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 - 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!
#2 - 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!
#3 - 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!
#4 - 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!
#5 - 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!
#6 - 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!
#7 - 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!
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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
#10 - Return to The Princely Burial: The Sword in the Stones?
Season 25 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/1/2026
In the last hour, on the last day of a dig investigating an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Gloucesterhire, a metal detectorist discovered a mystery iron object in a wooden casing. With no time to investigate, the team has no choice but to leave it in the ground and return another day. Speculation was rife - could they have found a sword and a Saxon warrior’s burial? This is the story of that return visit, when the team headed back to site with one clear mission - locate and identify the iron object. But as is often the way with archaeology, it wasn’t that simple. From the off, things weren’t quite what they seemed. The team encountered many challenges and unexpected plot twists over a wet and wild weekend. And only after a lot of head scratching and painstaking excavation, were they able to finally make sense of the object and piece together its story. And that story was so much more exciting than they had dared hope!
#11 - 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!
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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!
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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!
#17 - 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?
#18 - 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!
#19 - Sherwood Pines - Expedition Crew: Forest to Front Line
Season 23 - Episode 8 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - The Princely Burial
Season 23 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/22/2024
Time Team join forces with Cotswold Archaeology and the military veterans of Operation Nightingale to investigate an extraordinary Anglo Saxon site in Gloucestershire. But what starts out as a straight forward excavation of a 1400 year old cemetery, takes an unexpected turn, dialling the clock back several centuries and leaving the team scratching their heads about what exactly they are unearthing. A must watch this Christmas.
#22 - The Big Ancient Greek Dig | Time Team X Crew
Season 24 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/21/2025
In this feature-length Special, Derek and Lawrence return to Thessaly in Central Greece for a summer of excavation. They join an international team – headed by archaeologists from Greece and Sweden – to investigate the remains of the ancient city of Vlochos. This season, the team are digging what is thought to be a temple from the Hellenistic era – a golden age of antiquity. But is all as it seems? The team have just three weeks to find out!
#23 - Mortar Wreck: Diving England's Oldest Shipwreck
Season 24 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/29/2025
Derek and Lawrence tell the story of the ‘Mortar Wreck’, the oldest shipwreck ever discovered off the English coast. Over a period of three years, the intrepid duo have gone to sea to observe diving on the medieval wreck, and witnessed beautiful carved marble artefacts come to the surface after 800 years on the sea floor. Having followed these finds through the conservation process, the show culminates in the launch of a fabulous new shipwreck gallery at Poole Museum in Dorset, where Derek and Lawrence come face to face not only with artefacts from the Mortar Wreck but also a 2000 year old log boat, carved wooden heads and even a submerged euphonium.
#24 - Cerne Abbas: Secrets Beneath The Giant
Season 24 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/9/2025
Time Team are joining Dr Hugh Willmott from the University of Sheffield, with the Cerne Abbey Research Project, as they embark on the rediscovery of a lost Medieval Abbey in Cerne Abbas, Dorset. Destroyed at the Dissolution and hidden for nearly half a Millennia, it lies only 500 metres from the feet of the Iconic chalk hill figure, known as the Cerne Abbas Giant. Could these two incredible landmarks be connected in some way? Time Team help to uncover the richness of this incredible abbey and explore the landscape around for clues to this question.
#25 - Day 3: Digging for Disney
Season 24 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/8/2025
It’s the final day in Norton Disney! As trenches and test pits continue across the village, the picture of the Disneys’ ancestral home begins to emerge. Clues from the church, the landscape, and remarkable finds all build towards uncovering the true heart of the estate. Could this be the breakthrough we’ve been searching for? Join us for the final episode of Digging for Disney!