Time Team Season 12 Episodes

Episode 1

Chenies Manor House, Buckinghamshire

48 mins

This manor house was extended into a palace prior to Henry V111 first visit in 1534. But less than half of it remains. The current owner since the 1950's wants to know what it used to look like.

Episode 2

Nether Poppleton, Yorkshire

Although mentioned in the Domesday Book, was this an Anglo-Saxon village? Residents help the team uncover the origins by digging many test pits in their gardens.

Episode 3

Warton, Lancashire

In three days, the team unearth one of two crashed USAF bombers and explain why they crashed. RAF recovery team, Unexploded Ordnance team and air crash experts are all on standby and are used. The crash is explained from evidence uncovered. Engines and fuselage are removed for permanent display.

Episode 4

Drumlanrig, Dumfries and Galloway

Revealed in dry weather are parch marks in the ground at Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries and Galloway. The experts are certain they are Roman, but when?

Episode 5

Northborough, Peterborough

48 mins

Cropmarks were seen in 1996 suggesting a Neolithic causewayed enclosure, but the site has never been dug. Modern farming has drained the land making the dig easier. Evidence emerges of a Neolithic village built before Stonehenge.

Episode 6

Grace Dieu, Hampshire

48 mins

Grace Dieu was Henry V's flagship. Deliberately beached in the mud of river Hamble, upriver from Bursledon. Divers dig across the stern to discover length and size of the ship.

Episode 7

Standish, Gloucestershire

A pot fragment is found. Is it Roman or Iron Age? Evidence of a roundhouse or a villa is needed. Can the team find evidence of Roman occupation or Iron age farming?

Episode 8

Wemyss, Fife

Jonathan's Cave, Sloping Cave and Well Cave at Wemyss have had continuous use since Pictish times. They dig through many layers of occupation. Is there a passageway between Well cave and MacDuff castle above?

Episode 9

St Osyth, Essex

A variety of places are dug, revealing medieval pottery and occupation, showing St Osyth village was an active port. A wharf is dug between tides. The adjoining field shows industry along the creek. Inland finds support this theory.

Episode 10

South Perrott, Dorset

Mon, Nov 26, 2007

Roman artifacts continue to be found at the Legg family farm.

Episode 11

Skipsea, Humberside

Paid by a local fan, geophysics get a head start at dawn on the site. Many trenches are dug and finds come quickly. This site has never been dug. Will these reveal who discarded them?

Episode 12

South Shields, Tyne and Wear

48 mins

A housing estate has been built around a Roman fort. But where is the cemetery after 400 years of occupation?

Episode 13

Hanslope, Milton Keynes

Mon, Dec 17, 2007

Finds point towards a farm building rather than a dwelling. Crop marks suggest prehistoric but pottery says medieval. The area was designated a hunting forest, possibly pigs were bred to stock the forest for medieval sport. Forest was an area of land not necessarily covered in trees but with special rights.