12′37″N 76°46′50″W / 37.210397°N 76.780618°W1 May 2007
17428"Secrets of the Stately Garden"27 August 2007
17729"Codename: Ainsbrook"Yorkshire14 January 2008
18430"The Real Knights of the Round Table"Windsor Castle, Berkshire25 February 2008
19031"The Lost Dock of Liverpool"Liverpool, Merseyside53°24′11″N 2°59′18″W / 53.403030°N 2.988416°W21 April 2008
19132"Swords, Skulls and Strongholds"19 May 2008
19233"The Lost WWI Bunker"Flanders, Belgium50°52′19″N 2°57′34″E / 50.872053°N 2.959452°E10 November 2008[6]
19334"The Mystery of the Roman Treasure"See: Sevso Treasure26 December 2008
20735"Henry VIII's Lost Palaces"England13 April 2009
20836"The Secrets of Stonehenge"Stonehenge, Wiltshire1 June 2009
20937"Dover Castle"Dover, Kent51°07′47″N 1°19′17″E / 51.129628°N 1.321437°E19 December 2009
21538"Nelson's Hospital"Gosport, Hampshire50°47′10″N 1°07′26″W / 50.786°N 1.124°W17 May 2010
In the 18th century the Royal Navy was the most successful fighting force in the world. To maintain this status it desperately needed better ways of looking after its sick and wounded, so in 1746 it decided to build the best hospital the country had ever seen, near the Portsmouth dockyard at Haslar. Costing £100,000, it was the biggest construction project in the country, and for over 250 years Haslar treated sailors from The Battle of Trafalgar to the Gulf War, until in 2009 the hospital closed its doors on the sick for the last time.
21739"The Secrets of Westminster Abbey"Westminster Abbey, London28 June 2010
22040"The Real Vikings"11 October 2010
The Vikings are notoriously known as fearsome, axe-wielding warriors who relished their reputation as bloodthirsty invaders. But Tony and the Team paint a new and much more complex picture of these skillful and enterprising people.[7]
23141"Wars of the Roses"Bosworth, Leicestershire16 March 2011[8]
23642"The Somme's Secret Weapon"Mametz, Somme, France14 April 2011
Tony Robinson and team are at a dig near Mametz in France. They are there to search for the remains of a Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector – a weapon believed to have been deployed for the first time on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme.[9]
23843"Castle of the Saxon Kings"Bamburgh, Northumberland55°36′14″N 1°43′19″W / 55.60389°N 1.72194°W24 April 2011[10]
Tony and the Team help investigate the Saxon roots of Bamburgh Castle, high on rocky cliffs in Northumberland above the vast North Sea beach and with the magical island of Lindisfarne visible in the distance.
23944"Looking Underground"N/AN/A1 May 2011[11]
Tony Robinson and geophys boffin John Gater look back over 200 digs at the extraordinary achievements of cutting-edge geophysics technology, which has uncovered lost Roman villas, tombs, temples and ancient monuments, as well as a host of old broken tractor bits and enigmatic ditches.
24045"Boudica's Lost Tribe"N/AN/A4 May 2011
Boudica is revered as one of the greatest female warriors in history. Tony Robinson traces her story and follows a major excavation in Norfolk that may hold the key to uncovering what happened to Boudica's tribe after they were defeated by the Roman army.
24146"The Way We Lived"N/AN/A8 May 2011[12]
Tony Robinson and Mick Aston dig out the best bits of over 200 Time Team episodes to tell the story of how our domestic lives have changed over 10 millennia.
24247"Brunel's Last Launch"N/AN/A10 November 2011
Tony joins archaeologists as they discover why what went wrong with Brunel's SS Great Eastern in 1858.
25148"Searching for Shakespeare's House"Stratford-upon-AvonN/A11 March 2012
The team go in search of the home of William Shakespeare.
25549"Secrets of the Saxon Gold"See: Staffordshire HoardN/A22 April 2012
An investigation of the Anglo-Saxon treasure discovered in Staffordshire in 2009.
25850"Rediscovering Ancient Britain"South Dorset Ridgeway, DorsetN/A17 June 2012
The Time Team journeys along the length of the South Dorset Ridgeway and explores thousands of years of human occupation.[13]
27251"Britain's Stone Age Tsunami"N/AN/A30 May 2013
Tony Robinson reveals astonishing new evidence that shows how, 8000 years ago, a huge tsunami swamped the east coast of Britain.[14]
27352"The Secret of Lincoln Jail"N/AN/A30 June 2013
The team gain access to Lincoln's castle, its medieval dungeons and Victorian and Georgian jails.[15]
27453"The Lost Submarine of WWI"N/AN/A7 July 2013
Sir Tony Robinson joins forces with expert diver and historian Innes McCartney to uncover the experimental origins of Britain's Submarine Service.[16]
27554"1066: The Lost Battlefield"Battle, East Sussex, EnglandN/A1 December 2013
Sir Tony Robinson looks for where the Battle of Hastings was really fought.
27655"The Madness of Bedlam"Bishopsgate, City of London, EnglandN/A1 December 2013
The team investigate Bedlam Hospital, the world's first lunatic asylum that opened seven centuries ago.[17]
27756"The Edwardian Grand Designer"Castle Drogo, Drewsteignton, Devon, EnglandN/A23 February 2014
Sir Tony Robinson goes behind the scenes of the National Trust's £11 million restoration of Castle Drogo in Devon, Britain's newest castle, and finds out about the life and work of its architect.[18]
27857"Britain's Bronze Age Mummies"Low Hauxley, Northumberland, EnglandN/A2 March 2014
As Sir Tony Robinson discovers, there are gaps in historians' knowledge of the strange rituals, death rites and beliefs from 2500BC, when Britain entered the Bronze Age.[19]
27958"Secrets of the Body Snatchers"N/AN/A31 August 2014
Sir Tony Robinson uncovers the truth behind some of the most gruesome events of the 19th century, when criminals would break open graves to steal freshly buried bodies.[20]
28059"The Boats That Made Britain"Dover, KentN/A7 September 2014
In what is meant to be the last ever Time Team special, Tony Robinson joins a team of experts as they strive to reconstruct the most intact Bronze Age boat ever found, discovered in 1992 in the Dover town centre.[21]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Time Team Digs cast list". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
  2. ↑ "Time Team Special 01: Much Wenlock, Shropshire". Unofficial Time Team Site. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  3. ↑ "Time Team Specials". Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Time team - Island of the eels". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  5. ↑ "Time Team Specials - The Wreck of the Colossus - Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  6. ↑ "Time Team Specials - The Lost WWI Bunker - Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  7. ↑ "Time Team Specials - The Real Vikings - Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  8. ↑ "Time Team Specials - Wars of the Roses - Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  9. ↑ "Time Team Special 42: The Somme's Secret Weapon". Unofficial Time Team Site. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
  10. ↑ "Time Team Specials - Castle of the Saxon Kings - Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  11. ↑ "Time Team Specials - Looking Underground - Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  12. ↑ "Time Team Specials - The Way We Lived - Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  13. ↑ "Time Team Specials - Rediscovering Ancient Britain - Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  14. ↑ "Time Team Specials - Britain's Stone Age Tsunami - Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  15. ↑ "Time Team Specials - The Secret of Lincoln Jail - Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  16. ↑ "Time Team Specials - The Lost Submarine of WWI - Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  17. ↑ "Time Team Specials - The Madeness of Bedlam - Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  18. ↑ "Time Team Specials - The Edwardian Grand Designer - Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  19. ↑ "Time Team Specials - Britain's Bronze Age Mummies - Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  20. ↑ "Time Team Specials - Secrets of the Body Snatchers- Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  21. ↑ "Time Team Specials - The Boats That Made Britain- Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 2014-10-12.

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