# History Hunters
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{{Infobox television
| image =
| runtime = 60 minutes
(including adverts)
| creator =
| producer = [Tim Taylor](/source/Tim_Taylor_(producer))
| presenter = [Tony Robinson](/source/Tony_Robinson)
| country = United Kingdom
| network = [Channel 4](/source/Channel_4)
| first_aired = {{start date|1998|11|21|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1999|1|16|df=y}}
| num_episodes = 7
| num_series = 1
| related = {{Plainlist|
* ''[Time Signs](/source/Time_Signs)''
* ''[Time Team](/source/Time_Team)''
* ''[Time Team Digs](/source/Time_Team_Digs)''
* ''[Time Team Live](/source/Time_Team_Live)''
* ''[Time Team Extra](/source/Time_Team_Extra)''
* ''[Time Team America](/source/Time_Team_America)''
}}
}}
'''''History Hunters''''' is a British [television series](/source/television_program) that aired on [Channel 4](/source/Channel_4) from 1998 to 1999. Presented by the [actor](/source/actor) [Tony Robinson](/source/Tony_Robinson), the show was a spin-off of the [archaeology](/source/archaeology) series ''[Time Team](/source/Time_Team)'', first broadcast on Channel 4 in 1994. The series is also known as '''''Time Team: History Hunters'''''.
Each episode of ''History Hunters'' featured people trying to discover more about an area and its history.
==Production==
The programme's [producer](/source/television_producer) was [Tim Taylor](/source/Tim_Taylor_(producer)), the creator of ''[Time Signs](/source/Time_Signs)'' and executive producer of ''[Time Team](/source/Time_Team)''.
==Episodes==
There were seven episodes of ''History Hunters'' shown on Saturdays from 21 November 1998 to 16 January 1999.[{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/timeteam/archive/historyhunters.html|title=Time Team History Hunters: 1998|accessdate=2008-02-09|author=|last=|first=|year=|publisher=[Channel 4](/source/Channel_4)}}] The teams have only two days to find out as much as they can.[{{cite web|url=http://www.timeteam.k1z.com/index.php?pid=350|title=History Hunters - 1x02|accessdate=2008-02-09|author=|last=|first=|year=|format=|publisher=Unofficial Time Team Site|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713131149/http://www.timeteam.k1z.com/index.php?pid=350|archive-date=13 July 2011|url-status=dead}}]
The episode looking at malting in Marshfield, South Gloucestershire was shot as the pilot in February 1998, and the experts included Gloucester archivist David Smith and local buildings expert Linda Hall. Local farmer Dick Knight described how his grandfather was the last working maltster in the village. Decision-makers at Channel 4 liked the programme and gave the go-ahead for six more, but showing them on Saturday afternoons was doomed to failure and the series sank without trace. The seven programmes were never repeated.
{{Episode table |background= |overall= |title= |aux1= |aux1T=Location |airdate= |episodes=
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=1
| Title=Crystal Palace
| Aux1=[Crystal Palace](/source/Crystal_Palace%2C_London), [South London](/source/South_London)
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|11|21|df=y}}
| ShortSummary=The three teams look into [the Crystal Palace](/source/the_Crystal_Palace), the home of [the Great Exhibition](/source/the_Great_Exhibition), that burnt down in the 1930s.[{{cite web|url=http://www.timeteam.k1z.com/index.php?pid=349|title=History Hunters - 1x01|accessdate=2008-02-09|author=|last=|first=|year=|format=|publisher=Unofficial Time Team Site|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713131137/http://www.timeteam.k1z.com/index.php?pid=349|archive-date=13 July 2011|url-status=dead}}] They look into why the Palace was moved from [Hyde Park](/source/Hyde_Park%2C_London) and what the cause of the fire that destroyed it was.[{{cite web|url=http://www.timeteam.k1z.com/index.php?pid=351|title=History Hunters - 1x03|accessdate=2008-02-09|author=|last=|first=|year=|format=|publisher=Unofficial Time Team Site|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713131157/http://www.timeteam.k1z.com/index.php?pid=351|archive-date=13 July 2011|url-status=dead}}]
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=4
| Title=Watchmaking Sector
| Aux1=[Coventry](/source/Coventry), [West Midlands](/source/West_Midlands_(county))
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|12|12|df=y}}
| ShortSummary=The teams look into the remains of Coventry's [watch making](/source/Watch) [industry](/source/Industry_(economics)) that thrived in the 18th and 19th centuries.[{{cite web|url=http://www.timeteam.k1z.com/index.php?pid=353|title=History Hunters - 1x05|accessdate=2008-02-09|author=|last=|first=|year=|format=|publisher=Unofficial Time Team Site|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060916070843/http://www.timeteam.k1z.com/index.php?pid=353|archive-date=16 September 2006|url-status=dead}}]
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=6
| Title=Middle Age Abbey
| Aux1=[Burton upon Trent](/source/Burton_upon_Trent), [Staffordshire](/source/Staffordshire)
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|9|df=y}}
| ShortSummary=During the [Middle Ages](/source/Middle_Ages) Burton upon Trent had the most important [abbey](/source/abbey) in central England, and teams look into one building each, with each building thought to have connections to the abbey.[{{cite web|url=http://www.timeteam.k1z.com/index.php?pid=354|title=History Hunters - 1x06|accessdate=2008-02-09|author=|last=|first=|year=|format=|publisher=Unofficial Time Team Site|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713131217/http://www.timeteam.k1z.com/index.php?pid=354|archive-date=13 July 2011|url-status=dead}}]
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=7
| Title=Malting
| Aux1=[Marshfield](/source/Marshfield%2C_Gloucestershire), [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire)
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|16|df=y}}
| ShortSummary=Marshfield used to be a centre for [brewing](/source/brewing), the teams look into the village's [malt](/source/malt)ing past. One team look for the physical remains of the industry, another looks into one family's involvement and the third team into how malting affected the agricultural landscape.