Time Team (1994–2013)

1. S01E01Season's bestThe Guerrilla Base of the King - Athelney, SomersetJanuary 16, 1994 7.0In this first ever episode of Time Team, Tony and the team travel to Athelney in Somerset to investigate a series of hills (once islands in
2. S01E02On the Edge of an Empire - Ribchester, LancashireJanuary 23, 1994 6.0Ribchester in Lancashire has been known for some time as a site of a Roman fort. The Time Team arrive in the town to answer two questions, o
3. S01E03The New Town of a Norman Prince - Much Wenlock, ShropshireJanuary 30, 1994 6.0The Time Team go to the small town of Much Wenlock, after they receive a letter from a resident explains a recent excavation uncovered possi
4. S01E04The Fortress in the Lake - Llangorse Lake, PowysFebruary 6, 1994—The Time Team travel to Brecon Beacons in Wales, they have come to investigate a small man-made island in Llangorse Lake. Locals tell many s

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01Lord of the Isles - Finlaggan, IslayJanuary 8, 1995—The Time Team travel to a group of islands on the western side of Scotland to investigate a culture known as the "Lords of the Isls" - who r
2. S02E02The Saxon Graves - Winterbourne Gunner, WiltshireJanuary 15, 1995—The Time Team visit Hylton Castle near Sunderland. A local group want to redevelop the local area as a tourist attraction but don't want to
3. S02E03The Lost Villa - Tockenham, WiltshireJanuary 22, 1995—Tockenham village, in the Wiltshire countryside. Despite the fact that there are no Roman remains in Tockenham, the village's 15th century c
4. S02E04The Archbishop's Back Garden - Lambeth Palace, LondonJanuary 29, 1995—The Time Team traveled to Lambet Palace in the heart of London. They are trying to unravel the enigma of why the Romans crossed the Thames i
5. S02E05Medieval Dining Hall - Hylton Castle, SunderlandFebruary 5, 1995—The Time Team travel to Winterbourne Gunner in Wiltshire to investigate a housing development that has come to a halt because of an alarming

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01Prehistoric Fogou - Boleigh and Treveneague, CornwallJanuary 7, 1996—Recorded between 17 and 19 March 1995, the team try to discover what a 2000-year-old underground chamber (fogou) beneath Jo May's garden was
2. S03E02Hunting for Mammoth - Stanton Harcourt, OxfordshireJanuary 14, 1996—Recorded between 21 and 23 April 1995, in this episode the team go to a gravel pit that is soon to become landfill, where they attempt to un
3. S03E03Village of the Templars - Templecombe, SomersetJanuary 21, 1996—Recorded between 26 and 28 May 1995. A 13th century picture of Christ, strikingly similar to that on the Turin Shroud, has turned up. It's b
4. S03E04A Wreck of the Spanish Armada - Teignmouth, DevonJanuary 28, 1996—Recorded between 30 June and 2 July 1995. 20 years ago a teenage boy discovered a 400-year-old bronze cannon in water close to the south Dev
5. S03E05Palace of the Irish Kings - Emain Macha (aka Navan Fort), County ArmaghFebruary 4, 1996—Recorded between 7 and 9 April 1995, the team are at Emain Macha (aka Navan Fort), County Armagh, where according to Celtic legends three pa
6. S03E06Treasures of the Roman Field - Lavenham, SuffolkFebruary 11, 1996—Recorded between 28 and 30 August 1995. The team arrive in a large square field about 20 miles from Colchester. This is an area typically ri

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01Maryland, USA - St. Mary's City, Maryland, USAJanuary 5, 1997—Recorded between 17 and 19 May 1996, the team go to St. Mary's City in Maryland to work with American archaeologists to look for evidence of
2. S04E02Mystery of the Cornish Skeletons - Launceston, CornwallJanuary 12, 1997—Filmed between 22 and 24 March 1996. A local landowner has discovered human bones while installing water pipes. It is known to be the site o
3. S04E03Steam-Powered Mint - Soho, BirminghamJanuary 19, 1997—Recorded between 5 and 7 April 1996, this episode sees the team try to discover what remains of Matthew Boulton's Soho Manufactory, an impor
4. S04E048th Century Church - Govan, GlasgowJanuary 26, 1997—Filmed from 14 to 16 June 1996, in this episode the team try to find out why the graveyard of a 19th century church features large tortoise-
5. S04E05Norman and Medieval Castles - Malton, North YorkshireFebruary 2, 1997—Recorded between 5 and 7 July 1996, the team try to discover a medieval castle and a Jacobean mansion. Barry Scott (bladesmith) makes a swor
6. S04E06Roman Villa - Netheravon, WiltshireFebruary 9, 1997—Filmed from 2 to 4 August 1996, this episode looks for a Roman villa that was first partially discovered 90 years before by William Hawley.

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

1. S05E01Richmond Palace - Richmond, SurreyJanuary 4, 1998—Filmed between 25 and 27 July 1997. The team are camped on an immaculate suburban lawn next to the Thames. They are searching for the now va
2. S05E02Bronze-Age Trackway - Greylake, SomersetJanuary 11, 1998—The team go to the Somerset levels in search of a 4,000-year-old wooden trackway. The quickest way to get across the marshes that used to ex
3. S05E03Viking Graves - Orkney, ScotlandJanuary 18, 1998—The team go in search of evidence of the invasion of the Vikings, and its influence on ancient Britain. The team travel to the Orcadian isla
4. S05E04Roman Villa - Turkdean, GloucestershireJanuary 25, 1998—3 days of live excavation. The weekend ended with evidence of a Romano-British villa complex that is one of the largest ever found in Britai
5. S05E05Copper-Age Settlement - Mallorca, SpainFebruary 1, 1998—Time Team goes abroad to tackle one of its most challenging sites. They search for evidence of one of the most enigmatic cultures in the wor
6. S05E06Aston Eyre Farmhouse - Aston Eyre, ShropshireFebruary 8, 1998—Filmed between 27 and 29 June 1997, the team go to Shropshire and search for a complex of medieval buildings in Aston Eyre, where the only r
7. S05E07Cathedral Hill - Downpatrick, County DownFebruary 22, 1998—Recorded between 19 and 21 February 1997, the team look for the early monastic buildings on Cathedral Hill, where according to legend St. Pa
8. S05E08Deserted Medieval Village - High Worsall, North YorkshireMarch 1, 1998—Filmed between 10 and 12 October 1997, Time Team go to High Worsall, near Middlesbrough, a village that almost completely disappeared hundre

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

1. S06E01Wedgwood's First Factory - Burslem, Stoke-On-TrentJanuary 3, 1999—The Team are in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, to investigate what remains of Josiah Wedgwood's first factory and to discover what pottery he was
2. S06E02Back Garden Roman Finds - Papcastle, CumbriaJanuary 10, 1999—The team are in North West England, investigating Roman finds and a possible Roman building, unearthed in a family's back garden. The house
3. S06E03Dominican Friary Church and Norman Cathedral - Thetford, NorfolkJanuary 17, 1999—Time Team have been invited by pupils of Thetford Grammar School in Norfolk, to investigate the remains of a Dominican friary church and a 1
4. S06E04Cooper's Hole - Cheddar Gorge, SomersetJanuary 24, 1999—Investigation, at the invitation of the cave's owner, the Marquess of Bath, to see if there is evidence of Palaeolithic human activity in th
5. S06E05Medieval Plympton - Plympton, DevonJanuary 31, 1999—In the 12th century many towns were designed and laid out on regular lines. The people of Plympton believe there is enough evidence to plot
6. S06E06Tudor Dockyard - Smallhythe, KentFebruary 7, 1999—Looking for evidence of a 15th century dock, the team are in Small Hythe. The dock was once next to the mile-wide River Rother but its locat
7. S06E07Golf Course Roman Bathhouse - Beauport Park, SussexFebruary 14, 1999—Historian Guy de la Bedoyere asks the team to investigate the isolated ruins of a bath-house, discovered by Gerald Brodribb in the midst of
8. S06E08Bombers In Reedham Marshes - Reedham, NorfolkFebruary 21, 1999—Time Team team up with air crash investigators to discover what happened to two B-17 bombers which crashed with loss of all lives on board o
9. S06E09Back To Turkdean - Turkdean, GloucestershireFebruary 28, 1999—Time Team revisit a live dig from 1997, where they found a large Roman complex in a Gloucestershire field. But at the same time, geophysics
10. S06E10Field Cropmarks - Kemerton, WorcestershireMarch 7, 1999—An aerial survey of a Worcestershire field has revealed cropmarks leading to substantial Bronze Age finds. But Iron Age remains also exist.
11. S06E11Ruined Norman Church - Bawsey, NorfolkMarch 14, 1999—This live dig centres on a ruined Norman church on a hill in Norfolk. This National Trust site promises to be the richest source of finds th
12. S06E12Montravers Estate (Part 1) - Nevis, West IndiesMarch 21, 1999—Invited by historian David Small, the team are on the tiny Caribbean island of Nevis, for a six-day dig to uncover the history of sugar prod
13. S06E13Montravers Estate (Part 2) - Nevis, West IndiesMarch 28, 1999—Invited by historian David Small, the team are on the tiny Caribbean island of Nevis, for a six-day dig to uncover the history of sugar prod

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

1. S07E01A Muslim Port In Spain - Denia, SpainJanuary 2, 2000—1000 years ago, the port of Denia on the Costa Blanca used to be a thriving Islamic outpost in medieval Europe, before being Christianised i
2. S07E02The Mosaic at the Bottom of the Garden - Cirencester, GloucestershireJanuary 9, 2000—In 300 A.D. Corinium Dobunnorum was England's wealthiest city next to Londinium. Now it's the pleasant Gloucestershire town of Cirencester,
3. S07E03One of the First Spitfires Lost in France - Wierre-Effroy, FranceJanuary 16, 2000—On 23 May 1940 a Spitfire (P9373) flown by RAF pilot Paul Klipsch crashed into a field in Wierre-Effroy, France. Time Team, in concert with
4. S07E04An Iron-Age Roundhouse and a Henge - Waddon, DorsetJanuary 23, 2000—Time Team are doing a spot of gardening. Residents have presented them with evidence of historical activity, in the form of pottery shards a
5. S07E05Hadrian's Wall - Birdoswald, CumbriaJanuary 30, 2000—The team carry out the first-ever excavation of a cemetery at a Roman fort. This one is a World Heritage Site on Hadrian's Wall, delineating
6. S07E06In Search of the Earliest Traces of Mankind - Elveden, SuffolkFebruary 6, 2000—Beneath a modern holiday village in Suffolk lies evidence of early Stone Age activity, 400,000 years ago. Human remains from this period in
7. S07E07The Missing Cathedral and the Diabetic Prior - Coventry, West MidlandsFebruary 13, 2000—Coventry's modern cathedral replaced the old cathedral, bombed to destruction by the Luftwaffe in World War II. A 3rd cathedral, St. Mary's,
8. S07E08The Royalists' Last Stand - Basing House, HampshireFebruary 20, 2000—Basing House in Hampshire, owned by the Paulet family was once one of the largest private homes in Britain until besieged and destroyed in t
9. S07E09A Bronze-Age Barrow and Walkway - Flag Fenn, CambridgeshireFebruary 27, 2000—The team have their work cut out in the Cambridgeshire fenland, looking for remnants of an ancient culture in the flat landscape. The long w
10. S07E10In Search of the Palace of King Offa - Sutton, HerefordMarch 5, 2000—Time Team are in Freen's Court on the English-Welsh border. A recent aerial photograph shows parch marks. The kingdom of Mercia was ruled by
11. S07E11A Roman Temple in Sight of the Millennium Dome - Greenwich Park, LondonMarch 12, 2000—The team dig for Roman remains in Greenwich Park, London. They are joined by Hedley Swain from the Museum of London, Harvey Sheldon from the
12. S07E12Nuns in Northumbria - Hartlepool, County DurhamMarch 19, 2000—In 1833 builders in Hartlepool, Northumbria found name stones and skeletons in what once was the graveyard of Hartlepool Abbey. Time Team in
13. S07E13The Roman Fortress of Eboracum - York, YorkshireMarch 26, 2000—The team head to the ancient city of York for a special live dig. Finds include a Roman skeleton with hobnailed boots, and a Viking leather

Season 7 ranked & reviewed

1. S08E01An Anglo-Saxon Cemetery - Normanton, LincolnshireJanuary 7, 2001—The team are intrigued that an Anglo-Saxon cemetery should contain Roman pottery. They are joined by archaeologist Naomi Field, Maggie Darli
2. S08E02The Man Who Bought a Castle - Alderton, NorthamptonshireJanuary 14, 2001—Derek Batten bought a plot of land advertised as a castle and moat; but there is little sign of a castle other than a tree-covered mound sur
3. S08E03The Celtic Spring - Llygadwy, PowysJanuary 21, 2001—In deepest Wales lies an extraordinary site, with a Megalith, a Neolithic tomb, a Norman watchtower, early Christian symbols, and a natural
4. S08E04A Waltham Villa - Waltham Field, Whittington, GloucestershireJanuary 28, 2001—Time Team want to paint a picture of a family living in a Roman villa in the Cotswolds almost 2000 years ago. So they decide to dig a site n
5. S08E05The Lost Viaduct - Blaenavon, TorfaenFebruary 4, 2001—Time Team attempt to find what is reputed to be the first railway viaduct. Built in 1790, to move coal efficiently from the mine to the Blae
6. S08E06A Palace Sold for Scrap - Rycote, Thame, OxfordshireFebruary 11, 2001—The owners of Rycote House live in a lovely converted stable block, but they believe that the extremely grand house that once stood on the p
7. S08E07An Iron-Age Roundhouse - Salisbury Plain, WiltshireFebruary 18, 2001—The team are on Salisbury Plain, over 38,000 hectares of land in South West England owned by the MOD. Though the whole area is rich in ancie
8. S08E08The Bone Caves - Alveston, GloucestershireFebruary 25, 2001—A pile of bones has been discovered in a narrow cave. They include cows, dogs and a human skull, which have been dated to the late Iron Age
9. S08E09The Inter-City Villa - Basildon, BerkshireMarch 4, 2001—While laying Brunel's Great Western Railway line 50 miles from London, navvies discovered mosaic floors indicating a Roman villa. The mosaic
10. S08E10Holy Island - Lindisfarne, NorthumberlandMarch 11, 2001—The team look at a wide range of historical deposits on the iconic Holy Island of Lindisfarne, including evidence of military activity in th
11. S08E11The Leaning Tower of Bridgnorth - Bridgnorth, ShropshireMarch 18, 2001—All that is left of Bridgnorth Castle is the 70-foot Norman tower. The team are in the park, trying to piece together what it looked like in
12. S08E12Three Tales of Canterbury - Canterbury, KentMarch 25, 2001—In highlights from a previous live dig, the team visit the ancient city of Canterbury to investigate three separate sites, all connected by
13. S08E13The Leper Hospital - Winchester, HampshireApril 1, 2001—Outside of the city boundaries of Winchester, in what is today known as Hospital Field, once stood the St Mary Magdalen Leper Hospital. Prob

Season 8 ranked & reviewed

1. S09E01London's First Bridge - Vauxhall, LondonJanuary 6, 2002—At low tide on the foreshore of the Thames near Vauxhall Bridge in central London, a series of timber stumps is visible. How old are they, a
2. S09E02The Roman's Panic - Ancaster, LincolnshireJanuary 13, 2002—Ancaster has yielded numerous Roman finds as well as a large cemetery with several sarcophagi from the period. In addition, the church is kn
3. S09E03Diving for the Armada - Kinlochbervie, SutherlandJanuary 20, 2002—The team travel to West Scotland to investigate the wreck of a ship that may have been part of the Spanish armada. As this is a classic case
4. S09E04The Naughty Monastery - Chicksands, BedfordshireJanuary 27, 2002—The team are invited to investigate the officers' mess of a military base in Bedfordshire, once home to monks and nuns of a 14th century Gil
5. S09E05The Furnace in the Cellar - Ironbridge Gorge, ShropshireFebruary 3, 2002—The team head for a pub in Leighton, whose cellar contains the remains of a blast furnace once used for smelting iron. When Tony arrives, te
6. S09E06An Ermine Street Pub - Cheshunt, HertfordshireFebruary 10, 2002—It is 40 years since amateur archaeologists dug up Roman remains near Ermine Street, now hidden beneath Cheshunt Park. Time Team tell the st
7. S09E07Iron-Age Market - Helford, CornwallFebruary 17, 2002—Two massive hill forts on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, at Gear and Caer Vallack, have never been excavated. In fact, no major Cornish I
8. S09E08Siege House in Shropshire - High Ercall, ShropshireFebruary 24, 2002—The owners of a Tudor house, High Ercall Hall, want Time Team to investigate a bloody confrontation between the Roundheads and Cavaliers dur
9. S09E09A Prehistoric Airfield - Throckmorton, WorcestershireMarch 3, 2002—Hoping to uncover Bronze Age burials, the team descend on a disused airfield. But initial finds suggest the Iron Age, while geophysics shows
10. S09E10A Lost Roman City - Castleford, YorkshireMarch 10, 2002—The medieval castle of Beaudesert in Henley-in-Arden suddenly vanished without trace, leaving a single stone on top of a mound. The people w
11. S09E11Every Castle Needs a Lord - Beaudesert, WarwickshireMarch 17, 2002—The medieval castle of Beaudesert in Henley-in-Arden suddenly vanished without trace, leaving a single stone on top of a mound. The people w
12. S09E12Steptoe Et Filius - Yaverland, Isle of WightMarch 24, 2002—Two years ago, local archaeologist Kevin Trott discovered Roman remains in a trench being dug for a water pipe. Unfortunately the trench had
13. S09E13Seven Buckets and a Buckle - Breamore, HampshireMarch 31, 2002—A Byzantine brass bucket was found during a 3-day live dig in a Saxon cemetery a year ago. Time Team returns to find out more about the peop

Season 9 ranked & reviewed

1. S10E01Garden Secrets - Raunds, NorthamptonshireJanuary 5, 2003—Time Team investigates a back garden in Raunds, where a skeleton – aptly named Henry by his discoverer – has been found along with his Anglo
2. S10E02Mosaics, Mosaics, Mosaics - Dinnington, SomersetJanuary 12, 2003—Time Team travels to Somerset to investigate the discovery of an exquisite Roman mosaic in a field. The geophysical survey clearly indicates
3. S10E03Peak District Practices - Carsington, DerbyshireJanuary 19, 2003—Time Team examines a mysterious cave in Derbyshire where cavers have found several skeletons, some of them newborn babies and the earliest d
4. S10E04The Giant's Grave - Fetlar, ShetlandJanuary 26, 2003—Time Team investigates a Shetland back garden for remains of Viking occupation after the discovery of a number of soapstone objects there. T
5. S10E05Joust Dig It - Greenwich, LondonFebruary 2, 2003—Time Team investigates Placentia, the Greenwich palace of king Henry VIII. They try to locate his royal armoury and the tiltyard, where the
6. S10E06Digging Liberty - Merton, LondonFebruary 9, 2003—Tony Robinson and the team are hunting for Liberty's first factory in South London. 'Liberty silks' still evoke images of opulence and beaut
7. S10E07Death in a Crescent - Bath, SomersetFebruary 16, 2003—Time Team visit Bath to investigate parch marks seen in the park lawn of the Royal Crescent, indicating the presence of a large Roman road,
8. S10E08Back to Our Roots - Athelney, SomersetFebruary 23, 2003—Time Team revisits Athelney Abbey, the hideaway of Alfred the Great, and also the very first site investigated by the team one hundred progr
9. S10E09Looking for the White House - Kew Gardens, LondonMarch 2, 2003—Time Team visits Kew Gardens to find the White House, part of the second Kew Palace complex and favourite home of mad king George III. While
10. S10E10Rescuing the Dead - Leven, FifeMarch 2, 2003—A building development threatens a Bronze Age cemetery in Fife, and Time Team is there to carry out rescue excavations together with County
11. S10E11Not a Blot on the Landscape - Castle Howard, YorkshireMarch 16, 2003—Time Team travels to Castle Howard to look for the lost village of Henderskelf, which was demolished around 1700 to make way for the new cas
12. S10E12A View to a Kiln - Sedgefield, County DurhamMarch 16, 2003—Roman finds from Sedgefield prompt Time Team to visit a field and subject it to investigation. Air photographs and geophysical survey show t
13. S10E13Jailhouse Rocks - Appleby-in-Westmorland, CumbriaMarch 30, 2003—The police in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, know that their station dates back to the first gaol built on the site in the 1770s. They als

Season 10 ranked & reviewed

1. S11E01In Search of the Brigittine Abbey - Syon House, LondonJanuary 4, 2004—The team are on the trail of a medieval mystery. Founded by Henry V and built by his son Henry VI, Syon Abbey was a large, wealthy monastery
2. S11E02A Roman Bath House and Edwardian Folly - Whitestaunton Manor, SomersetJanuary 11, 2004—Next to the beautifully manicured lawns of Whitestaunton Manor in the Blackdown Hills of Somerset lies a patch of muddy weeds. Coins and pot
3. S11E03The Crannog in the Loch - Loch Migdale, Scottish HighlandsJanuary 18, 2004—There's an island-ish round area of stones in Loch Migdale - could it be a crannog? 200 meters away on the banks is a small (12 m diameter)
4. S11E04Saxon Burials on the Ridge - South Carlton, LincolnshireJanuary 25, 2004—The team investigate a possible fifth century cemetery in a ploughed field, where they find a metal shield boss. One male skeleton is holdin
5. S11E05The Roman Fort That Wasn't There - Syndale, KentFebruary 1, 2004—Nobody knows what happened immediately after the Romans arrived in 43 AD, because no Roman fort has been discovered in this part of South Ea
6. S11E06An Iron-Age Trading Centre - Green Island, DorsetFebruary 8, 2004—Green Island in Poole Harbour has already shown that it was a significant centre of Iron Age activity, with evidence of industrial activity
7. S11E07A Medieval Blast Furnace - The Old Furnace, Oakamoor, StaffordshireFebruary 15, 2004—The team are revisiting the garden of Furnace Cottage in Churnet Valley, where the previous excavation of an Elizabethan blast furnace produ
8. S11E08Rescuing a Mesolithic Foreshore - Goldcliff, NewportFebruary 22, 2004—When the tide recedes at this point on the Severn estuary, rare evidence of stone age activity is uncovered. Time Team are on a three-day mi
9. S11E09Fertile Soils, Rich Archaeology - Wittenham Clumps, OxfordshireFebruary 29, 2004—The British landscape is littered with Iron Age hill forts. A local archaeology unit is digging such a hill fort in Oxfordshire, but cannot
10. S11E10King Cnut's Manor - Nassington, NorthamptonshireMarch 7, 2004—Digging up fields and car parks and back gardens is all very well, but how could Time Team pass up a chance to dig up a living room? The man
11. S11E11Back-Garden Archaeology: Revisiting a Roman Villa - Ipswich, SuffolkMarch 14, 2004—As renowned Suffolk archaeologist Basil Brown discovered, Castle Hill near Ipswich is named, not after a castle, but a substantial Roman vil
12. S11E12The Lost City of Roxburgh - Roxburgh, Scottish BordersMarch 21, 2004—Tony and the team search for the remains of Roxburgh, one of medieval Scotland's four great centres, but which has vanished beneath the past
13. S11E13Brimming with Remains - Cranborne Chase, DorsetMarch 28, 2004—Pigs rooting in a windswept field in Dorset unearthed fragments including Roman mosaic floor tiles. In addition, a Bournemouth University ex

Season 11 ranked & reviewed

1. S12E01The Manor That's Back to Front - Chenies Manor House, BuckinghamshireJanuary 2, 2005—Tony Robinson and the team visit Chenies Manor which is believed to have been upgraded in time for Henry VIII's visit around 1530. However,
2. S12E02The Monastery and the Mansion - Nether Poppleton, YorkshireJanuary 9, 2005—The villagers of Nether Poppleton, near York, join Tony Robinson and the team for some extensive digging as they try to determine the exact
3. S12E03The Bombers in the Marsh - Warton near Preston, LancashireJanuary 16, 2005—On 29 November 1944, two US Douglas A-26 Invader bombers crashed in Warton Marsh. Both planes, along with a number of others, had left Warto
4. S12E04Fighting On The Frontier - Drumlanrig, Dumfries and GallowayJanuary 23, 2005—Twenty years ago, during a particularly dry summer, parch marks revealed what seemed to be a huge Roman fort a few hundred metres from the D
5. S12E05A Neolithic Cathedral? - Northborough, PeterboroughJanuary 30, 2005—The Time Team is invited to a huge circular crop mark near Peterborough, referred to as a causewayed enclosure by archaeologists. Huge ditch
6. S12E06In Search of Henry V's Flagship, Grace Dieu - Bursledon, HampshireFebruary 6, 2005—The team have three days to explore the skeleton of a medieval warship found on the bed of the River Hamble near Southampton. They must prov
7. S12E07Going Upmarket With The Romans - Standish, GloucestershireFebruary 13, 2005—For years, a field near Standish in Gloucestershire has yielded Roman brooches, mosaic tiles and coins. The finds point to a sizeable villa
8. S12E08Picts And Hermits: Cave Dwellers Of Fife - Wemyss, FifeFebruary 20, 2005—Wemyss Caves, on the shore of the Firth of Forth, have been a famous landmark for centuries. Legend has it that they were occupied by the my
9. S12E09Lost Centuries Of St Osyth - St Osyth, EssexFebruary 27, 2005—7th century Vikings sailed up an Essex creek. Legends tells hold they captured a nun who was offered her modesty or her mortality, chose dea
10. S12E10The Puzzle Of Picket's Farm - South Perrott, DorsetMarch 6, 2005—Time Team heads to South Perrott in Dorset, inspired by the intriguing discovery of Roman brooches and coins in a hilltop field. The Team ar
11. S12E11Norman Neighbours - Skipsea, East YorkshireMarch 1, 2005—For years Time Team fan Frances Davies has been collecting finds from the field outside her back door in Skipsea in East Yorkshire. She has
12. S12E12Tower Blocks And Togas - South Shields, TynesideMarch 20, 2005—In South Shields, the Roman Fort at the end of Hadrian's Wall is a local landmark and the team embark on a quest to locate the site of a hug
13. S12E13Animal Farm - Hanslope, Milton KeynesApril 3, 2005—An unusual horse bit, some posh finds and carved stonework lead Time Team on a search for a Norman hunting lodge in Northamptonshire. But it

Season 12 ranked & reviewed

1. S13E01The Bodies in the Shed - Glendon, NorthamptonshireJanuary 22, 2006—The Team is visiting Glendon Hall to unravel the mystery of the human skeletons found under an outbuilding. The team are joined by Richard M
2. S13E02Villas out of Molehills - Withington, GloucestershireJanuary 29, 2006—When a colony of moles brings up pieces of mosaic floor in a Cotswold field, Tony Robinson and the team investigate whether the findings cou
3. S13E03Rubble at the Mill - ManchesterFebruary 5, 2006—The team set to work uncovering Manchester's first cotton mill, built by one of the fathers of the Industrial Revolution, Richard Arkwright.
4. S13E04The First Tudor Palace? - Esher, SurreyFebruary 12, 2006—The team visit Wayneflete Tower which is all that remains of a palace. Over three days they piece together the story of a site that evolved
5. S13E05The Boat on the Rhine - A Roman Boat in Utrecht - Utrecht, The NetherlandsFebruary 19, 2006—The team is invited by Dutch archaeologists to help rescue crucial evidence from a 35-metre-long barge that once sailed the Rhine. The team
6. S13E06Court of the Kentish King - Eastry, KentFebruary 26, 2006—The team descends on the orchards of Kent to search for the lost Anglo-Saxon palace of Eastry, and discover two likely contenders. Over thre
7. S13E07The Monks' Manor - Brimham, Harrogate, North YorkshireMarch 5, 2006—The team travels to the Yorkshire Dales to meet Chris and Barbara Bradley on their farm to uncover the remains of a monastic grange - a medi
8. S13E08Castle in the Round - Queensborough, KentMarch 12, 2006—The team investigate the remains of Queenborough Castle on the Isle of Sheppey, built by Edward III for Queen Philippa during the Hundred Ye
9. S13E09Sussex Ups and Downs - Blackpatch, near Worthing, SussexMarch 19, 2006—The team travels to what could be a Neolithic settlement in the Sussex Downs. Initially discovered by John Pull in 1923, the site is littere
10. S13E10Birthplace of the Confessor - Islip, OxfordshireMarch 26, 2006—The team descends upon the sleepy Oxfordshire village of Islip, the birthplace of Edward the Confessor, for one of the most challenging and
11. S13E11Early Bath - Ffrith, FlintshireApril 2, 2006—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. The main street r
12. S13E12The Taxman's Tavern - Alfoldean, Horsham, SussexApril 9, 2006—Time Team travel to Alfoldean in West Sussex to uncover a Roman mansio or stopping-place, and hence the story of the whole settlement. The d
13. S13E13Scotch Broch - Applecross near Skye, Scottish HighlandsApril 16, 2006—Tony and the team journey to Applecross in the north west of Scotland to excavate a broch, a monumental dry-stone tower that was one of the

Season 13 ranked & reviewed

1. S14E01Finds on the Fairway - Isle of ManJanuary 14, 2007—The team battle the tail end of Hurricane Gordon to investigate the last keeill standing, preserved beneath a golf course on the Isle of Man
2. S14E02There's No Place Like Rome - Blacklands, near Frome, SomersetJanuary 21, 2007—The team are in Somerset to investigate the remains of a small Roman villa, dating back to just after the time of the Roman invasion in 43 A
3. S14E03School Diggers Medieval - Hooke Court, DorsetJanuary 28, 2007—The team are in Hooke Court, Dorset to investigate a moated manor house with a mysterious past. Now used as a school, the grounds contain re
4. S14E04The Druids' Last Stand - Amlwch, AngleseyFebruary 4, 2007—Time Team are in the Island of Anglesey in North Wales, investigating a system of earthworks, not noticed until 2006 when identified by a li
5. S14E05Sharpe's Redoubt - Sandgate, KentFebruary 11, 2007—The team investigate the remains of Shorncliffe Redoubt, the first fort built to defend the English south coast from invasion by revolutiona
6. S14E06A Port and Stilton - Stilton, CambridgeshireFebruary 18, 2007—The team visit a site near the Roman road of Ermine Street, where a clutch of Roman objects has been discovered. But field-walking has also
7. S14E07A Tale of Two Villages - Wicken, NorthamptonshireFebruary 25, 2007—The team descend on the village of Wicken to investigate the local history. Digging in residents' gardens and surrounding fields, the team u
8. S14E08No Stone Unturned - Warburton, Greater ManchesterMarch 4, 2007—The team arrive at a field outside Cheshire where metal detectorists have made several valuable finds in the past, hinting the site was once
9. S14E09The Domesday Mill - Dotton, DevonMarch 11, 2007—Time Team have never excavated a watermill before. Despite the fact that they were plentiful in historic times, these features have been und
10. S14E10The Cheyne Gang - Chesham Bois, BuckinghamshireMarch 18, 2007—Archaeologists in Chesham in Buckinghamshire believe they've found the remains of a medieval building under the manicured lawns of a Georgia
11. S14E11Road to the Relics - Godstone, SurreyMarch 25, 2007—A local metal detectorist has been visiting the same field in Godstone in Surrey for the past 15 years, and in that time has discovered a hu
12. S14E12The Abbey Habit - Poulton, CheshireApril 1, 2007—Tony Robinson and the team travel to the Welsh border in search of the abandoned Poulton Abbey that was once briefly used by Cistercian monk
13. S14E13In the Shadow of the Tor - Bodmin Moor, CornwallApril 8, 2007—The Team descend on the bleak, beautiful landscape of Bodmin Moor to face one their biggest challenges yet. The dig aims to date a possible
14. S14E14Pugin - The God of GothicMarch 1, 2007—Tony Robinson talks us through the renovation of, perhaps, one of the most important homes ever built: Augustus Pugin's home in Ramsgate. In

Season 14 ranked & reviewed

1. S15E01Gold in the Moat - Codnor Castle, DerbyshireJanuary 6, 2008—The crumbling ruins of Codnor Castle are a sad remnant of the imposing home of the De Grey family - knights who saw action in almost every i
2. S15E02Street of the Dead - Binchester, County DurhamJanuary 13, 2008—Tony and the team tackle a huge Roman fort in County Durham. The stronghold was part of the defence of Dere Street, the main Roman road from
3. S15E03Bodies in the Dunes - Barra, Western IslesJanuary 20, 2008—The Team travel to the windswept island of Barra, 50 miles off the west coast of Scotland, for a unique rescue dig. This Hebridean outpost i
4. S15E04The Naughty Nuns of Northampton - Towcester, NorthamptonshireJanuary 27, 2008—A Northampton family, the Colecloughs live on the site of a 900-year old nunnery with a rather fruity past, which was at various times accus
5. S15E05Mysteries of the Mosaic - Coberley, GloucestershireFebruary 3, 2008—Tony Robinson and his team unearth the secrets of a Cotswolds field. Hundreds of Roman coins and bits of masonry have been found on this lan
6. S15E06Blitzkreig on Shooter’s Hill - South LondonFebruary 10, 2008—The Team delve into the very recent past to uncover the hidden archaeology of the biggest British battle that never was: the defence of Brit
7. S15E07Keeping Up with the Georgians - Hunstrete, SomersetFebruary 17, 2008—The team descend on a field just outside Bath to investigate the remains of what could have been one of the country's grandest Georgian hous
8. S15E08Saxons on the Edge - Stonton Wyville, LeicestershireFebruary 24, 2008—An unassuming field in Leicestershire provides the team with a prize that has eluded them for 15 years. In a first for the programme, Tony R
9. S15E09Fort of the Earls - Dungannon, Northern IrelandMarch 2, 2008—The team visit Northern Ireland to locate one of the most important sites in Anglo-Irish history. A hilltop castle above the city of Dungann
10. S15E10From Constantinople To Cornwall - Padstow, North CornwallMarch 9, 2008—Cornwall is probably not the first place that springs to mind when thinking about the Roman and Byzantine Empires but in a field overlooking
11. S15E11Five Thousand Tons of Stone - Hamsterley, County DurhamMarch 16, 2008—The Time Team travel to County Durham to investigate the origins of a mysterious large stone structure which has had locals baffled for cent
12. S15E12The Romans Recycle - Wickenby, LincolnshireMarch 23, 2008—Tony Robinson and his intrepid team of archaeologists head off the beaten track in Lincolnshire to discover why a metal detector enthusiast
13. S15E13Hunting King Harold - Portskewett, South WalesMarch 30, 2008—For the final episode of the 2008 series the team head to the village of Portskewett in South Wales to investigate a field which is intrigui

Season 15 ranked & reviewed

1. S16E01The Trouble with Temples - Friars Wash, HertfordshireJanuary 4, 2009—Time Team has never found a Roman temple. But a 30-year-old photograph clearly shows double square cropmarks in a field. Surely this time th
2. S16E02The Wedding Present - Scargill Castle, County DurhamJanuary 11, 2009—The Team pieces together the history and the layout of a very special wedding present – Scargill Castle, in the remote wilds of County Durha
3. S16E03Heroes’ Hill - Knockdhu, County AntrimJanuary 18, 2009—Working with archaeologists from Queen's University in Belfast, the Team takes up the challenge to unlock the prehistoric secrets of the hea
4. S16E04Toga Town - Caerwent, South WalesJanuary 25, 2009—Caerwent is the best-preserved Roman town in Britain. Laid out on a grid pattern, it has 20 blocks within its walls, which still stand at he
5. S16E05Blood, Sweat and Beers - Rise Hill, CumbriaFebruary 1, 2009—Time Team visits the Yorkshire Dales to investigate the Risehill camp settlement, inhabited by the Victorian railway navvies during the cons
6. S16E06Buried Bishops and Belfries - Salisbury Cathedral, WiltshireFebruary 8, 2009—Time Team gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to dig in the hallowed grounds of Salisbury Cathedral – in Phil Harding's home town. In 2008
7. S16E07Anarchy in the UK - Radcot, OxfordshireFebruary 15, 2009—The Team are in Radcot, Oxfordshire, where they hope to uncover a long-lost fortress built in the 12th century during one of the bloodiest e
8. S16E08Mystery of the Ice Cream Villa - Colworth, BedfordshireFebruary 22, 2009—The Team are invited to investigate a Bedfordshire field by a group of amateur archaeologists who have found countless pieces of Roman potte
9. S16E09Hermit Harbour - Looe, CornwallMarch 1, 2009—Legend has it that Jesus Christ himself played on the pebble beach at Looe Island (also known as St George's Island), about one mile off the
10. S16E10Called to the Bar - Lincoln’s Inn, LondonMarch 8, 2009—The Team visits Lincoln's Inn, London where they have been asked to investigate the remains of a 13th-century palace that belonged to Henry
11. S16E11Beacon on the Fens - Chapel Head, CambridgeshireMarch 15, 2009—Over the years, farmers working the fields have found large quantities of worked stone, medieval tiles and even two shelly limestone columns
12. S16E12The Hollow Way - Ulnaby, County DurhamMarch 22, 2009—Time Team sets out to unearth the secrets of the deserted medieval village of Ulnaby in Durham. The challenge was to tell the story of a who
13. S16E13Skeletons in the Shed - Blythburgh, SuffolkMarch 29, 2009—Tony Robinson and the Team travel to the picturesque expanses of the Suffolk coast to investigate a very special back garden. When the new o

Season 16 ranked & reviewed

1. S17E01Corridors of Power - Westminster Abbey, LondonApril 18, 2010—In the first episode of the new series, Tony Robinson, Professor Mick Aston and the Team investigate one of Britain's greatest historic land
2. S17E02A Saintly Site - Isle of Mull, Inner HebridesApril 25, 2010—Time Team descend on the Isle of Mull at the invitation of two local amateur archaeologists to investigate a mysterious set of earthworks in
3. S17E03Bridge over the River Tees - Piercebridge, County DurhamMay 2, 2010—Tony Robinson and the Team get their feet wet as they examine a stretch of the River Tees where local divers have discovered more than 2,000
4. S17E04In the Halls of a Saxon King - Drayton, OxfordshireMay 9, 2010—In Sutton Courtenay Tony Robinson and the Team investigate a set of buildings once occupied by Anglo Saxon royalty. It's the rarest of archa
5. S17E05The Massacre in the Cellar - Hopton Castle, ShropshireMay 16, 2010—Tony Robinson and the Team visit the remains of Hopton Castle in Shropshire. Although it's picturesque, it was the site of a series of grues
6. S17E06Potted History - Mildenhall, WiltshireMay 23, 2010—Time Team visits the heart of Wiltshire for one of their most ambitious projects ever: to investigate an entire lost Roman town. Hidden unde
7. S17E07Death and Dominoes: The First POW Camp - Norman Cross, CambridgeshireOctober 3, 2010—The Team visit Norman Cross in Cambridgeshire, a site that is over 200 years old and housed the world's first ever purpose-built prisoner of
8. S17E08Something for the Weekend - Tregruk Castle, Llangybi, MonmouthshireOctober 10, 2010—Tony Robinson and the Team find themselves lost in the mists of a Welsh forest as they investigate one of the biggest castles in Britain. Th
9. S17E09Governor's Green - Governor's Green, PortsmouthOctober 17, 2010—The Team visit Portsmouth to try and uncover one of the city's oldest buildings - a medieval hospital. But after three days of bone-chilling
10. S17E10Priory Engagement - Burford, OxfordshireOctober 24, 2010—The Team descend upon the Oxfordshire town of Burford to respond to very special challenge - from Time Team's own Professor Mick Aston. They
11. S17E11There's a Villa Here Somewhere - Litlington, CambridgeshireOctober 31, 2010—But has 18th-century quarrying destroyed all meaningful evidence? Ben Robinson supervises this dig in the absence of Mick Aston. The end res
12. S17E12Commanding Heights - Dinmore Hill, HerefordshireNovember 7, 2010—Tony and the Time Team climb a remote Herefordshire hill to investigate one of the biggest prehistoric sites ever featured. Was Dinmore Hill
13. S17E13Rooting for the Romans - Bedford Purlieus Wood, CambridgeshireApril 17, 2011—An eagle-eyed forest ranger spotted bits of Roman building poking out from the forest floor in Cambridgeshire's Bedford Purlieus Wood.

Season 17 ranked & reviewed

1. S18E01Reservoir Rituals - Tottiford Reservoir, DevonFebruary 6, 2011—Tony Robinson and his team celebrate their 200th dig. Jane Marchand from Dartmoor National Park Authority was alerted by a walker to standin
2. S18E02Saxon Death, Saxon Gold - West Langton, LeicestershireFebruary 13, 2011—The Team are intrigued by metal detecting finds and pottery scattered across some fields in Leicestershire, which suggest they're on the sit
3. S18E03Romans on the Range - High Ham, SomersetFebruary 20, 2011—Tony and the Team get a unique opportunity to dig at an army firing range at High Ham in Somerset and investigate a series of mosaics first
4. S18E04Hitler's Island Fortress - Les Gellettes, JerseyFebruary 27, 2011—Tony Robinson doesn't usually get to decide where the Team should dig, but in this episode he chooses his first ever site for investigation:
5. S18E05Furnace in the Forest - Derwentcote, County DurhamMarch 6, 2011—Dense and tranquil woodland in the County Durham countryside provides an unlikely venue for Time Team's investigation into the earliest days
6. S18E06Under the Gravestones - Castor, CambridgeshireMarch 13, 2011—The Team face one of their strangest challenges ever: digging through a church graveyard in search of what could be one of the largest Roman
7. S18E07House of the White Queen - Groby, LeicestershireMarch 20, 2011—Tony and the Team discover evidence of a dynasty that arrived with William the Conqueror and went on to produce two queens of England: Eliza
8. S18E08Cannons and Castles - Mont Orgueil, JerseyMarch 27, 2011—Tony Robinson heads to Jersey to investigate the origins of Mont Orgueil Castle. Today's castle is a Tudor structure built on earlier founda
9. S18E09Mystery of the Manor Moat - Llancaiach Fawr, South WalesApril 3, 2011—Investigating an archaeologist's dream. An ancient moat has been discovered and no one knows what it once protected. Was it an early Welsh c
10. S18E10Buck Mill, Somerset - Search for the Domesday MillApril 10, 2011—When Stephen and Stephanie Fry bought a few acres of prime Somerset pasture to graze their horses, they inadvertently also bought the remain

Season 18 ranked & reviewed

1. S19E01Dig by Wire - Gateholm Island, PembrokeshireJanuary 22, 2012—Tony Robinson and the team visit a tiny windswept island off the coast of Wales. The only way to get to it is by rigging a 500-metre zip wir
2. S19E02A Village Affair - Bitterley, ShropshireJanuary 29, 2012—There's a problem in the chocolate-box village of Bitterley in Shropshire. The village's school and cottages cluster prettily around the gre
3. S19E03The Drowned Town - Dunwich, SuffolkFebruary 5, 2012—Tony Robinson and the Team head to Dunwich, a village that's literally falling off the edge of the UK. Coastal erosion has eaten away most o
4. S19E04The First King of Racing - Newmarket, SuffolkFebruary 12, 2012—Tony and the Team visit Newmarket, the birthplace of horseracing, in search of the earliest archaeological traces of the sport of kings. The
5. S19E05Chapel of Secrets - Beadnell, NorthumberlandFebruary 19, 2012—Tony leads the Team to the village of Beadnell on a beautiful stretch of the Northumbrian coast, to explore an unusual promontory, from whic
6. S19E06A Copper Bottomed Dig - Pentrechwyth, SwanseaFebruary 26, 2012—Two hundred years ago, Swansea was one of the wealthiest cities in the country, if not the world. The source of those riches was neither the
7. S19E07The Only Earl Is Essex - Colne Priory, EssexMarch 4, 2012—Tony and the team rip up the pristine lawns of Paul Whight's stately home in search of the secrets of its illustrious former owners: the De
8. S19E08Secrets of the Dunes - Kenfig, BridgendMarch 18, 2012—Eight hundred years ago the people of Kenfig on the south coast of Wales thought they had built the perfect town, nestled round a harbour wi
9. S19E09Rome's Wild West - Caerleon, NewportMarch 25, 2012—The Roman legionary fort of Caerleon in South Wales is one of the most famous and best preserved Roman sites in Britain. But just outside th
10. S19E10How to Lose a Castle - Crewkerne, SomersetApril 1, 2012—For generations a family of Somerset farmers have been wondering if there was ever actually a castle on top of the hill they call Castle Hil
11. S19E11King John's Lost Palace - Clipstone, NottinghamshireApril 8, 2012—Tony and the Team don their hunting green, pick up their bows and arrows and head for the fringes of Sherwood Forest, where residents of Cli
12. S19E12The Time Team Guide to BurialApril 29, 2012—Tony Robinson investigates how burial customs have changed and evolved over thousands of years of British history.
13. S19E13Time Team's Greatest DiscoveriesMay 13, 2012—Revisiting digs that produced rare and fine jewellery, gold coins, huge and intricate mosaics - and some extraordinary archaeological fakery

Season 19 ranked & reviewed

1. S20E01The Forgotten Gunners of WWI - Grantham, LincolnshireNovember 11, 2012—Golfers at a popular East Midlands golf club now know that a huge wooded bank beside their fairway is a rather special area of 'rough', an o
2. S20E02Brancaster - Brancaster, NorfolkJanuary 6, 2014—Featuring the Team's largest ever range and number of items from Roman Britain and their most ambitious geophysics project to date.
3. S20E03A Capital Hill - Ely, CardiffJanuary 13, 2014—Time Team investigate a huge hill near Cardiff that may be immensely significant; was it the Iron Age capital of South Wales? Tony and the T
4. S20E04Henham's Lost Mansions - Henham Park, SuffolkJanuary 20, 2014—Tony and the team attempt to help Hektor Rous, the son of 'Aussie Earl' Keith Rous, work out the mysterious history of the family's Tudor co
5. S20E05Warriors - Figheldean, WiltshireJanuary 27, 2013—Tony and the team work with veterans of the war in Afghanistan, investigating the ancient Barrow Clump on Salisbury Plain, where they discov
6. S20E06Lost Mines of Lakeland - Coniston, CumbriaFebruary 3, 2013—Tony and the team make their way to the Lake District on an expedition that takes them both higher and deeper than they've ever been before.
7. S20E07Horseshoe Hall - Oakham Castle, RutlandFebruary 10, 2013—Oakham Castle is the best preserved 12th-century building in Britain, but there's much more to it than meets the eye.
8. S20E08Mystery of the Thames-side Villa - Dropshort, OxfordshireFebruary 17, 2013—Roman remains have been turning up in an Oxfordshire field for decades, where a student in the 1960s believed he had uncovered a Roman mosai
9. S20E09The Lost Castle of Dundrum - Dundrum Castle, County DownFebruary 24, 2013—Tony and the Team search for the remains of a renegade knight's Norman castle in one of Northern Ireland's most picturesque spots.
10. S20E10Wolsey's Lost Palace - The More, Moor Park, HertfordshireMarch 3, 2013—In the 1950s a group of schoolboys found the remains of Britain's most opulent palace under their playing field. Now Tony and the Team try t
11. S20E11An Englishman's Castle - Upton Castle, Cosheston, PembrokeshireMarch 10, 2013—When Steve and Pru bought pretty Upton Castle in Pembrokeshire they weren't sure if it was a Victorian folly or an Anglo-Norman castle, buil
12. S20E12The Time Team Guide to Experimental ArchaeologyMarch 17, 2013—Tony Robinson celebrates the 150 experiments and re-creations Time Team has conducted over 20 years, from Stone Age swords like Excalibur, t
13. S20E13Twenty Years of Time TeamMarch 24, 2013—Tony takes a look back at the best bits from two decades and over 250 episodes.
14. S20E14Britain's Stone Age TsunamiMay 30, 2013—Tony Robinson reveals astonishing new evidence that shows how, 8000 years ago, a huge tsunami swamped the east coast of Britain.
15. S20E15The Secret of Lincoln JailJuly 30, 2013—Lincoln has been dominated by its castle for over 1000 years. Its high stone walls and gatehouses were built to impress the locals with Norm

Season 20 ranked & reviewed