Time Team
Time Team is a British television programme that originally aired on Channel 4 from 16 January 1994 to 7 September 2014. It returned in 2022 on online platforms YouTube and Patreon. 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 lay terms. The specialists changed throughout the programme's run, although it consistently included professional archaeologists such as Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Francis Pryor and Phil Harding. The sites excavated ranged in date from the Palaeolithic to the Second World War.
| Time Team | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Tim Taylor |
| Presented by | Tony Robinson (1994–2014, 2023–) Gus Casely-Hayford (2022–) Natalie Haynes (2022–) Derek Pitman (2022–) Helen Geake (2022–) |
| Starring | Phil Harding John Gater Stewart Ainsworth Mick Aston Victor Ambrus Henry Chapman Ian Powlesland Matt Williams Carenza Lewis Geraldine Barber Beric Morley Mark Horton Raksha Dave Helen Geake Brigid Gallagher Kerry Ely Tracey Smith Mick Worthington Chris Gaffney Robin Bush Francis Pryor Guy de la Bédoyère Paul Blinkhorn Jenni Butterworth Margaret Cox Alice Roberts |
| Theme music composer | Paul Greedus |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 22 |
| No. of episodes | 286 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Tim Taylor |
| Running time | 47 minutes |
| Production company | VideoText Communications Ltd |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 4 |
| Release | 16 January 1994 – 7 September 2014 |
| Network | YouTube |
| Release | 18 March 2022 – present |
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In October 2012, Channel 4 announced that the final series would be broadcast in 2013. Series 20 was screened from January–March 2013 and nine specials were screened between May 2013 and September 2014. In May 2021, Taylor announced the return of the series, with free episodes to be shown on YouTube. The first episodes of the revival began appearing on YouTube in 2022.