Fun fact: every time they had any human remains (or the expert thought it highly likely to be human remains), Time Team had to stop digging it out and call the local coppers. They would come out, make a report and have the experts state it wasn't anything recent (like in the past 50 years or so). Only after they'd done that they could resume digging. When they were digging a cemetery or something like that, they'd usually have a team from the local authorities on site.
They often mentioned this, but I think there was also a special where they went into it a bit more. They had interviews with I think a chief of police or something to go into the why and how. I also think a producer once mentioned they got in trouble when they were in France or Spain and didn't follow the procedure to the letter. This led to them opting out of foreign digs for a while (among other reasons).
Fun fact: every time they had any human remains (or the expert thought it highly likely to be human remains), Time Team had to stop digging it out and call the local coppers. They would come out, make a report and have the experts state it wasn't anything recent (like in the past 50 years or so). Only after they'd done that they could resume digging. When they were digging a cemetery or something like that, they'd usually have a team from the local authorities on site.
They often mentioned this, but I think there was also a special where they went into it a bit more. They had interviews with I think a chief of police or something to go into the why and how. I also think a producer once mentioned they got in trouble when they were in France or Spain and didn't follow the procedure to the letter. This led to them opting out of foreign digs for a while (among other reasons).