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Time Team: Specials

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81 episodes · premiered Dec 28, 1997

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  1. Episode 1: Christmas Special – Much Wenlock - Much Wenlock, Shropshire Dec 28, 1997 · 50m As a curtain-raiser for the 1998 series of Time Team, which started in January 1998, Tony and the team gathered. The first Time Team special to air took a look back over the last five…
  2. Episode 2: Christmas Special – Barley Hall - Barley Hall, York Dec 19, 1999 · 50m This pre-Christmas special offers a taster of what is coming up in the next series – and provides an update on previous Time Team digs. Presented by Tony Robinson from York's Barley Hall…
  3. Episode 3: The Mystery of Seahenge - Holme-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk Dec 29, 1999 · 50m Last year, on this bleak and beautiful stretch of Norfolk coastline, a local man made an extraordinary discovery. Walking the beach at low tide he found a bronze axe head. Nearby, was a…
  4. Episode 4: The Real King Arthur - Tintagel Castle, Cornwall Dec 24, 2000 · 50m This king was called Arthur, and his stories known to us all. But actually he’s shrouded in mystery, some people say that he was a chivalrous medieval king. Others, a gritty Dark Age…
  5. Episode 5: The Mystery of Mine Howe - Tankerness, Orkney Dec 27, 2000 · 50m I’m in a remote farm in the Orkneys on a little hillock called Mine Howe. For years there have been stories around here of tunnels under the roads and mysterious underground rooms, which…
  6. Episode 6: Time Team History Of Britain Dec 27, 2000 · 50m Time Team takes a trip from the Palaeolithic to the present and plots the nation's past through the finds and revelations made across the last seven series. The Team pays a visit to…
  7. Episode 7: Behind The Scenes At Time Team Jan 7, 2001 · 50m This special programme looked behind the scenes at some of the things that you don't usually see in the normal Time Team programmes.
  8. Episode 8: Coventry’s Lost Cathedral - Coventry, West Midlands Mar 8, 2001 · 50m Welcome to what used to be the quiet backgarden of Coventry Cathedral's offices. Quiet that is, until Time Team kick-started an excavation into St Mary's, Coventry's first Cathedral which…
  9. Episode 9: The Island of the Eels - Ely, Cambridgeshire May 17, 2001 · 1h 16m Time Team has been following an excavation in Ely, Cambridgeshire, for a feature-length documentary screened on 17 May. It has uncovered a remarkable picture of Ely in past centuries…
  10. Episode 10: Dinosaur Hunting - Dinosaur Belt, Montana, USA Dec 30, 2001 · 50m If you think archaeologists with their strange haircuts and their bizarre dress sense and their obsession with all the rubbish from ancient civilizations are a funny lot, you ain’t seen…
  11. Episode 11: The Big Dig in Canterbury - Canterbury, Kent Apr 15, 2002 · 50m I’m right at the top of Canterbury cathedral and a few hundred feet below me, the most ambitious urban archaeological project the country’s ever known, has just begun. One eighth of the…
  12. Episode 12: Londinium, The Edge of an Empire - London Apr 22, 2002 · 50m 2000 years ago, London didn’t exist. It was created by the Romans in the first century AD. They settled just over there in what we now call the city. It started as a simple bridge over a…
  13. Episode 13: The Wreck of the Colossus - St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly Oct 31, 2002 · 50m HMS Victory, probably the most famous English warship of all time. Everyone knows the story of how the Victory, under the command of Admiral Lord Nelson routed the French at the battle of…
  14. Episode 14: Ten Years of Time Team Dec 27, 2002 · 50m Ten years ago university lecturer, Mick Aston was teaching archaeology to classes of just 30 students. Now, thanks to television, Mick, Tony and the team reach an audience of over 3…
  15. Episode 15: Hadrian's Well Apr 10, 2003 · 50m A team of expert engineers, archaeologists and craftsmen are about to join forces in an epic archaeological experiment, to build a full size working replica of a Roman water lifting…
  16. Episode 16: Big Dig, The Hole Story - Canterbury, Kent Dec 29, 2003 · 50m Digs at Great Easton, Leicestershire; Wolverhampton; Barnet; Oakamoor; Preston; Cheltenham; Upminster and Groundwell Ridge in Swindon.
  17. Episode 17: Sheffield Steel City - Sheffield, South Yorkshire Mar 22, 2004 · 50m The team followed ARCUS, the Archaeological Research and Consultancy at the University of Sheffield, on some of its excavations into Sheffield's industrial past. Early death, deadly…
  18. Episode 18: The Crannog in the Loch - Loch Tay, Perthshire, Scotland Apr 19, 2004 · 50m Loch Tay, and the kind of view that draws people to Scotland. But the landscape isn’t the main attraction for archaeologists Nick Dixon and Barrie Andrian, who are much more interested in…
  19. Episode 19: The Ten Million Pound House - Ightham Mote, Kent May 3, 2004 · 50m Hidden away in Kent is an architectural gem. A house that has some how survived with a little bit of every fashion imposed on it over seven centuries. This is Ightham Mote near Sevenoaks…
  20. Episode 20: D-Day - Normandy May 31, 2004 · 50m 60 years ago on D-Day, the allies invaded Nazi occupied France. The invasion force made up of a 150,000 US, British and Canadian troops, was the largest in the history of western…
  21. Episode 21: King of Bling - Prittlewell, Essex Jun 13, 2005 · 50m It might not seem it, but this damp piece of unprepresessing scrub is at the heart of one of the most important discoveries in British archaeological history. Just below the surface here…
  22. Episode 22: Britain’s Lost Roman Circus - Colchester, Essex Jun 20, 2005 · 50m Tony Robinson, Phil Harding and Guy de la Bedoyere tell the story of the discovery of the only Roman circus ever found in Britain, just outside Colchester's Roman walls. They investigate…
  23. Episode 23: Life on the Edge 1000 Years BC - Washingborough, Lincoln Jun 27, 2005 · 50m Three thousand years ago the River Witham, just outside Lincoln, was a busy place. In the cold wet Autumn of 2004, archaeologists were given just six weeks to rescue the fragile evidence…
  24. Episode 24: Journey to Stonehenge - Durrington, Wiltshire Nov 28, 2005 · 50m Stonehenge may be Britain's most famous henge: a massive monument and ancient construction that is shrouded in mystery. But a mile away is an even bigger henge: Durrington Walls. In a…
  25. Episode 25: The Big Roman Villa - Dinnington, Somerset Jan 8, 2006 · 50m Tony Robinson presents the story of the excavation of a big Roman villa in Somerset, originally discovered by Time Team in 2002 and revisited in 2005. The programme demonstrates how the…
  26. Episode 26: Buried by the Blitz - Shoreditch Park, London Oct 29, 2006 · 50m In order to commemorate the 60th anniversary of VE day, archaeologists from the Museum of London enlist the aid of dozens of volunteers to excavate Dorchester Street in Shoreditch, London.
  27. Episode 27: Big Royal Dig - Windsor Castle, Palace of Holyroodhouse and Buckingham Palace Dec 31, 2006 · 50m A special edition of the archaeology programme to mark The Queen's 80th birthday. Tony Robinson and his team of historians are granted exclusive access to investigate three royal sites…
  28. Episode 28: The God of Gothic - Ramsgate, Kent Mar 1, 2007 · 50m Tony Robinson talks us through the renovation of, perhaps, one of the most important homes ever built: Augustus Pugin's home in Ramsgate. In the mid-19th century, Pugin reinvented a…
  29. Episode 29: Britain's Drowned World Apr 24, 2007 · 50m Until about 8,000 years ago Britain was part of the European continent. Then the ice melted, rivers flooded, seas rose and, hey presto, the land that joined us to France, Holland and…
  30. Episode 30: Jamestown, America’s Birthplace - Virginia, USA May 1, 2007 · 50m The Time Team archaeologists make a 400th-anniversary visit to Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America. Jamestown is the birthplace of the United States and…
  31. Episode 31: Secrets of the Stately Garden - Prior Park Aug 27, 2007 · 50m Tony Robinson takes us on a grand tour around some of our finest stately gardens, where he visits extraordinary grottoes and fanciful follies, and uncovers sexy secrets concealed in…
  32. Episode 32: Codename: Ainsbrook - Thirsk, Yorkshire Jan 14, 2008 · 50m Time Team reports on a prickly issue in the world of old artefacts whilst on a secret investigation into a possible Viking boat burial in Yorkshire. After metal detectorists make a major…
  33. Episode 33: The Real Knights of the Round Table - Windsor Castle, Berkshire Feb 25, 2008 · 50m Under the Queen's private lawn at Windsor Castle lie the foundations of one of the most enigmatic - and significant - buildings in English history: the Round Table. The building was lost…
  34. Episode 34: The Lost Dock of Liverpool - Liverpool, Merseyside Apr 21, 2008 · 50m The team are given access to the largest dig in the programme's history as they scour the 42-acre site of the Paradise project in Liverpool to unearth the secrets of the new European…
  35. Episode 35: Swords, Skulls and Strongholds May 19, 2008 · 50m Britain is a land of monuments and buildings stretching back over seven thousand years, and in many ways they'd reflect the history of its people. Symbols of empire and civic pride from…
  36. Episode 36: The Lost World War I Bunker - Flanders, Belgium Nov 10, 2008 · 50m To mark the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War, Tony Robinson travels to the Somme. When shelling turned the battlefield of the Somme into a hell on earth, Britain's best…
  37. Episode 37: The Mystery of the Roman Treasure Dec 26, 2008 · 50m Somewhere in the Roman empire at the end of the 4th century lived a very rich man. The man's name was Sevso. How he got his wealth and what he did during his life are lost in the mists of…
  38. Episode 38: Henry VIII’s Lost Palaces - England Apr 13, 2009 · 50m In this feature-length Time Team Special , Tony Robinson and the Team make their inimitable contribution to marking the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII's accession to the throne. The team…
  39. Episode 39: The Secrets of Stonehenge - Stonehenge, Wiltshire Jun 1, 2009 · 50m Time Team's cameras have been with the dig through those six summers. During their excavations the team discovered the biggest Neolithic settlement in Northern Europe, which suggests they…
  40. Episode 40: Dover Castle - Dover, Kent Dec 19, 2009 · 50m Dover Castle has dominated the White Cliffs since it was built in 1180 by Henry II. But building it had nothing to do with defending Britain's shores; the story behind its vastly expensive…
  41. Episode 41: Nelson’s Hospital - Gosport, Hampshire May 17, 2010 · 50m 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…
  42. Episode 42: The Secrets of Westminster Abbey - Westminster Abbey, London Jun 28, 2010 · 50m Also known as 'The House of Kings', Westminster Abbey has stood at the heart of the nation for nearly 1,000 years, surviving the Civil War and Reformation. While visitors marvel at the…
  43. Episode 43: The Real Vikings Oct 11, 2010 · 50m Tony Robinson, Mick Aston and Phil Harding follow digs around the UK that uncover a vast array of archaeology and provide fascinating insights into our Viking past. Three centuries of…
  44. Episode 44: War of the Roses - Bosworth, Leicestershire Mar 16, 2011 · 50m The Battle of Bosworth was the decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses. It was the beginning of the end of three decades of treason, rebellion and dynastic warfare. Against huge odds…
  45. Episode 45: The Somme’s Secret Weapon - Mametz, Somme, France Apr 14, 2011 · 50m Tony Robinson joins a dig in France to investigate a terrifying British weapon that may have been used to fire burning oil at the Germans in the Battle of the Somme.
  46. Episode 46: Castle of the Saxon Kings - Bamburgh, Northumberland Apr 24, 2011 · 50m 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…
  47. Episode 47: Looking Underground May 1, 2011 · 50m 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…
  48. Episode 48: Boudica's Lost Tribe May 4, 2011 · 50m Tony Robinson traces the story of the female warrior as he follows an excavation in Norfolk that may hold clues to what happened to her tribe, the Iceni, after their defeat at the hands of…
  49. Episode 49: The Way We Lived May 8, 2011 · 50m 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. Until about 10,000 years ago…
  50. Episode 50: Brunel's Last Launch Nov 10, 2011 · 50m The East End was once home to the most advanced shipbuilding industry - and best workers and shipyards - in the world. A century and a half ago, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Britain's most…
  51. Episode 51: Searching for Shakespeare’s House - Stratford-upon-Avon Mar 11, 2012 · 50m Tony Robinson and the Time Team cameras join archaeologists as they dig the site of William Shakespeare's house, New Place, in Stratford on Avon. There's little of it above ground now, but…
  52. Episode 52: Secrets of the Saxon Gold Apr 22, 2012 · 50m In July 2009, amateur metal detectorist Terry Herbert found an Anglo-Saxon treasure hoard worth over £3 million in a Staffordshire field. The hoard was saved for the nation by Stoke on…
  53. Episode 53: Rediscovering Ancient Britain - Ridgeway, Dorset Apr 29, 2012 · 50m For thousands of years, nomadic tribes roamed freely across Britain. But by 5000 BC they were starting to settle down, and a landmark of the south west - the Dorset Ridgeway - became a…
  54. Episode 54: Britain’s Stone Age Tsunami May 30, 2013 · 46m As the last glaciers retreated, a tsunami hit the NE coast. A sandy layer was deposited all along the NE Coast of Britain. A variety of experts have been investigating this event. Tony…
  55. Episode 55: The Secret of Lincoln Jail Jun 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 Norman power, and it has housed medieval dungeons…
  56. Episode 56: Lost Submarines of WWI Jul 7, 2013 · 50m Today's submarines are vast, billion-pound, high-tech monsters with a nuclear payload that can level cities. But the story of Britain's first submarines began over a century ago, with…
  57. Episode 57: 1066: The Lost Battlefield - Battle, East Sussex, England Dec 1, 2013 · 47m The site of the Battle of Hastings is reputed to be at an abbey built to commemorate the battle, yet historical and archaeological evidence fails to support this site. Time Team examines…
  58. Episode 58: The Madness of Bedlam - Bishopsgate, City of London Dec 1, 2013 · 50m Seven hundred years ago the world's first lunatic asylum opened for business in Bishopsgate, London. It soon became known as Bedlam Hospital. Even today, it's a name that conjures up…
  59. Episode 59: The Edwardian Grand Designer - Drewsteignton, Devon. Feb 23, 2014 · 50m High above Dartmoor stands a windswept and spectacular country home that looks as ancient as the landscape it's set in: Castle Drogo. But this remarkable building was only constructed 100…
  60. Episode 60: Britain’s Bronze Age Mummies - Low Hauxley, Northumberland, England Mar 2, 2014 · 47m It's a race against time to excavate an ancient burial mound in Northumberland before it is lost forever through coastal erosion. In this episode, archaeologists uncover remarkably…
  61. Episode 61: Secrets of the Body Snatchers Aug 31, 2014 · 50m 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.
  62. Episode 62: The Boats That Made Britain - Dover, Kent Sep 7, 2014 · 47m Ancients boats have been found all over Britain. Over 2 years a replica is made of the boat found 20 years ago. The replica is paddled around the breakwater. But what were these boats used…
  63. Episode 63: Expedition Crew: Return to the Roman Sarcophagus (Day 1) Dec 22, 2022 · 18m In September 2021, the full team had the traditional three days to shed light on a huge villa on the Broughton Estate, originally discovered by Time Team’s Keith Westcott. But with…
  64. Episode 64: Expedition Crew: Return to the Roman Sarcophagus (Day 2) Dec 23, 2022 · 19m It’s the second and final day in Oxfordshire. Can all of the questions be answered in the time remaining?
  65. Episode 65: Expedition Crew: Hidden City (Vlochos, Greece) Part 1 Apr 1, 2023 · 27m Time Team’s Dr Derek Pitman and Lawrence Shaw are part of an international team investigating an ancient settlement at Vlochos, in Thessaly. This ongoing project is uncovering a thousand…
  66. Episode 66: Expedition Crew: Hidden City (Vlochos, Greece) Part 2 Apr 2, 2023 · 29m Time Team’s Dr Derek Pitman and Lawrence Shaw are part of an international team investigating an ancient settlement at Vlochos, in Thessaly. This ongoing project is uncovering a thousand…
  67. Episode 67: Expedition Crew: Mortar Wreck Jun 10, 2023 · 26m Time Team’s Expedition Crew returns to investigate a Medieval shipwreck off the South coast of England, laden with a fascinating cargo. Derek Pitman and Lawrence Shaw spend a day with the…
  68. Episode 68: Digging Band of Brothers - Aldbourne, Wiltshire Sep 30, 2023 · 1h 37m Time Team have been invited to Aldbourne, Wiltshire, by Operation Nightingale, on the 80th anniversary since Easy Company were stationed here in 1943, shortly before D-Day. Working…
  69. Episode 69: Forest to Front Line | Time Team (Sherwood Pines) 2024 - Expedition Crew Jul 28, 2024 · 50m A special episode from Time Team's Expedition Crew, in collaboration with Forestry England. Between 1915 and 1920, hundreds of thousands of troops were based at Clipstone Camp…
  70. Episode 70: The Archaeology of Operation Cobra (Normandy) Jul 29, 2024 · 30m Sam Wilson, Time Team's conflict archaeologist, visits the site of an archaeological project exploring battlefields of Operation Cobra in Normandy led by Cameron Ross, the director of the…
  71. Episode 71: The Princely Burial Dec 21, 2024 · 1h 34m Time Team join forces with Cotswold Archaeology and the military veterans of Operation Nightingale to investigate an extraordinary Anglo Saxon site in Gloucestershire. But what starts out…
  72. Episode 72: Mystery Mounds at Poverty Point Feb 22, 2025 · 28m Poverty Point is a UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of a complex of monumental earthworks located in Louisiana, USA. Recently, a series of mound-like features were discovered in a GPR…
  73. Episode 73: The Mystery of the Standing Stone | Time Team X Crew Mar 22, 2025 · 1h 4m In this episode, the Time Team Expedition Crew—Lawrence, Naomi, Derek, Hilde, and a small group of volunteers—head to Farley Moor, Derbyshire, just outside the Peak District National Park…
  74. Episode 74: Bringing Home Little Boy Blue Aug 2, 2025 · 1h 19m In July 1944, an American B17 bomber aircraft, ‘Little Boy Blue’, crashed over the fields of Suffolk. Of the ten crew, just two survived, with three still officially unaccounted for. Time…
  75. Episode 75: Cerne Abbas: Secrets Beneath The Giant (Dorset) Nov 9, 2025 · 1h 18m Time Team are joining Dr Hugh Willmott from the University of Sheffield, with the Cerne Abbey Research Project, as they embark on the rediscovery of a lost Medieval Abbey in Cerne Abbas…
  76. Episode 76: The Big Ancient Greek Dig | Time Team X Crew (Vlochos) Dec 20, 2025 · 1h 16m In this feature-length Special, Derek and Lawrence return to Thessaly in Central Greece for a summer of excavation. They join an international team – headed by archaeologists from Greece…
  77. Episode 77: Return to The Princely Burial: The Sword in the Stones? Jan 31, 2026 · 50m In the last hour, on the last day of a dig investigating an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Gloucesterhire, a metal detectorist discovered a mystery iron object in a wooden casing. With no time to…
  78. Episode 78: Broughton Castle: Secrets Within The Walls Apr 25, 2026 · 29m Broughton Castle, near Banbury in Oxfordshire, is the Seat of Lord Saye and Sele and the ancestral home of the Fiennes family, who have lived there since the fourteenth century. In…
  79. Episode 79: The Ness of Brodgar: Uncovering the Heart of Neolithic Orkney Jul 18, 2026 · 1h 15m Narrated by Sir Tony Robinson, Time Team’s John Gater revisits the spectacular remains of a neolithic ceremonial centre of epic proportions at the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney, for the final…
  80. Episode 200: York Mar 26, 2000 · 50m The dig's archaeological highs and lows are crammed into just 60 minutes in York where the finds range from a Roman skeleton complete with hobnailed boots, a Viking's discarded leather…
  81. Episode 201: The Bone Caves - Alveston, Gloucestershire Mar 1, 2001 · 50m The Battle of Bosworth was the decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses. It was the beginning of the end of three decades of treason, rebellion and dynastic warfare. Against huge odds…