Time Team S05-E03 Orkney,.Scotland 

Is it just me, or does anyone else find that once they've watched one episode they just can't stop watching more?

Educational, entertaining and relaxing with a once in a lifetime cast of characters Who enjoyed what they were doing and each other. Cant be replaced. Pleasure to watch over and over.

Carenza: "What really stuck in my mind was that we finally got a comb through Phil's hair." Tony: "And that's a first for Time Team." Phil: "That's a first for Phil too." Lol

I think this series should have been called 'If Only We'd Had More Time Team'

25:18 - Victor chasing after his drawing ... and jumping on it ... an unexpected sight. I admire his art.

Shona's voice is so cool. Its neat to hear Irish, Scottish, and English accents all together from the islands. The comb they made is so nice.

I love watching Time Team. I know that the series ended years ago, but having episodes on RU-vid has been wonderful. I am really enjoying this episode because my ancestors were Norse and were Vikings. This I discovered through working on my family tree, which came from my family tree, which shows that my Norse ancestors came to Scotland and resided in Orkney. I have also had this affirmed by an archeologist who concentrated on the Vikings - Norse and Swedish.

Phil is such a purebred joy

My 25 Great grand father Rognvald Kali Kolsson was the Earl of Orkney in the 1100s and is now Saint Ronald..

Time team is my peace, you guys are like my mates iv watched so much of this show

Love this episode. Louse-free archeologists! Frequently the original 'Norse' combs were made from reindeer antler. The fiber is just a little different from red deer. The carvers could make such beautiful objects. Nice to see the ancient craft is still alive.

The time team search for ACCENTS are never ending

The more I watch TT the bigger my crush on Phil gets. That grin of his could melt an iron statue. :-)

I'm very fond of Tony Robinson. He's very kind, and he's even got a thought for little animals at the "digs". And he pays attention to the children who come out, letting them "help". You can see they all gather 'round him. I'm also fond of Phil, who has a Ph.D. and could be bossing others around, but who spends his time digging like a laborer in the dirt. He looks to me like an "Angle" from whom my father's family descended, so I like to think of him as a relative. I like to hear him talk, as well. Stewart and John are very nice, as is Karenza, whose hair looks beautiful after the COMBing! The Time Team can only get a start on archeological digs, but that is probably a big help to the local archeologists. Much appreciated, guys!

I just noticed the baby birds at about 19.00. They are so cute.

Would be nice to have a comb like that. Bone combs don’t create static. It takes the static out of your hair.

*So glad that this awesome show is on RU-vid...* 🙏🏻

Going down a Google rabbit hole, I discovered a paper that Phil and Carenza wrote together, and it's made me watch Time Teams with a different eye. They seemed to have such a good working relationship and friendship in these episodes.

After watching years of Time Team episodes, one of the things I've learned is that the Brits love to point with their middle finger.

These guys are great. I was so sad when this went off the air.

This episode was worth watching just to see Phil finally get his hair combed! LOL!

Having only recently discovered "Time Team" (since 04/19) I have been 'binge watching' (I've even figured out how to see most of the episodes in chronological order). I've always had a fascination with Archaeology, combine that with UK History (I'm American of Scot/Irish Ancestry) and I'm hooked. My favorite episodes are those that include "Experimental Archaeology", those episodes that have Time Team members like Phil and Tony, create objects from the episodes .. like Flint blades, knives, swords, and the bone comb from this episode. We take these everyday items forgranted today with mass production; but watching them being created traditionally, one can see why the items were held in such high esteem that they were considered valuable items for the deceased individuals use in the afterlife.

I wish I was a member of time team, I love each of them so much.

In several episodes over the years, Tony remarks on places he sees as bleak and desolate, often just as I am thinking how beautiful they are!

Cant help but feel "warm and fuzzy" after watching these.

What delightfully fun people!

This show gets addictive

Orkney cog recipe 2 bottles whisky. 2 bottles rum. 1 bottle brandy. 1 bottle port. 1 bottle gin. 12 pints of ale (preferably home brew but bought ale will suffice). 2-4 pints of Stout. Sugar. Mixed Spices. Empty the ale into a large pot and begin to heat. Once the ale is warm, add some sugar to taste and begin to add the spirits, taking care not to boil the mixture - this destroys the alcohol. Add mixed spice to taste. Ladle the mixture into the awaiting cog to be passed around the guests. Suggested spices, Ground Cinnamon, Ground Coriander, Ground Ginger, Ground Cloves, Ground Caraway, Ground Cassia, Ground Mace and Ground Pimento.

Got a friend who does bone/antler work and specializes in Irish/Viking pieces. Yon comb does take a deal of time without power tools, but he's produced those multi part combs quite nicely. Just takes time.

This was a great show. I came across today & watched! Turns out that it’s not that far away from Kirkwell, where it turns out a family that married into my “Butler” ancestors 5x great grand aunt Lydia was from Kirkwall, Orkney islands😀

Love these. Thanks for all your hard work uploading. Trying to watch them all.

I watch one episode every night….must have seen them all many times by now…..still enjoy it though!!!!

At 33:18 Do you notice how softly they're speaking after a night of Cog at the pub? 🥴 Knowing the ingredients of cog or bride's cog, there had to be some pounding hangovers! Ouch!

I love how the pub is a big part of this show - brilliant!

I would love to live at Orkney. Beautiful place.

Maiden surname was Brock and many people in the family were mason builders, farmers, sailors, and reverends. Celtic DNA. Love all the series. Cheers Time Team!

Vikings were predominantly farmers. And then warriors. Oh my the music is the same as here in America. Especially on Appalachia.

RIP Victor Ambrus - running for his paper just after 25:15 mark.

I was intrigued by Mr. Towrie's voice. My great grandfather was from Sanday. He died not long before I was born, so I never heard him speak. I'd like to think he had that hint of Scandinavian accent like Mr. Towrie. My grandmother told me that our ancestors were Vikings.

What an absolutely beautiful and wild place! I must admit, being of Swedish and Scottish background, I could love to live there. And it is easy to see why so many people of Scottish decent wanted to be on Cape Breton, where my mother was from.

We owned a SOD Farm west of FT Worth Tx in the 60s,tough work.Phil is a pro at peeling it up.

One of the best TT episodes. But I always wonder what might have been if instead of this cluster of mounds, they'd dug the Ness of Brodgar.

One thing that bothers me is they were talking about the Vikings coming from Norway but those stone boats show up in Gotland which is Sweden. I was pretty sure what they had when I saw the outline of the pointed prow.

Carenza wants that comb! it's so nice to see her happy.

I so wish there more shows! Never get tired of it!

I Rember watching time team when it first started on channel4 in the 1990s and I have lost count of how many times I have rewatched it again wonderful series

I could get into "cog" parties. Try drinking the last of the cog without spilling it down the front of you or inhaling it! I was told the cog was actually a barrel like wooden tankard with handles, traditionally used at wedding feasts, and the bride quaffed down the first drink. Learned something new and I'd like to try the cog, but I'll stick to drinking "shine" from a mason jar. We can do wonderful things with a bushel of corn here in Kentucky!

At 25:20 is it Victor running after a piece of paper and throwing himself on it?

They are in Scotch Heaven with some of the best Beers in the British Isles and Tony is drinking a bottle of arse Beck's Beer!

the local pub for sure would have liked it. - we have to stay for at least 3 weeks - , Professor Mick Aston.

Half of them look like Vikings.

Amazing the passion of this people,how awesome to preserve our past from us all🇵🇹 what this people could reach with the technologies in nowadays,like Sarah Parcak's sattelites

LOL THAT LAMBS WAS RUNNING AWAY FOR THEIR LIVES XD

34:40 -- Holy cow (or "Cor, stone the crows!" as Harding might say). Check out the hand of the gentleman demonstrating antler carving to the Viking enthusiast (I can't remember his name...). You have to do a lot of carving for a lot of years to have a finger that looks like his.

I’m always afraid someone going to fall out of the helicopter.

I ❤️the Orkneys. Been there twice.

a great show!!!

OMG, they're not only digging in a nesting area, but driving over it as well. You can hear the birds complaining throughout the episode. As much as I love archaeology, I love nature more.

Just so I don't (accidentally) watch this a third (or fourth) time- It IS the episode where they comb Phil's hair. It is NOT the mine Howe episode!

I wish Time Tram would get enough funding through Patreon to go back to Orkney for a longer period in 2022. Orkney is still so rich in archaeology to be discovered.

NOBODY has any idea how to use a comb...BRUSH THE BOTTOM FIRST!

The Scottish archeologist with the beard looked a great deal like Brian Blessed, although without his sonorous Shakespearean voice.

Phil is the G.O.A.T.

Really enjoy it.😃 The video quality and scenery on my TV is 👍

TT is one of my best things go have found in the dismal year of 2020 💜 Incidentally, does anyone here know what species those adorable little chicks might be? I tried searching, but haven't found anything other than a few unlabeled images.

Imagine making that comb without modern tools.

Very cool. My family's roots are from the isle of sanday.

Phil without a hat

Seriously addictive!

Shame they didn´t keep Steve on the team - he fit really well!

Bravo.

Fellow in the brown jumper looks quite a bit like Brian Blessed in his earlier years.

If you look @ 3:49 on the left hand side of the screen where they're talking about the area, look 3/4 way up on the left. There's an intriguing circular formation almost divided like a chart pie I wonder what that is.

Ilook at the episodes more than ones.

The Bone expert looks like Annette Benning? Pretty lady!

It’s like Tony is reading STP’s audiobooks in this episode

miss this

i want to try some cogs with that group of guys. :) would be fun. no matter how cold i would be. i have a question.. when the remove the turf off this land, would this be similar to how thick, etc the turf would be in greenland for example? if so i see how easy it would/could be to over graze the land with cow/sheep and it probably would take a long time for the land to recover.

I wish they gave updates or information on how to look up what happened to the site

So these Picts labored on in a state of Pre-History because the Romans never showed up to inform them otherwise. It's like everyone else had cable or satellite, and these poor buggers had to keep climbing up on their huts and turning their antennas.

gotta love it the woman from Historic Scotland has an English accent for crying out loud

The Sinclair family dominated Orkney. Their chapel was a star in the Davinci Code!

A whole episode with Phil Harding sans hat.

33:45 It could be taken for something of a sexist comment I know, but surely seldom has such an assemblage of beautiful archeologists been recorded...stunning... Just to appear on this programme demands real brains...but such loveliness besides is exceptional... 41:30 What an incredibly beautiful woman...

@37:15, that looks like a button. The protrusion in the center looks like the shank.

So much nicer to watch these earlier episodes. Once I get into seasons 18 and beyond, the whole thing seems to take a downward trend. All the informative people are gone, and they added that Mary Ann person who seems to have been added for nothing more than eye-candy for the guys. To be honest, I find Helen Geake much more appealing to look at AND she's far and away more intelligent.

The ness at Sanday is here: 59º15'56"N, 2º36'24"W

There were a lot more hair in those days...

Sweyn Asleifsson brought me here..

It's a complicated hole... with an unexplained feature.

The erosion seems to be such a problem because the whole area's been deforested. It's just grass... They need to plant some deeper rooted tougher species... Beautiful place though

And I thought Brough was a motorbike!

Here on the inland of Sweden, my municipality has thousands of these burial cairns, too many excavate, but highly recognizable, and no shortage of candidates still awaiting verification.

All swords of things

Just looked it up on Google maps. Are the trenches they dug visible on it?

Strange to think large rock structures were made on a place with no apparent rocks...

Pictic v. Viking --- "Peaceful Integration". Ha! I think not.

oh, wOw tony actually doing some work 😂 (subtitles) needed.

At 18:58 (and earlier in the episode)... what kinds of birds are those? So cute.

I'ed take that comb home and treasure it.