Classic Time Team

The team is camped on an immaculate suburban lawn next to the Thames River. They are searching for the now vanished Richmond Palace, site of the death of Elizabeth I. Amazingly, despite its historical importance, nobody is exactly sure of its whereabouts. The first task is to dig up the lawn.

In this episode the team tiesy to find an ancient wooden trackway across the boggy Somerset Levels while also trying to build a replica of a trackway. The team are joined by archaeologist Richard Brunning.

The team travel to Sanday after some schoolchildren wrote to them saying they thought a local mound had Viking origins. The team are joined by Olwyn Owen from Historic Scotland, and Steve Dockrill and Julie Bond from the University of Bradford. Viking enthusiast Keith Prosser is challenged to make a 9th century bone comb.

The team go to Gloucestershire in search of a Roman villa. They are joined by Keith Branigan from the University of Sheffield, and Lindsay Allason-Jones (Roman finds expert). This episode includes a demonstration of making a pewter bowl from raw materials. TV personality Bill Oddie pays a visit. Then, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall teams up with Roman chef Aurello Spagnolo to make an authentic feast.

The team are in Majorca where American archaeologist Bill Waldren is excavating the Copper Age Beaker settlement of Son Oleza. They are joined by site director Josep "Pep" Ensenyat. Phil and Pep try smelting some copper from the local ore. Astroarchaeologist Michael Hoskin looks at the celestial alignment of some stones at the site.

The team go to Shropshire and search for a complex of medieval buildings in Aston Eyre, where the only remaining building is a farmhouse that used to be a gatehouse. They are joined by archaeologist Mark Horton and archivist Paul Stamper. Tree rings expert Dan Miles tries to get some dates from beams in the gatehouse.

The team looks for the early monastic buildings on Cathedral Hill, where according to legend, St. Patrick built a monastery and was buried. They are also digging up medieval finds, including roof tiles and glass, which indicate a high status building. They soon identify the large double ditch which originally enclosed the monastery complex.

The Time Team goes to High Worsall, near Middlesbrough, a village that almost completely disappeared hundreds of years ago. There they find 14th century buildings and a manor house, and a pristine spindle whorl. Then they try their hand at fishing and cooking their catch. We also follow historians Robin Bush and Dawn Hadley as they research and create a timeline for the village.