ARCHAEOLOGY telvision show Time Team is to feature British Camp on the Malvern Hills.

A crew will be filming for a special programme on Iron Age hill forts on Wednesday (August 22), probably in the afternoon, although this depends on the weather conditions.

Time Team producer Laurence Vulliamy said that Malvern's unmistakable British Camp was "one of the most significant Iron Age hill forts in the country" and was "reputed to be the place where Caractacus was captured by the Romans", Caractacus being a chieftain comparable to Boudicca.

The programme will highlight the historical importance of British Camp, also called the Herefordshire Beacon, which later had a Norman fortress built on it.

Time Team's Phil Harding, one of the expert archaeologists, will be at the site accompanied by Dr Keith Ray, the Herefordshire county archaeologist.

Mr Vulliamy said the idea behind the programme was to investigate what Iron Age hill forts were really all about.

He added that the show would "really get under the skin of the period" and that to understand Iron Age hill forts, people had to look at the changes in society between the Bronze Age and the Iron Age.

Presented by Tony Robinson, the popular programme features a team of archaeologists who perform televised archaeological digs around the country. The show featuring British Camp is due to be broadcast in the spring.