Time Team

Season 1 Episode 1: The Guerrilla Base of the King - Athelney, Somerset

In this first ever episode of Time Team, Tony and the team travel to Athelney in Somerset to investigate a series of hills (once islands in a bog) that became Alfred The Great last defensive positions after a series of losses to invading Viking forces. It is also the place Alfred began the great rally that saw him re-conquer most Wessex and laid the foundations of the nation that was to become England.

Genre:

Documentary, Mystery

Seasons:

25

Episodes:

284

Cast:

Gus Casely-Hayford, Natalie Haynes, Carenza Lewis

Quality:

HD

Duration:

50 min

First Air:

1994

Rating:

7.4