The WORST episodes of Time Team
Every episode of Time Team ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Time Team!
In this popular and (literally) groundbreaking programme, Tony Robinson and a team of experts travel the country to investigate a wide range of archaeological sites of historical importance.
#1 - Time Team Live at Sutton Hoo: Final Day Live
Season 24 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/27/2024
It's the final day of Time Team's historic dig at Sutton Hoo, in partnership with the National Trust. Sir Tony Robinson returns for another live show, alongside many Time Team regulars, transmitted direct from the site. Throughout June, Time Team has been, investigating Garden Field, a little explored part of the site, in addition to carrying out testpitting in the wider landscape. It has been a thrilling excavation, and this time we only had four weeks to do it!
#2 - Oxfordshire - Expedition Crew: Return to the Roman Sarcophagus (Day 1)
Season 22 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/22/2022
Time Team returns to Broughton Roman Villa in Oxfordshire to investigate the mysterious stone sarcophagus that originally led to the site's discovery. In September 2021, the full team had the traditional three days to shed light on a huge villa on the Broughton Estate, originally discovered by Time Team's Keith Westcott. But with questions surrounding the sarcophagus remaining unanswered, we've sent in our new Expedition Crew for a closer look. Can the team relocate the burial? And what will we find? There's a lot to do and – on this occasion – only two days to do it!
#3 - Oxfordshire - Expedition Crew: Return to the Roman Sarcophagus (Day 2)
Season 22 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/23/2022
Time Team returns to Broughton Roman Villa to investigate the mysterious stone sarcophagus that originally led to the site's discovery. In September 2021, the full team had the usual three days to shed light on a huge Roman villa on the Broughton Castle estate. But with questions still remaining unanswered, we've sent in our new Expedition Crew for a closer look. It's our second and final day in Oxfordshire. Can we answer all of our questions in the time remaining?
#4 - Halston Hall, Shropshire - Knights Hospitaller Preceptory (Day 1)
Season 22 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/24/2023
Time Team are at Halston Hall, Shropshire, where Stewart Ainsworth believes he's found a lost Knights Hospitaller preceptory. Is Stewart right? The team have just three days to find out!
#5 - Halston Hall, Shropshire - Knights Hospitaller Preceptory (Day 2)
Season 22 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/25/2023
It's Day 2 at Halston Hall, Shropshire, where Time Team are trying to locate a possible Knights Hospitaller preceptory.
#6 - Halston Hall, Shropshire - Knights Hospitaller Preceptory (Day 3)
Season 22 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/26/2023
It's the final day at Halston Hall, Shropshire, where Time Team are trying to locate a possible Knights Hospitaller preceptory. Can we make sense of another complex site? Join us to find out!
#7 - Vlochos, Greece - Expedition Crew: Hidden City (Part 1)
Season 22 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/1/2023
Time Team's Dr Derek Pitman and Lawrence Shaw join an international team of experts investigating an ancient settlement in central Greece. This ongoing project is uncovering a thousand years of history buried just beneath the surface. In Time Team's very first international Expedition Crew episodes, we join the team for a season to help shed more light on this fascinating site.
#8 - Vlochos, Greece - Expedition Crew: Hidden City (Part 2)
Season 22 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/2/2023
Time Team's Dr Derek Pitman and Lawrence Shaw are part of an international team investigating an ancient settlement at Vlochos, in Thessaly. This ongoing project is uncovering a thousand years of history buried just beneath the surface. In Time Team's very first international Expedition Crew episodes, we join the team for a season to help shed more light on this fascinating site.
#9 - Norfolk - Anglo-Saxon Cemetery (Day 1)
Season 22 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/30/2023
Time Team have been called in by Dr Helen Geake to investigate the site of an early Medieval burial in Norfolk that has unearthed some incredible finds. Can the team relocate the grave and is it the site of a larger cemetery? We have just three days to find out!
#10 - Norfolk - Anglo-Saxon Cemetery (Day 2)
Season 22 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/1/2023
It's Day 2 in Norfolk, and Time Team have been called in by Dr Helen Geake to investigate the site of an early Medieval burial that has unearthed some incredible finds. Can the team relocate the grave and is it the site of a larger cemetery? We have just three days to find out!
#11 - Norfolk - Anglo-Saxon Cemetery (Day 3)
Season 22 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/2/2023
It's our final day in Norfolk, where Time Team have been called in by Dr Helen Geake to investigate the site of an early Medieval burial that has unearthed some incredible finds. Can the team make sense of this intriguing site? We have just one day left to find o
#12 - Poole Quay, Dorset - Expedition Crew: Mortar Wreck
Season 22 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/10/2023
Time Team's Expedition Crew returns to investigate a Medieval shipwreck off the South coast of England, laden with a fascinating cargo. Derek Pitman and Lawrence Shaw spend a day with the dive team from Bournemouth University Maritime Archaeology to uncover 700 year-old secrets hidden beneath the waves.
#13 - Modbury Community Dig (Day 1)
Season 23 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/5/2024
For our latest three-day dig, Time Team joins forces with the people of Modbury to uncover their dramatic history. We hunt for clues throughout the town, in attics in living rooms, and under brand new lawns. We're looking for for evidence of Civil Wars that raged through the town in the 17th century. Time Team are joined by Jim Stetson, whose family sat at the heart of the community before they left for America to find their fortune making hats. But will we piece together the dramatic ups and downs of Modbury and its fascinating history? We have just three days to do it!
#14 - Modbury Community Dig (Day 3)
Season 23 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/7/2024
For our latest three-day dig, Time Team joins forces with the people of Modbury to uncover their dramatic history. We hunt for clues throughout the town, in attics in living rooms, and under brand new lawns. We're looking for for evidence of Civil Wars that raged through the town in the 17th century. Time Team are joined by Jim Stetson, whose family sat at the heart of the community before they left for America to find their fortune making hats. But will we piece together the dramatic ups and downs of Modbury and its fascinating history? We have just one day left to do it!
#15 - The Sutton Hoo Dig Part 4 | Bromeswell Bucket - The Inside Story
Season 24 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/20/2025
In the final episode of Time Team's first season at Sutton Hoo, Jackie Naomi and Justin Garner Lahire join Sophie Courtiaud at York Archaeology and Tom Sparrow of University of Bradford team up to micro excavate the base and contents of the Bromeswell Bucket. Join us to discover what they find.
#16 - Where shall we dig next? | X Crew Site Wrestle
Season 24 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/10/2025
The Expedition Crew are itching to get back in the field… but where should they go next? In our brand-new video you can watch as the crew go head-to-head in the ultimate Site Wrestle – pitching their dream dig locations to Tim Taylor in a timed, no-nonsense showdown. There’s passion, persuasion, and a few unexpected curveballs as Tim grills them on their archaeological ambitions.
#17 - The Sutton Hoo Dig Part 3 | Lost Treasure Rescued!
Season 24 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/3/2025
In Part 3, The Dig Jackie McKinlay rejoins the team as the Dig reaches an exciting climax in the middle of a heatwave as they discover the source of the big metal detecting signal. Tony explores some of the more extraordinary medieval execution burials found in the Royal Burial ground. The program focusses on some of the developments in Anglo Saxon craftsmanship. Hilde meets the Sutton Hoo Textiles group who are using experimental archaeology to recreate some sumptuous Anglo Saxon textiles. And the man who recreated the Bromeswell Bucket explains how it nearly hospitalised him.
#18 - The Sutton Hoo Dig Part 2 | Another Buried Boat?
Season 24 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/27/2025
In Part 2, the Geofizz team hunt for an anglo saxon settlement and a Hall. And they discover an extraordinary anomaly which could shed light on Sutton Hoo’s Anglo Saxon shipping history. Carenza and Dani recruit about 40 volunteers to investigate the area in a series of test pits, and Derek and Lawrence take to the water.. In Garden Field, the dig continues with more graves being identified and pieces of intriguing grave goods. The big metal detecting signal gets bigger. Derek and Helen make an exciting discovery about the fabric of the Byzantine Bucket.
#19 - The Sutton Hoo Dig Part 1 | Searching for the Origins of Sutton Hoo
Season 24 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/19/2025
In Part 1 of 3 parts following the first season at Sutton Hoo, Tony and the team get stuck into the first week of excavations, and delve into the history of the site. Tony reveals how the discovery of the great ship burial changed our understanding of Anglo Saxon society.. The Team begin to suspect that a cemetery under the Visitor’s Centre extends into Garden Field. And a strong metal detecting signal suggests to the team that they might have found the missing parts of a rare and beautiful Byzantine bucket partly ploughed up 30 years ago. Dr Helen Geake reveals her very personal connection with the site, which goes back to her student days, when she and other members of the team discovered some extraordinary burials under the other mounds in the Royal Burial ground. Dr. John Gater reveals the Geofizz that he and Jimmy Adcock did in 2021 and Stewart takes a wander through the landscape.
#20 - Sherwood Pines - Expedition Crew: Forest to Front Line
Season 23 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/29/2024
Between 1915 and 1920, hundreds of thousands of troops were based at Clipstone Camp, Nottinghamshire. Lawrence has assembled a team, including people from Forestry England, Operation Nightingale, Nottinghamshire Council and, of course, Time Team, to investigate a training area that's been protected by trees for nearly 100 years.
#21 - Farley Moor, Derbyshire - Expedition Crew: The Mystery of the Standing Stone
Season 24 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/22/2025
The Time Team Expedition Crew—Lawrence, Naomi, Derek, Hilde, and a small group of volunteers—head to Farley Moor, Derbyshire, just outside the Peak District National Park. This rugged landscape of gritstone moors is rich in prehistoric monuments, from henges and ring cairns to stone circles, but the team’s focus is a single, enigmatic standing stone. Could it be a remnant of a larger, lost, Bronze Age monument? Armed with little more than their camper vans, digging tools, and cameraman Ben to document their journey, the team sets out to map, investigate, and uncover the hidden history of this mysterious site. Join us as we follow their discoveries and explore the forgotten secrets of Farley Moor.
#22 - Secrets of Wytch Farm (Day 3)
Season 23 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/19/2024
We've chosen a spectacular location for a very special dig. It's Time Team's 30th birthday and we are celebrating in style... Time Team heads to Wytch Farm, in the shadow of Corfe Castle, Dorset, where Derek and Lawrence discovered two Iron Age burials back in 2021. They've called in the full team to investigate. Was this a cemetery, and how long have people been living here? Where were they living, and, above all, what were their livelihoods? Will we uncover the secrets of Wytch Farm? We have just three days to find out!
#23 - Secrets of Wytch Farm (Day 2)
Season 23 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/18/2024
We've chosen a spectacular location for a very special dig. It's Time Team's 30th birthday and we are celebrating in style... Time Team heads to Wytch Farm, in the shadow of Corfe Castle, Dorset, where Derek and Lawrence discovered two Iron Age burials back in 2021. They've called in the full team to investigate. Was this a cemetery, and how long have people been living here? Where were they living, and, above all, what were their livelihoods? Will we uncover the secrets of Wytch Farm? We have just three days to find out!
#24 - Secrets of Wytch Farm (Day 1)
Season 23 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/17/2024
We've chosen a spectacular location for a very special dig. It's Time Team's 30th birthday and we are celebrating in style... Time Team heads to Wytch Farm, in the shadow of Corfe Castle, Dorset, where Derek and Lawrence discovered two Iron Age burials back in 2021. They've called in the full team to investigate. Was this a cemetery, and how long have people been living here? Where were they living, and, above all, what were their livelihoods? Will we uncover the secrets of Wytch Farm? We have just three days to find out!
#25 - Modbury Community Dig (Day 2)
Season 23 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/6/2024
For our latest three-day dig, Time Team joins forces with the people of Modbury to uncover their dramatic history. We hunt for clues throughout the town, in attics in living rooms, and under brand new lawns. We're looking for for evidence of Civil Wars that raged through the town in the 17th century. Time Team are joined by Jim Stetson, whose family sat at the heart of the community before they left for America to find their fortune making hats. But will we piece together the dramatic ups and downs of Modbury and its fascinating history? We have just two days left to do it!