Timeshift · SEASON 7
Archaeology - Digging the Past
Episode 7 · 2007-10-21

- Documentary
Episode overview
An exploration of the way archaeology has been presented on television over the past 50 years, from panel show Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?, which made celebrities out of its host Professor Glyn Daniel and resident character Sir Mortimer Wheeler, to Channel 4's contemporary Time Team. With contributions from archaeologists and broadcasters including Professor Barry Cunliffe, Tony Robinson and David Attenborough.
60 minutes
Season 7 episodes
1. The Edwardian Larder2007-04-18
2. How To Be a Good Prime Minister2007-09-22
3. Gagging For It: TV's Hunger for Radio Comedy2007-10-01
4. Whatever Happened to Radio 2?2007-10-05
5. Emmylou Harris's Ten Commandments of Country2007-10-12
6. Emmylou Harris at the BBC2007-10-12
7. Archaeology - Digging the Past2007-10-21
8. Sir Mortimer Wheeler - A Life in Ruins2007-10-21
9. Watching the Russians2007-11-21
10. Never Had It So Good?2007-12-10
11. A Game of Two Eras: 1957 v 20072007-12-13
12. Stuffed: The Great British Christmas Dinner2007-12-23
13. The Rise and Fall of the Ad Man2008-03-09