An elusive Phil sighting confirmed, it is nice to see him still doing what he loves.

@oldsguy354

Ай бұрын

This was broadcast 2016, so it's an 8 year old sighting. ;)

@hogwashmcturnip8930

Ай бұрын

He's still working on the project though. I think it ends this year.

@LuciusSeptamus

12 күн бұрын

Phil is old AF now and put on a ton of weight. You can see him In the new time time podcasts and such but he dosen't dig any more.

I met Phil when I took part in Waterloo Uncovered in 2017. I think I upset him when I said I thought he looked taller on the telly. He said grumpily, " Thats because Tony (Robinson) is really short!"

Really nice to see I’m not the only one who gets excited at a confirmed Phil Harding sighting ❤

I was so excited to see Phil from Time Team on this show. I would like to have his address so I can write him a fan letter.

Wellington was known for building infrastructure around his preferred battlefield. At the battle of Bussaco he built secret roads behind his line on top of a ridge to rapidly deploy artillery where it was needed most. Then of course he famously managed to build the extensive defensive lines and roads of Torres Vedras without the French knowing, they couldn't get through and eventually had to leave Portugal to Wellington. So I am not surprised Wellington had roads prepared at Waterloo for rapid troop and supply movement, battlefield preperation was often a large part of his success as a general.

The pain suffered by that Royal Navy man with all those painful injuries. Broken clavicle, broken ribs, broken femur broken wrist. Unbelievable pain.

@Gecko....

Ай бұрын

Lower class men exploited to enrich the aristocracy and elites. It really was an awful time.

@adyjclarke

Ай бұрын

I bet he developed a healthy opium habit to live with ongoing pain

@rachelkoiks

15 сағат бұрын

😂 I’ve had those injuries but the clavicle was by far the worst. (Not the worst pain I’ve felt, those were uterus related but worst pain with broken bones) The doctors were saying they’ve never seen a break overlap that much. They were like Holy Shit! When they saw it. I was 15 and it took a brace to pull my shoulders back but they still fused overlapping together. I was in pain for YEARS. (Judo) Broke my rib Broke my nose twice Concussions Broke a bone in my foot My eyeball popped out (kneed in the face continuously while I was blacked out drunk so don’t remember it just woke up in pain looked in mirror and saw two black/blood filled eyes with one out 😂) Oh and my back is killing me idk if it’s my bed or because I fell off a 3 story scaffolding. Could be both. The new bed and work incident happened around the same time so.. I get told I’m too pretty for these injuries but eh. Shit happens. Oh and broke my chest bone what’s that called? Not from an injury but open heart surgery when I was 30. That’s a bitch to heal but not bad. I would make the nurse wipe my ass though because I was mad and wasn’t supposed to reach behind me anyway. They like break it and pull it apart to get to the heart. My boobs hurt for weeks after that. But again, been through MUCH worse. I’m now 35. Hopefully that chaotic 7 years of injury filled adulthood is over.

9:16 I love that Phil Harding popping his head in on such a cool dig, this seems like a perfect dig for Phil. But Phil would probably be more happy if they went down past the Waterloo Layer and find some flint objects then it would be an absolutely dream dig for Phil. I need more Phil Harding content in my life.

@hogwashmcturnip8930

Ай бұрын

He has been part of the Waterloo Project since its start. That is why he isn't around on the revamped Time Team

@kevinfoster1138

Ай бұрын

Flint is Phil's passion

@karlheinzvonkroemann2217

Ай бұрын

@@kevinfoster1138 Always was huh :)

Professor Robert’s is a British National Treasure!!!!

I KNEW that was Phil as soon as I heard the accent.

Professor Roberts, you are the best and the teams that do the work are spectacular.

We all know that a certain Colonel Sharpe single handedly won the battle of Waterloo. Real soldiering.

@mrkus-nc7od

16 күн бұрын

Ja 😂 and the Irish Sir Wesley - aka Wellington 😅 Kings German Legion 🤔 Prussian Hussars 🤔 No Bluecher 🤔

@Ubique2927

14 күн бұрын

@@mrkus-nc7od ... They are just facts. But we all know the truth.

My grandfather fought aswell a proud Rhodesian Air force ❤

@johnhopkins4012

29 күн бұрын

Rhodesian African Rifles

Phil Harding!

@davidfiler7439

Ай бұрын

Engelbert Humperdinck!

@davidfiler7439

Ай бұрын

Thomas Crapper!

@ianscott9396

Ай бұрын

@@davidfiler7439 you obviously don't known who Phil is.

@davidfiler7439

Ай бұрын

What!@@ianscott9396

@davidfiler7439

Ай бұрын

Why!@@ianscott9396

Phil Harding and his iconic hat are on the scene!

This is such a great series. Please post more!

The Spitfire had a great deal more eye appeal than the Hurricane...Wonderful bit about the Battle of Britain...

Fascinating programme, one of many. Thank you ❤

The Polish piolets had the luxury of training in peace time, for a longer period so they had more experience. With war in Poland and France then Britain. And all of this made them better. and were probably more motivated in the actual killing of Germans. That's why they had an incredible record. TY Poland.

I’m glad that you added the last one in this video. Everyone played a part in that awful war

The Polish Air Force at the time had a much higher standard when it came to teaching their pilots to fly. Almost akin to a university education. This made them realise quite early on that the distance required to shoot down a plane with the .303 machine guns was 100yards and not 400yards as was the norm for the RAF pilots.

What an emotional moment when the hurricane flew over!

I find this stuff really interesting as I was in England october 1996 and found my surname at Canterbury cathedral monks walkway , west gate Canterbury and Rotchester cathedral, returning to England is on my bucket list and to Ghent , Belgium. 🤔

The illustration of the London show 2 not 3 masts which is a surprise! The conversation suggests that the gunpowder was not in the magazine where it would be relatively safe!

@rambow2550

Ай бұрын

No Linstocks would have been lit unless they were fireing their guns

The locals stripped stinking bodies, pulled out teeth and then buried them? After Waterloo, more than 27K tons of human/animal bones from the Napoleonic battlefields were imported through the port of Hull to be processed into fertilizer. The young soldiers had good teeth and these were used to make dentures, these were called "Waterloo teeth". The British were called the vampires of Europe at the time. The 20K skeletons mentioned date from the Roman era up to the mid-19th Century, I wonder if this technique was used before in England.

Phil!

I hope that isn't Phil's waterloo...

I remember when Alice (with pink hair) and Matt were young archaeology students working with Phil on time team.

Didn't Wellington pass through the area years before the battle and recognise the perfect defensive position?

I would love to discover every season of Digging for Britain! Anyone able to direct me?

I do not understand where they get the idea that the coin showing the christian symbolism is a plea to the vickings. It might be just this years design. To much speculation.

Will there be a Dame Alice Roberts someday?

@ingridseim1379

Ай бұрын

Oh, please don't start a KZread Dame Roberts campaign. It's just too cringeworthy to witness.

@ingridseim1379

Ай бұрын

Oh, please. With all the crap flowing through KZread, please do not start a KZread campaign for this. It's just too shoddy a venue for that. Absolutely cringeworthy.

@themysteryofbluebirdboulevard

Ай бұрын

@@ingridseim1379yt campaign? Is... That how it all works? I don't find someone who wrote a cringy comment twice reliable regarding either cringe or how yt works.

I thought the sunken road was no secret? Private Brewster....the bloody courageous legend who galloped up and resupped the lads with ammo from his limber

That woman's vanity included part of a tooth from a presumed slayed elephant, perhaps that should have been mentioned too

Vikings....nobody ever explains WHY Britain was so comparatively wealthy?

@Trebor74

Ай бұрын

Primarily tin.

The Waterloo Uncovered stuff is from 2015

Hard to watch the amateurs dig through those coins like pirates.

That's 20 thousand graves robbed!

Is it archeology... or is it grave robbery and defiling the dead? ...I am disturbed by that question.

Why is Alice Roberts describing dental work as 'vanity'? These days we regard dentistry as essential!

@davidfiler7439

Ай бұрын

She didn't.

@pcka12

Ай бұрын

@@davidfiler7439 she did, also whilst entirely entitled to her opinions, some of those 'opinions' are a little 'unusual' & open to debate in a nation which relishes debate. Dental work however crude & ineffective remains Dental work & replacement teeth might have been obtained from some other animal such as a sheep.

@davidfiler7439

Ай бұрын

Wooooosh! @@pcka12

Suprise they did dig around the coin container first

Why would a French victory have been inevitable if the French had taken hougoumont? It had little tactical significance, was simply an advance post to break up the French advance. Had the French taken it they would still have had to take the British right and centre that was heavily defended anyway.

The ditched ship

Bluecher's victory at Waterloo... Where's the Prussian expert on this battle? Without them, Wellington loses, runs back to Brussels, Antwerp and then sails back to Britain! BTW, I thought I heard Phil Harding's voice! Hey Phil! Lookin' Good buddy! The Hurricanes in the BOB were better suited to attacking German bombers than to go toe to toe with German fighter aircraft like the Me-109-E. Despite the fact that these poles really just exchanged one dictator for another, Hitler for Stalin and never returned home again his familily no doubt led a better 1st world life in the UK than the life they likely would have have had living in Poland for the next 50 years under the Communists. This was the collective story of Central and Eastern Europe and WW2 generally. It never really gained Poland much at all until Communism fell and fighting that war beyond July of 1940 just ended with the loss of the British Empire and the bankrupting Great Britain. Historians have known for a very long time that there was never any serious thought given by the Germans to launching an amphibious landing/attack on the UK at all. The peace terms offered to the British demanded nothing except an end to the fighting. This is why the details of the German peace offer remained hidden from the British public until 2008. Most Britons today remain under the illusion that they saved Europe from NS Germany by coninuing the war. It wasn't like that. The only winners were the USSR and the USA, everybody else lost. This WW2 opinion is not a popular one but after 50 years of studying it all, it's mine. Ah, but nobody can predict the future! I enjoyed the show, especially the parts with the old "Time Team" Superstar members. Phil, Matt and yes Alice too! Keep it up.

@teviottilehurst

Ай бұрын

Weren't Bluecher's unbeatable Prussians defeated by the French days before Waterloo? 😂

@karlheinzvonkroemann2217

Ай бұрын

@@teviottilehurst Yup, then the French let Bluecher slip away and show up at Waterloo at exact;ly the wrong moment to win the battle for the Allies.

@teviottilehurst

Ай бұрын

@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 win??? 😆

@mariantaylor7109

Ай бұрын

Would point out that had the allied army not held the ground until late afternoon the Prussians would have arrived too late to do anything -no one section of the allies won single-handedly but it was a combined effort.

@karlheinzvonkroemann2217

Ай бұрын

@@mariantaylor7109 Had it not rained the night before the French would have won handily. The Allies were beaten when the Prussians arrived.

Confirmed Phil sighting!😊 Good to see Matt. And Dr. Roberts gets to wear a nice dress. Yes, the Romans were THUGS.

@animerlon

Ай бұрын

It's such a pleasant surprise, seeing a Time Team member pop up in the sidelines of some of the digs in this series. Even though the first sighting of Phil was from behind, & he wasn't wearing his particular Time Team hat, it was instantly & unmistakably him. After repeated watching of every episode, over decades, the team is permanently imprinted on my brain. 😄 I'm quite sure i'm far from being the only one that can immediately recognize a Time Team member from a stance, a few steps or a voice. 😀

🥰 oi oi oi

As the outcome showed, in the end, the British balls were certainly bigger! MB.

@animerlon

Ай бұрын

😄😆😂 Priceless comment. 👌🏼

Wowman wool 🦙

30.18 Nayone nays what caused that explaysion. Bloody diction is atrocious

That is a great metal detecting scene, so much history, and beauty. And "sound money" i.e. silver and gold is always a pleasure to see, before the times of "the great taking" through "money" printing and fractional reserve banking. Thankfully my stack is a reasonable size.

How old does a grave have to be before you can call it archaeology and not grave robbing? This is a bunch of Ivy League grave robbers calling it archaeology. Instead of letting this happen and letting these people make their own rules, there should be laws against digging up remains and taking their treasure that was buried with them. This should not be celebrated.

ah! the English had bigger balls!

BOOOO to Bonaparte! 👎😡😠

What is she doing with her vowels?

@DJL78

Ай бұрын

Trying. 😂😂

@angelabrady9342

Ай бұрын

My theory is her almost permanent smile creates a lip shape which makes it easier to ‘almost lisp’ (Michael Moseley has the same tendency in smile and speech!). Try ‘smile speaking’ and you’ll find it easier to get their sounds. Totally unsubstantiated theory, from an Aussie who was told as a kid that our accent was partly cos we keep our mouth almost shut when talking to keep out the flies!

@christopherlawley1842

Ай бұрын

She comes from the Bristol area

There's no britian anymore,now its britanistan a muslim country,sad.

@melanierhianna

Ай бұрын

Stop talking rot. Population of UK is 67 million. Muslim population is less than 4 million. Since there are 2 billion Muslims in the world that’s way way lower than the global average. And if all of those were in London it means that London with a population of 17 million still has 75% of the population who are not Muslim. And they aren’t all in London by any means.

@melanierhianna

Ай бұрын

You are just an islamaphobe

@melanierhianna

Ай бұрын

The are half a million Jews in the UK of a population of 16 million Jews world wide. That means a FAR larger percentage of the world population of Jews live in the UK than Muslims. 1/32 th of all Jews live in the UK but only 1/500 th of all Muslims. Not a problem to me for either but doesn’t mean there’s a take over going on…

@georgedorn1022

Ай бұрын

Silly bigoted nonsense, sad.

@angelabrady9342

Ай бұрын

Move on chook.

The woman who introduced needs to go back to acting school and lose the overdone excitement

Oh what beautiful coins at 21.30.

Interesting how thin those coins are, pennies I assume, but with verdigris? Was there copper in the silver?

oh boy this is just excellent

NOt sure about the bodies being disposed of by farmers, blood and bone is great fertiliser as has been well attested by farmers for aeons.

We need lady comments, the make sense :)

Not sure who this woman is who thinks Waterloo was just French and British. Not even an amateur historian, does she have any education?

23:04 I find it interesting the suits of those chaps, and shirts, look rather expensive. I assume they are public employees? Surely we can pay them 50% less, the charlatans (like climate religionist psychopathic profiteers) will go away and we can have genuine enthusiasts? Who work for love, not money?

That's a wonderful hoard Len. I wonder why women don't metal detect?, is it because it is too difficult, boring and dirty. Yep, get back into those offices where you can invent pay gap myths instead of being down the mines or on oil rigs.