27th February 2011
Channel 4’s Time Team comes from Jersey
In the same month (but a different year) that Channel 4’s Treasure Hunt came from Jersey, the same channel’s archaeological history programme, Time Team, visited the island.
Presenter Tony Robinson and his team of investigators spent three days digging for 13th century artefacts at Gorey Castle, as well as visiting the Jersey War Tunnels. The episode was unusual, as Tony Robinson, despite being the most public face of the series, doesn’t usually choose where they should visit, which he did on this occasion after researching an article on Jersey’s history for the tourist board. A second episode was broadcast from Jersey the following month.
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Other events that occured in February
Women are jailed for smuggling gold in their knickers
- Four women were caught smuggling gold in their knickers and were sent to prison at the end of their trial.
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Murder appeal saves man’s life but results in his transportation
- A man who killed his lover in a suicide pact was spared hanging, but transported to Australia after his appeal.
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States treasurer is charged with embezzlement
- Jersey States treasurer was charged with embezzlement following the collapse of the Jersey Banking Company in 1886.
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Courts decide who owns St Aubin’s railway
- A dispute over who owned a railway line resulted in a Clameur de Haro and the risk that the States would claim ownership itself.
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