Tony Robinson
The show's presenter talks about the popularity of archaeology

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Where it all began. Tony Robinson tells how he and a 'bespectacled Paddington Bear of a man' first came up with the idea of an archaeology series; how series producer Tim Taylor helped to turn it into Time Team; and what the pilot programme was like.

A dog-print in clay. Why Tony Robinson's favourite finds aren't the valuable ones.

'It's got to be around 30 AD.' Where Tony Robinson would go if he could travel in time.

'The real time travel is time coming to me.' Tony Robinson talks about the past coming alive in the present.

Phil Harding talks about how he first got involved in Time Team and how he feels about the programme now.

'A nice piece of de-turfing, that one.' Phil Harding talks about how much he enjoyed digging up the Richmond croquet lawn and some of his other favourite digs

Victor Ambrus talks about how he first got involved with Time Team and what it's like working as an illustrator on a fast-moving TV programme.

Victor Ambrus talks about his favourite Time Team dig.

Combining pencils and computers. Victor Ambrus shares some tricks of the illustrator's trade.