Time Team S8E9 — The Inter-City Villa - Basildon, Berkshire

7.5

Time Team•Season 8•Episode 9

The Inter-City Villa - Basildon, Berkshire

7.5/10 · 24 votesMar 4, 200149 min

Ranked #13 of 13 in Season 8•−0.5 vs season avg

While laying Brunel's Great Western Railway line 50 miles from London, navvies discovered mosaic floors indicating a Roman villa. The mosaics were broken up and the whole site ignored, until recent photographs of cropmarks showed the outline of the villa, among other features. Geophysics signals

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Cast8

Tony Robinson

Tony Robinson

Self - Presenter

Carenza Lewis

Carenza Lewis

Self - Field Archaeologist

Phil Harding

Phil Harding

Self - Field Archaeologist

John Gater

John Gater

Self - Geophysicist

Stewart Ainsworth

Stewart Ainsworth

Self - Landscape Investigator

Mick Aston

Mick Aston

Self - Landscape Archaeologist

Victor Ambrus

Victor Ambrus

Self - Historical Illustrator

Robin Bush

Robin Bush

Self - Historian

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Episode Summary

"The Inter-City Villa - Basildon, Berkshire" is episode 9 of Time Team season 8. It scored 7.5/10 from 24 votes, ranking #13 of 13 episodes this season (season average 8.0). It aired on March 4, 2001.

Next: E10 · Holy Island - Lindisfarne, Northumberland Best of Season 8