Time Team Special: Secrets of the Stately Garden | Classic Special (Full Episode) - 2007 Prior Park 

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R.I.P - Mick Aston, Robin Bush, Victor Ambrus, Ian Barclay [digger driver] and Beric Morley.

I can’t say how much joy Time Team has brought me over the years, just perfect.

I did not see this when it first aired - and I am so enjoying it!!! Laughed outloud when Sir Tony said his mother would have moved the family picnic if she'd known what the background represented. Love Time Team - old and new!

Just as an informational bit, the lake has now been successfully restored to what it looked like when Allen died and flood proofed. They are currently in the replanting phase and other than occasionally closing small sections of paths for gardening purposes its completely open to public visitation.

Gods, I love Time Team so much. This show ... almost in tears at the end; such beautiful - and beautifully British - space.

I've been watching classic Time Team episodes and found this entirely by surprise tonight. I can't tell you how happy this makes me. I'll find my old trowel and volunteer to help dig!!!

Like in the old days, TT at its best, Tony is a fantastic presenter!

Another one I'd missed, even though I love garden history (and of course Time Team). I was always thrilled when Stewart would identify a trout pond, or when digging would reveal what everyone thought was potentially a building wall on geophys to be 'just a garden feature'.

That was absolutely an amazing journey through the wonderland of English country gardens.

Lancelot Capability Brown? That's a heck of a name! 😂

After I watch this, I think I'll watch some Landscape Artist of the Year. 😊

Exceptional episode - maybe it's just me, but it feels really apt for our times.

"We need to see them through 18th-century eyes" 👀 ... well said Mr Robinson 👏🏽 👍🏽 👌🏽

I directed Tom Stoppard's Arcadia some years ago, which delves a little into the idea of the stately garden, I wish I'd seen this before that 🙂

Never a bad episode. Loved this look at the gorgeous gardens/parks of England.

In a classic special from 2007, Time Team did embark, To unearth the secrets of a stately garden, a place with a spark. Prior Park, the setting, a historical gem so grand, Let's dive into the episode, let me lend a helping hand. With trowels and shovels, they ventured forth, Uncovering tales hidden in the earth's deep, secret worth. The mansion stood tall, surrounded by lush greenery, Its history shrouded, a fascinating mystery. The Time Team experts, an intrepid crew, Sifted through the soil, revealing what's old and what's new. They sought forgotten stories, tales of times gone by, In the heart of the garden, 'neath the open sky. The landscape architect, Capability Brown by name, Had lent his skill to this stately garden's claim to fame. With a vision so grand, he sculpted the land, Creating a masterpiece, entirely unplanned. From Roman ruins to Georgian design, They unearthed the layers of history, a true goldmine. The gardens of Prior Park, they slowly unveiled, A tale of grandeur and beauty that never paled. So if you seek enlightenment, a journey in rhyme, This Time Team special, a gem from their prime. Secrets of the stately garden, a timeless quest, Revealing the past, where history is at its best.

I am fortunate to live near and work in for quite a while, Balboa Park, in San Diego, home of the San Diego zoo how many museums but it is also very well known for its beautiful gardens

Wonderful episode! Will Phil ever come back to the digs? I miss him on here his humor is irreplaceable!!

Absolutely stunning, inspiring, glorious, beautiful, informative. How lucky we are to today be the inheritors of such beauty. And to think this has been hidden away in the Time Team archives since 2007! THANK YOU for presenting it to us now!

I always enjoy Tony on these travels,thanks so for a great afternoon!

This gives me a better appreciation of the many estates I visited when I was on a high school senior trip, during the early 70's. It was my first trip over seas.

Thank you Tony and Stewart..so well done..good story

Fascinating. I boarded at Prior Park from '75 to '79 and had no idea about the cascade.

10 21 23 Bless the Time Team... I found you during the drigs of "covid" and now as war grows in the Holy Land... I lean on you for sanity. Some peace. Some diversion and, of course, more knowledge of my ancestors' homeland. Thank You!!💥

That was very interesting Thank you Time Team Sur Tony and Stuart for this well done insight

Sunday isn't Sunday without time team. It's just another day now Channel 4 needs a damn good kicking!!!!!

Excellent episode thank you so much time team! I love it when Tony is the host❤❤❤❤❤❤

Wonderful episode 💚 like so many others I found Time Team during covid and watched all the old episodes. This one seems to have escaped me though until now. If anyone is looking for a good introductory read about gardens around the world and their symbolisms, I can recommend "Gardens of the Gods" by Christopher McIntosh.

Good to see you still kicking about with all your cunning plans Sir Tony.

What a great Time Team . I can now see landscaped gardens in a new light.

I discovered Time Team during Covid. Talk about a bing watch project. So glad to see new material!

It’s fantastic that those with the money could bring a piece of nature from anywhere in the world and have someone create it for them in there backyard (ok, it was a very big backyard!) what gets me,is when it was done and to understand that everything moved at a much slower pace than we do today!

It's great that Anthony Hopkins could tell us more about the Royal Society and their love of the microscope.

We so need these kind of spaces for the new generations who spend so much time on their phones or computers. Our mental and physical health is tied to these landscapes and Tony and the Time Team have presented this so well. Cheers, Frederick “Rik” Spector

I love all these UK shows. I feel like I haven’t watched anything American in about 2 years. There’s so much uploaded on YT & there’s so much rich history!

Thank you for the upload. As an Australian we didn’t get these shows, at time of airing. We did get the Time Team episodes, but not the specials. Really enjoyed this one.

O noodles. I wanted to see the tunnels! I come from Bath (now living in New Zealand) and you've shown most of it's best bits in this programme. Thoroughly enjoyed it :)

Wow. Thanks for showing us.

TONY IS THE BEST! Cheers from the USA!

Very cool.

Thank you again!

O.M.G. Absolutely amazing! I learned so much. This was remarkable. Enthusiastic delivery, presenting and narration by Sir Tony Robinson encapsulating the romanticism, science, archaeology, history, and landscape designs of history to the present day. Commendable viewing! Thank you.

WELL DONE

More of this kind of thing please! And thank you!

Thank you.

Fascinating!😊

First time I’ve seen this episode, I’m glad i have now.

I really enjoyed this episode. I learned so much by this really pleasant, enjoyable way of presenting historical information. Heartfelt greetings from Austria 🇦🇹 💖

this is a wonderful and grand episode, truly enjoyed it, time well spent

Kudos.

I am looking forward to purchasing the book. Well done

I'm pretty sure that the Disney folks had taken notes from places like this for the theme parks.

Wow.. learned a whole heap from this! I've never seen an English garden... I live here in the colonies.. but they are always in shows, films and stories, so they seem familiar... but there is so much more to them than that surface level beauty... Thanks for enlightening me! How great would it be to have a cascade in your front garden!!

Thank you Sir Tony , I salute you

An excellent film. Thanks Tony and Team! ⭐👍

I shall pull up a pint tomorrow afternoon (Sunday, of course) and settle into this. Cheers.

Thanks for that. Much was new to me and the whole thing well presented.

Great episode, very interesting!

Fascinating video. Lots of good information.

I came across Time Team a few years ago. I whish we would have anything comparable here in Germany.

Thanks

I really enjoy your channel and all the time team antics and digs, etc. but I really really enjoyed this particular episode. I have even recommended it to several of my friends. I have a lot of landscape architect friends and I was a landscaper most of my life I think I would actually like to go visit us some of these gardens if it is

Sandstone is fused by volcanic Heat. Some is almost sand some almost glass with grit. Depends on the heating. Wow What A show !

I loveTime Team ❤

❤Time Team❤

Love the English landscape. Would love to live in it.

As a first stately garden one might try The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, just a thought.

Can't wait!

🥰🥰🥰 TY!

Interesting how the idea of the place have lots in common with the japanese gardens

@29:58… nice touch setting up the shot at easyJet 😂

I'm ready 👍

Chapman reminds me of Robin-ebullient and rich in language😊

The next time you visit your local park, you should give thanks to the landscape architects who designed it for your enjoyment and whose names you may never know.

Just love it ❤⚔️⚔️⚔️

Wow! you could have done several programmes on this subject.

when my time machine arrives I'm going back in time to become a roman black market garden dealer.

The forward planning for gardens like these has to take into account the mature size of the trees planted. Garden designers have to envisage how much a shrub or tree will have spread in, say, 10 years. The views when this landscape was first created have changed dramatically since.

It's rather funny how vicariously close I have become with the original Time Team mob. If I saw a new model JCB I think " I must call Ian Barclay" and let him know. Then I give my head a shake and regret I never knew him or any of the TT gang. Sincerely sad about that but at least I could watch their brilliance.

21:55 the word Shelanagig leaps to mind

Not the usual dig, but very interesting. Enjoyed the background music. Would like to know what the pieces were. Thank you

Country matters is a very wicked pun.

If you love this, look up Kevin McCloud's Grand Tour. Equally as fascinating

It would be interesting to look at the life of the agriculutral naavies. The 10's of men employed to dig and move the carts of material, to construct the natural landscape.

Yay!!

Er.... Dr Maria Cristina Paoluzzi needs her own series with immediate effect!!!

The 10th Viscount Cobham was Governor-General of New Zealand. A much Respected man and expert sportsman.

Hi Baldrick and I'm going to invest a grade Turnip to make it pay and pure comedy - DVD🤣👍

It sounds like the 18th Century hothouse of London was the AI of it's day...all great minds in all scientific fields communicating with one another, sharing information and expanding the world's knowledge expotentially..

hashtag in balloon Ed I think I found one of the first aquascapers sir I think you'll be impressed and surprised. just think what they can do today with your aqua blocks and pumps.

20:00 A more English sentence has NEVER been uttered ... "This is West Wickham in Buckinghamshire, home of Sir Francis Dashwood."

When did Tony's mom pass? Sorry to hear about your loss mate!

Regarding the half dismembered sculpture of walpole at Stowe, look up walpole. Quite possibly the least loved PM your nation has ever had. It would seem the owner of Stowe was among those who cordially despised him.

Déjà vu!

In the Bible, Moses strikes a rock with a stick or rod, and water pours forth from it. That could be why Moses was at the top of where the water poured out and over the cascade.

Sounds as if Alexander Pope would have been in favour of some apsects of rewilding... as for the cascade, I want one !!

TimeStamp 34:46 ... looks like some barley balls wouldn't go amiss to clear up the goldfish pond...

Great show (To many ADS )

♥ garden archaeology (and by chance I've stumbled upon excavator operator Ian Barclay's tricks - Picking up a grape and dropping it in Paul Blinkhorn's mouth - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cMv4dGvEi4s.html Peeling a banana held by Tim Taylor - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6u8zsD5xEDU.html I don't recall seeing these at the time 🤔