Time Team is actually really good about showing the process of archaeology, something that many of National Geographic’s archaeology reality shows do not do. The show is structured around answering questions (aka science) rather than just pulling stuff out of the ground. They frequently discuss tailoring methods to questions–an important aspect of archaeological problem solving–and even when they don’t find anything on time team, they talk about why that in itself is interesting.
I haven’t seen the show in question, but from what I can tell, it was nothing more than glorified grave-digging, complete with holding up skulls to the camera.
