The 1998 Series.
1998: Series Five.
1998 Series, Episode 01 - Richmond, Surrey.
   
     
  The team descend on an immaculate croquet lawn at Trumpeters House in Richmond, Surrey, in search of the remains of one of the most opulent monuments of the Tudor dynasty, Richmond Palace. A royal palace since the 14th century, Richmond was almost entirely demolished 300 years later. Yet, lurking just below present day surface, excavations reveal the exact location of the privy lodgings and the palace moat.  
   
 
1998 Series, Episode 02 - Greylake, Somerset.
   
     
  The team go to the Somerset levels in search of a 4,000-year-old wooden trackway. The quickest way to get across the marshes that used to exist here in the Bronze and Iron Ages was across wooden walkways. Now the team hope to find evidence of these footbridges. Human bones suggest the possibility of a burial platform, but at the end of the three days the site's exact use remains an intriguing mystery.  
   
 
1998 Series, Episode 03 - Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland.
   
     
  At the request of pupils from a local school, the team go in search of evidence of the invasion of the Vikings, and its influence on ancient Britain. The team travel to the Orcadian island of Sanday to try to find out whether four mysterious mounds there are evidence of a Viking settlement or even a Viking burial site. They find a boat shaped stone grave. This positive discovery marks a first: achieving the goal they set themselves at the beginning of the dig.  
   
 
1998 Series, Episode 04 - Turkdean, Gloucestershire.
   
   
     
  A lucky helicopter ride over strange marks in a farmer's field leads a student archaeologist to call in the team, which makes this the first live programme for the Time Team. Tony Robinson and the team return to the site of a previous dig in 1998 which unearthed a Roman villa in the Cotswolds. They discover that the villa dates from the very first days of the Roman occupation. Amongst their new finds is an entire, untouched Roman water course.  
   
 
1998 Series, Episode 05 - Deya, Mallorca, Spain.
   
     
  Time Team goes abroad to tackle one of its most challenging sites. They search for evidence of one of the most enigmatic cultures in the world on the Spanish island of Mallorca. The Beaker people flourished in Europe around 4,000 BC, but there is very little evidence of their civilisation, which is thought to have made the first use of metal. This Iberian island was home to the 'Beaker Folk' between 2500 and 1300 BC. The team is able to help archaeologists already working there by bringing technical expertise and new equipment - and to look at some astroarchaeological theories.  
   
 
1998 Series, Episode 06 - Aston Eyre, Shropshire.
   
     
 

A medieval gatehouse and Old Hall are about to be turned into a luxury home. But before developers move in, the team travel to a Shropshire farm house in Aston Eyre and discover the great hall of a medieval manor complex. Excavations also uncover a medieval fish farm and the foundations of the lord's garderobe (medieval loo).

  
   
 
1998 Series, Episode 07 - Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland.
   
     
  The team travel to Downpatrick in Northern Ireland to excavate one of Britain's most important religious sites. Upon Cathedral Hill is the site of the first settlement of St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. The team are on the hunt for a cloithech (bell tower) built by monks in the 10th or 11th century. A plan of the cathedral in the archives gives its exact location. This turns out to be of no help - but they find the ditch system round the monastery instead.  
   
 
1998 Series, Episode 08 - High Worsall, North Yorkshire.
   
     
  In this episode, the 'Time Team' are in Worsall, near Middlesbrough. The archaeology fanatics have just three days to solve the mystery of why the population of a medieval village disappeared into thin air. Excavations of this deserted medieval village produce evidence of houses, crofts, roads, lanes, a church and a manor house, with evidence that the site was probably occupied as early as the 10th century. The site has now been scheduled as an Ancient Monument.  
   
 
 
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