Time Team Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Time Team: Season 20

• Season 20 Episode 12: Twenty Years of Time Team

  In a special 20th anniversary celebration for the programme, Tony Robinson relives the best bits from more than 200 episodes, taking in major highlights such as digging up the garden of Buckingham Palace to reveal a crashed Spitfire and discovering the first stone circle to be found in Britain for 150 years. There is a reminder of how the show grew from nervous beginnings in a Somerset field into attempting city-wide digs and promoting nationwide events in which thousands of people spent the weekend digging in their own back gardens

• Season 20 Episode 11: Trial and Error: The Time Team Guide to Experimental Archaeology

  Tony Robinson celebrates the many practical experiments and re-creations that he and the team have conducted over the past 20 years to unlock the mysteries exposed by their digs. The programme revisits some memorable highlights from shows of yesteryear, from making individual objects like Stone Age axes, Roman pewter bowls, medieval pottery and King Arthur's sword, to building an entire Iron Age house and a Roman machine to lift water from a deep well

• Season 20 Episode 10: An Englishman's Castle

  The team investigates acres of overgrown gardens surrounding Upton Castle in Pembrokeshire, the centre of a romantic mystery for owners Steve and Pru Barlow. The pair bought what looked like a medieval castle at the front and a Victorian mansion at the back, leaving the origins of the complex unclear. The group digs trenches to look for a courtyard, while building specialists crawl through the roof and an excavation for the remains of a drawbridge takes place. Presented by Tony Robinson

• Season 20 Episode 9: Wolsey's Lost Palace

  Tony Robinson and the team try to piece together the complete picture of the Manor of More, a once impressive structure masterminded by Henry VIII's right-hand man, Cardinal Wolsey. The palace had been forgotten about until the 1950s, when a group of pupils at Northwood School in Hertfordshire discovered its remains beneath their playing field. One of them joins the team on an adventure of discovery, observing remains dating back to the 16th century

• Season 20 Episode 8: The Lost Castle of Dundrum

  Tony Robinson and the team search for the remains of a Norman castle in Co Down, one of Northern Ireland's most picturesque counties, exploring a territory established by renegade knight John de Courcy in the 12th century against the orders of King John. The castle was later rebuilt, and much of its replacement is still standing, but the experts are convinced that some of what remains dates from de Courcy's time - and discover that it may go back even further

• Season 20 Episode 7: Mystery of the Thames-side Villa

  The experts head to a field in South Oxfordshire where significant findings were made by an inquisitive PhD student half a century ago, including a mosaic and the stone walls of a former Roman building. Tony Robinson and the crew examine aerial pictures showing clear building lines in the ground, and speak with the current landowner, a farmer who continues to discover bricks and tiles underground. They try to evaluate the building's purpose and how the Thames may have shifted the remains over the course of two millennia

• Season 20 Episode 6: Horseshoe Hall

  The team heads to the small county of Rutland to visit Oakham Castle, the best preserved 12th-century building in Britain. It was once home to the Norman knight Walkelin de Ferrers, who fought alongside Richard the Lionheart in the Crusades, and before that the residence of several Saxon kings and queens. Tony and the crew investigate de Ferrers' long-lost private quarters, but it takes three days of twists and turns to determine what the site looked like 900 years ago. To mark the visit, they cast a special giant Time Team horseshoe to add to the collection of hundreds of shoes that have decorated the castle hall for half a millennium

• Season 20 Episode 5: Lost Mines of Lakeland

  Tony Robinson and team head to the Lake District to look for copper, a forgotten piece of the nation's industrial heritage. There are nearly two dozen old mines across the mountains, some thought to have been established 400 years ago when the valleys would have been studded with workshops, scaffolding and water-powered machines, home to a brave band of Tudor miners. The Team battles the rain, wind and dangerously unstable trackways, but the combination of sheer effort and some ultra-high-tech kit takes them into the heart of the old mine works

• Season 20 Episode 4: Warriors

  Tony Robinson and his team head to an army training ground on Salisbury Plain to discover what lies beneath the Barrow Clump, a huge mound of earth built in the Bronze Age by those wishing to bury their dead. More than 2,500 years later, the Anglo-Saxons re-used the location as a burial site, leaving behind some fascinating artefacts. The team is joined for the dig by a group of wounded soldiers, whose members are being trained in archaeology as part of their rehabilitation

• Season 20 Episode 3: Henham's Lost Mansions

  Tony Robinson and a team of specialist historians help Hektor Rous, the son of 'Aussie Earl' Keith Rous, piece together the mysterious history of the family's Tudor country home in Suffolk. In 2004, Hektor moved from Melbourne, Australia, hoping to rebuild the estate's fortunes, and established events such as the Latitude Festival in its 3,500-acre grounds

• Season 20 Episode 2: A Capital Hill

  Tony Robinson and the team investigate an Iron Age hill fort in Cardiff that dominates a city housing estate, and explore whether the site could be the long-lost ancient capital of south Wales. With five acres of ground and half a mile of ramparts and ditches to examine, time is not on their side, but, helped by the local community, finds such as the remains of jewellery and drinking vessels help paint a vivid picture of domestic life around 800BC

• Season 20 Episode 1: Brancaster, Norfolk

  Tony Robinson and the team explore a site at Brancaster in Norfolk that is believed to have been a Roman 'shore fort', and possibly a key military outpost. They amass 2,500 finds - their biggest-ever number - which provide information on contemporary decorative arts, sport and much more, and also undertake a high-definition geophysics survey that generates enough data to crash the computers. The biggest surprise reveals evidence of a high level of trade with the local population, and clues as to how Britons living near the site benefited financially from the Roman presence

Time Team: Season 19

• Season 19 Episode 16: Time Team Special: Rediscovering Ancient Britain

  Tony Robinson, Phil Harding and Alex Langlands explore the Dorset Ridgeway and investigate how the discovery of burial grounds, henges that showcased unexplained rituals and a town built on top of an Iron Age hill fort have made the area one of the richest archaeological sites in the country. The team also explains how recent scientific advances have helped shed light on Britain's prehistoric civilisations

• Season 19 Episode 13: Time Team's greatest discoveries - Compilation

  Tony Robinson adjudicates the debate to decide the team's greatest discovery to date. With more than 250 digs to consider, many of which retrieved rare and valuable finds in addition to the ones that revealed intriguing archaeological fakery, Mick Aston, Phil Harding and Helen Greake debate and defend their favourites

• Season 19 Episode 12: Time Team's guide to burial - Compilation

  Tony Robinson and the team revisit ancient burial sites around the country, including Bronze Age cemeteries, Roman mausoleums and the decorative Anglo-Saxon resting places to reveal how funeral customs have developed and evolved over thousands of years of British history

• Season 19 Episode 11: King John's lost palace

  Tony Robinson and a team of specialist historians travel to Nottinghamshire, where residents of Clipstone village near Sherwood Forest believe some impressive ruins in a farmer's field may have played a part in the ancient tales of Robin Hood. The extensive building records and high-quality carvings prove a fine building existed somewhere nearby, but finding out what it looked like and how large it was frustrates the archaeologists

• Season 19 Episode 10: Castle Hill, Somerset

  Tony Robinson and the team head to Somerset, where a family of farmers hopes to unearth evidence of a Norman castle believed to have once stood on top of what is known locally as Castle Hill. Records show there used to be such a structure in the area, but there are several likely locations for it. As the dig progresses, an outline of what appears to be a castle keep is revealed, but the findings lead to an unexpected conclusion

• Season 19 Episode 9: Rome's wild west

  Tony Robinson and the team head to the Roman legionary fort of Caerleon, in Gwent, where they investigate evidence that a huge structure - a courtyard surrounded by stone buildings - once led from the fort down to the River Usk. Archaeologists from Cardiff University help cast new light on what was once seen solely as a military outpost

• Season 19 Episode 8: Secrets of the dunes

  Tony Robinson and the team head to Kenfig, south Wales, to search for the remains of the once-thriving harbour town believed to have been buried beneath sand dunes in a series of storms more than 500 years ago. The archaeologists have only three days to determine the size of the lost community and search for evidence of the battles between the locals and the Anglo-Norman settlers

• Season 19 Episode 7: The Only Earl Is Essex

  Property magnate Paul Whight invites Tony Robinson and the team to investigate his stately home in Essex to learn more about the De Veres, better known as the Earls of Oxford, who once lived there. In an in-depth search of the building and garden, the archaeologists gradually make discoveries that shed light on the history of the home and the aristocratic family

• Season 19 Episode 6: Swansea

  Tony Robinson and the team head to Swansea, once the heart of the copper smelting industry. Today, the port city is a complete contrast to what was once compared to Dante's Inferno with smoke, noise and pollution, but as the archaeologists shift tons of land, they uncover traces of this unique heritage and re-discover the story of the men who worked there

• Season 19 Episode 5: Beadnell

  Tony Robinson and the team visit the village of Beadnell on the Northumbrian coast, where mysterious fragments of human bone have emerged over recent years. Legend ties the area to local 7th-century Saint Ebbe, and it is widely believed that a 13th-century chapel once stood here. As the diggers set out to investigate possible remains of an earlier structure on the site, they unearth some shocking finds

• Season 19 Episode 4: Newmarket

  Tony Robinson and the team visit Newmarket, where they search the remains of Charles II's property in a bid to distinguish a racing stable from any other royal one. A mechanical horse and a visit to Ladies' Day add to the excitement, but with limited time and a layer of concrete covering the construction site, the task proves to be problematic

• Season 19 Episode 3: Dunwich

  Tony Robinson and the team head to Dunwich, Suffolk, which is slowly being lost to coastal erosion. In a bid to prove if the town can be traced to Anglo-Saxon times, they must dig one of the deepest trenches to date between local amenities, while team leader Mick Aston, desperate to understand the layout of the diminishing town, uses sophisticated sonar technology to search beneath the waves

• Season 19 Episode 2: Bitterley

  Tony Robinson and the team descend on the village of Bitterley, Shropshire, where a local headmistress has been leading a dig in a field, which they believe once used to be full of houses and streets. Fully prepared to help the professionals with their work, they build test pits in spare land and trenches in their own gardens, but it is three days before the answer is revealed

• Season 19 Episode 1: Gateholm Island

  Tony Robinson and the team investigate Gateholm Island, Pembrokeshire, where a number of mysterious artefacts were discovered years ago, suggesting the site was once of religious importance. The archaeologists battle inclement weather to begin a dig on the mainland, where team leader Francis Pryor sees characteristics suggestive of a classic Iron Age fort beginning to emerge

• Season 19 Episode Special: Searching for Shakespeare's House: A Time Team Special

  Tony Robinson and the team embark on another dig in the hope of unearthing more historical treasures

Time Team: Season 18 (2011)

• Season 18 Episode 14: The Way We Lived

  Tony Robinson and Mick Aston look back at clips from the 18 series of the archaeology programme, and reveal how their discoveries have helped build a picture of the development of human life in Britain during the past 10,000 years. They explain how early Britons learned to control the land they lived on, and explore how the evolution of house-building helped change the way people lived

• Season 18 Episode 13: Looking Underground

  Tony Robinson and John Gater chart the rise and development of geophysics technology since the archaeology programme's first dig in 1994. The presenters reflect on some of the most memorable discoveries made using geophysics, before Tony decides to test how precise the technology has become by challenging John to identify 10 objects buried in a field - without doing any digging

• Season 18 Episode 12: Castle of the Saxon Kings

  Tony Robinson and the team head to Bamburgh Castle on the Northumberland coast, where they join in with efforts to discover more about the building's Saxon origins. Members of the Bamburgh Research Project have spent more than a decade combing through the history of the site, which was once home to the Bernician Kings who governed large parts of England, and believe there could be an exciting discovery lurking beneath the castle's lawns

• Season 18 Episode 11: Rooting for the Romans

  Tony Robinson and the team travel to Bedford Purlieus Wood in Cambridgeshire, where a set of Roman building foundations has been spotted poking through the forest floor. Aerial visualisations suggest the area was home to several structures - but the experts' attempts to find out more are hampered as the diggers struggle to get to grips with the cramped woodland environment

• Season 18 Episode 10: Search for the Domesday Mill

  Horse owners Stephen and Stephanie Fry believe an 11th-century flour mill once stood on their land, and ask Tony Robinson and the experts to search for evidence. Mick Aston soon finds ample clues that suggest their theory is correct, including the remnants of mill streams used to power grindstones - but a problem arises when one of their finds does not fit in with the story

• Season 18 Episode 9: The Mystery of the Manor Moat

  Tony Robinson and the experts head to Llancaiach Fawr manor, near Caerphilly, south Wales, to investigate an ancient moat. Upon surveying the site, the team's geophysicists feel it should provide them with the ideal conditions to determine what the moat was originally built to guard - but the project soon becomes one of the most baffling investigations in the programme's history

• Season 18 Episode 8: Castles and Cannons

  Tony Robinson and the experts travel across the Channel to Jersey, where they search for the origins of Mont Orgueil Castle, an imposing fortress constructed during the reign of King John. Their excavation is complicated by the fact that a newer castle was built on top of the old foundations in Tudor times - and the entire site is located on a rocky outcrop with sides so steep that they can only be scaled by mountaineers

• Season 18 Episode 7: The House of the White Queen

  Tony Robinson and the team head to Groby Old Hall in Leicestershire, formerly the home of Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV, and discover a surprising array of archaeological remains beneath its gardens, including a medieval wall and possible evidence of a Norman castle. They are joined by author Philippa Gregory, who delves into the complex history of the Greys, the house's former owners and one of the most powerful dynasties in medieval Britain

• Season 18 Episode 6: Under the Gravestones

  Tony Robinson and the team embark on one of their most delicate missions to date, as they search for Roman artefacts beneath the graveyard of St Kyneburgha's Church in Castor, Cambridgeshire. With several reports of similar finds in and around the village, speculation mounts that they could uncover the remnants of a praetorium - a huge building that would have dominated the region's skyline during the period. However, as the experts start digging in other nearby locations, they discover that not all the evidence points to the same conclusion

• Season 18 Episode 5: The Furnace in the Forest

  Tony Robinson and the team travel to Derwentcote in Co Durham, where they explore the Industrial Revolution's impact on the region by digging through the undergrowth to search for old furnaces and forges. Their investigation is also helped by the diary of an 18th-century industrial spy, and records from the time help shed light on how the area's cottage industries gave way to the power of expanding cities such as Sheffield

• Season 18 Episode 4: Hitler's Island Fortress

  Tony Robinson gets to choose a site for investigation for the first time in the programme's history - and decides to take the team to Jersey, home to a German anti-aircraft battery built during the Second World War. As the experts explore the area, they realise their site was part of a far larger and more complex settlement, and discover shocking facts about the islanders' suffering during wartime

• Season 18 Episode 3: Romans on the Range

  The archaeologists get an opportunity to dig at an army firing range in High Ham, Somerset, to investigate a set of Roman mosaics first discovered 150 years ago. Initial searches suggest the remains of Roman villas could be located on the site, and the team begins to build up a picture of the highs and lows of life in the society of the time - until the cold weather threatens to bring the excavation to a premature halt

• Season 18 Episode 2: Saxon Death, Saxon Gold

  Tony Robinson and the archaeologists excavate a site in Leicestershire which they believe contains an Anglo-Saxon burial ground. Though their initial search for a cemetery proves fruitless, more digging leads to the experts uncovering evidence of several different types of funeral, as well as a highly valuable piece of jewellery - and one member of the team volunteers to take part in a re-creation of a cremation ceremony from the period

• Season 18 Episode 1: Reservoir Rituals

  Tony Robinson and the team embark on their 200th dig, this time on the bed of a reservoir in a valley high up on Dartmoor in Devon. The specially-drained site adds difficulties for the team with its abundance of thick mud, but the archeological experts uncover a network of monuments that suggest the discovery of a major prehistoric site. Their efforts are further rewarded when the first stone henge to be discovered in Britain for a century is unearthed

Time Team: Season 17 (2010 - 2013)

• Season 17 Episode 12: Dinmore, Herefordshire: Commanding Heights

  Tony Robinson and the team search for the remains of an Iron Age fort at Dinmore Hill in Herefordshire, but their investigation is hampered when the geophysicists struggle to find target sites for excavating - and heavy rain causes further difficulties. With digging temporarily suspended, the experts discuss the purpose and date of the archaeology, but disagreements soon arise

• Season 17 Episode 11: Litlington, Cambridgeshire: There's a Villa Here Somewhere

  The team heads to the Cambridgeshire village of Litlington to search for the remains of what was rumoured to be one of Britain's biggest Roman villas. However, the initial digging site yields little useful evidence, forcing the archaeologists to ask for permission to excavate local residents' gardens, while a team of diggers tackles trees and undergrowth in a nearby copse

• Season 17 Episode 10: Burford, Oxfordshire: Priory Engagement

  Tony Robinson and the team visit the Oxfordshire town of Burford to respond to a challenge from Professor Mick Aston. Here, they investigate the remains of a medieval hospital in the grounds of Burford Priory, where Mick also found evidence of a lost Anglo-Saxon settlement. Over three days, the team hopes to unearth the history of both the hospital and the earlier Saxon community, and the subsequent discoveries look set to redraw the historical map of the area

• Season 17 Episode 9: Governor's Green, Portsmouth

  Tony Robinson and the team head to Governor's Green in Portsmouth, where they search for the site of a 13th-century hospital founded by monks. Although part of the building still stands, the whereabouts of the rest of it remain shrouded in mystery - and initial evidence from the trenches makes the task even more confusing, leading to a clash between the diggers and the surveyors

• Season 17 Episode 8: Tregruk Castle, South Wales: Something for the Weekend

  Tony Robinson and the archaeologists travel to Monmouthshire, where they are tasked with investigating Tregruk - formerly one of Britain's biggest castles. After setting out to examine the interior to find out how the structure fitted into a network of fortresses built by English barons 700 years ago, the team members dig deeper into the trenches - and realise they have uncovered a medieval Xanadu

• Season 17 Episode 7: Norman Cross, Cambridgeshire: Death and Dominoes - The First PoW Camp

  Tony Robinson and the archaeologists excavate the site of the world's first purpose-built prisoner of war camp, which was constructed to incarcerate 7,000 of Napoleon's troops in 1797 at Norman Cross in Cambridgeshire. The team is particularly interested in locating the cemetery, where more than 2,000 inmates were buried after dying from diseases contracted in the camp - and their search leads them to discover just how brutal prisoners' lives could be

• Season 17 Episode 6: Cunetio

  Tony Robinson and the team of archaeologists take on one of their most ambitious challenges to date - investigating the lost Roman town of Cunetio, which lies buried under wheat fields in Wiltshire. The project is particularly close to Phil Harding's heart, as in the 1970s he helped verify a find of 55,000 Roman coins on the site. The scale of the site, along with the inclement weather, makes the dig even more challenging - but the discoveries prove to be worth the effort

• Season 17 Episode 5: Sutton Courtenay

  Tony Robinson and the team visit Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, where aerial photography of an apparently featureless Oxfordshire field reveals the site of a group of buildings once occupied by Anglo-Saxon royalty. They build up a picture of life 1,400 years ago, using clues including a piece of Saxon poetry and a totem pole

• Season 17 Episode 4: Hopton Castle

  Tony Robinson and the experts visit the remains of Hopton Castle in Shropshire, where they try to combine contemporary accounts and their own archaeological findings to produce an unbiased account of an English Civil War battle that took place there in 1644. The team also searches for evidence that could reveal the true fate of the defeated Parliamentary soldiers that had been trying to defend the castle

• Season 17 Episode 3: Bridge Over The River Tees

  The expert archaeologists search a stretch of the River Tees for Roman artefacts thought to have come from one of the most impressive forts in northern Britain. They find buildings and roads that confirm its importance as a major strategic crossing close to the Scottish border and Hadrian's Wall, but are surprised to discover it was also the location of three Roman bridges - and perhaps another from prehistoric times. Tony Robinson presents

• Season 17 Episode 2: A Saintly Site

  An invitation to excavate the remains of what is thought to be one of Scotland's earliest chapels on the Isle of Mull provides Tony Robinson and the team with one of their biggest, most rewarding, challenges. In a forest outside the town of Tobermory, they believe they have discovered a settlement established by St Columba, who brought Christianity to northern Britain - but the remoteness of the location and the discovery of human remains threaten what could be a once-in-a-lifetime find

• Season 17 Episode 1: Corridors of Power: Westminster Abbey

  Tony Robinson and Mick Aston lead a team investigating the history of Westminster Abbey, but under the constant watch of tourists they must battle London's driving rain if they are to uncover the truth about one of Britain's greatest landmarks. They hope to locate a lost sacristy, rumoured to have held the largest treasure trove to the west of the Alps, but are surprised to find the remains of a row of 18th-century houses and workshops built right up against the Abbey

Time Team: Season 16 (2009 - 2012)

• Season 16 Episode 13: Blythburgh, Suffolk: Skeletons in the Shed

  In the final episode of the series, Tony Robinson and the team investigate a back garden in Blythburgh, Suffolk, where a cupboard full of human skulls was discovered in the potting shed. The archaeologists believe the site could yield the remains of a medieval priory and the body of a Saxon warrior king killed on the nearby marshes. However, the buildings fail to materialise and burials are uncovered in strange locations

• Season 16 Episode 12: Ulnaby, Co Durham: The Hollow Way

  Tony Robinson and the team travel to the grass-covered remains of the deserted medieval village of Ulnaby in the Durham countryside. Although the site has been photographed, surveyed and written about, it has never been dug before. As work progresses, the convivial atmosphere and the team's patience are tested to the limit when the evidence on the ground does not tally with what the archaeologists have been promised

• Season 16 Episode 11: Warboys, Cambridgeshire: Beacon of the Fens

  Tony Robinson and the team brave freezing weather to explore Chapel Hill on the windswept expanse of the East Anglian Fens. Flint axes and ornately carved stone blocks discovered by the landowners suggest a religious building or prehistoric monument once stood on the small Cambridgeshire outcrop, while other theories about the location's history include a Bronze Age burial ground and a lighthouse. However, the first day of the dig produces evidence the site is even older than the archaeologists expected

• Season 16 Episode 10: Lincoln's Inn, London: Called to the Bar

  Tony Robinson and the team explore the remains of a 13th-century palace in Lincoln's Inn, London, a building that became the birthplace of the British legal system and was home to King Henry III's Lord Chancellor. They also investigate Lincoln's Inn Fields, the biggest public square in Central London. Over the course of three days, both sites produce tantalising glimpses of some of the defining events that have shaped the city's history

• Season 16 Episode 9: Looe, Cornwall: Hermit Harbour

  In a dig hampered by rising tides and the discovery of mystery burials, Tony Robinson and the team search for some of the earliest evidence of Christianity in Britain when they excavate two chapels on Looe Island in Cornwall. With just minutes to go before the archaeologists are forced to leave, they make a major discovery

• Season 16 Episode 8: Colworth, Bedfordshire: Mystery of the Ice-Cream Villa

  The hunt for evidence of a Roman villa has surprising results as Tony Robinson and the team join a group of amateur archaeologists in Colworth, Bedfordshire. Over the years, countless pieces of Roman pottery, coins and building material have been found, but after three days of extreme heat, the expected signs of an ancient structure remain undiscovered

• Season 16 Episode 7: Radcot, Oxfordshire: Anarchy in the UK

  Tony Robinson and the team embark on a dig in a field beside the Thames in Oxfordshire. Archaeologists believe an impressive stronghold was built in Radcot to control the river crossing during the period of unrest in the 12th century known as The Anarchy, but the theory has never been proved. As the dig gets under way, evidence of a large medieval building is uncovered, but it becomes apparent the site is more complex than first imagined

• Season 16 Episode 6: Salisbury Cathedral: Buried Bishops and Belfries

  At the turn of the millennium, bones were discovered in an area of Salisbury Cathedral that once housed the personal chapel of the bishop Richard Beauchamp. Tony Robinson and the crew spend three days digging in the grounds, using their expert knowledge to identify the remains and unearthing the original bell tower as well as evidence of the people who constructed the medieval building

• Season 16 Episode 5: Risehill, North Yorkshire: Blood, Sweat and Beers

  Tony Robinson and the team investigate a Victorian settlement lived in by railway navvies in Rise Hill, North Yorkshire. The construction of the Settle to Carlisle railway took five years and involved digging a tunnel three-quarters of a mile long through solid rock. The archaeologists find the houses and workshops that were built on the isolated hill and uncover stories of murder, suicide and heroic endurance

• Season 16 Episode 4: Caerwent, South Wales: Toga Town

  Tony Robinson and the team excavate the remains of a Roman market town hidden beneath the small Monmouthshire village of Caerwent. The archaeologists are puzzled by the discovery of a maze of walls, and other finds - including a child's toy, evidence of street food and a rare knife handle carved into the shape of two fighting gladiators - prove this was a bustling community

• Season 16 Episode 3: Knockdhu, Co Antrim: Heroes' Hill

  Tony Robinson and the team join forces with staff from Queen's University in Belfast to excavate a 4,000-year-old monument at Knockdhu on the coast of Co Antrim. Braving the elements in this remote location, they come to appreciate how it has remained undisturbed for so long and uncover evidence of a sophisticated, if warlike, society

• Season 16 Episode 2: Scargill Castle, Co Durham: The Wedding Present

  Tony Robinson explores the history of the run-down Scargill Castle in County Durham, bought as a wedding present by archaeologist Niall Hammond for his wife Catherine. Reputed to be a medieval stronghold for a powerful dynasty in the war between the Scots and the English, nobody is able to say what it looked like in its prime. The team tries to piece together the history and layout of the ruins

• Season 16 Episode 1: Friars Wash, Flamstead: The Trouble with Temples

  During the past 15 years of archaeological digs, Tony Robinson and his team have never found a Roman temple. However, armed with 30-year-old aerial photographs, they try once more in a field in Hertfordshire, and after an exhausting three-day dig, they uncover a complex of four temples, as well as numerous bronze and silver coins and lead curse tablets from third-century worshippers

Time Team: Season 15 (2008 - 2011)

• Season 15 Episode 14: Freen's Court

  Freen's Court, near the English-Welsh border, is where Saxon King Offa reportedly had his palace.

• Season 15 Episode 13: Portskewett, South Wales: Hunting King Harold

  In the last dig of the series, Tony Robinson and the team investigate Harold's Field near Portskewett in South Wales, where local legends state that King Harold II built a hunting lodge in 1065. However, as the archaeologists search the previously untouched site, they discover the Saxons were not alone in their interest in the location

• Season 15 Episode 13: Harold's Field

  Searching for a hunting lodge built by King Harold in South Wales.

• Season 15 Episode 12: Wickenby, Lincolnshire: The Romans Recycle

  Tony Robinson and his group of intrepid archaeologists head to a muddy field in Wickenby, Lincolnshire, where a metal detector enthusiast has uncovered a treasure trove of Roman and Iron Age coins. As relationships become strained between experts with conflicting opinions, the team take action to discover what was really happening at the location 2,000 years ago

• Season 15 Episode 11: Hamsterley, Co Durham: 5,000 Tons of Stone

  Tony Robinson and the team visit the site of an enigmatic stone structure in County Durham large enough to house a full-size football pitch. Over the years, the ruins have been labelled as those of an Iron Age farm, a Roman prison and a Dark Age stronghold. The team aim to solve the mystery, and uncover a piece of Britain's heritage

• Season 15 Episode 10: Padstow, Cornwall: From Constantinople to Cornwall

  Tony Robinson and the team head to Padstow, Cornwall, to investigate why 1,500-year-old pottery and metalwork originating in North Africa and Turkey have been discovered by locals. The geophysics results suggest the field in which they were found may have contained an Iron Age village, while the archaeologists suspect the nearby sandy cove may have been a port dealing with traders from throughout the Mediterranean

• Season 15 Episode 9: Dungannon, Northern Ireland: Fort of the Earls

  Tony Robinson and the team head to Dungannon, Northern Ireland, to investigate a former 17th-century stronghold. Seized in 1602 by English forces, the site is now the location of an abandoned British Army base. With only one picture of the old fortress still in existence, the crew struggles to uncover the truth about this important site

• Season 15 Episode 8: Stonton Wyville, Leicestershire: Saxons on the Edge

  Tony Robinson and his crew of intrepid excavators uncover an Anglo Saxon settlement - a rare achaeological find - in an unassuming Leicestershire field. Caught up in the anthropological excitement, the team begin a frantic search for examples of longhouses, an irregular form of building that leaves few traces after demolition. Meanwhile, the team's resident Wessex man Phil Harding undergoes a DNA test to establish where his ancestors originated from

• Season 15 Episode 7: Hunstrete, Somerset: Keeping Up with the Georgians

  Tony Robinson and the team descend on a field outside Bath to search for the remains of the Georgian house built by local MP Sir Francis Popham 200 years ago. A set of stone arches are all that currently remain of the property, but two oil paintings suggest it was once one of the grandest homes in Britain - although the results of the dig seem to tell a very different story

• Season 15 Episode 6: South London: Blitzkrieg on Shooters Hill

  The archaeologists arrive in the south London district of Shooters Hill to look for evidence of the secret bunkers and anti-tank weapons that formed the capital's line of defence against a possible Nazi invasion during the Second World War. Tony Robinson meets the people who were there, including former members of the Home Guard, and imagines what life might have been like if the Germans had landed in Britain

• Season 15 Episode 5: Coberley, Gloucestershire: Mysteries of the Mosaic

  Tony Robinson and the team head to a Cotswolds field, where archaeologists suspect the great and the good of British Roman society once built their homes. However, after an extensive dig, the excavation experts discover that the site was once a hub of worship for Bacchus, the pagan god of wine and entertainment, and its destruction was a result of iconoclasm practised by early Roman Christians

• Season 15 Episode 4: Towcester, Northamptonshire: The Naughty Nuns of Northampton

  Tony Robinson and his crew of archaeologists investigate a collection of relics discovered in the garden of a suburban family in Northamptonshire. Among the artefacts found are what appear to be a collection of unusual sarcophagi and the ruins of Sewardsley Priory, a 900-year-old nunnery linked at various times in the past with witchcraft, begging and debauchery

• Season 15 Episode 3: Barra, Outer Hebrides: Bodies in the Dunes

  Tony Robinson and his crew of historians head to the windswept Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, where tumultuous weather conditions are literally blowing away more than 4,000 years' worth of ruined architecture. The team investigates a Bronze Age burial ground, and uncovers an Iron Age settlement - with everyday detritus still intact

• Season 15 Episode 2: Street of the Dead: Binchester, Co Durham

  Tony Robinson and the team embark on a three-day dig at a Roman fort in County Durham that was part of the defence of Dere Street, the main Roman road from York to Hadrian's Wall. They discover a series of military mausoleums and the remains of food eaten by the descendants of the dead during ritual meals

• Season 15 Episode 1: Gold in the Moat: Codnor Castle, Derbyshire

  Tony Robinson and the team brave the dangers of hidden mine-shafts to piece together the layout of Codnor Castle in Derbyshire. The former residence of the De Grey family - knights who saw action in almost every important medieval battle including the crusades and Agincourt - this grand excavation promises to be one of the most revealing to date. It lives up to the team's hopes as they uncover a huge round tower and, for the first time in the history of the programme, a drawbridge

• Season 15 Episode 10, Part 2: From Constantinople To Cornwall

Time Team: Season 14 (2007 - 2010)

• Season 14 Episode 13: Bodmin Moor, Cornwall: In the Shadow of the Tor

  Tony Robinson and the crew head to Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, to date a possible Bronze Age village of stone houses, and turn their attention to a vast and mysterious structure alongside the dwellings that could be the biggest burial mound in England. They battle against appalling weather conditions to discover a unique archaeological monument in their midst

• Season 14 Episode 12: Poulton, Cheshire: The Abbey Habit

  Tony Robinson and the team travel to Poulton in Cheshire in search of a long-lost abbey that was once home to a small community of Cistercian monks. Despite numerous archaeological finds having already been discovered at the site, some of the experts begin to suspect they are looking in the wrong area

• Season 14 Episode 11: Godstone, Surrey: Road to the Relics

  Ancient coins, brooches and metal fragments lead Tony Robinson and the crew to a Surrey field, which they believe might contain the remains of a Roman temple. Surprisingly, as excavations proceed, they unearth evidence suggesting they have stumbled across the ruins of an entire settlement

• Season 14 Episode 10: Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire: The Cheyne Gang

  Tony Robinson and his team meet archaeologists in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, who believe they have found the remains of a medieval building that may have belonged to the infamous Cheyne family. The clan's various members were accused of extortion, torture and assault, and rigged the local parliamentary election when they arrived in the town - before going on to become one of Britain's most respectable families

• Season 14 Episode 9: Dotton, Devon: Domesday Mill

  Tony Robinson and the archaeological team travel to the banks of the River Otter in Devon to investigate the site of an ancient watermill that was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, but first the archaeologists must deal with the remains of a more recent construction

• Season 14 Episode 8: Warburton, Cheshire: No Stone Unturned

  Tony Robinson and the crew visit Cheshire to examine a previously unknown Roman settlement after hearing about a fantastic array of archaeological finds that have been unearthed in a field. The archaeologists theorise it is the location of an old fort, but soon discover it is a site like no other they have ever investigated

• Season 14 Episode 7: Wicken, Milton Keynes: A Tale of Two Villages

  Tony Robinson and the team visit Milton Keynes, where they descend on the village of Wicken, which originally formed when two settlements merged more than 400 years ago. The locals want to know which half is the older, and when the archaeologists begin their dig they discover evidence of an early Saxon community on the site and an ancient burial ground beneath the ruins of a church

• Season 14 Episode 6: Stilton, Cambridgeshire: A Port and Stilton

  Tony Robinson and the team travel to a site near the town of Stilton in Cambridgeshire where a cheese press has been uncovered, and find the skeletal remains of a mother and child among the ancient Roman ruins. Further exploration leads the archaeologists to conclude they have unearthed an Anglo-Saxon hermitage - as well as the possible centre of the Roman pottery industry

• Season 14 Episode 5: Sandgate, Kent: Shorncliffe Redoubt

  Tony Robinson and the team investigate the remains of a fort built in Kent to defend the south coast of England from invasion by the revolutionary forces of 18th-century France, which is considered the spiritual home of fictional Napoleonic Wars hero Lieutenant Richard Sharpe

• Season 14 Episode 4: Amlwch, Anglesey: The Druids' Last Stand

  Tony Robinson and the team head for the windswept island of Anglesey, where they hope to uncover evidence of the lost world dominated by the Druids. The dig takes place at a previously unknown site at the top of a hill, while the locals are encouraged to build a huge 'Wicker Man', a traditional effigy thought to have been used by the Celtic society to harbour their sacrificial victims

• Season 14 Episode 3: Hooke Court, Dorset

  Tony Robinson and the crew visit Hooke Court in Dorset, a moated manor house being used as a school. While buildings experts search for artefacts above ground, the archaeologists tackle the vast lawn, and soon uncover clues to its mysterious past, possibly reaching as far back as the Domesday Book. As evidence mounts, Tony sets his sights on laying old ghosts to rest and discovering the site's real history

• Season 14 Episode 2: Blacklands, Somerset: There's No Place Like Rome

  Tony Robinson and the crew visit Blacklands in Somerset, where they investigate the site of a small Roman villa. They are called in to see if anything else is hidden at the same location and soon unearth an Iron Age roundhouse and some of the rarest British coins ever discovered - but it's not all plain sailing as torrential rain and gales hamper their efforts

• Season 14 Episode 1: Santon, Isle of Man: Finds of the Fairway

  Tony Robinson and the team embark on a dig on the Isle of Man to investigate the remains of a small stone chapel possibly built by the Vikings. Buffeted by the tail-end of an Atlantic hurricane, they uncover a stone carved with early Celtic writing which could be a burial record dating back to the 10th century. Their next find is no less remarkable - a fragile plait of perfectly preserved human hair

Time Team: Season 13 (2008 - 2009)

• Season 13 Episode 13: Applecross, Skye: Scotch Broch - Iron Age Life at Applecross

  Tony Robinson and the team tries to excavate one of the largest Iron Age structures in Britain, a stone tower in Applecross, north-west Scotland. Overhead power lines mean mechanical diggers cannot be used, so the tons of rock must be removed by hand, a task made harder by the worsening weather

• Season 13 Episode 12: Alfoldean, Sussex: The Taxman's Tavern

  Tony Robinson and the team head to Alfoldean in Sussex, where they believe an uncovered Roman coaching inn is at the centre of a large settlement. A 600-metre trench is dug, but resources are stretched as the experts attempt to find out why the village fell into disuse halfway through the occupation of Britain

• Season 13 Episode 11: Ffrith, North Wales: Early Bath

  Tony Robinson and the team head to Ffrith in north Wales in search of the remains of a Roman mining town. The signs are good, with an excavation in 1960 revealing a bath house, but just as the well-kept gardens are being turned into archaeology trenches, the weather begins to conspire against them

• Season 13 Episode 10: Islip, Oxfordshire: Birthplace of the Confessor

  The villagers of Islip in Oxfordshire invite the team to help them find a medieval chapel dedicated to famous former resident Edward the Confessor. The king ruled the country for 24 years, and was responsible for building Westminster Abbey, which the team also visits to search in the archives

• Season 13 Episode 9: Blackpatch, Sussex: Sussex Ups and Downs

  The team visits a site in the South Downs in Sussex that was first discovered in 1923. The Stone Age landscape is littered with the remains of 6,000-year-old flint mines, and the experts believe it could include a Neolithic settlement, making it one of the rarest examples in Britain

• Season 13 Episode 8: Queenborough, Kent: Castle in the Round

  The team travels to Queenborough Castle on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, the last royal castle constructed in medieval Britain. It was apparently built to defend the Thames Estuary, but historians believe it could have been planned as a bolthole for Edward III to escape the Black Death

• Season 13 Episode 7: Brimham, Yorkshire: The Monks' Manor

  The archaeological enthusiasts visit a Yorkshire Dales farm where grazing cows have uncovered stone walls in the fields. The land was once owned by one of the most powerful monasteries in Britain, and the team searches for clues that the medieval grange was owned by a religious order before Henry VIII instructed the dissolution of the monasteries

• Season 13 Episode 6: Eastry, Kent: Court of the Kentish King

  Tony Robinson and the team visit the orchards of Kent to look for the lost Anglo-Saxon palace of Eastry. Two sites are vying for their attention, including the gardens of one of the oldest houses in England, but early excavations unearth little evidence at either location. Tony Robinson presents

• Season 13 Episode 5: Utrecht, Netherlands: The Boat on the Rhine

  Dutch archaeologists invite Tony Robinson and the team to the biggest building site in Europe, where a 35m-long Roman barge has been excavated. The boat is more than 2,000 years old, but even the most seasoned diggers are surprised by its perfect condition despite its having been sunk deliberately

• Season 13 Episode 4: Esher, Surrey: The First Tudor Palace?

  Tony Robinson and the team have three days to work on the site of a former Surrey palace that inspired the design of Hampton Court. They set about excavating a garden to see what might remain of the Tudor building, erected for the Bishops of Winchester at the end of the Wars of the Roses. The archaeologists begin to unearth evidence of an earlier medieval manor, but things are not as they seem

• Season 13 Episode 3: Manchester: Rubble at the Mill - The Birth of the Industrial Revolution

  Tony Robinson and the team dig up a Manchester car park to unearth the remains of the city's first cotton mill. They search for the innovative steam engine that once powered the building, as well as evidence of the living conditions endured by Richard Arkwright's labourers - but the work proves both frustrating and arduous

• Season 13 Episode 2: Withington, Gloucestershire: Villas Out of Molehills

  Tony Robinson and the team investigate a Cotswold field where pieces of mosaic dug up by moles indicate a link between the site and an important Roman villa discovered 200 years previously. As the remains of more buildings emerge, they realise another lavish country home may have existed nearby

• Season 13 Episode 1: Glendon Hall, Northamptonshire: The Bodies in the Shed

  Tony Robinson and the team investigate the mystery of human skeletons found under outbuildings at Glendon Hall, Northamptonshire. The remains seem to be aligned east to west, prompting the team to wonder whether they have stumbled upon medieval Christian peasant graves - a relic of the lost village of Glendon

Time Team: Season 12 (2005 - 2007)

• Season 12 Episode 13: Hanslope, Milton Keynes: Animal Farm

  Tony Robinson and the team visit Northamptonshire, where they expect to find the remains of a Norman hunting lodge. However, the results prove confusing - the buildings they uncover are clearly too small for the lodge, but since the forests were protected, it remains a mystery what other structure would have been built there. Scouring the Domesday Book for clues, they also learn a large number of pigs were kept on the site, suggesting this could have been one of the world's first factory farms

• Season 12 Episode 12: South Shields, Tyneside: Tower Blocks and Togas

  Tony Robinson and the team embark on a dig in South Shields, a town famous for its ancient Roman fort. Archaeologists have found plenty of evidence to suggest the invaders also built a military cemetery in the area, but its probable location is now the site of a housing estate. Enlisting local aid, the experts begin turning over any open space in the neighbourhood - as well as the odd pavement - in search of evidence

• Season 12 Episode 11: Skipsea, East Yorkshire: Norman Neighbours

  Tony Robinson and the team visit Skipsea in East Yorkshire, where a local woman has discovered artefacts in a nearby field from the Neolithic, Roman and Saxon periods, but mostly a wealth of material of Norman origin. As the archaeologists explore the area, they believe they have discovered something extraordinary - an entire Norman village that existing records make no mention of. They also pay a visit to nearby Skipsea Castle which would have been the home of the Norman overlord, and as such may hold some clues about this mysterious settlement

• Season 12 Episode 10: South Perrott, Dorset: The Puzzle of Pickett's Farm

  Tony Robinson and the team investigate the discovery of Roman jewellery and coins in a hilltop field in Dorset, and are convinced a temple once stood there. However, a search fails to produce any evidence of Roman settlements, instead revealing a Stone Age burial site, that appears to have been respected for thousands of years

• Season 12 Episode 10: South Perrott, Dorset: The Puzzle of Pickett's Farm

  The programme heads to South Perrott in Dorset, where brooches and coins have been uncovered in a hilltop field. The team anticipates that excavation will yield a Roman temple, but an unexpected discovery suggests the location might actually have been a Stone Age burial site

• Season 12 Episode 9: St Osyth, Essex: Lost Centuries of St Osyth

  Tony Robinson and the team visit St Osyth, a village close to a 12th-century priory in Essex. However, the settlement itself only dates back to the 15th century and no trace of earlier habitation has ever been found - until now. A boatbuilder has discovered what appears to be the remains of a medieval wharf in the local river, which would suggest a busy town - and the archaeologists have three days to investigate

• Season 12 Episode 8: Wemyss, Fife: Picts and Hermits

  Tony Robinson and the team explore Wemyss Caves on the Firth of Forth, a famous landmark thought to have been inhabited by the Picts - a people so fearsome they scared the Romans into building Hadrian's Wall. The caverns have never been properly investigated, and are being gradually worn away by erosion. The crew examine the caves for evidence of the Picts, as well as the possibility of later occupants, such as medieval Christian hermits or Jacobean nobles

• Season 12 Episode 7: Standish, Gloucestershire: Going Upmarket with the Romans

  Tony Robinson and the team scour a field near Standish, in Gloucestershire for signs of a Roman villa. While plenty of evidence of the building has been found, in the form of brooches, mosaics and coins, there is no trace of the structure itself. As the archaeologists search the area, they uncover signs of habitation from the Iron Age to the Roman era and discover the story of a family who, over the course of several generations, lived through a tumultuous period of social change

• Season 12 Episode 6: River Hamble, Hampshire: Grace Dieu - In Search of Henry V's Flagship

  The team visits Southampton to excavate the skeleton of a medieval warship, believed to be Henry V's flagship the Grace Dieu. With only three days to prove its identity and find the exact size of the vessel, Tony Robinson and Phil Harding get to work underwater, while ancient wood expert Damien Goodburn attempts to replicate the style of construction used to build the ship

• Season 12 Episode 5: Northborough, Peterborough: A Neolithic Cathedral?

  The experts investigate a mysterious pattern of ditches on the fens near Peterborough, which could mark out a 6,000-year-old religious site. They are joined by historian and broadcaster Francis Pryor as they explore as much of the ancient structure as possible in three days - and try to uncover the mystery of the so-called Neolithic cathedral. Presented by Tony Robinson

• Season 12 Episode 5: The Fens of Peterborough

  Tony Robinson and the team uncover structures that could be 6,000 years old, when they excavate a huge crop mark near Peterborough

• Season 12 Episode 4: Drumlanrig, Dumfries: Fighting on the Frontier

  Tony Robinson and the team embark on an excavation close to Drumlanrig Castle, near Dumfries, where the Duke of Buccleuch discovered what he believes may be the remains of a huge Roman fort. They have three days to investigate their host's suspicions - which if confirmed would make it the most northerly example of its type ever found, and change current understanding of Roman history in Scotland

• Season 12 Episode 3: Preston, Lancashire: The Bombers in the Marsh

  Warton Marsh, near Preston in Lancashire, was the scene of a mid-air collision between two American bombers in 1944. An attempt by Tony Robinson and the team to establish the cause of the disaster sees them digging the aircraft out of two metres of mud and interviewing local eyewitnesses and US pilots

• Season 12 Episode 2: Nether Poppleton, Yorkshire: The Monastery and the Mansion

  Tony Robinson and the team travel to Nether Poppleton, near York, in a bid to find out more about the village's origins. Local residents are recruited to join in the excavations as the experts attempt to establish whether the settlement, mentioned in the Domesday Book as the land of St Everilda, dates back to the time of the Anglo-Saxons

• Season 12 Episode 1: Chenies Manor, Buckinghamshire: The Manor that's Back to Front

  Tony Robinson and the team travel to Chenies Manor in Buckinghamshire to investigate how the house would have appeared in the 16th century when Henry VIII stayed there. An inventory from 1585 lists a host of rooms which are no longer present, and while the experts initially agree to disagree about the building's original structure, their excavations reveal more than a few surprises for the property's current owners

Time Team: Season 11 (2002 - 2004)

• Season 11 Episode 13: Cranborne Chase, Dorset: Brimming with Remains

  Tony Robinson and the team explore the many delights of Dorset farmer Simon Meadon's fields. Crammed with finds, from a possible Romano-British villa to a Bronze Age ring ditch, the site is a complex one, and the work is increased by the important discovery of a number of burials. With just three days to unpick thousands of years of history, the team struggle to unearth what made the area so special

• Season 11 Episode 12: The Lost City of Roxburgh

  A search for the remains of Roxburgh, formerly one of Scotland's great medieval centres, which eventually fell into decline and disappeared in the 16th century. With only a ruined castle as a clue to the lost city's layout, Phil Harding and his army of diggers have just three days to peel back the layers of history and identify the royal seat of King David I, which was burned to the ground in 1460. Tony Robinson presents

• Season 11 Episode 11: Ipswich, Suffolk: Back Garden Archaeology

  In the 1940s, Basil Brown, the man who discovered Sutton Hoo, believed he'd uncovered the remains of the biggest Roman villa in East Anglia. Now Tony Robinson and the team head to an Ipswich suburb to see if he was right - but to find out, they are going to have to dig up a few back gardens and patios

• Season 11 Episode 10: Nassington, Northamptonshire: King Canute's Manor

  Tony Robinson and the team take part in a dig at 15th-century Prebendal Manor in Northamptonshire to unearth a Saxon hall alleged to have belonged to King Canute. However, they first have to rip up the floorboards of the Grade I-listed property

• Season 11 Episode 9: Wittenham Clumps, Oxfordshire: Fertile Soils, Rich Archaeology

  Tony Robinson visits Wittenham to piece together clues to one of the most extensive Iron Age landscapes discovered in Britain. A major feature of the area is a hill fort from which vast expanses of Oxfordshire and the Thames can be seen. However, little is known about a much larger neighbouring prominence less than 150 metres away, so the team tries to uncover its secrets

• Season 11 Episode 8: Goldcliff, Newport: Rescuing a Mesolithic Foreshore

  Tony Robinson and the team battle to conserve evidence of England's first inhabitants and an ancient way of life, which was gathered from the River Severn. Flints, food remains and - most remarkably - fossilised footsteps - on the foreshore at Goldcliff, near Newport, need to be saved and recorded before the strong tide washes them away

• Season 11 Episode 7: Oakamoor, Staffordshire: In Search of a Medieval Blast Furnace

  Tony Robinson and the team return to a cottage in Oakamoor, Staffordshire, where remains of a blast furnace were unearthed during the programme's 2003 Big Dig. Having already established that iron smelting was going on in the Elizabethan age, they set out to prove the quiet rural valley had been a centre of heavy industry since the Middle Ages

• Season 11 Episode 6: Green Island, Dorset: The Island of Finds

  Tony Robinson heads for Green Island in the centre of Poole Harbour, which is now a haven for weekend sailors, but was arguably the country's busiest and most important port during the Iron Age. During their three-day dig, the team try to establish whether the area was also an industrial heartland, and uncovers evidence which suggests it was once the site of an early form of mass production

• Season 11 Episode 5: Syndale, Kent: The Fort that Wasn't There

  Tony Robinson and the team have three days to discover whether the Syndale Park Motel in Kent is actually built on the site of Britain's first Roman fort after the grounds yielded ditches, ramparts, coins and pottery. If so, it could prove the existence of a supply line established after the invading Roman army swept toward London

• Season 11 Episode 4: South Carlton, Lincolnshire: Saxon Burials on the Ridge

  Alerted to the presence of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in a field in South Carlton, Lincolnshire, by artefacts found by amateur detectorists, the team sets out to establish its age, size and length of use. The discovery of a skeleton and twisted shield sends the excavation off in a new direction

• Season 11 Episode 3: Loch Migdale, Sutherland: The Island in the Lake

  The team tries to piece together the extraordinary story of prehistoric Highland life near a mysterious island in Loch Migdale, Scotland, in the hope of discovering the truth about a nearby circle cut into the shore, which could be a henge or cairn

• Season 11 Episode 2: Cirencester: The Mosaic at the Bottom of the Garden

  The team investigate a supposed Roman Villa lying at the bottom of a garden in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Corinium was a bustling, wealthy city, second only to London, built along the important Roman highway of Ermine Street, and was complete with basilica, forum, shops, high-status housing and all the other attributes of a thriving provincial capital

• Season 11 Episode 1: Syon House, London: In Search of the Brigttine Abbey

  Tony Robinson and the team examine buried historical treasures at Syon House in Chiswick, west London. As well as being a fine and well-preserved stately home, it was the former site of one of England's most prosperous abbeys, founded by Henry V in 1415

Time Team: Season 10 (2003 - 2004)

• Season 10 Episode 13: Appleby, Cumbria: Jailhouse Rocks

  Tony Robinson and the team take part in a dig at the site of three historic jails buried under a police station car park in the old market town of Appleby, Cumbria. While hunting for the cells, the archaeologists find evidence of a renowned 18th-century escape and the infamous hanging room

• Season 10 Episode 12: Sedgefield, Co Durham: A View to a Kiln

  The experts examine aerial photographs of fields on the outskirts of Sedgefield in Co Durham, which reveal what appears to be a lost Roman town. If their hypothesis is correct it would be the most northerly Roman civilian settlement yet discovered. Plus, the team receives a visit from former prime minister Tony Blair, the one-time MP for Sedgefield

• Season 10 Episode 11: Castle Howard, Yorkshire: Not a Blot on the Landscape

  Tony Robinson and the team are invited to search for the remains of a medieval village that was razed to make way for Castle Howard in North Yorkshire. With just three days to find evidence of the inhabitants, the dig proves to be something of a challenge - until a dusty cellar yields its secrets

• Season 10 Episode 10: Leven, Fife: Rescuing the Dead

  Tony Robinson and the team discover an unusual stone-covered grave as they race against the clock to excavate a Bronze Age cemetery in Fife, Scotland, before land developers start work on the area

• Season 10 Episode 9: Kew Gardens, London: Looking for the White House

  Tony Robinson and the team visit the site of a forgotten palace built for King George III at Kew Gardens in London. The kitchen block is the only visible evidence that remains, so the immaculate lawns are ripped up in a search for the foundations

• Season 10 Episode 8: Athelney, Somerset: Back to Our Roots

  To mark the 100th episode of the archaeology show, Tony Robinson and the team revisit Athelney in Somerset, where King Alfred established a stronghold from which he campaigned to drive the Vikings out of England and unite the local kingdoms as a single nation. When Time Team first looked at Athelney, no digging was allowed at the site, but now excavations of the famous fortified abbey uncover a startling revelation about its origins

• Season 10 Episode 7: Bath, Somerset: Death in the Crescent

  Tony Robinson and the experts visit Bath's Royal Crescent, where they go in search of a Roman cemetery and the remains of the Fosse Way. Their quest is hampered by torrential rain and an unexpected Victorian cellar, but after three days of hard digging, they still hope to come up trumps

• Season 10 Episode 6: Merton, South London: Digging Liberty

  Tony Robinson and the team embark on another excavation, searching for Liberty's first silk factory in south London. The archaeologists try to re-create the 19th-century techniques of dyeing and printing that would have been used, and the frustrating dig finally yields results on the final day

• Season 10 Episode 5: Greenwich, London: Joust Dig It

  The experts visit the Old Royal Naval College and National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, which stand on the site of Henry VIII's favourite palace. They have three days to locate the jousting yard, where the king indulged his love of the sport, and Phil Harding gets the chance to model some of the authentic protective equipment of the time as they search for the last armoury

• Season 10 Episode 4: Fetlar, Shetland Islands: The Giant's Grave

  The experts go in search of clues to the contents of an enigmatic cliff-top mound on the Shetland Isles known as the Giant's Grave. Battling the weather, they set out to discover whether it is connected to pieces of Viking pottery found in a nearby garden and unearth rare and extraordinary finds in just three days

• Season 10 Episode 3: Carsington, Derbyshire: Peak District Practices

  Tony Robinson and the team of experts set out to uncover the facts behind a collection of human bones - some of which appear to be children's - found in a Derbyshire cave. A possibly prehistoric burial mound located near the site could hold the answers

• Season 10 Episode 2: Dinnington, Somerset: Mosaics, Mosaics, Mosaics

  Tony Robinson and the team hunt for the remains of a Roman villa in Somerset after a farmer unearths a decorative floor underneath his pigsties. During three days of searching they uncover a field crammed full of beautiful mosaics. Presented by Tony Robinson

• Season 10 Episode 1: Raunds, Northamptonshire - Garden Secrets

  Tony Robinson and the team visit Northamptonshire to assess a Saxon skeleton discovered by surprised homeowners Morris and Pat Jones while digging a pond in their back garden. Phil Harding and the archaeological experts look for a forgotten graveyard

Time Team: Season 9 (2002 - 2003)

• Season 9 Episode 13: Breamore : Hampshire

  The team embarks on a three-day dig in an effort to solve the mystery of a sixth-century tinned and brassed Byzantine bucket unearthed in the idyllic Hampshire setting of Breamore

• Season 9 Episode 12: Yaverland, Isle of Wight: Steptoe et Filius

  Tony Robinson and the team visit a field near the east coast of the Isle of Wight, an area already renowned for at least one Roman villa. As the three-day dig progresses, the group consider the possibility that this site could conceal a second high-status building - but their finds suggest an unusual solution to the puzzle

• Season 9 Episode 11: Beaudesert, Warwickshire: Every Castle Needs a Lord

  Tony Robinson and the team travel to Henley-in-Arden, a Midlands village once dominated by an imposing castle. The American lord of the manor is determined to discover exactly where the building stood and how it would have looked in its Norman and medieval heydays

• Season 9 Episode 10: Castleford : A Lost Roman City

  Tony Robinson and the team try to uncover the secrets of West Yorkshire mining town Castleford, which locals believe should appear on the list of great former Roman cities. Launching digs in supermarket car park, the British Legion backyard and a football pitch, the team of archaeologists try makes finds that would put the community on the map of Roman Britain

• Season 9 Episode 9: Throckmorton, Worcestershire: A Prehistoric Airfield

  Mysterious circles, trackways and enclosures are unearthed near the site of a disused Second World War airfield designated for cattle burial during the 2001 foot-and-mouth epidemic. The discoveries mean the site near Throckmorton, Worcestershire, may well be prehistoric, and the team has three days to ascertain whether the place was a Bronze Age burial ground or an Iron Age village

• Season 9 Episode 8: High Ercall - Siege House in Shropshire

  Tony Robinson and the team excavate large defensive earthworks dating back to one of the bloodiest sieges of the English Civil War. The remains surround a manor house in High Ercall, Shropshire - with half of the building missing according to local records. The team are given the usual three days to solve the mystery of the disappearing building and discover the events that led to its demolition

• Season 9 Episode 7: Iron Age Market, Helford
• Season 9 Episode 6: Cheshunt, Hertfordshire: An Ermine Street Pub

  With the help of a squad of Roman soldiers, Tony Robinson and the archaeologists visit Cheshunt in Hertfordshire to unearth an ancient highway. However, the road's exact location proves puzzling and the archaeologists find themselves on the site of a demolished Victorian mansion, providing them with a mystery to solve

• Season 9 Episode 5: Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire: The Furnace in the Cellar

  Tony Robinson and his dedicated team examine an 18th-century blast furnace discovered in a Shropshire pub's cellar. The main question they want to resolve is whether the furnace is a sign of the village's involvement in Britain's Industrial Revolution - and the answer may be buried under the car park

• Season 9 Episode 4: Chicksands, Bedfordshire: The Naughty Monastery

  Tony Robinson and the team have three days to investigate an unusual 13th-century monastery - which not only housed monks, but nuns as well. Since only one cloister remains standing, the archaeologists excavate the beautifully kept lawns in search of the rest of the buildings and cemeteries

• Season 9 Episode 3: Kinlochbervie: Diving for the Armada

  Tony Robinson and the team embark on an underwater mission in treacherous seas off the west coast of Scotland. Many treasures have been discovered on the seabed, close to what appears to be a Mediterranean shipwreck, including an old anchor, a cannon and fragments of 16th-century pottery. The finds have led to speculation that the vessel was once part of the mighty Spanish Armada

• Season 9 Episode 2: Londinium, the Edge of Empire

  Tony Robinson follows a team of archaeologists over the course of nine months as the diggers disprove the theory that Roman London was a primitive city at the edge of the empire. The site at the heart of the capital yields an arm from a bronze statue, the remains of a temple and two sophisticated water-lifting mechanical devices

• Season 9 Episode 1: Vauxhall: London's First Bridge

  The team embarks on a frantic three-day dig, fighting against the flow of the Thames to unearth ancient timbers buried near Vauxhall Bridge in London - a cache that promises to reveal fascinating secrets about life on the river 4,000 years ago

Time Team: Season 8 (2001 - 2004)

• Season 8 Episode 13: The Leper Hospital, Winchester

  Extreme weather conditions take over during an attempt to excavate a medieval leper hospital in Winchester, a site that would have featured a chapel and living quarters. Forensic archaeologist Professor Margaret Cox investigates bones taken from the cemetery, which show an array of severe abnormalities and infections, while the team discover a well measuring over 500ft deep. Last in series

• Season 8 Episode 12: Canterbury

  Canterbury in Kent provides the setting for three separate digs - a search for the lost abbey of Greyfriars, an investigation into the medieval tile industry reputedly located on Tyler's Hill, and a hunt for a pagan Roman temple. Sandi Toksvig and Liza Tarbuck join Tony Robinson in the archaeological quest

• Season 8 Episode 11: Bridgnorth, Shropshire

  Tony Robinson and the archaeologists embark on a dig at the remains of a Norman castle in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, attempting to create an image of how it might have looked. The structure was destroyed by Cromwell's troops in the English Civil War, except for a 90-ft tower which leans at an alarming angle of 15 degrees

• Season 8 Episode 10: Holy Island

  A search for architectural remains takes place in Northumberland on Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, where the team hopes to discover the secrets of a field known as the Palace. Locals can offer no clues, but the enthusiasts hope archaeology can provide the answers. Tony Robinson presents

• Season 8 Episode 9: Alveston

  Tony Robinson and the team embark on a three-day dig to unearth more historical treasures, this time investigating evidence of cannibalism in caves at Alveston, Gloucestershire, after a mysterious discovery by two local cavers

• Season 8 Episode 8: Basildon, Berkshire: The Inner-City Villa

  Tony Robinson and the team embark on a three-day dig in Lower Basildon, Berkshire, where they unearth historical treasures from Roman times and reconstruct a decorative mosaic first unearthed by navvies building Brunel's Great Western Railway in 1837

• Season 8 Episode 7: Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire: An Iron-Age Roundhouse

  The archaeologists delve into Salisbury Plain, home to Stonehenge and one of the best-preserved historical sites in Europe, to explore evidence of an Iron-Age roundhouse. However, the area is also an army training range, and any potential dig sites must be checked for unexploded shells before excavation can take place

• Season 8 Episode 6: Rycote, Oxfordshire

  Tony Robinson and the crew are called upon by the owners of a stable block in Rycote, Oxfordshire, which was once the site of a Tudor palace. The team hunts for the remains of the magnificent building in which Elizabeth I once feasted with her court and romanced the Earl of Dudley

• Season 8 Episode 5: Blaenafon, South Wales

  Tony Robinson heads to Blaenavon, in south Wales, to look for the world's first railway viaduct. Forty metres long and ten metres high, the ten-arch stone construction had been built back in 1790 to carry coal to the new blast furnaces, which were at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution in Wales. The team tries to discover why, within 25 years of it being built, it had disappeared from the landscape, with no record of it having been demolished

• Season 8 Episode 4: Waltham Villa, Gloucestershire

  Tony Robinson and the team visit the Cotswolds, a part of Britain replete with Roman villas, roads and towns. They endeavour to uncover the mystery of a family that lived there 2,000 years ago

• Season 8 Episode 3: Celtic Spring

  Tony Robinson and the team try to solve the mystery surrounding a spring in a secluded Welsh valley. The site is apparently peppered with finds from different periods and some unique artefacts are soon uncovered. However, the investigation takes an unexpected turn when dating and stratigraphic evidence increasingly points to an elaborate hoax

• Season 8 Episode 2: Alderton

  Tony Robinson and the team embark on a three-day dig in Alderton, near Northampton, bought by local man Derek Batten, to investigate the remains of a Norman castle. Their three-day task is to discover who built it, when, and how much of it remains

• Season 8 Episode 1: Normanton

  Tony Robinson and the team travel to Lincolnshire, where they suspect the discovery of Anglo-Saxon brooches and clasps by local history enthusiasts could indicate the presence of an ancient cemetery. However, the unearthing of a female skeleton with a shield provides an unexpected twist in the tale. Last in the series

Time Team: Season 7 (2001 - 2008)

• Season 7 Episode 13: York

  Tony Robinson and the team uncover a wealth of finds during an excavation in York, including a Roman skeleton , the pillars of a monastic hospital and a Viking shoe

• Season 7 Episode 12: Hartlepool, County Durham

  Tony Robinson and the team are invited to the headland of Hartlepool to search for a lost Anglo-Saxon monastery. They hope to unearth evidence of the thriving community of nuns and monks presided over by St Hilda, who lived on the rainy and windswept site some 1,350 years ago

• Season 7 Episode 11: Greenwich

  Tony Robinson and the team are invited to Greenwich Park, south-east London, home of the Meridian Line and birthplace of Henry VIII, to excavate the remains of a Roman temple near the O2 arena. Finds include coins, pottery, a piece of tile with an intriguing inscription, and evidence of a lost section of the famous Roman road Watling Street

• Season 7 Episode 10: Sutton, Hereford: In Search of the Palace of King Offa

  The team investigate a site near Hereford in search of the palace of Anglo-Saxon King Offa, hoping the tiny village of Sutton turns out to be the capital of the ancient kingdom of Mercia

• Season 7 Episode 9: Flag Fen

  Tony Robinson and the archaeologists visit Flag Fen in Cambridgeshire, where they attempt to discover the purpose behind a huge Bronze Age wooden platform and post arrangement. Material finds come thick and fast thanks to the site's unique environment, which have preserved large quantities of wood and leather in the soggy peat

• Season 7 Episode 8: Basing House, Hampshire: The Royalists' Last Stand

  Tony Robinson and the experts visit Basing House in Hampshire, where they search for evidence of another historic Tudor mansion that once stood nearby and was used by Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, but destroyed by Oliver Cromwell during the Civil War

• Season 7 Episode 7: Coventry's Lost Cathedral

  The archaeologists visit Coventry, where they excavate a medieval cathedral destroyed by Henry VIII. Tony Robinson persuades the team to stay and find out more, and they soon unearth the bones of one of the city's first priors as well as stained glass and one of Britain's finest medieval wall paintings

• Season 7 Episode 6: Elveden, Suffolk: In Search of the Earliest Traces of Mankind

  The archaeologists excavate a holiday camp in Suffolk, looking for Stone Age remains such as flint axes and spears from a time when lions, rhino and elephants roamed Britain 400,000 years ago

• Season 7 Episode 5: Birdoswald, Cumbria

  Tony Robinson and the team travel to Birdoswald in Cumbria, where they excavate the remains of a military cemetery beside a Roman fort which was built on Hadrian's Wall. They try to recreate a funeral pyre and recover an array of interesting items, including coins, a funeral urn and a fragment of erotic pottery - and also discover the remains of a Roman town

• Season 7 Episode 4: Waddon, Dorset: An Iron-Age Roundhouse and a Henge

  Tony Robinson heads to Waddon in Dorset, where neighbours Grace Brooks and David James discovered pottery in their shared garden dating back to medieval, Roman and Iron Age times. Noting the excellent condition of the finds, the team prepares to dig beneath five houses in the village

• Season 7 Episode 3: Wierre Effroy, France: One of the First Spitfires Lost in France

  The gang are given three days to excavate the wreck of a Mk1 Spitfire which crashed during a mission over Northern France, and tell the story of British pilot Paul Klipsch's last hours with the help of his surviving half-brother

• Season 7 Episode 2: Cirencester

  The team hopes an excavation in Cirencester will unearth further evidence of what was once the second most important town in Roman Britain, while enthusiastic residents discover what it might be like to be transported through time

• Season 7 Episode 1: Denia: The Muslim Port in Spain

  The crew visits Denia in Spain to investigate what local life was like 1,000 years ago, when it was an Islamic settlement governed by a pirate king

Time Team: Season 6 (2000 - 2002)

• Season 6 Episode 13: Nevis Island, West Indies - Part Two

  Part two of two. Tony Robinson and the team report from the Caribbean island of Nevis, proving that the long-lost colonial capital of Jamestown was not destroyed by a tidal wave. They also discover a 1,500-year-old Amerindian village, complete with ornaments, decorations, cooking pots, tools and weapons

• Season 6 Episode 12: Nevis Island, West Indies - Part One

  In the first of a two-part edition, Tony Robinson and the team investigate a grand estate and discover a lost slave village on the Caribbean island of Nevis. As work proceeds, the lavish lifestyle of the planters is found to have contrasted strongly with the brutal work regime of the labourers, who lived and died providing luxuries for their owners

• Season 6 Episode 11: Bawsey, Norfolk

  Sandi Toksvig and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall join Tony Robinson in Bawsey, Norfolk, where the team unearths fine Saxon jewellery, Norman pottery and identify a medieval murder victim who they deduce could only have been killed by an expert swordsman travelling at high speed on a horse

• Season 6 Episode 10: Kemerton, Worcestershire

  Tony Robinson and the team unearth the secrets of how the community of yesteryear would have lived in Kemerton, an Iron Age village in the Malvern Hills. They experiment by using local oxen to plough the fields in the traditional manner

• Season 6 Episode 9: Turkdean, Gloucestershire Revisited

  Tony Robinson and his team of diggers break a golden rule and return to the site of a previous excavation in the Cotswolds, where the remains of a Roman villa were uncovered. This time they solve the mystery of why the building was situated so close to ancient industrial workings and discover the reason for constructing the bath-house in such an isolated spot

• Season 6 Episode 8: Reedham Marshes, Norfolk

  Reports of crashed World War Two bombers attract the dedicated diggers to the Norfolk marshes, where the remains of two B-17s which collided in mid-air were left unsalvaged following the burial of the crews - presenting a modern-day team of experts with the question of what could have caused the accident

• Season 6 Episode 7: Beauport Park, East Sussex

  Tony Robinson and the team unearth the Roman origins of Beauport Park in East Sussex, investigating the existence of a well-preserved bath-house which is reportedly sitting in the middle of the local golf course

• Season 6 Episode 6: Smallhythe, Kent

  Tony Robinson and the team visit the village of Smallhythe in Kent, which is rumoured to be the site of Henry V's lost dockyard, used at the time of the Battle of Agincourt

• Season 6 Episode 5: Plympton, Devon

  Tony Robinson and the team unearth the origins of Plympton in Devon, where a ruined Norman castle towers over the village, and hidden treasures from the same period lie waiting to be found

• Season 6 Episode 4: Cheddar Gorge

  Tony Robinson and the team visits Cheddar Gorge, where they excavate a previously unexplored cave in an attempt to unearth evidence of Stone Age man

• Season 6 Episode 3: Thetford Grammar School, Norfolk

  Tony Robinson and the team visit Thetford Grammar School in Norfolk, to investigate whether the school was built on the former site of a Norman cathedral

• Season 6 Episode 2: Papcastle

  A three-day archaeological dig in Cumbria unearths evidence of a Roman fort, revealing clues about the civilisation that lived there 2,000 years ago

• Season 6 Episode 1: Burslem: Wedgwood's First Factory

  Tony Robinson and the team embark on a three-day dig in the town of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, site of Josiah Wedgwood's first pottery factory, in an attempt to unearth the region's history before the land becomes home to a new museum

Time Team: Season 5 (1999)

• Season 5 Episode 8: High Worsall, North Yorkshire

  A long-forgotten medieval village emerges from rubble when Tony Robinson and the team of archaeologists excavate at Worsall, near Middlesbrough, and clues as to why the site was abandoned leave the dedicated diggers reeling

• Season 5 Episode 7: Downpatrick, Co Down

  Tony Robinson and the team descend on Downpatrick, one of Northern Ireland's most sacred locations, and believed to be the site at which St Patrick set up his first church

• Season 5 Episode 6: Aston Eyre, Shropshire

  Tony Robinson and the team descend on Aston Eyre in Shropshire to unravel the history of a derelict building which turns out to be the remains of a medieval manor house

• Season 5 Episode 5: Mallorca

  Tony Robinson and the gang touch down in the Mediterranean, having traced Britain's metal-working heritage back to the long-vanished Beaker people. A search among Majorca's unique relics reveals a maze, a temple linked with the stars and a sophisticated settlement which will hopefully shed light on this ancient culture

• Season 5 Episode 5: Majorca

  Tony Robinson and the team visit Deya, on Majorca, to look for evidence of the Beaker People, who are thought to have brought metalwork to Britain. The dig uncovers a complicated maze and evidence of a temple complex which could have astronomical implications

• Season 5 Episode 4: Turkdean, Gloucestershire

  Tony Robinson and his team of die-hard diggers look back at highlights of a previous project, when they spent three gruelling days excavating a site in Turkdean, Gloucestershire, hoping to uncover something of interest. As luck would have it, they unearthed the largest Roman villa complex ever found

• Season 5 Episode 3: Orkney

  The archaeologists visit the island of Sanday on Orkney, to investigate a series of mysterious mounds that may provide evidence about the Viking invasion of the British Isles

• Season 5 Episode 2: Greylake, Somerset

  Tony Robinson and the team of die-hard diggers set to work on an agricultural field in Somerset, searching for evidence of wooden walkways constructed during the Bronze Age to bridge the county's former peat bogs. As ever, their search is not in vain, but does produce some rather unexpected finds

• Season 5 Episode 1: Richmond, Surrey

  Tony Robinson and die-hard diggers Mick Aston, Phil Harding and Carenza Lewis go beneath the pristine lawns of Trumpeters' House in Richmond in search of evidence of the royal palace in which Elizabeth I spent her final hours. After two days, they realise they need to dig a fourth trench to have any chance of completing the picture but they must get the owner's permission first

Time Team: Season 4 (1999 - 2000)

• Season 4 Episode 6: Netheravon, Wiltshire

  The Ministry of Defence allows Tony Robinson and his crew to investigate the likely site of a Roman villa first discovered in 1907 behind the barbed wire of Wiltshire's Netheravon army barracks. However, a combination of vague initial measurements and recent land development render the team's standard short cuts almost useless

• Season 4 Episode 5: Malton, North Yorkshire

  The archaeologists have a short time-span and must fend off stiff opposition from English Heritage to uncover a medieval castle and a Jacobean or possibly Tudor house in historic Malton, North Yorkshire

• Season 4 Episode 4: Govan, Glasgow

  A vicar challenges Tony Robinson and the team of archaeologists to discover the origins of 30 large, elaborate and mysterious stone sculptures found in his church graveyard in Govan, Glasgow, during the 19th century

• Season 4 Episode 3: Soho, Birmingham

  Archaeology's rapid-response force attempt to uncover evidence of Birmingham's industrial history. Their brief is to locate the site of Matthew Boulton's 18th-century mint, which was home to the world's largest coin presser - no easy task considering the building's current location is under a housing estate

• Season 4 Episode 2: Launceston, Cornwall

  Mick Aston, Tony Robinson and the team attempt to discover the identity of a female skeleton found in Launceston, Cornwall, close to the site of a 13th-century leper hospital. Historical artist Victor Ambrus sketches how the colony might have looked, while bone specialist Margaret Cox sets out to date the subject's death

• Season 4 Episode 1: St Mary's City: Maryland, USA

  Tony Robinson and the team embark on a transatlantic journey to St Mary's City, Maryland, where they search for archaeological evidence of early English settlers, joining US experts in a quest to unearth important finds. The dig results in many startling discoveries which challenge accepted theories, including the location of the first frontier fort

Time Team: Season 3 (1999 - 2000)

• Season 3 Episode 6: Treasures of the Roman Field

  Tony Robinson and the team visit Lavenham in Suffolk, where they investigate a concentration of artefacts found by a local farmer, including Roman pottery, jewellery and coins

• Season 3 Episode 5: Navan: Palaces of the Irish Kings

  Tony Robinson and his team search for the remains of legendary King Conchobar's palaces at the modern-day site of Emain Macha, near Armagh - named in ancient Celtic literature as the home of Ulster's royal family. They also hunt for evidence of a connection between a nearby sacrificial pool and a hill called Haughey's Fort

• Season 3 Episode 4: Teignmouth, Devon

  Tony Robinson and the team plumb the depths to investigate the origin of a 400-year-old bronze cannon found by a scuba diver off the Devon coast 20 years previously. The team attempt to identify the ship which carried it, using powerful sandsuckers to uncover the wreck in the hope of discovering whether it was part of the ill-fated Spanish Armada

• Season 3 Episode 3: Templecombe, Somerset

  Tony Robinson, Mick Aston and the team visit Templecombe in Somerset, where they look for evidence of the headquarters of the Knights Templar, a 12th and 13th-century military-religious order originally founded to offer protection for pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land

• Season 3 Episode 2: Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire

  Tony Robinson and company race around an Oxfordshire gravel pit to uncover relics from 250,000 years ago when mammoths roamed Britain. They come up with a treasure trove of finds, including bison and horse bones, and an elephant's tooth, while Phil Harding reveals an ancient axe at the team barbecue

• Season 3 Episode 1: Helford, Cornwall: Iron Age Market

  Tony Robinson meets a farmer living near the Helston River in Cornwall with a houseful of Iron Age finds, and visits a 2,000-year-old fortified underground chamber in a nearby field. The enclosure is so large that its purpose remains a mystery, presenting team members with a real challenge as they race against the clock to uncover the story of its construction

• Season 3 Episode 1: Boleigh, Cornwall

  Tony Robinson and the team embark on another dig at Boleigh in Cornwall. They hope investigations of an underground chamber will yield evidence of its purpose and signs of the life of its Iron Age builders

Time Team: Season 2 (1995 - 2002)

• Season 2 Episode 5: Hylton Castle, Sunderland

  Mick Aston and Tony Robinson use their archaeological skills to uncover the history of a derelict medieval castle in the centre of a Sunderland housing estate, supplying residents with the information they need to renovate the building and design a park in the area

• Season 2 Episode 4: The Archbishop's Back Garden

  Tony Robinson and the team investigate the site of the original Roman settlement in London, hoping to discover whether the first road they built into the capital crossed the river at Lambeth

• Season 2 Episode 3: The Lost Villa

  Tony Robinson and the team try to solve the riddle of a Roman statue embedded in the walls of the 15th-century village church in Tockenham, Wiltshire

• Season 2 Episode 2: Salisbury

  Tony Robinson and Mick Aston lead the excavation of a building site in Winterbourne Gunner near Salisbury, believed to be the location of a Saxon graveyard, and make an unexpected and exciting discovery

• Season 2 Episode 1: Isle of Islay

  Tony Robinson and the team visit Islay in the Western Isles of Scotland to look for clues about the 13th-century Lords of the Isles

Time Team: Season 1 (1999 - 2002)

• Season 1 Episode 4: The Fortress in the Lake

  Archaeologists visit Llangorse Lake near Brecon in Wales, where they unearth a man-made island that was constructed in the Dark Ages

• Season 1 Episode 3: The New Town of a Norman Prince

  Examination of the grounds of a 13th-century aisled hall in the Shropshire town of Much Wenlock, where pottery links the building with visits from Henry III

• Season 1 Episode 2: On the Edge of the Empire

  The archaeologists open a dig at Ribchester in Lancashire, formerly an ancient Roman village in a dangerous location

• Season 1 Episode 1: The Guerilla Base of the King

  Tony Robinson and the team embark on a dig at Athelney in Somerset, the fortress hiding place of King Alfred the Great, from where he went on to defeat the Danes at the Battle of Ethandun in May 878

Time Team: Special (2002 - 2013)

• The Castles

  Team team explores a possible castle.

• D-Day
• The First 10 Years
• The Norman Conquest
• The Early Romans
• Time Team Special - Buried By the Blitz

  Another chance to see Tony Robinson and the team commemorate the 60th anniversary of VE Day by embarking on a dig at a site in east London that was bombed in the Blitz. Dorchester Street in Shoreditch was hit by a V2 long-range missile and now lies under grassland. The programme illuminates the wealth of finds through the memories of former residents who are brought back to relive their experiences of the dark days of the 1940s

• The Forgotten Gunners of WW1: A Time Team Special

  The team visits Belton House stately home near Grantham, Lincolnshire, to investigate the creation of the Machine Gun Corps during the First World War. The regiment was set up in the grounds, but today there is virtually no evidence above ground of its existence and most regimental records have been destroyed. The dig, however, is rich in finds, revealing glimpses of the lives of the thousands of men who trained at the site, many of whom died in battle

• Time Team Documentaries: The Ten Million Dollar House

  Tony Robinson explores the restoration of Ightham Mote, a medieval manor house in Kent, which is one of the most complex projects undertaken by the National Trust

• Time Team Documentaries: Sheffield

  Tony Robinson and the team travel to Sheffield, where they join the end of a six-year excavation that has revealed much about the city's industrial past

• Time Team Special: Life on the Edge

  Tony Robinson and a team of specialist historians travel the length and breadth of the United Kingdom to investigate a wide range of archaeological sites, and carry out a dig over a period of several days in the hope of unearthing items of cultural importance

• The Real Vikings: A Time Team Special

  Tony Robinson, Mick Aston and Phil Harding follow digs around the UK that uncover an array of ancient artefacts and provide insights into the Viking way of life. The Norsemen had a notorious reputation as fearsome, axe-wielding warriors, but as the team visits sites in Orkney, York and on the south coast, it becomes apparent they were also successful global traders and mariners, as well as technological pioneers

• Liverpool's Lost Dock

  Tony Robinson and the team dig deep to discover Liverpool's mercantile origins. They uncover the city's first wet dock, which reveals evidence of the sugar and tobacco exchanges, and find the dark side of the economic boom in building and street names that reference the slave trade

Time Team: Other Episodes

• Winckenby

  The Time Team uncovers evidence of recycling by Romans more than 2000 years earlier in Lincolnshire.

• Shorncliffe Redoubt

  The team determines how the Shorncliife Redoubt fortress looked before being abandoned.

• Boudicca's Lost Tribe: A Time Team Special

  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 the Romans. The presenter visits Caistor St Edmund to investigate whether the Empire crushed Boudica's people or if she herself led them to destruction

• Time Team Special: Journey to Stonehenge

  Tony Robinson and the team investigate finds at Durrington Walls, Wiltshire, and consider what they reveal about Stone Age life. Among the discoveries are a Neolithic road which leads to Stonehenge and is believed to be the route of traditional burial ceremonies. Also examined is an arrangement of 160 trees in perfect circles, which may have provided a setting for traditional feasts

• Cornwall - Gear

  The experts investigate artefacts found in Cornwall over the years, including a trove of medieval rings and a collection of Iron Age bowls

• Oxford

  Tony Robinson and the team embark on another dig in the hope of unearthing more historical treasures

• Time Team Documentaries: Pugin: The God of Gothic

  Tony Robinson follows the renovation of architect Augustus Puglin's house The Grange, and investigates his designs which changed the face of Britain, including the Houses of Parliament

• Birmingham

  Tony Robinson and the team embark on another dig in the hope of unearthing more historical treasures

• Secrets of the Saxon Hoard: A Time Team Special

  An investigation of the Anglo-Saxon treasure discovered in Staffordshire in 2009, with analysts in Paris and from the British Museum having traced the materials used to Turkey, India and Sri Lanka. Some of the hoard was discovered to be made from recycled jewellery and luxury goods, leading to a better understanding of Britain's Dark Ages and shedding light on the skills of those who made the items. Tony Robinson presents