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Time Team: Season 1

4 episodes Premiered Jan 16, 1994 Updated Jul 19, 2026

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S1·E1 Mytharc

The Guerrilla Base of the King - Athelney, Somerset

Jan 16, 1994 · 50 min

In this first ever episode of Time Team, Tony and the team travel to Athelney in Somerset to investigate a series of hills (once islands in a bog) that became Alfred The Great last

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On the Edge of an Empire - Ribchester, Lancashire

Jan 23, 1994 · 50 min

Ribchester in Lancashire has been known for some time as a site of a Roman fort. The Time Team arrive in the town to answer two questions, one is to consolidate all the previous ex

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The New Town of a Norman Prince - Much Wenlock, Shropshire

Jan 30, 1994 · 50 min

The Time Team go to the small town of Much Wenlock, after they receive a letter from a resident explains a recent excavation uncovered possibly the oldest house in the town. What t

S1·E4 Mytharc

The Fortress in the Lake - Llangorse Lake, Powys

Feb 6, 1994 · 50 min

The Time Team travel to Brecon Beacons in Wales, they have come to investigate a small man-made island in Llangorse Lake. Locals tell many strange legends including hearing the sou