Time Team HD

Tony Robinson and the Time Team visit the tiny Gateholm Island off the coast of Wales. The only way to get to it is by rigging a 500-meter zip line way above the wave-lashed rocks. What treasure could lie here, and what will they tell us about this small island's use throughout history?

The Village of Bitterley provides an interesting enigma for the Time Team. The village's school and cottages cluster prettily around the green, but the village church and the manor house lie more than half a mile away, on the other side of a lumpy, bumpy, empty field. How did the people travel from one place to another with ease, and why were these structures built so far apart?

Dunwich is a village that's falling off the edge of England. Coastal erosion has eaten away most of this settlement. Before the remnants of it are lost to the sea, the Time Team has one last chance to find out more about the lost origins of this dramatically situated town.

The town of Newmarket is the birthplace of horse racing in England. Tony Robinson and the Time Team search for the earliest archaeological traces of the sport of kings. They are on the hunt for the remains of King Charles II's racing stables, arguably the world's first stables dedicated for racing.

Tony and the Time Team are in the village of Beadnell, on the beautiful Northumbrian coast, to explore something very unusual. Mysterious fragments of human bone have emerged over the last few years. From whom did they come from, and did they have any sort of post-mortem purpose?

Tony and the Time Team are in Swansea, a present-day city with a rich and vibrant history. It was one of the wealthiest in England, but not from the mining of coal as many others were. Swansea used to lead the world in copper smelting, but today there's almost nothing to be seen of this unique heritage. The team investigates one of the very first copper works, White Rock.

Tony and the team tear up the pristine lawns of a stately home in search of the secrets of its illustrious former owners: the de Veres, who built a small monastery here in the 12th century. There is also a rumor that the dissolute 17th Earl de Vere, Edward, wrote at least some of William Shakespeare's plays, and could be buried here along with his ancestors and descendants.

800 years ago, the people of Kenfig, on the south coast of Wales, thought they had built the perfect town. It was erected around a harbor with easy access to the sea and sheltered from most elements and enemies. The town appears to have been a thriving commercial success, but then it vanished, leaving just a few castle walls to mark its existence. What happened to this utopia?

The Time Team visits an incredible set of Roman ruins in Caerlon, in South Wales. It is one of the best preserved examples of Roman archaeology in Britain. The area was always known for its extensive construction work, but what the team uncovers will change everything historians thought they knew about the area.

For generations, a family of Somerset farmers has been wondering if there was ever a castle on top of the hill they call "Castle Hill". A medieval charter refers to a Norman castle in the area, but there are several likely locations. Geophysics' radar shows a large rectangular structure in the ground, possibly a keep, along with some pieces of found pottery. It's time for the team to dig!

Tony and the Team don their hunting green, pick up their bows and arrows, and head for the fringes of Sherwood Forest, where residents of Clipstone village in Nottinghamshire believe some impressive ruins in a farmer's field may have played a part in the ancient tales of Robin Hood and Bad King John. Landowner Mickey Bradley hopes that the site will be preserved as a heritage site.