Time Team Specials

The Time Team traces evidence of the palaces given to or constructed by Henry VIII These include Hampton Court and the nowgone Beaulieu Calais Whitehall and Nonsuch castles The team starts by digging in the grounds of New Hall School in search of Beaulieus gatehouse then move on to uncover evidence of its apartments and bay windows and finally a chapel

In the 18th century the British Royal Navy was the most successful fighting force in the world To maintain this status it desperately needed better ways of looking after its sick and wounded so in 1746 it decided to build the best hospital the country had ever seen near the Portsmouth dockyard at Haslar Costing pound100000 a kings ransom at the time it was the biggest construction project in the

Tony Robinson and the team are given access to Westminster Abbey as the Cosmati pavement is revealed for the first time in 100 years The huge mosaic floor in front of the altar at the center of which the Coronation Chair is placed is usually covered by a carpet The program also follows a nighttime search under the floors for lost tombs and graves as well as the 1000yearold faked documents that

The Vikings are notoriously known as fearsome axewielding warriors who relished their reputation as bloodthirsty invaders But Robinson and the team paint a new and much more complex picture of these skillful and enterprising people

Tony Robinson heads to Leicestershire to examine archaeological discoveries at the site of the Battle of Bosworth Field a confrontation that took place in 1485 and led to Henry Tudor taking the English crown Artifacts are unearthed that challenge the traditional interpretation of events and Tony hears from experts who believe that not only were gunpowder weapons used in far greater numbers than

Boudica is revered as one of the greatest female warriors in history Robinson traces her story and follows a major excavation in Norfolk that may hold the key to uncovering what happened to Boudicas tribe after they were defeated by the Roman army

The discovery of the Staffordshire hoard in July 2009 was one of the most exciting archaeological finds of the recent years Since then a dizzying array of interdisciplinary research has taken place to see what this extraordinary collection of artifacts can add to our understanding of AngloSaxon England In this Time Team special Tony Robinson guides us through what has been found out so far and it