Time Team S19-E07 The Only Earl Is Essex 

I so agree. People don't realize the skill required to dig a flat bottom with a machine structured to work in curves. Amazing hand-eye.

Yeah. He really is amazing. He has an astoundingly delicate touch in the controls

I used to work with a heavy machine operator that could open a beer bottle with the bucket on his excavator. I'd be willing to bet that Ed could do the same. It takes an inordinate level of coordination and dexterity to work a machine as smoothly as he does.

@@SkunkApe407 Agreed! Controlling and manipulating heavy machinery like a Back Hoe, takes the same skill as flying a helicopter, only you don't go anywhere! :)

@@StephiSensei26 lol, if your excavator starts moving while you're using it, you did it wrong!🤣

There is only 400 years

@@Mimzie-Arizonathere is at least 10000 years of human history in north america

lol so true 😊

Intead of making ignorant remarks do some research!

Katey Road lol :-D

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Especially since short evaluation digs are a legitimate strategy within archeology.

@@megelizabeth9492 Absolutely! Wow, a reply on a comment 8 years old. 😃️

Honestly didn't even notice!

@@NathanielHarari o

I miss all the old team.... intelligent, warm, humourous, entertaining, instructive and inspiring

zebooker I always have mixed feelings about people posting copyrighted material, but it hasn’t been removed so I’m thankful for that! On the strength of recently discovering TT here ( o idea how I didn’t hear about it when it aired), I have been buying the DVDs!

Ditto zebooker

Well said!

The show was funded by a commercial channel and the ratings were dying, so it was either cancel it or try to revamp it. We got 2 more seasons because of the changes so I'm good with that.

@@wbrewer5352 The show died after the changes. Had 20 million viewers in 2006 at its height and still 1.1 million in season 18. The production was moved to Cardiff for season 19, in a political gesture aimed at building up regional television, Time Team was picked because it seemed a safe pair of hands. Jim describes this miscalculation as a ‘death blow’, which cost the show almost all of its behind the scenes staff. Expertise honed over 15 years was lost at a stroke, to be replaced by crew and production staff who knew neither each other nor archaeology.. " A number of archaeological old hands were sacrificed in favour of more youthful presenters. Disgusted, Mick walked out, explaining later ‘For some reason they didn’t think “oh, we’d better run that past Mick.” He’s the archaeological consultant, he might have an opinion about that’ (see CA 271). The changes proved too much, too fast, and viewing figures crashed to 700,000. "

Phil never tosses anything out! That torn shirt, the green sweater and of course, that battered, grubby, greasy hat!

I think that’s a second hat 😀

@@barbmcconnaughey3070 I seem to remember one hat being blown over a cliff, but I don't remember if it was retrieved.

They are all fully qualified. What does it matter what they look like.

I'd rather see Phil's legs any day....

"...the brunette." You mean the well-educated, well-regarded anthropologist and archaeologist Mary-Ann Ochota? Others could have gone for a ride too...why not 'the old guy with the hideous wavy white hair and gay pride sweater', or 'that guy who used to be on Blackadder?'

@@harbourdogNL SIIIIIMMMMMMPPPPPPP!!!!!

@@MelissaThompson432 why? they're just legs, neither good or bad . . . sheesh!

@@minimaker5600 well, I would answer you, but that would involve figuring out what you're talking about. If it's a choice between Phil's legs and The Ochota's legs, IMO it's no contest, however, and that's probably what I meant.

NO ONE replaces Helen Geake! She was brought in to compliment Tony's hosting duties, asking questions of peripheral experts, allowing him more time to harass the archaeologists.

Wow, that’s too bad.

I fast forward through the annoying parts.

She's was put in for eye candy. She brings nothing to the table. A shame they went down this road.

It's a done deal now, and I'm sure she's a very nice person, but I never want to see her or hear her voice again.... I'm going to watch the rest of TT, but I'm going to be annoyed by the Ochota....

He has always been my favorite. Works hard and always down for a drink at the end of the day.

Well -lubricated with good honest British Beer!

Country air I should imagine.

...passion keeps you young! In anything you do

Both.

Harry Jennings Agree. She and the 'new regime' were the death knell of a fantastic formula. What viewers wanted was to see PROPER archeological digs done by KOSHER archeologists; not in yer face cleavage and a load of patronising twaddle while she flirted with the rich guy. Shame. Mick and Phil with the basic team taught me so much about the history of my birth land. They were quirky, amusing, hugely interesting and apart from Baldrick being a complete tit sometimes, very entertaining. Didn't need the teeth or the tits.

@@sliewood And yet Tony introduced Mick to Tim Taylor, so, pretty much made TT possible....

I think more telling is that they replaced Stewart with someone like Alex for no good reason. Alex brings nothing to the show, but they lost so much when they lost Stewart. I think it shows just how much they misread what viewers wanted from the show, even if viewership was going down. They should have gone back to basics instead of trying to jazz it up, and focus more on the local archaeology that people wrote in about.

@guttersnipe I guess a Masters degree in archeology AND anthropology is not proper and kosher?

@@scarletfluerr not at all if her presence in TT was merely to ask stupid questions. Clearly she was recruited for her look and not her brain, which was a wrong decision made by the network, because not only her look didn't fit the show, she was also an awful presenter. Someone with degrees in archaeology and anthropology, playing a dumb role in a documentary program where he/she supposedly being him/herself with his/her real expertise, not just contradictory but also can be great insults to other scholars in real life. If only she genuinely has a bit of intelligence she would have rejected the offer to play the role.

CreatingwithWingless Angel My Dream!!

why don't go in italy? you can make more accurate work, also in italy you can find some place where buy the same tipe of pottery and have acces at the true roman matirial, at Carrara we have the original roman marble, and also you can have more turist for see your Villa and also you can see big roman archeology, you now he city of Pompei right? at pompei is a continue big discovery and will continue to dig for the next 50 years at Pompei.. but we have other big site or big museum to see, in europe out of italy you can find the10% of the roman findings in italy is the 90%.. and you have a more good climate temperature allow you to bild a more accurate recostruction.. and talkin on a price in souther italy is all very cheap.. for have a cheap land in britain you need probably go in a far country side or at north.. we have nice territory, nice sea, very good food, and more close blood to the roman.. and is not rare have near by your location some big roman stuff.. i live at you one littel list of place to si whit google or see some photo.. this is a littel list only for give you an exemple.. Ercolano Pompei Villa Adriana L'Arena di Verona Il Capitolium di Brescia Porta Palatina L'Anfiteatro di Aosta Via Appia this is the wiki of all Villa in italy listed by the territory:it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categoria:Ville_romane_d%27Italia_per_regione in some you can have the perfect ricostration.. or if you go to see the 2 big villa in Pompei, (campania territory) you can walk inside and see the wall standing up, pillar, ecc.. inside the Villa of Mistery in pompei: www.google.com/maps/@40.7535729,14.477371,3a,75y,79.47h,70.74t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipN19IZ0x45JKmPoJJkCeixIF3RCdAaL4Vjf9xII!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipN19IZ0x45JKmPoJJkCeixIF3RCdAaL4Vjf9xII%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-2.9530578-ya211.13004-ro-1.0188377-fo100!7i5376!8i2688 Imperial Villa in Pompei:www.google.com/search?q=Villa+Imperiale+(Pompei)&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjorIHx27_lAhVNzqQKHcRDBH0Q_AUIESgB&biw=1148&bih=614 if you are in america US you can find a complete recostrucion in Malibù called "Villa Getty" is based on the Villa of Papyri in Ercolano, i now of a show but end up today 28 ottober.. but is on from april, i think they open it up again next year but you can check maybe they make some event in winter.. i hope in the future we start to rebild our archeological find, becouse at the moment we just dig up and take care but not recostruct.. is a particular way of archeology, is a tipe of metod very talked.. you now of the "ship of Teseo"? is the same tipe of dilemma.. teseo dilemma from italian wiki, translate whit google..: "It is said that the wooden ship on which the mythical Greek hero Teseo traveled was preserved intact over the years, replacing the parts that gradually deteriorated. Then came a time when all the parts originally used to build it had been replaced, although the ship itself retained exactly its original form. Thinking about this situation (the ship was completely replaced, but at the same time the ship remained Teseo's ship), the question that can be asked is: is Teseo's ship preserved or not? That is: is the entity (the ship), modified in substance but without variations in form, still the same entity? Or is it just like her? This question can easily be applied to countless other cases; for example to the scrupulous preservation of some ancient Japanese temples (also mainly made of wood, like the ship of Theseus), for which one can ask whether they are still original temples. One can also turn the paradox about the identity of our own person, which changes widely over the years, both in the substance that makes it up and in its form, but despite this it seems to remain that same person." big hug

@@philipwilliams5808 you are welcome, no competition, I was just expressing a thought regarding the desire to rebuild a Roman villa and I wanted to suggest my idea .. I do not underestimate the other sites also because for example in Italy we have practically no Roman military fort ( there are only 2 and as you can imagine they are very ancient) the best military fort are all out of Italy .. and obviously in every part where the Romans were, things were always a little different, a little bit for the weather conditions a little bit for the different cultures with which they interacted and with the materials and products they had on the spot .. a big hug! allow me to correct your final sentence: Thank you very much for your information : Grazie mille per le sue informazioni.. ;) ciao!

She is fully qualified. What she looks like is neither here nor there. You seem to be very sexist.

Linda Susan 2686 me too! Hooked! I have so enjoyed watching

Conor Leeson. Your post almost suggests that you are totally ignorant of the fact that Mary Ann Ochota has a degree in anthopology and archaeology from Cambridge. She has also presented a number of science based productions. You also appear to be equally ignorant of the fact that Alex Langston has degrees in medieval archaeology and world archaeology from UCL. He is also an historian and has worked on several long term living history projects.

@@klackon1 You're definitely missing the part about the original cast gelling as a cohesive ensemble and making the show enjoyable. Watching the veteran cast trying hard to be inclusive and not succeeding is painful. Alex and Ochota don't get it and don't blend.

No matter how qualified either Alex or Mary Ann are, they could only say the lines they were given, which are disappointingly dumb. They're basically both there to look pretty.

@@tripleransom4349... Tosh and rubbish from a sexist git.

@@MelissaThompson432 ‘cast’ suggests they’re actors, which, except for Tony, they are not. They’re real people with impressive bona fides... even the ones we don’t like.

How do you feel about having your ancestors being dug up like they were the bones of a four legged animal?

Congratulations, you’re descended from invaders who stole the land and enslaved the people who lived on it. I’m grateful that no such blood runs in my veins.

For entertainment purposes?

Eye Candy.

"main driver". "coppiced" wood. Predictive text plus my sloppiness. Sorry.

Does it really matter?

+ed lechleiter He did not say for sure that that's what it was. He was merely speculating. Mick above all others was one who was cautious in his conclusions.

It really is all you can do after a mere three days of digging. Conjecture.

I knew Alex from the Victorian Farm and the Wartime Farm etc. before, so I quite like him.

Alex was the smart guy in the "Victorian Farm" series - the one who didn't check the fence & hedges for holes before herding the sheep into the field.

So Alex is like Guy Smiley from the Muppet Show?

Probably because Mick had more knowledge and experience in landscape archaeology. And maybe because it was a perk of being the boss!

Or a trophy wife. She is beautiful, educated, personable and gracious.

@@scarletfluerr and she's yet to make one authentic statement or bring in one idea of her own.. this is the seventh episode I've seen with her in it, and so far she's been nothing but superfluous and annoying. this show needs an ochota like a fish needs a bicycle!

Didnt I hear the Earl of Oxford did all of Sir Francis Bacon's scientific work! (Ha-ha. My little joke. This is just as stupid and irrationaly as claiming Bacon, a rational scientist and philosopher, wrote any of the imaginative and poetic and lyrical works of the great W.S.).

I know this is posted three years too late but Fillask has these posted along with the rest and all the Time Team specials, lives, extras, etc ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cStAVZ5ustU.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2Q0AP52z0gA.html

Maybe. They could have made some serious money off a vintage pair of Phil's daisy duke shorts.

lol 47th reference to this Ive seen on RU-vid

Gerald Costlow They're not exactly later guesses- though they're not exactly paintings either. The engraving that was done for the first folio was likely done from a painting and Ben Jonson, who personally knew Shakespeare, said that it was a good likeness, so we can assume it's reflects pretty much what he looked like. The monument in the church at Stratford upon Avon was also done after death and the original paint which gave detail was removed at one time and then replaced, can also be assumed to be a pretty good likeness as his family would have commissioned that. Most likely, at least one of the portraits floating around that claim to be him, are indeed him.

@@philipwilliams5808 Does Alex? :O

He's not always in every episode, he was in the last episode but not the one before. And and Phil has moobs not breasts.

Why not?

The bushy Hair; got it. No comparison beyond that though.

that's what she's there for... eye candy.

Yes but who got to ride in the helicopter?

The only one broadcast.

I'm Christian and mostly of Brit heritage. To think Christians are being dug up like they were nothing more than apes; that's not archaeology but pure cold desecration. From 10 yrs. of age until when I was on my way to be an archaeologist (specializing in the medieval age) in college, I completely changed my major after learning that Christians were being dug up. To Think: These long dead awaiting the 2nd coming, or spirits coming back with the Lord to be united with their reconstituted bodies. Disturbing Christian graves sickens me.

In Season 18 Ep. 06, they dig in a church cemetery in which church cemetery custodians in centuries past had dug up Christian graves and reburied them in what Helen called a "charnel pit." The church quite obviously thought it was okay.... Many Christian churches of many denominations worldwide have customs of moving remains, whether disinterred or never interred to begin with.... TT specifically, and archaeologists in general, are remarkably respectful of human remains; see the episode referenced above. I have seen remains tested in order that they might be returned to an appropriate place and reinterred or otherwise put to rest in a fitting manner. I haven't seen disrespect, except in the comments section.

@Jeffrey Craven Don't be foolish, bones will deteriorate into nothing in the ground if given a long enough period of time. You surely don't think the bones of Abraham, Moses, Jacob and all the other people of the Bible have not turned to dust by now.

He has in other episodes, sometimes completely. Wonder if he or the producers might've toyed with the idea that he needed a signature hat like Phil.

Why should he , to placate to stupid religious peeps ?

I keep hoping they're going to talk about one of the deVeres named Richard....

Phil is perfect.