Time Team

The Guerrilla Base of the King - Athelney, Somerset

E1    Jan 16, 1994    50m
In this first ever episode of Time Team, Tony and the team travel to Athelney in Somerset to investigate a series of hills (once islands in a bog) that became Alfred The Great last defensive positions after a series of losses to invading Viking forces. It is also the place Alfred began the great rally that saw him re-conquer most Wessex and laid the foundations of the nation that was to become England.
Cast of The Guerrilla Base of the King - Athelney, Somerset
  • Tony RobinsonSelf - Presenter
  • Carenza LewisSelf - Field Archaeologist
  • Phil HardingSelf - Field Archaeologist
  • John GaterSelf - Geophysicist
  • Mick AstonSelf - Landscape Archaeologist
  • Robin BushSelf - Archivist
  • Victor AmbrusSelf - Historical Illustrator
  • Sue FrancisSelf - Graphic Artist

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