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Time Team History Hunters: 1998
Tony Robinson swaps the familiar tools of the archaeological trade
for ancient maps and records, as the Time Team invite individuals
with an interest in their local history to become 'history hunters'.
Each week, three teams will investigate the history of a different
community to see what they can unearth about a town, village,
street, house or backyard. Using resources that are available
to anyone, Time Team History Hunters will enable people to investigate local gossip and myths and
find out the truth of long-held theories.
Programme ONE 21 NOVEMBER
The history hunters will be investigating in south London this
Saturday, trying to find out why the Crystal Palace was moved
here from Hyde Park after the Great Exhibition in 1851, who were
the wheelers and dealers behind this magnificent structure and
who or what was responsible for the horrendous fire that destroyed
it in 1936.
Programme TWO 28 NOVEMBER
This Saturday, Time Team travels to Blackpool where three teams of history hunters attempt
to discover the origins of the Pleasure Beach, as well as why
this resort became the favourite of the working classes and who
profited from it.
Programme THREE 5 DECEMBER
This week, Time Team's intrepid history hunters attempt to answer one question: which
is the oldest pub in Nottingham? Three teams – one from each pub:
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, The Salutation and The Bell – check
out the records, building architecture and timbers, and local
legends to find out where you can have a pint in the most ancient
surroundings.
Programme FOUR 12 DECEMBER
Coventry is known for car manufacturing and the bombing of its
cathedral, but did you know that, in the 18th and 19th centuries,
it had a thriving watchmaking sector? This week, three teams of
history hunters investigate the few remaining factory premises,
the archives and the beautiful products of Coventry craftsmen
to shed light on a little known corner of this city's history.
Programme FIVE TX 19 DECEMBER
In the 15th and 16th centuries, the Scottish border was as lawless
as the American Wild West, with raiders known as reivers robbing,
pillaging and murdering with surprising frequency. At the same
time, their feats were celebrated in a series of romantic ballads.
This Saturday, three teams of history hunters investigate some
of those ballads to find out the truth behind them by perusing
ancient documents, examining maps and trekking through the undergrowth
to uncover the meagre remains of this exciting period of Anglo-Scottish
history.
Programme SIX TX ? JANUARY
Burton upon Trent is renowned for the beer made there, but back
in the Middle Ages, it was the site of a very important abbey.
This week, three teams of history hunters try to find out as much
as they can about this once-tremendous monument. Is there anything
remaining? What happened to it? And what connection did it have
with a magnificent house on a hillside some three miles away?
Programme SEVEN TX ? JANUARY
The Gloucestershire village of Marshfield is now an up-market
dormitory for the cities of the West Country, but in the past,
it was a focus of brewing. Marshfield's business was malting and
fortunes were made and lost here in the production of the malt
for beer-making. This Saturday, three teams of history hunters
try to discover the physical remains of malting in Marshfield,
how one particular family was involved in the trade and how the
needs of malting shaped the surrounding agricultural landscape.
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