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Session 29

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 10:48:00 GMT

Teatime: Session 29 – 1st November 2020

Episode: Richmond Palace (Episode 1, Series 5)

This week, we're joined by good friend and Tudor expert, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb, as we relive Time Team's hunt for the royal apartments of Richmond Palace – a splendid lost palace that once dominated the skyline on the Thames.

Suzannah Lipscomb tackles the Tudors

Tim introduces this week's episode

Session 28

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:20:49 GMT

Teatime: Session 28 – 25th October 2020

Episode: St Mary's City, Maryland, US (Episode 1, Series 4)

Wrapping up Black History Month and our exploration of North America's early European colonies, we return to St Mary's City for a second week. Revisiting the Nevis and Maryland episodes with Stewart Ainsworth and the 'Career in Ruins' duo has highlighted several points that we wanted to develop further this week. So Stewart joins us once again for a 2020 perspective, while looking at archaeological developments in the years since our visit.

Stewart Ainsworth: St Mary's City – 2020 Perspective

Tim introduces this week's episode

Session 27

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:05:57 GMT

Teatime: Session 27 – 18th October 2020

Episode: St Mary's City, Maryland, US (Episode 1, Series 4)

Time Team heads to St Mary's City, Maryland, to follow in the footsteps of the early English settlers.

Preparing for a Career in Ruins

Tim introduces this week's episode

Session 26

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 08:32:00 GMT

Teatime: Session 26 – 11th October 2020

Episode: Nevis, West Indies – Part 2 (Episode 13, Series 6)

Continuing our Black History Month coverage, we return to the Caribbean for the second half of our dig on the island of Nevis. We're joined by Stewart Ainsworth, Time Team's resident landscape investigator who shares a moving account of the plight of slaves on the sugar plantation.

Stewart Ainsworth: Return to Nevis

Tim introduces this week's episode

Session 25

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 16:37:00 GMT

Teatime: Session 25 – 4th October 2020

Episode: Nevis, West Indies – Part 1 (Episode 12, Series 6)

In honour of Black History Month, recognised throughout October in the UK, we revisit our two-part dig on the island of Nevis in the Caribbean, the site of a former sugar plantation.

Mick 'the Dig' Worthington: Dendro Detective

Tim introduces this week's episode

Session 24

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 09:15:00 GMT

Teatime: Session 24 – 27th September 2020

Episode: York – Live Special (Episode 13, Series 7)

This week, we revisit a special live dig in the ancient city of York. Tony and the team face one of their biggest challenges excavating three sites from three different historic periods in just three days.

Iron smelter Jake Sheen discusses ancient metalwork

Vikings: Exploding the myth

Tim introduces this week's episode

Session 23

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:06:00 GMT

Teatime: Session 23 – 20th September 2020

Episode: Beauport Park, Sussex (Episode 7, Series 6)

This week, the team investigate the ruins of a bath-house discovered in Sussex at a site connected to the Roman navy. We're also joined for tea by Sussex resident and bestselling novelist, Kate Mosse, author of Labyrinth.

Interview with author Kate Mosse – Part 1

Interview with author Kate Mosse – Part 2

Session 22

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 08:40:14 GMT

Teatime: Session 22 – 13th September 2020

Episode: A Waltham Villa, Gloucestershire (Episode 4, Series 8)

The action continues as the Team head to the village of Whittington in search of a Roman villa. Time Team just wouldn't be the same without our resident artist, Victor Ambrus, recreating historic scenes. This week, we're joined for a chat by another extremely talented illustrator - Martin Brown, the man behind the gruesomely popular Horrible Histories series. Martin gives an artist's unique view on 'redrawing the history books', as well as his thoughts on Victor.

Team members talk Archaeology and Climate Change at this year's CBA Festival of Archaeology

Meet Horrible Histories illustrator, Martin Brown

Session 21

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 08:26:00 GMT

Teatime: Session 21 – 6th September 2020

Episode: Back to our Roots, Athelney (Episode 8, Series 10)

In celebration of Time Team's 100th episode, the gang return to the subject of the very first episode: Athelney, the refuge of Alfred the Great. This week, we're joined for tea by the wonderful Bernard Cornwell, creator of Sharpe and The Last Kingdom series. We also catch up with Time Team regular Dr Sam Newton, who regales us with his harp playing and recital of Saxon verse. This is one not to be missed!

Sharpe's Time Team: Bernard Cornwell

Anglo-Saxon expert and Time Team regular, Dr Sam Newton

Session 20

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:33:00 GMT

Teatime: Session 20 – 9th August 2020

Episode: Jailhouse Rocks, Appleby, Cumbria (Episode 13, Series 10)

This week, the team investigate the old market town of Appleby in Cumbria where a police station is on the site of no fewer than three historic gaols, now buried under the car park.

Meet the Prisoner: Jim Mower

Dig Village Masterclass 14: Paul Blinkhorn - Pottery Mastermind

Session 19

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:23:00 GMT

Teatime: Session 19 – 2nd August 2020

Episode: An Iron Age Trading Centre, Green Island, Dorset (Episode 6, Series 11)

Poole Harbour was a thriving port in the Iron Age, but could Green Island in the centre of the harbour have been a site of earlier industrial mass production? We're also delighted to be joined this week by bestselling author Philip Reeve, the mastermind who wrote Mortal Engines, recently made into a film by the team behind Lord of the Rings...

Dr Miles Russell discusses Green Island, Dorset

Lawrence Shaw and Derek Pitman's Career in Ruins

Mortal Engines author Philip Reeve discusses future archaeology

Q&A with Tim Taylor

Dig Village Masterclass 14: Naomi Sewpaul on Animal Bones

Session 18

Sat, 01 Aug 2020 08:37:26 GMT

Teatime: Session 18 – 26th July 2020

Episode: The Crannog in the Loch, Loch Migdale (Episode 3, Series 11)

The Team are at Loch Migdale in the Scottish Highlands, diving, hill walking and digging around a mysterious island to piece together the story of Highland life 2000 to 3000 years ago...

The ultimate Romano-British hero with Dr Miles Russell
RIP Peter Green – Phil Harding gets the Blues
Q&A Tuesday with Tim Taylor (coming soon)
Watch this episode on All4 (click here to view - UK only)

The ultimate Romano-British hero with Dr Miles Russell

RIP Peter Green – Phil Harding gets the Blues

Q&A Tuesday with Tim Taylor

[COMING SOON]

Session 17

Sun, 26 Jul 2020 09:00:00 GMT

Teatime: Session 17 – 19th July 2020

Episode: Back Garden Archaeology Revisiting a Roman Villa Ipswich

The Team investigate the site of a Roman villa in Ipswich...

Bestselling author Michael Morpurgo

Interview with John Gater

Q&A Tuesday with Tim Taylor

Uncle Phil's Toolbox

Session 16

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:49:00 GMT

Teatime: Session 16 – 12th July 2020

Episode: In Search of the Brigittine Abbey, Syon House (Episode 1, Series 11)

The Team search for Syon Abbey, one of England's richest abbeys...

Bestselling Author Philippa Gregory

Interview with John Gater

Q&A Tuesday with Tim Taylor

Dig Village: More Phil, More Pub

Session 15

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:35:00 GMT

Teatime: Session 15 – 5th July 2020

Episode: The Giant's Grave, Fetlar, Shetland (Episode 4, Series 10)

The Team visit a remote Scottish island to investigate an ancient local myth...

Phil Harding Goes Viking

Jim Mower: Find of a Lifetime

Q&A Tuesday with Tim Taylor

Dig Village: Phil Harding and the Return of the Village Pub

Session 14

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 08:35:00 GMT

Teatime: Session 14 – 28th June 2020

Episode: Mosaics, Mosaics, Mosaics – Dinnington (Series 10, Episode 2)

Interview with Stewart Ainsworth (and Denia discussion)

Q&A Tuesday with Tim Taylor

Dig Village Masterclass 12: Know Your Bones (with Jackie McKinley and Naomi Sewpaul)

Session 13

Sun, 28 Jun 2020 09:10:00 GMT

Teatime: Session 13 – 21st June 2020

Episode: Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Lincolnshire

The Team investigae an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Lincolnshire...

Interview with Helen Geake

Interview with graphic artists Sue and Steeve Breeze

Q&A Tuesday with Tim Taylor

Dig Village Masterclass 11: Know Your Pottery (with Paul Blinkhorn)

Session 12

Sun, 21 Jun 2020 09:50:28 GMT

Teatime: Session 12 – 14th June 2020

Episode: The Fortress in the Lake, Brecon (Episode 4, Series 1)

The Team visit the site of a Dark Age crannog (a manmade island) in Brecon. What happened to the people who lived there?

Interview with Carenza Lewis

Interview with Dr Damian Good

Q&A Tuesday with Tim Taylor

Dig Village Masterclass 10: The Grey Friars

Session 11

Sun, 21 Jun 2020 09:38:49 GMT

Teatime: Session 11 – 7th June 2020

Episode: Burslem, Staffordshire (Episode 1, Series 6)

The Team investigate the site of Josiah Wedgwood's first ever factory. So we're hoping that they might find some pottery!

Interview with Jenni Butterworth

Interview with Jim Mower

Interview with Site Inspector, Bill Klemperer

Q&A Tuesday with Tim Taylor

Dig Village Masterclass 9: Domesday

Session 10

Sat, 06 Jun 2020 17:21:00 GMT

Teatime: Session 10 – 31st May 2020

Episode: Bombers in Reedham Marshes, Norfolk (Episode 8, Series 6)

The Team are in Norfolk to excavate one of the two US B17 bombers that collided and crashed into Reedham marshes in 1944. They're hoping air crash experts can determine why it happened...

Radio Phil: Interview with Phil Harding

Radio John: Interview with John Gater

Q&A Tuesday with Tim Taylor

Dig Village Masterclass 8: Myths & Legends