Time Team specials

*Time Team*
Time Team
specials
No. of episodes	59
Release
Original network	Channel 4
Original release	28 December 1997 –; 7 September 2014
	List of episodes

This is a list of Time Team special episodes that aired between 1997 and 2014. These special episodes often depart somewhat from the regular Time Team format, by revisiting previous sites to do a follow-up story; travelling outside the UK to excavate other sites of interest; chronicling digs overseen by other organisations; or using information gleaned from other Time Team episodes to draw a more complete picture of ordinary life during a particular historical era. Other specials may focus on a dig with a particular holiday theme; a more complex excavation over a longer period than the standard three days; or a visit to a particularly famous historical site.

Most shows fit within a 1-hour time-slot (approx. 46–49 minutes of content), although some (e.g. episodes 3, 9, 26, 33, 35, 36) are longer at 1.25 hours of content, and some (i.e. episode 24) at 1.75 hours. Regular contributors include: presenter Tony Robinson; archaeologists Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Carenza Lewis, Helen Geake; historians Francis Pryor; Robin Bush, Guy de la Bedoyere, Sam Newton, Alex Langlands; illustrator Victor Ambrus; landscape investigator Stewart Ainsworth; geophysics John Gater, Chris Gaffney; surveyor Henry Chapman; and, Roman specialist Mark Corney.^[1]

Episodes (1997-2000)[edit]

1997[edit]

Episode #	Special #	Episode Title	Location	Coordinates	Original airdate
22	1	"Christmas Special – Much Wenlock"	Much Wenlock, Shropshire	52°35′46″N 2°33′26″W / 52.59603°N 2.55719°W / 52.59603; -2.55719 (Much Wenlock Guildhall)	28 December 1997 (1997-12-28)

1999[edit]

Episode #	Special #	Episode Title	Location	Coordinates	Original airdate
44	2	"Christmas Special – Barley Hall"	Barley Hall, York	53°57′40″N 1°04′57″W / 53.961241°N 1.082367°W / 53.961241; -1.082367 (Barley Hall)	19 December 1999 (1999-12-19)
45	3	"The Mystery of Seahenge"	Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk	52°58′05″N 0°31′07″E / 52.967997°N 0.518536°E / 52.967997; 0.518536 (Seahenge)	29 December 1999 (1999-12-29)

2000[edit]

Episode #	Special #	Episode Title	Location	Coordinates	Original airdate
59	4	"The Real King Arthur"	Tintagel Castle, Cornwall	50°40′05″N 4°45′36″W / 50.667974°N 4.759928°W / 50.667974; -4.759928 (Tintagel)	24 December 2000 (2000-12-24)
60	5	"The Mystery of Mine Howe"	Tankerness, Orkney	58°56′18″N 2°51′06″W / 58.938400°N 2.851794°W / 58.938400; -2.851794 (Mine Howe)	27 December 2000 (2000-12-27)

Episodes (2001-2005)[edit]

2001[edit]

Episode #	Special #	Episode Title	Location	Coordinates	Original airdate
70	6	"Coventry's Lost Cathedral"	Coventry, West Midlands	52°24′32″N 1°30′32″W / 52.409°N 1.508833°W / 52.409; -1.508833 (St. Mary's Priory and Cathedral)	8 March 2001 (2001-03-08)
75	7	"Island of the Eels"	Ely, Cambridgeshire	52°23′42″N 0°16′04″E / 52.395086°N 0.267727°E / 52.395086; 0.267727 (Island of the Eels)	17 May 2001 (2001-05-17)
76	8	"Dinosaur Hunting"	Dinosaur Belt, Montana, US	47°48′40″N 112°10′56″W / 47.811155°N 112.182327°W / 47.811155; -112.182327 (Dinosaur Hunting)	30 December 2001 (2001-12-30)

2002[edit]

Episode #	Special #	Episode Title	Location	Coordinates	Original airdate
90	9	"The Big Dig in Canterbury"	Canterbury, Kent	51°16′37″N 1°04′54″E / 51.277013°N 1.081759°E / 51.277013; 1.081759 (Canterbury)	15 April 2002 (2002-04-15)
91	10	"Londinium, The Edge of Empire"	London	51°30′54″N 0°05′35″W / 51.514915°N 0.093061°W / 51.514915; -0.093061 (Londinium)	22 April 2002 (2002-04-22)
92	11	"The Wreck of Colossus"	St Mary's, Isles of Scilly	49°56′10″N 6°19′20″W / 49.935975°N 6.322117°W / 49.935975; -6.322117 (HMS Colossus)	31 October 2002 (2002-10-31)

2003[edit]

Episode #	Special #	Episode Title	Location	Coordinates	Original airdate
106	12	"Hadrian's Well"	TBA	51°30′54″N 0°05′35″W / 51.514915°N 0.093061°W / 51.514915; -0.093061 (Londinium)	10 April 2003 (2003-04-10)
107	13	"Big Dig, The Hole Story"	Canterbury, Kent	TBA	29 December 2003 (2003-12-29)

2004[edit]

Episode #	Special #	Episode Title	Location	Coordinates	Original airdate
120	14	"Sheffield Steel City"	Sheffield, South Yorkshire	53°23′09″N 1°27′56″W / 53.385858°N 1.465609°W / 53.385858; -1.465609 53°24′05″N 1°31′12″W / 53.401319°N 1.520046°W / 53.401319; -1.520046 53°22′55″N 1°28′31″W / 53.381912°N 1.475182°W / 53.381912; -1.475182 (Sheffield)	22 March 2004 (2004-03-22)
122	15	"The House in the Loch"	Loch Tay, Perthshire	56°34′19″N 4°04′58″W / 56.571940°N 4.082767°W / 56.571940; -4.082767 (Crannog in loch)	19 April 2004 (2004-04-19)
123	16	"The Ten Million Pound House"	Ightham Mote, Kent	51°15′31″N 0°16′11″E / 51.258473°N 0.269655°E / 51.258473; 0.269655 (Ten Million Pound House)	3 May 2004 (2004-05-03)
124	17	"D-Day"	D-Day, Normandy	49°19′27″N 0°35′44″W / 49.324187°N 0.595621°W / 49.324187; -0.595621 (D-Day)	31 May 2004 (2004-05-31)

2005[edit]

Episode #	Special #	Episode Title	Location	Coordinates	Original airdate
138	18	"King of Bling"	Prittlewell, Essex	51°33′13″N 0°42′30″E / 51.553514°N 0.708365°E / 51.553514; 0.708365 (Prittlewell)	13 June 2005 (2005-06-13)
139	19	"Britain's Lost Roman Circus"	Colchester, Essex	51°53′00″N 0°53′48″E / 51.883429°N 0.896732°E / 51.883429; 0.896732 (Camulodunum)	20 June 2005 (2005-06-20)
140	20	"Life on the Edge 1000 B.C."	Washingborough, Lincoln	53°13′45″N 0°26′25″W / 53.229263°N 0.440213°W / 53.229263; -0.440213 (Washingborough)	27 June 2005 (2005-06-27)
141	21	"Journey to Stonehenge"	Durrington, Wiltshire	51°11′31″N 1°47′00″W / 51.191838°N 1.783245°W / 51.191838; -1.783245 (Durrington Walls)	28 November 2005 (2005-11-28)

Episodes (2006-2010)[edit]

2006[edit]

Episode #	Special #	Episode Title	Location	Coordinates	Original airdate
142	22	"The Big Roman Villa"	Dinnington, Somerset	50°55′05″N 2°50′58″W / 50.918038°N 2.849563°W / 50.918038; -2.849563	8 January 2006 (2006-01-08)
156	23	"Buried By The Blitz"	Shoreditch Park, London	51°32′05″N 0°05′14″W / 51.534794°N 0.087354°W / 51.534794; -0.087354	29 October 2006 (2006-10-29)
157	24	"Big Royal Dig"	Windsor Castle, Palace of Holyroodhouse and Buckingham Palace	51°29′00″N 0°36′15″W / 51.483333°N 0.604167°W / 51.483333; -0.604167 55°57′09″N 3°10′21″W / 55.9525°N 3.1725°W / 55.9525; -3.1725 51°30′03″N 0°08′31″W / 51.500833°N 0.141944°W / 51.500833; -0.141944	31 December 2006 (2006-12-31)

2007[edit]

Episode #	Special #	Episode Title	Location	Coordinates	Original airdate
165	25	"The God Of Gothic"	Ramsgate, Kent	51°19′41″N 1°24′35″E / 51.328172°N 1.409773°E / 51.328172; 1.409773 (Pugin)	1 March 2007 (2007-03-01)
172	26	"Britain's Drowned World"	TBA	51°04′45″N 1°40′22″E / 51.079069°N 1.672726°E / 51.079069; 1.672726 (Britain's Drowned World)	24 April 2007 (2007-04-24)
173	27	"Jamestown: America's Birthplace"	Virginia, US	37°12′37″N 76°46′50″W / 37.210397°N 76.780618°W / 37.210397; -76.780618 (Jamestown)	1 May 2007 (2007-05-01)
174	28	"Secrets of the Stately Garden"	Prior Park	51°21′54″N 2°20′40″W / 51.36500°N 2.34444°W / 51.36500; -2.34444	27 August 2007 (2007-08-27)

2008[edit]

Episode #	Special #	Episode Title	Location	Coordinates	Original airdate
177	29	"Codename: Ainsbrook"	Thirsk, Yorkshire	54°13′59″N 1°20′35″W / 54.233°N 1.343°W / 54.233; -1.343	14 January 2008 (2008-01-14)
184	30	"The Real Knights of the Round Table"	Windsor Castle, Berkshire	51°29′00″N 0°36′15″W / 51.483333°N 0.604167°W / 51.483333; -0.604167	25 February 2008 (2008-02-25)
190	31	"The Lost Dock of Liverpool"	Liverpool, Merseyside	53°24′11″N 2°59′18″W / 53.403030°N 2.988416°W / 53.403030; -2.988416 (The Lost Dock of Liverpool)	21 April 2008 (2008-04-21)
191	32	"Swords, Skulls and Strongholds"	TBA	TBA	19 May 2008 (2008-05-19)
192	33	"The Lost WWI Bunker"	Flanders, Belgium	50°52′19″N 2°57′34″E / 50.872053°N 2.959452°E / 50.872053; 2.959452 (Lost WW1 Dugout)	10 November 2008 (2008-11-10)^[2]
193	34	"The Mystery of the Roman Treasure"		TBA	26 December 2008 (2008-12-26)

2009[edit]

Episode #	Special #	Episode Title	Location	Coordinates	Original airdate
207	35	"Henry VIII's Lost Palaces"	England	TBA	13 April 2009 (2009-04-13)
208	36	"The Secrets of Stonehenge"	Stonehenge, Wiltshire	51°10′44″N 1°49′34″W / 51.178889°N 1.826111°W / 51.178889; -1.826111 (Stonehenge)	1 June 2009 (2009-06-01)
209	37	"Dover Castle"	Dover, Kent	51°07′47″N 1°19′17″E / 51.129628°N 1.321437°E / 51.129628; 1.321437 (Dover Castle)	19 December 2009 (2009-12-19)

2010[edit]

Episode #	Special #	Episode Title	Location	Coordinates	Original airdate
215	38	"Nelson's Hospital"	Gosport, Hampshire	50°47′10″N 1°07′26″W / 50.786°N 1.124°W / 50.786; -1.124 (Royal Hospital Haslar)	17 May 2010 (2010-05-17)
217	39	"The Secrets of Westminster Abbey"	Westminster Abbey, London	TBA	28 June 2010 (2010-06-28)
220	40	"The Real Vikings"	TBA	TBA	11 October 2010 (2010-10-11)

Episodes (2011-2014)[edit]

2011[edit]

Episode #	Special #	Episode Title	Location	Coordinates	Original airdate
231	41	"Wars of the Roses"	Bosworth, Leicestershire	TBA	16 March 2011 (2011-03-16)^[3]
236	42	"The Somme's Secret Weapon"	Mametz, Somme, France	TBA	14 April 2011 (2011-04-14)
238	43	"Castle of the Saxon Kings"	Bamburgh, Northumberland	55°36′14″N 1°43′19″W / 55.60389°N 1.72194°W / 55.60389; -1.72194	24 April 2011 (2011-04-24)^[4]
239	44	"Looking Underground"	N/A	N/A	1 May 2011 (2011-05-01)^[5]
240	45	"Boudica's Lost Tribe"	N/A	N/A	4 May 2011 (2011-05-04)
241	46	"The Way We Lived"	N/A	N/A	8 May 2011 (2011-05-08)^[6]
242	47	"Brunel's Last Launch"	N/A	N/A	10 November 2011 (2011-11-10)

2012[edit]

Episode #	Special #	Episode Title	Location	Coordinates	Original airdate
251	48	"Searching for Shakespeare's House"	Stratford-upon-Avon	52°11′26″N 1°42′27″W / 52.19056°N 1.70750°W / 52.19056; -1.70750	11 March 2012 (2012-03-11)
255	49	"Secrets of the Saxon Gold"	TBA	N/A	22 April 2012 (2012-04-22)
258	50	"Rediscovering Ancient Britain"	South Dorset Ridgeway, Dorset	N/A	17 June 2012 (2012-06-17)

2013[edit]

Episode #	Special #	Episode Title	Location	Coordinates	Original airdate
272	51	"Britain's Stone Age Tsunami"	N/A	N/A	30 May 2013 (2013-05-30)
273	52	"The Secret of Lincoln Jail"	N/A	N/A	30 June 2013 (2013-06-30)
274	53	"The Lost Submarine of WWI"	N/A	N/A	7 July 2013 (2013-07-07)
275	54	"1066: The Lost Battlefield"	Battle, East Sussex, England	N/A	1 December 2013 (2013-12-01)
276	55	"The Madness of Bedlam"	Bishopsgate, City of London	N/A	1 December 2013 (2013-12-01)

2014[edit]

Episode #	Special #	Episode Title	Location	Coordinates	Original airdate
277	56	"The Edwardian Grand Designer"	Castle Drogo, Drewsteignton, Devon, England	N/A	23 February 2014 (2014-02-23)
278	57	"Britain's Bronze Age Mummies"	Low Hauxley, Northumberland, England	N/A	2 March 2014 (2014-03-02)
279	58	"Secrets of the Body Snatchers"	N/A	N/A	31 August 2014 (2014-08-31)
280	59	"The Boats That Made Britain"	Dover, Kent	N/A	7 September 2014 (2014-09-07)

Episodes (Revival)[edit]

2023[edit]

Episode #	Special #	Episode Title	Location	Coordinates	Original airdate
285	60	"Digging Band of Brothers"	Aldbourne, Wiltshire	N/A	30 September 2023 (2023-09-30)

References[edit]

^ "Time Team Digs cast list". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
^ "Time Team Specials – The Lost WWI Bunker – Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
^ "Time Team Specials – Wars of the Roses – Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
^ "Time Team Specials – Castle of the Saxon Kings – Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
^ "Time Team Specials – Looking Underground – Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
^ "Time Team Specials – The Way We Lived – Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

External links[edit]

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[IMDB-1] "Time Team Digs cast list". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

[2] "Time Team Specials – The Lost WWI Bunker – Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 27 June 2012.

[3] "Time Team Specials – Wars of the Roses – Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

[4] "Time Team Specials – Castle of the Saxon Kings – Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

[5] "Time Team Specials – Looking Underground – Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

[6] "Time Team Specials – The Way We Lived – Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

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