I see why this series lasted for so many years. The people involved have more chances than regular archaeologists (non-TV) to make the great discoveries. In one episode, Matt finds the bones of a Saint under the altar of a previously unknown 8th century chapel/monastery. The find of a lifetime! (Something to tell the grandchildren about!) And just another weekend for the Time Team!
Beginning @15:58 - "Phil, I've seen better holes on 'Badger Watch' ..." The interplay between these two, and the humorous interactions between the others over the years, really helped make this show great! Soooo much better than the toddler-aged sniping between cast members on "reality" shows now.
Sir Tony, the show's narrator, was the "comic foil." He was the skeptic, the naysayer. This made the archaeologists defend their positions and explain their findings. He was also really funny while doing it!
I missed Victor's input on later episodes. Sue was great with the IT part of visualizing an object, but Victor brought sites to life with his sketches.
I just love this tv show, certainly more interessing than all those "reality shows" nowadays. Those folks are awesome people, dedicating their lives and time to light our past. A true pleasure to watch and learn.
31:30 One of the funnier bits on Time Team Roman expert: Well I know this is a TV show so I know I need to give a mini-lecture on how rare this--- Everybody else: WHAT DOES IT SAAAAAYYY???
Stewart keeps coming up with these terrific things. I can't remember the last episode where he didn't identify something important or correct a mistaken conclusion from prior workers.
I always love the episodes that Robin are in. He brings such interesting points to the program. I also love Stewart .. poor guy never seems to get the respect he deserves with his 'landscape' study of the site.
@@deborahparham3783 there was one episode on youtube where TT was digging with those soldiers. Good to see that Phil Harding still can do a thing or two!!!!!!
An excellent episode. Many years ago I went to Roan grammar school which in 1977 became John Roan school. We used to run cross country around the park and I was in the park almost every day at lunch time. I still go there.
The temple site on Google Earth: 51.478654ºN, 0.004551ºE The Saxon barrows are still visible as ring marks in the lawn at a couple of fields in the northern area of the park. 51.480792ºN, 0.000123ºW
I wonder why they didn't keep some of the shallow-buried walls visible, obviously hardened up with concrete to avoid pinching stones, after the dig concluded.
every time I see stewert the surveyor come up on camera from a ditch of grass like around 36 mins. in . he reminds me of a meer cat you see of in the u.s. bobbing up and down lol
not trying to be an ass.. but I wonder if you're thinking of a prairie dog which is indigenous to North America.. and not a meerkat which is indigenous to Africa.. actually he could resemble either one of them since they both do that..
- Geophys - Geophys results kinda sorta fail/ambiguous - Spend about 15 mins talking about where to put trenches - Phil/Mick comedy moment - Local boffin chinwag - Bung Mick in the copter - One trench fails, the other one is doing much better - Tony says something cheeky to Phil - Running out of time and we still don't really know - Amazing find! - Conclusions drawn - Rinse & Repeat......but I still love this show very much indeed :)
I'm curious if they continued archaeological investigations after T.T. 3 days of possible research. I'd love to hear of Stewart's info about the actual routing of Watling went through Greenwich Park. Ya know, Stewart may not dig trenches, but His Research is as Important as Phil or any of the other Archaeologists.
Work goes on all the time. Though as usual more sites than money available. Most arcehology in London is rescue work as the site is being developed or altered. One good thing is the cost has to be met by the developer. In the Royal Parks, there is automatic protection, so the sites are rarely dug. The reason being to dig is to destroy, you take the objects from context, so is there a good reason to destroy now, development, use it or loose it, or can it be left secure for later study by more advanced techniques.
They've accepted Stewart's information as the likeliest route of Watling Street through the park. Here's the link detailing the scheduling: historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1021439
They don't 'walk through' it do they? It must be very narrow because they step over it and even the little girl manages to do that. It is in a public park.....
@@Philrc It's rude of them. He didn't just amble through there. He knows they are walking where people are working, and they could have been trampling graves. The dad is teaching the little girl disrespect. People like him are why the team erected six-foot high barriers on future sites -- to keep out idiots.
They did- it’s on a time team special where they go in before excavators in central London and pull out a perfect well with 2000 year old wood- everything looks exactly how it was dropped, and everything covered in soot. It was burned to the ground and they determined the time to be at the exact year of her rebellion.
Phil: "We've got a superb bottom here, Mick..." I couldn't help but think of Sidney James saying "Oh, I wouldn't say that." (From Carry On Cleo, appropriately).
Who noticed the Duracell bunny on steroids, a.k.a. Tony Robinson, jogging to the car at 8:49 min? But in fairness, this episode is one of the best in the Time Team series that I have ever watched.
in all the episodes that i am watching, it looks to me that he can't just not WALK slowly.. must be hell for the camera team, schlepping all that heavy stuff on their shoulders.
Found almost the same view of London that you see at 2:14 using Google street view. I cant believe the number of new skyscrapers that have gone up in the last 18 years.
Stewart had his 15 seconds of glory ! Well, not the usual Stewart, the warden ! And anyway that Stewart might look weird, he's such accurate in his deeds !
At 4:38 I see a shard with an inscription painted in a book about the first excavation. Does it belong to the one which is found at 29:58? It looks quite similiar!🤔🕵🏻♀️👷🏻♀️
29:40 "I'm thinking Stuart we should probably whack down with this trench, you know"...if someone said that to me I would have to ask for a clarification. "Whack down", as in stop working on it? "Whack down" as in "double down", or redouble the effort? Sounds like he meant the latter. Stuart doesn't sound particularly enthusiastic about it, so it probably implies more work.
Even though I accept that geophys has its limits, I seriously wonder if it really failed so often or if that was kind of a running gag, to keep the suspense high.
From time to time you see improvements to their equipment so I think those limits were real. In later episodes they start using radar technology with much better results. Today the helicopter would be replaced by a drone and I guess a drone could be equipped to scan the terrain to a certain depth.
Was Carenza raised by wolves? She has no manners whatsoever. (26:00) A simple request to the workers would have been so much more civilized than sounding like she's scolding toddlers.
It's safer under the ground. After all it has survived a couple of thousand years so far. A friend of mine who is a Master Plasterer (He's worked on the James Bond sets and Star Wars) was working on the restoration of Ightam Mote in Kent. He rang and asked me was I clipping any horses that winter. I said yes why?. Could I save all the hair. Even for him that sounded odd so I asked why?. Answer: We need it to make plaster for Ightham Mote. I pointed out thta the well known and respected Otford Builders Merchants was just down the road and could supply plaster by the truck load. The answer was a sniff and Can you garuntee that thier's will last 400 years? Any dig is partly destructive, so as was said, you need from time to time to revaluate.
They really didn't need to dig anything once they found all that money. Up until the invention of the corporation nobody concentrated money like priests and politicians. A temple/government complex was a given.
It’s not to difficult to get an answer to your question if you’d do just a bit of research. The question has been asked and answered thousands of times over the past 8+ years.
Phil is a "Field Archaeologist" .. he needs to be aware of what is happening in other trenches, it helps him with getting a over-all view of the entire site.
Jessica Whitehall - you're either very young, or very stupid.. Robin Bush is the last person in the world who would ever make something up.. he's a historian.. they live for, and deal only with fact..
It proves us Brits do have real history on our door steps , imagine that when you walk outside your house onto a main road , just to think what it would have been like two thousand years ago , you could be walking on top of anything and there could still be undiscovered roads , settlements , buildings , castles pretty much anything.
LDV V8 - Are you kidding? You Brits didn't need this bit to prove you have real history.. as far as I'm concerned, you've all proved that long ago.. and it's the best history in my opinion.. everything from the stone age through now.. what I would give to live among it.. I don't know why but I've developed this irrational fear that some external force is going to come in and destroy it all one day and it makes me sick to my stomach to think of your cathedrals and castles being destroyed.. all of the medieval text and records and buildings etc.. western civilization has been preserved in European countries for all of us.. thank-you.. and don't you ever let anyone come in, get a foothold, take over and then destroy it.. because they will if they get the chance..
This is hilarious. I lived in Scotland for a couple of years. The boring old, unimportant apartment I was living in had been standing when Captain Cook found Australia. As an Aussie, I find the complete lack of interest in anything less than 500 years old astounding!
@@goulash75 watching the Team unearth ancient history from a small hill or formerly known hill is quite the reality check for this Canadian. We have real hills and mountains and they are everywhere. For fun in Covid19, I imagine Mick (RIP) and Phil extremely excited to see one of our real hills though of course, they'd know there is nothing but rocks here in a country barely 150-200 yrs old.
@@goulash75 i lived in a room at room at university that predated the Roanoake colony by the best part of a century. Just a decade or so after Columbus reached America. Great view but the floor was so uneven my football rolled into the corner.
