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John Jones

The huge archaeological hoax exposed in a remote Welsh valley in a classic Time Team episode

During its 20 years on the air, Channel 4 's ground-breaking archaeology show Time Team has quite literally dug up a huge number of surprises.

From beautifully preserved Roman villas to Anglo-Saxon buckets and even saintly burial grounds, the programme taught us to expect the unexpected and proved that field archaeology - dismissed by many as boring - could make captivating television.

Winning a legion of fans right from its first episode back in 1994, the show took a team of archaeologists - and Blackadder actor Tony Robinson - right across the UK, as well as Spain, Belgium and the USA, as they tried to uncover more secrets of the past.

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