''Time Team Digs'' is a British

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that aired on

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in 2002. Presented by the

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, the show is a spin-off of the

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series ''

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'', 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

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to the modern day.

Production and cast

The series producer of ''Time Team Digs'' was Tim Taylor, the creator and

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of ''Time Team'' and its predecessor '' Time Signs''. The executive producer was Philip Clarke and the producers were Jeremy Cross and Laurence Vulliamy.

, 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);

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(illustrator); Stewart Ainsworth (landscape investigator); John Gater, Chris Gaffney (

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); 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.

References

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Production and cast

Episodes

DVD releases

See also

References