The Lost Villa | FULL EPISODE | Time Team

Season 2 Episode 3: A small Roman statue is found nestled within a Wiltshire village, but how did it get there? Join the Time Team for another dig into Britain's history.

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The Time Team visit the picturesque village of Tockenham, deep in the heart of the ancient Wiltshire countryside. Here they look into a small pagan Roman statue embedded in a 15th century church.

Time Team is a British TV series following specialists who dig deep to uncover as much as they can about Britain's archaeology and history.

[MyBohemianDreams]

What is interesting in these early episodes is the lack of trust of the "officials" towards the TV team. I had heard this before from a team member that they were treated as a sideshow that made a mockery of archaeology by doing their three day digs for the camera. By the end of the series, the same officials were queuing up to be on the show.

[corneliawissing]

2021 is my 79th year. Wish I were still young and fit enough to run with Sir Tony ... It looks so enjoyable.

[nevillemignot]

This episode was just crying out for Stewart Ainsworth and his reading of the local roads and their access to major Roman roads, his reading the 'lumps and bumps' and what they mean and going up in the helicopter to give his view on what any crop marks may mean. And his interterpritation of the structure could be and his thoughts on its siting in the general area, and if old field boundries can tell us anything about the mystery building.

[MariVictorius]

I just discovered this series a couple of weeks ago and I just love Robin with his cardigan, hat and posh accent. I’d love nothing more than to sit down and talk to him but I’m sad to have just discovered he passed away nearly 11 years ago. He strikes me as a really good man. 😔

[mudgetheexpendable]

You can tell how early an episode is by, among all the appearance clues, the fact that Mick and Tony are explaining "geophys" to the viewers.

[christophloewen]

My God, they are all young. Except Mick of course, he's always looked like that.
Love this show!

[GMWired]

"Tempus Teamus, innit?" is one of the best moments in TimeTeam History. An absolute classic.

[paular]

The thumbnail for this episode is by far my favorite of all the TT episodes that have been posted. Tony looks so squirrelly!

[heatherlynnrigaud]

It's amazing watching this filmed when Time Team was so new and hotly debating contacting English Heritage. Such a change from 2024 when they are given pride of place at Sutton Hoo.

[juliajs]

As a knitter, I'm just smitten by the amount of precious knitted sweaters in this episode!

[jonmccarty]

I have watched every single episode that time team as made. And yet I still can’t stop watching them. For an America man thank you for showing us your history in the ground

[DuckReach]

That stone fish was a lovely work of art. The stonemason's name is lost to history, but his craftmanship remains.

[nevillemignot]

This for me is the classic 'Time Team' experience, after watching so much historically interesting TV i do find this real edge of the seat stuff in this episode. It is for me no doubt the finest series of shows of its type ever you.

[fiskurtjorn]

Ohmy, The square view. This history documentary is history itself now. Good to see it again.

[bostonrailfan]

05:47 a little kid in a pedal car driving slowly watching two adults talk animatedly about something…the innocence of early episodes!

and this episode features Victor speaking more than in all of his previous episodes combined, he didn’t go overboard trying to explain as Robin did, just a quick basis and let the art speak for itself. plus him working in the background while others speak shows how hard he works to get his drawings done

[silva]

Aha! I'm watching these marvelous shows from another continent and have been wondering about the yellow flowers all around various locations. I've just seen a closeup, and as I suspected they're enormous dandelions! They are absolutely the biggest healthiest dandelions I have ever seen. As a gardener I'm often amazed when watching the Time Team's diggers doing what they clearly love, at the fine and beautiful richness of the English soil. It looks as though the "rockiness" is most often attributable to the "archeology" it contains. Nice dirt! What a wonderful show. I find it especially fun whenever the locals and children can be involved. I bet it's made an indelible impression on many lives, and I've often wondered how many archeologists were produced as a direct result of the show coming to town.

[malcolmformosa]

Hi everyone I like watching the Time Team with my eldest daughter and we are from all the way down under from Mount Gambier in the State Of South Australian.
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[suwaidajalal]

This episode is so old, they needed the go-ahead from English Heritage before they could dig the most interesting part of the field. In later episodes, they wouldn't waste two full days of digging. English Heritage permissions would already be there from day 1.

[DanCooper]

This must be a very early episode, when Phil's hat will still newish.

[Thirdbase]

I'm always impressed by their digger operators. They can remove the thinnest layer of soil.