Time Team - Season 9 - Eps 12: Steptoe Et Filius - Yaverland, Isle of Wight

2002-03-2450 min⭐ 7.1/10

Two years ago, local archaeologist Kevin Trott discovered Roman remains in a trench being dug for a water pipe. Unfortunately the trench had to be closed, and now Time Team are having trouble finding it. While Phil and the diggers look for the original trench, a full-scale field-walking exercise reveals many finds, both Roman and Iron Age; including a lot of bronze jewellery, seeming to show industrial activity. There are hints that enamelling was carried out here, so they decide to make their own enamelled hare brooch. Mick and Tony visit a nearby Roman villa with a detailed mosaic floor. On day three, Stewart spots some potential earthworks in a neighbouring field; so they decide to dig some exploratory trenches there. They end up with examples of activity from the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman occupation, and Anglo-Saxon period. To cap it all, at the end of day three they find a rare Iron Age burial. The team are joined for the first of many digs by Anglo-Saxon expert Helen Geake.

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About Time Team

Time Team

Title: Time Team

First Air Date: 1994-01-16

Last Air Date: 2024-04-07

Status: Returning Series

Rating: 7.1/10 (from 14 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 22

Total Episodes: 239

Network: More4 Channel 4 YouTube

Genres: Documentary, Mystery

Production Companies: Unknown

Synopsis

Time Team is a British television series which has been aired on British Channel 4 from 1994. Created by television producer Tim Taylor and presented by actor Tony Robinson, each episode featured a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig over a period of three days, with Robinson explaining the process in layman's terms. This team of specialists changed throughout the series' run, although has consistently included professional archaeologists such as Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Francis Pryor and Phil Harding. The sites excavated over the show's run have ranged in date from the Palaeolithic right through to the Second World War.

Cast

Gus Casely-Hayford

Gus Casely-Hayford

Self - Presenter

Natalie Haynes

Natalie Haynes

Self - Presenter

Carenza Lewis

Carenza Lewis

Self - Field Archaeologist

John Gater

John Gater

Self - Geophysicist

Stewart Ainsworth

Stewart Ainsworth

Self - Landscape Investigator

Helen Geake

Helen Geake

Self - Anglo-Saxon Specialist

Matt Williams

Matt Williams

Self - Field Archaeologist

Derek Pitman

Derek Pitman

Self - Archaeologist

Lawrence Shaw

Lawrence Shaw

Self - Archaeologist

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