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''Time Team Digs'' is a British
television series A television show, TV program (), or simply a TV show, is the general reference to any content produced for viewing on a television set that is broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, and cable, or distributed digitally on streaming plat ...
that aired on
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in 2002. Presented by the
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Tony Robinson, the show is a spin-off of the
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series ''
Time Team ''Time Team'' is a British television programme that originally aired on Channel 4, Channel 4 from 16 January 1994 to 7 September 2014. It returned in 2022 on online platforms YouTube and Patreon. Created by television produce ...
'', that first aired on Channel 4 in 1994. It is also known as ''Time Team Digs: A History of Britain''. ''Time Team Digs'' is an eight-part series including highlights from previous ''Time Team'' digs, with each episode focusing on a particular period in history, going from the
Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...
to the modern day.


Production and cast

The series producer of ''Time Team Digs'' was Tim Taylor, the creator and producer of ''Time Team'' and its predecessor '' Time Signs''. The executive producer was Philip Clarke and the producers were Jeremy Cross and Laurence Vulliamy. Tony Robinson, the presenter, was also the associate producer. Regular contributors on Time Team included: archaeologists Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Carenza Lewis, Neil Holbrook; Robin Bush (historian); Victor Ambrus (illustrator); Stewart Ainsworth (landscape investigator); John Gater, Chris Gaffney ( geophysicists); Henry Chapman (surveyor).


Episodes

''Time Team Digs'' aired for eight sixty-minute episodes, from 1 November to 27 December 2002. Each episode aired on a Friday.


DVD releases

''Time Team Digs'' was released on DVD in the UK (Region 2) on 7 March 2005. The 3-disc DVD set also contains a 30-minute documentary ''Behind the Scenes with Time Team'' and the
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and 1999 ''Time Team'' Christmas specials.


See also

* List of Time Team episodes * Time Team Specials * Time Team Others


References

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