NEW EPISODE | Day 1: Modbury Community Dig | TIME TEAM (Devon) 2024 

Join us for a special 3-part premiere of our latest dig with the community of Modbury, Devon. Friday, Saturday and Sunday night at 7pm BST.

I really feel like "new" Time Team is beginning to find its feet and its specific style. Each new episode seems better than the last!

Hi from Albany, Georgia USA! I started watching time team back in the early 90s whenever it would come on the history channel late at night. I would literally set my clock to wake up early so I could watch it then go back to sleep. I’m 56 now and love the show even more now.

I couldn't believe that one of my favourite TV shows had actually returned and after watching this episode,it's like meeting an old friend , it's excellent, I'm so pleased!

Every time I see flint, I think of Phil. I learned to flint knap because of his influence in the old Time Team episodes. I enjoyed this program, looking forward to the other two.

I watched this during the premier with my toddler. Every time Stewart came on screen he would stand, happy shriek and point. I've watched the last few episodes with him and he always gets excited when Stewart's on. Not sure why Stewart is my little boy's favorite but he definitely is.

Proud to have finally had a chance to be involved in a dig, was a dream since childhood!

This has the all the "feels" of the best of Time Team, the community, children, good banter between the experts, great start to what will become a "classic episode" in no time. And how great to see so many familiar faces with all the new experts, and all the new tech.

Thank you for allowing this episode to be viewed for free. The show is my favorite! I have always had a penchant for things past and English. Time Team is the only show I have ever binged.

It is so hard to wait for the next episode! But I am just thrilled with the new Time Team. Love the format. And love having so many of the 'old' team back. Congratulations, all.

I had a workplace accident over 10 years ago. I was stuck in bed or a chair for 18 months, Time Team got me through those days, I started with episode 1 and watched each one in order. I looked forward to getting up each day, you became family and I love each of you for the part you have played in my life. Still in love, and that will never end. ❤

This one really has that classic TT feel. Fascinating site, and Gus has really gotten comfortable in his role since the first dig.

Whether it's the editing or the product of the extra days the newer members of the team have spent working together is something I don't know but this episode felt more relaxed than earlier digs presented by the 'new' Time Team. Incidentally there was a cut just where John had mentioned the cess pit. Helen's reaction looked priceless from the angle we saw it from. Something for an 'outtakes reel' maybe?

Such a great episode. Watched it on patreon and happy to support time team! Happy digging

May I just say the town cryer saying three days to do it is just the sweetest thing ever omg guys...

We are so, so, so, so lucky to have new Time Team episodes!!!

Just amazing to be a small part of this much loved programme…❤

Regarding the small pistol or musket ball; Cavalry would have had two pistols each, which they would use to break up infantry formations before riding into them and using their swords, so pistol balls could mark the site of hand to hand fighting. Much less common but by no means rare was the use of officer's own "fowling pieces" - good quality long guns of a smaller calibre than military muskets, intended for shooting wildfowl and capable of surprising accuracy, they were sometimes used to "snipe" individuals beyond normal musket range.

I really like the format for this. An episode for each day, only wish each could be an hour and not a half hour. So interesting to see the maps with the armies marching, Stewarts walking trail and the town with the surrounding areas. Great work everyone.

Having a bit of a wander with Ainsworth seems like it would be cracking great fun.

Marvelous stuff. I'm so glad you are back.

Seeing the back of my mum's headstone in this video, has made me so sad. When I was visiting her, I came at a bad time as they were setting up the cameras so I was there 'behind the scenes'.

New Time Team!!! It’s so nice to see so many familiar faces. Boy, that sweet Matt is surely the new Phil. If only we could get him in those cutoffs 😅

Ahh can’t wait to get done work!! And Sutton hoo coming I’m so glad I found this show. Thanks for all the hard work

It’s so nice to see my TimeTeam team! Would like to see more of Tony Robinson, Phil, Raksha, Brigid, and Paul. Miss Mick Aston tremendously!

Time Team, old and new, never disappoints. Thank you so much!

This episode seems to be going so well, the finds and the team dynamics. Gus can now act the "everyman" role, and get suggestions wrong, to allow an expert to explain the real issues. Just like Sir Tony's old role as presenter. Test-pitting a medieval village; what's not to like?

With baited breath, we all wait. ❤🎉 (Much love and big hugs to all involved)

Dad and Grandfather wore Stetsons everyday....great quality and company would repair the hats for their lifetime.....

Modbury? I have ancestors from over there. I was born in Plymouth but raised on Dartmoor so all close by!

Really enjoyed this episode. It seemed to revert somewhat to the production techniques that they used to use.

Love that this dig touches on so.many time periods. A buffet of delights!

Stephen has always been a favorite archeologist of mine. It’s always been fascinating to me how he is able to see roads where I would never be able to see one myself. That’s a gift.

I just love this show more than any other on the face of the Earth and Moon and the stars beyond

Hi from Quincy, IL, USA! I've seen every episode and I'm so happy Time Team is back!

Mr. Stetson seemed like a pretty cool chap. That was very interesting to see him there and involved.

I’m really excited to watch this one!!!

Indianapolis here and I can’t wait either.

Great to see Time Team back out and at it again!

This is beyond fantastic! Time team back again! I am happy to have helped a tiny bit to make this happen. The information is all so exciting! We are living in the future with all this new tech too! I makes the Classic episodes look like "OMG look at the old laptop" or "Mick in front of a huge CRT" I love all of it. It's not just the hundreds or thousands of years back. It also is made during a major change in the very tech we have begun to use daily in the decade almost 2 this show was made, and now continues to be made! Helicopters to drones, but old methods like drawing instead of CGI are still valuable, so is measuring by hand instead of by laser. There is no harm at all in using all those tools. It is so brilliant this show is.

I would love to travel to where my Ancestor Francis Plummer came from, I believe Woolwich England.

What a great show. Classic Time Team ❤

That prehistoric flint looked an awful lot like it fit in a musket lock.

Will be watching

Bring on the test pits!

I've become quite a fan of time team, living as I do in eastern north Carolina. My parents born in Pitt and Beaufort Counties, towns and cities all around named, Raleigh, Plymouth, Bath, etc. Of course the Germanic people are represented with places like New Bern. I grew up with breakfast, dinner and supper. I don’t know how the evening meal became "dinner ". Sounds like a bit of nonsense to me😂 Carry on just as you have been and I'll keep watching! Thank you for sharing your work 🙏

My maternal grandmother's family are the Boons of Modbury, so I am really excited by this dig. One of them married a Stitsdon, which I assume is just an alternative spelling of Stitson, at Modbury.

Ready!

Waiting is the hardest part!

I really like Gus Casely-Hayford’s presentation…so professional, so enjoyable. ❤

Stetson worked in his Father's hat shop in Orange NJ and designed the Cowboy hat there. His sales were weak till he added them to a mail order catalog. There the Texas sales boomed and he opened a factory i n Philadelphia to meet demands. Back then our connection was were basically all british within a generation or 2

The Governess of Princess Elizabeth would have known Sir Robert Lee in her father's Privvy Council. Sir Robert's son Sir Anthony married Margaret Wyatt, lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn. Sir Robert's younger son Benedict by Lettice Penistone, widow of Sir Robert Knollys, was the King's Captain of the Guard. Later, Benedict led the party to fetch Anne of Cleeves from Calais. Benedict was my 11x GGF, so Sir Robert was my 12x GGF. Benedict's son Captain Thomas, married secondly Kinborough Valentine, who had children before marriage in Ireland.

Watching Matt become middle aged is weird. 😂

Am I the only one who thought that piece of “ancient flint” was actually from a flint lock rifle? Being from a flint lock it would make it a far better find for an episode centred around the English Civil War.

OMG, Helen is as adorable as ever. She and Stewart were always my favourites. So wonderful to see TimeTeam back! My warmest regards from Stateside on a small island in Puget Sound near Bellingham, Washington State, US of A.

Thank you!

Nice watch thanks

The adorable little shovels on the map!😊

15:25 all i can think about is that initial print out from the athelney site all those years ago, and how much pride and joy it provided in addition to information. John personally responded to a curiousity question i had sent to the survey company he provides, and it too just made me beam with happiness. Time Team was my introduction to geophysics, and now between it and stewarts mapping i will never look at the world the same again. SO many times this program has saved me from drowning in a deep pit of depression and anxiety and adhd. i cant thank you folks, and your patreons enough. This is about so so much more than just archaeology, which itself would have been a big gift all alone. Love you guys, many happy returns. Josh

The beginning is how they did the first episodes…back to first principles.

Excellent stuff! We'll done!

Absolutely fascinating; I’m a proud Time Team Patreon member, and I think I’ve watched every episode a few times at least. I love seeing team members old and new involve locals in finding out more about their history; it was something Mick always encouraged. As a Devon resident myself, I love visiting local museums and sites nearby, such as hill forts and stone circles.

I am so happy. a new episode!!!!!!Cheers!!!

Test pits and community involvement - as advocated by Professor Mick Aston.

That was a really cool episode. Thank you so much!

Looking forward to tonight program more finds will appear I'm sure

Anyone else find themselves trying to say 'Vincent Stitson' multiple times quickly? 😄 Love this program, so happy to have it back in action!

I love the fact that new episodes are coming but I also love to rewatch episodes. I always find something new that I never noticed!

Yaaaaaay!!! Helen is a breath of fresh air 😊

Brilliant Episode once again. Nice to have the community spirit at it again :) Very well done everyone

I love it. It has always been my dream to be an archaeologist. I wish I had done what I wanted to do instead of listening to my parents, who just didn't understand. I am now 58 and disabled, but can still get around if need be. I am also a professional genealogist and have traced my family all the way back to the 5th century AD in some cases. The only reason that has been possible, is because my great grandparents were very well known historical figures, who were also very well known in England, since that is where we are from originally. I don't know if I should list a few of my great grandparents here, but I think I will nonetheless. I have checked, rechecked and had my DNA compared to other descendants and it is true. Two of my great grandmothers were of the de Clare family and were among the three very well known de Clare sisters consisting of Margaret, Eleanor and Elizabeth. My 22nd great grandmother was Margaret de Clare, Countess of Gloucester and Countess of Cornwall. She was first married to Piers Gaveston, believe it or not. We all know what happened to him. Margaret then married Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester and 1st Baron Audley. Most of my great grandparents going back from the de Clares, were royalty and are well known figures. I am not saying all this to be pretentious or anything else. That is not me at all. I am genuinely curious, because as an American citizen, I want to find out all I possibly can, in regards to my family tree and ancestry. I am aware that I am descended from the Plantagenet Dynasty, and would like to learn more about them all. I will give another example going further back. Margaret de Clare's mother, my 23rd great grandmother, was Joan of Acre or Princess Joan I probably ought to say. Her father was my 24th great grandfather naturally. He was Edward I or Edward Longshanks, King of England. His wife, my 24th great grandmother, was Eleanor of Castile. I have to say, it is very strange to find that one is a descendant of these people. I had a hard time believing it myself, at first. However, it has been verified via DNA and more. My ultimate dream has always been to travel to England, and visit the tombs and graves of my 'illustrious' ancestors? I would like to also join in one of the TT digs! But again, I am a disabled man now, and I don't know if it will ever happen. I certainly do not have the funds that my ancestors did! Let me be clear, I am very humbled by my ancestry, and I do not believe I am 'special' or anything else. It is merely my DNA and ancestry. I will list my 26th great grandparents as well, since they are likely well known in the UK, or at least England. My 26th GG were The Incomparable Sir Knight - William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Lord Marshal of England. That is his title...lol! My 26th great grandmother, his wife, was Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke and Striguil. Another de Clare obviously. I am genuinely curious in finding more regarding these ancestors, but my ultimate old, disabled man dream, is to dig. I want to dig in some of places that my ancestors lived. I don't think there would be a paucity of spots to dig, though they are probably all scheduled, since many were castles that are no longer standing, or Medieval manor houses and the like. I so wish I lived in England, let me tell you! The only reason I have typed all of this here, and admitted to my ancestry, is because I dream of being on Time Team almost every night. It would be such an honour and extremely humbling if it ever became reality. I have so much respect for everyone on TT. It is so good to see TT back in action. Great to see faces such a Helen Geake, Carenza Lewis, John Gator, Stewart Ainsworth ( and I have Ainsworth's in my ancestry too! ), Matt Williams, Dani, and everyone else! Time team is one of best programs I have ever seen in my life. I have always been a fan and will always remain one. I wish we had a similar program here in the states. I hope I make it over there before I die. I would do about anything to make that happen. I really apologise for the length of this post, btw, but wanted to get that out. It was therapeutic. Also btw, I should probably also point out that I use a nom de plume here on YT. The above ancestry is all on the Fraser and Corbet side of my real surname.

Another great start to a new dig! Proud to be a patron and support this wonderful program.

Excited to watch!!! Regarding the opening credits, I’ve always wondered if was raksha or Tracy holding the map up, Helen holding the (medieval?) ring and Phil grasping the final flint, or where they random peeps?

I'll see it eventually.

Great to see Gus back as presenter. Class act!

👍👍

So lovely to see Helen and Carenza.

Superb 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

The Marauders Map footprints are adorable

Classic Time Team focus on and continuity of the story. Thank you so much.

Great to be able to follow another dig and we actually stayed in Modbury on holiday a couple of years back, so really exciting to see the village being explored. As always so well put together making it very easy and enjoyable to follow

WOW things have really come up to speed! This was just like watching the Time Team of old. Well done everyone.

Thank you so much, I just finished watching all the episodes and they were wonderful! I am so happy you are back, makes my day when you post a video. I grew up just down the road from Modbury in Dawlish. I remember you coming to do the ship wreck in Teignmouth and coming along to watch. In one of the scenes you can actually see me watching you all, something I will always cherish! I now live in Austria and am so grateful you are doing these on RU-vid so I can enjoy it all over here! Oh and the mix of old and new team works perfectly, Gus is a great presenter and it is lovely to see how the older presenters have gone up academically to Professors and Doctors. I must add, it is lovely to see Helen again, that smile is beautiful.

It’s like an old friend. The enthusiasm of the experts is absolutely palpable. What a fabulous episode. It so benefits from all the new technology. Stewart is my favourite though and always was. A very pragmatic, no nonsense man. My only criticism is that there was no need for Carenza’s comment at 7:37. Quite uncalled for.

Very interesting, really enjoyed the whole show, especially the Stetson-hat link to the USA. You'd think the experts would know the difference between a bullet and a musket ball / shot!

It would be great to participate in a dig, especially a palaeontological dig, I am in the wrong place (60 miles from Melbourne, Victoria) and the wrong time (I am now 84, with all the infirmity that goes with that.)

I hear the word ‘flint’ and expect to hear Phil describing exactly how it was made…

Wonderful yet again but I am rather tickled by royalist Cornet Robert Stitson hoofing it to eventual Republican USA.

richard is great like his enthusiasm

First time I hear stone masonry called "fabric". Which make sense really, though probably I will not hear it much in other sources. Well, some more things to learn about English

Those mini shovels on the maps would be great Time Team merch as pins, charms for necklaces and as a top decoration on a bookmark!! A TT themed Chess set would be incredible!

Hello, from Massachusetts! So proud to be a Patreon and enjoy this episode’s Massachusetts connection.

I will never get over how much Carenza looks like my step sisters, particularly the middle one. I do a double take every dang time.

I remember those little Airfix soldiers... that was a Russian soldier in the process of chucking a grenade (I think). I used to have loads of those. 😁

im a little suss on the lost soldier that soldier is from bag costing 99c made in taiwan[74-79] and 100 in a bag not the sort of thing you would have an attachment to

I didn't get a good look at it, but I'll go out on a limb here and posit that the rectangular piece of flint could be a Firelock (flintlock to us colonials) flint. The muskets of the ECW were a mix of the old-fashioned "Matchlock" and newer, more reliable Firelock/Flintlock arms. So, it could be a simple case of a musketeer, in the heat of battle, fumbling and dropping his fresh flint when trying to replace the worn out one. Just an (educated) guess, from a four-decades black-powder shooter.

I'm so sorry to say that, but I miss Tony and his energy. He mad everything so much more exciting! :)

Shouldnt the description be Devon 2023 as they talk about a hot June day?

Hi from Dorset!

I was finally able to get a bunch of merch from the time team shop. Beautiful stuff you all have. Love from 🇺🇸