Time Team Digs
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| runtime | 60 minutes |
| (including adverts) | |
| presenter | Tony Robinson |
| producer | Tim Taylor |
| Jeremy Cross | |
| Laurence Vulliamy | |
| executive_producer | Philip Clarke |
| country | United Kingdom |
| network | Channel 4 |
| first_aired | |
| last_aired | |
| num_episodes | 8 |
| num_series | 1 |
| related | {{Plainlist |
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Time Team Digs is a British television series that aired on Channel 4 in 2002. Presented by the actor Tony Robinson, the show is a spin-off of the archaeology series Time Team, that first aired on Channel 4 in 1994. It is also known as Time Team Digs: A History of Britain.
Time Team Digs is an eight-part series including highlights from previous Time Team digs, with each episode focusing on a particular period in history, going from the Bronze Age to the modern day.
Production and cast
The series producer of Time Team Digs was Tim Taylor, the creator and producer of Time Team and its predecessor Time Signs. The executive producer was Philip Clarke and the producers were Jeremy Cross and Laurence Vulliamy. Tony Robinson, the presenter, was also the associate producer. Regular contributors on Time Team included: archaeologists Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Carenza Lewis, Neil Holbrook; Robin Bush (historian); Victor Ambrus (illustrator); Stewart Ainsworth (landscape investigator); John Gater, Chris Gaffney (geophysicists); Henry Chapman (surveyor).
Episodes
Time Team Digs aired for eight sixty-minute episodes, from 1 November to 27 December 2002. Each episode aired on a Friday.
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| # | Episode | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| EpisodeNumber=1 | Title=The Bronze Age | 2002 |
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DVD releases
Time Team Digs was released on DVD in the UK (Region 2) on 7 March 2005. The 3-disc DVD set also contains a 30-minute documentary Behind the Scenes with Time Team and the 1997 and 1999 Time Team Christmas specials.
References
References
- "Time Team Digs - 1x01". Unofficial Time Team Site.
- "Time Team Digs cast list". Internet Movie Database.
- "Time Team Digs.". Unofficial Time Team Site.
- "Time Team Digs - The Bronze Age". Internet Movie Database.
- "Time Team Digs - The Iron Age". Internet Movie Database.
- "Time Team Digs - The Dark Ages". Internet Movie Database.
- "Time Team Digs - Medieval England". Internet Movie Database.
- "Time Team Digs - The Norman Conquest". Internet Movie Database.
- "Time Team Digs - A History Of Britain". [[Amazon.com.
- "Time Team Digs: A History Of Britain (3 Discs)". [[Play.com]].
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