S01 Episode 1
Athelney, Somerset - The Guerrilla Base of the King
The Guerrilla Base of the King.
The Time Team has just three days to answer questions raised by a local farmer about the archaeological history on his Somerset doorstep, asking whether this once-impenetrable, marsh-encircled site was Alfred's hiding place.
50 mins · Sun, 16 Jan 1994
S01 Episode 2
Ribchester, Lancashire - On the Edge of an Empire
On the edge of an empire.
The village of Ribchester is midway between Preston and Clitheroe, in a tranquil setting beside the River Ribble. In Roman times, however, it must have seemed like the last outpost of the empire to a legionary of the newly conquering army. Jim Ridge, a local resident, asked Time Team to investigate the Roman remains in his garden.
50 mins · Sun, 23 Jan 1994
S01 Episode 3
Much Wenlock, Shropshire
The new town of a Norman prince
Old foundations found in a garden may be one of the first houses to be built in the town. Is this so? and how did Much Wenlock become a big market town as it is today? The 'Time Team' reveal evidence of a 13th-century aisled hall in a present-day garden in Much Wenlock. Through the identification of 13th-century pottery finds and tree-ring dating, they link the building with visits by Henry II.
50 mins · Sun, 30 Jan 1994
S01 Episode 4
Llangorse, Powys - The Fortress in the Lake
The Fortress in the Lake.
In the Dark Ages, a powerful king decided to show how powerful he was and built a man made island in the middle of a lake and stuck a palace on top of it. Who was the king and who were the builders and what happened to them all? The time team visits the site of this Dark Age man-made island, known as a Crannog, in Llangorse Lake near Brecon in Wales.
50 mins · Sun, 6 Feb 1994
