The Team

Adam Stanford

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 12:27:52 GMT

Adam is the director of ASGS (AS Geospatial Surveys Ltd) and a key weapon in Time Team’s new arsenal. Employing the latest techniques and drone technology, Adam is helping Time Team to survey and map archaeological sites with pinpoint accuracy. His photogrammetry surveys enable sites to be reconstructed in incredible detail as interactive 3D models.

Alice Roberts

Wed, 01 May 2019 14:42:26 GMT

Alice Roberts is an evolutionary biologist and biological anthropologist, known to many as a television presenter on several popular shows, from Coast to Horizon and BBC 2's Digging For Britain. However, she made her television presenting debut on Time Team Live in 2001, going on to appear regularly as a bone specialist. Notably, she was involved in the Big Royal Dig special, featuring digs at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Holyroodhouse Palace. Alice is currently Professor of the Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham.

Brigid Gallagher

Fri, 03 Sep 2021 17:27:05 GMT

Brigid is an experienced archaeologist and conservator with a degree in Anthropology and Physical Geography, who brought her vast knowledge of geology and conservation skills to Time Team. Having returned to her native New Zealand, she now runs a heritage consultancy with her husband, Raysan. Brigid presents the series Heritage Rescue, and will be lending her expertise remotely to Time Team’s 2021 digs.

Carenza Lewis

Wed, 01 May 2019 14:39:31 GMT

Carenza was one of the original experts on Time Team, and remained on the show from the pilot episode through to 2004. She joined Corpus Christi College, Cambridge as a visiting fellow in 1999, and later established Access Cambridge Archaeology, an outreach programme designed to promote the study and benefits of archaeology. Carenza’s other television credits include House Detectives, What If, Sacred Sites and Michael Wood’s Story of England. She has authored several books, including Time Team’s Timechester: A Companion To Archaeology, with Phil Harding and Mick Aston. An expert in Medieval rural settlement, Carenza is currently Professor for the Public Understanding of Research at University of Lincoln. In 2020, Carenza founded Dig School with the CBA, University of Lincoln and Historic England.

Dani Wootton

Tue, 14 Jul 2020 08:20:07 GMT

Dani is a small finds specialist, community archaeology, and popular regular presenter on Time Team's YouTube and Patreon channels. Dani has appeared on Time Team many times and managed the finds processing tent at our 2021 digs in Cornwall and Oxfordshire. Dani played an active role in our Dig Village project in Dunster, Somerset, while also lending her expertise for the accompanying book, Time Team's Dig Village by Tim Taylor.

Derek Pitman

Fri, 03 Sep 2021 17:34:43 GMT

Dr Derek Pitman is Deputy Head of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at Bournemouth University. Derek leads Bournemouth’s excavations at Wytch Farm, Dorset and is the survey director of the Palamas Archaeological Project based in Thessaly, Greece. He is one half of the ‘Career in Ruins’ podcast duo, alongside Lawrence Shaw, and will be joining Time Team for our 2021 digs.

Emily Boulting

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 12:17:03 GMT

Emily has a long history with Time Team as a producer-director. She directed many fan-favourites including ‘Gold in the Moat’ at Codnor Castle and ‘Hermit Harbour’ at Looe Island, Cornwall. Besides Time Team, Emily has worked in a range for roles for broadcasters worldwide including Fox Sports International in LA, Star Sports in Hong Kong, JSkyB in Japan and Sky Sports in the UK. Emily is now Artistic Director of Riverhouse Barn Arts Centre, at Walton on Thames, and returned to director Time Team’s new 2021 digs in Cornwall and Oxfordshire.

Emma Wood

Wed, 01 May 2019 14:41:44 GMT

Emma was a surveyor and geophysicist on Time Team. Over the years, Emma has produced a wide range of archaeological reports of high profile locations, including geophys surveys on Buckingham Palace and Salisbury Cathedral.

Francis Pryor MBE

Wed, 01 May 2019 14:38:23 GMT

Francis was one of the key consultants on Time Team, and the resident Bronze Age and Iron Age expert. As well as being a popular personality on Time Team, he is also famed for the discovery of Flag Fen, a 3500 year old Bronze Age site near what is now Peterborough. He has written and co-written many books on archaeology and has recently turned his hand to fiction. He is a founding member of the Institute of Field Archaeologists, now known as the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists. Francis was awarded an MBE in 1999 for services to tourism.

Gus Casely-Hayford OBE

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 12:00:03 GMT

Gus is an historian, museum curator and broadcaster, currently serving as inaugural Director of V&A East, London. No stranger to filmmaking, Gus’s presenting credits include Lost Kingdoms of Africa and The Culture Show for the BBC, The Genius of British Art on Channel 4, and Tate Walks for Sky Arts. “What an utter privilege to join the timelessly enjoyable and ever informative Time Team, says Gus. “There can be little more thrilling than uncovering ancient material culture, piecing together its context, contesting the possible histories – and all alongside our audiences. I cannot wait!”

Guy de la Bédoyère

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 12:09:59 GMT

Guy is a respected historian, with a particular interest in Ancient Rome, aviation and – more recently – Ancient Egypt. Guy was always an enlivening and feisty presence on Time Team and appeared in some of our most memorable episodes, from Roman temples and mauseleums to a Spitfire lost over Normandy during the Battle of Britain. Many of these episodes are available to watch on Time Team Classics. An expert in identifying Roman pottery, Gus relishes the magic of physical artefacts in bringing history to life. Guy is the author of several books, including his excellent recent addition, Gladius: Living, Fighting and Dying in the Roman Army.

Helen Geake

Wed, 01 May 2019 14:41:27 GMT

Helen’s interest in archaeology was sparked partly by attending lecturers by Time Team’s Mick. She studied at University College London and University of York, specialising in Anglo-Saxon cemeteries. She has worked at Norwich Castle Museum, the Portable Antiquities Scheme, Cambridge University and the British Museum. Helen first joined Time Team in 1998, appearing periodically as our Anglo Saxon expert, and more regularly from 2006 to 2010. Helen has also appeared in Britain’s Secret Treasures, presented by another Time Team veteran, Bettany Hughes.

Henry Chapman

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 14:26:01 GMT

Henry Chapman is the Time Team Surveyor. Henry, who took over from Bernard Thomason for the 2002 series, is principally responsible for all the surveying of the excavated trenches, artefacts and the geophysics grids. This is why you tend to see him with a variety of yellow technical equipment.

The data he collects with this GIS equipment is used to create the maps which bring all the different information together in order to understand the sites investigated by Time Team. Henry also creates the three-dimensional computer models of the sites and their landscapes, working closely with Stewart Ainsworth to get a fuller picture of the landscape archaeology and the environmental development.

Ian Barclay

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 12:30:13 GMT

Ian was a silent but integral member of the team, whose expertise, patience and precision was critical to the success of many Time Team digs over the years. His grace and accuracy in an excavator was truly astonishing. Ian was famed for his party tricks including peeling a banana and even placing a coin in somebody’s back pocket, all from the cab of his digger! Sadly no longer with us, Ian is missed by all, but remembered fondly.

Ian Powlesland

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 13:32:49 GMT

Dr Ian Powlesland studied at the University of Bristol, where he received a PhD in Archaeology. Ian was a regular excavator on Time Team over the years.

Jackie McKinley

Wed, 01 May 2019 14:41:04 GMT

Jacqueline ‘Jackie’ McKinley is Principal Osteoarchaeologist at Wessex Archaeology. Jackie is a founder of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology (BABAO) and a member of the Advisory Panel on the Archaeology of Burials in England (APABE). She is an expert on human remains, including cremation, pyre technology and cremation ritual. Jackie has appeared regularly on Time Team over the years.

James Gossip

Fri, 03 Sep 2021 17:38:22 GMT

James is an experienced archaeologist with an interest in involving and engaging the local community in digs. James is Senior Archaeologist at Cornwall Archaeological Unit and President of Meneage Archaeology Group. We are thrilled that he has invited Time Team to help investigate the mysterious Iron Age settlement in Cornwall at the heart of our 2021 digs.

Jim Mower

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 12:19:18 GMT

Former digger Jim Mower began his Time Team journey as a digger and discovered his ‘find of a lifetime’ at Fetlar, Shetland – the largest soapstone bowl ever to have been found in Britain! Jim later moved behind the camera, where he nurtured a talent as a researcher and producer. He is responsible for some of Time Team’s most memorable sites, and visits to iconic locations including Westminster. Jim works as a consultant in the heritage sector and his knowledge and expertise in both archaeology and television production have proved vital in supporting Time Team’s return.

Jimmy Adcock

Fri, 03 Sep 2021 17:29:05 GMT

When not devoting his time to intricate and expertly executed pranks on shoot, Jimmy Adcock has dazzled both colleagues and viewers with his geophysics results. An expert in GPR (ground penetrating radar), he has revealed the plan of many buildings and structures with crystal clarity – and in 3D! Now working for pioneering Swedish geophysics firm, MALA, we look forward to seeing what he can do with the latest kit on our new sites.

John Gater

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 14:26:14 GMT

John Gater is Time Team's Geophys expert. John has been involved in archaeological geophysics for many years, having worked for British Gas, the Ancient Monuments Laboratory (English Heritage) and Bradford University Research. In 1986, he set up Geophysical Surveys (later known as GSB Prospection), an independent consultancy in geophysics for archaeology. He is also associate editor of the Journal of Archaeological Prospection. John continues to lecture at Bradford University, on the Archaeological Sciences courses.