When you watch so much Time Team you want your own trowel.

@thomaspatton4401

3 жыл бұрын

Got one!

@nigelprosser5692

2 жыл бұрын

Any old trowel will do . 👍👍👍, 😍😍

@bettygreenhansen

2 жыл бұрын

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@AppalachiaRRlover

2 жыл бұрын

Off to Home Depot you go!!

@christinaclifton9257

2 жыл бұрын

Lol so true

Victor was an amazing artist.

Stuart is the secret weapon of the show.

@PtolemyJones

9 ай бұрын

I love what he brings to the show. I also feel like Victor Ambrus is under appreciated, and the guy who runs the land mover so delicately!

Poor geophys guys! They always do so much, great to see them always

I would love to share a few pints with Phil. The man is a national treasure.

This channel is such a comfort during the bad times. Thank you so much for leaving it up. Roman soldiers, upon finally reaching their 25th year, were allowed to retire. And have farm land. So I wouldn't be surprised if a retired soldier would make "military" style ditches as boundary lines for his land. It would be what he knew how to do, and he would teach his heirs how to do the same thing. It's obvious that at least one multi generational family had that land, or that the original retired soldier farmer passed it on to another retiree. It's too bad that the later farmers and land holders felt that they had to scrape everything Roman out of the way.

@christianbuczko1481

4 жыл бұрын

If we dont build over roman sites, we'd need to move countries because virtually the whole country has roman stuff like this. Just because something is old, doesnt make it valuable. Look in your rubbish bin, thats basically what they are digging up most of the time. However, history can be preserved, they can bury it, then build on top. Farming does far more damage in fact.

@feralfoods

4 жыл бұрын

it is very relaxing to watch, and they laugh a lot too! what a great insight as to the use of the land, makes perfect sense! thank you.

@barnabyaprobert5159

3 жыл бұрын

@@christianbuczko1481 Your rubbish bin holds coins worth hundreds of pounds?

@christianbuczko1481

3 жыл бұрын

@@barnabyaprobert5159 most things in your bin wont be worth much but in a few hundred years it may become valuable.

God bless Malcolm, with the archetypal anorak voice. Extremely knowledgeable man. Really knows his stuff.

not the carinated girth of a biconical! Tony's best joke ever.

I enjoy TT immensely and appreciate Reijer Zaaijer bringing them to us. The funniest sentence I heard was "at least we are not superannuated old hippies. Love the word and its meaning. Putting it in my must-use vocabulary.

And if anyone has been watching Alice Roberts' successor show 'Digging for Britain', that first Roman fort has been found, albeit some years after this show died.

@ 5:25, "...Stuart has a plan of his own..." Stuart's often right on the money! Now, Professor Stuart Ainswoth.

@jonnylumberjack6223

4 жыл бұрын

just discovered for the past couple of years he has been running weekend masterclasses in landscape archaeology that anyone can attend. something for the bucket list for sure!

@callmemonkh9020

4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations to Stuart!! Seriously underestimated him at first. All Success to Him.

@martinmessiah7130

3 жыл бұрын

He has worked hard for it.

I cannot hear the name Claudius without thinking of (1) The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius, a truly fascinating read; and (2) Derek Jacobi’s devastating portrayal of Claudius in “I, Claudius” from the BBC.

@judeirwin2222

2 жыл бұрын

“Fancy a nice dish of sautéed mushrooms, darling?” “N-n-n- n. Oh, ok.”

@johnemerson1363

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!!

@harridan.

Жыл бұрын

same here

We hebben indertijd deze serie kunnen volgen via Discovery channel. Toen de serie daar niet meer werd uitgezonden hebben we de beschikbare afleveringen op dvd gekocht, maar dat waren er maar enkele. We zijn Reijer Zaaijer dankbaar dat hij ons nu al weer een aantal jaar laat genieten van Time Team. Soms is de kwaliteit niet zo goed (meer). We hebben onze internet verbinding laten controleren, maar die is goed. Nogmaals onze dank voor het beschikbaar maken van deze mooie en interessante serie!

@tammydriver5759

5 жыл бұрын

(English translation) At the time we were able to follow this series via Discovery channel. When the series was no longer broadcast there, we bought the available episodes on DVD, but there were only a few. We are grateful to Reijer Zaaijer for letting us enjoy Time Team for a few years now. Sometimes the quality is not that good (anymore). We have our internet connection checked, but it is good. Thanks again for making this beautiful and interesting series available!

@tempsitch5632

5 жыл бұрын

Tammy Driver Thanks Tammy

Coming from Kent myself I found this exceptionally interesting. Thank you for this and all the others, Reijer.

I take exception to the description of Claudius as a doddering half wit. He certainly had a stammer which made it difficult for him to preside over religious rites, which had to be conducted with perfection or you had to start over. However, he managed to survive the murderous reign of Caligula, in which the appearance of being a half wit would be a good survival gambit. However, we know that he wrote a dictionary of Etruscan, which is one of the most lamented of lost books of antiquity. He was likely an introverted scholar, and not well suited to high octane politics, but he seems to have done reasonably well , bar choice of wives.

@deetsy4jesus

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed, when Guy said that I had to fight the desire to scream. Guy really irritates me, he frequently seems like an arrogant elitist. At the very least, Claudius was an Emperor of Rome while Guy is a legend in his own mind.

@mamavswild

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed, I’m actually a fan of Claudius- he suffered from pre-conceived notions of ANY fault..even stuttering would alter his perception and add to a ‘legend’ of stupidity and when you study Claudius, he was actually a very smart guy. No Augustus or Marcus Aurelius but really, who is?

@margomoore4527

Ай бұрын

Ooooooh! Of all the lost books, that I would love to have, that’s second after the complete poetry of Sappho. Bet the Vatican library has them….

Quite a story - dabbling with complexity and many swerves in direction 👏👏👏

I don't recall seeing Malcolm Lyne anywhere before but wow does he know his stuff!

I need to bookmark the shows where Neil has a nice quiet dig where everything goes as expected. Whenever I see him I think 'this is going to be one of those crazy episodes'.

Every single time I watch an episode where Neil is the site director instead of Mick, nothing goes to plan and it always ends in disappointment.

I think that is about the longest trench I've seen so far in any episode. They were really grasping at straws on this one. Still very interesting. Thanks for uploading.

@XlrationMedia

4 жыл бұрын

That's what happens whenever Neil Holbrook is in charge

Wonder what a Covid-19 dig would look like! Cracking show!

Wow Phil! "It's that first hole ain't it." You just rip me to pieces.

"not the carrigated girth of a biconical!"

@ian_b

3 жыл бұрын

@@MontyCantsin5 *carinated

@barnabyaprobert5159

3 жыл бұрын

Oi! Watch cher language! There's laydies 'round 'ere!

I worked on Hardrians Wall with Tony Wilmott, living out of Vindolanda fort. Theres even a statue of him in the museum there.

Most important thing learned from this episode: Never ever EVER give Tony a " for dummies" pamphlet!

Always listen to Stewart!

@thomaspatton4401

3 жыл бұрын

Always listen to Phil! Tony, not so much.

Despite their not having found a fort it was still a fun dig to watch! Its good to see a common mans farm instead of the fancy villa or Military installation.

@thomaspatton4401

3 жыл бұрын

It was fun seeing Tony being systematically humbled as the site went from Roman fort to fancy villa to common man's farm-stead. You could tell he hated it every time he had to concede his "lofty" and some-what "snobbishly posh attitude." Everyone likes great finds but the common farmer plays a large part in history. We just don't hear much about them because peasant farmers don't make very interesting Telly in some people's minds. Pity!

I don't agree with Phil's assessment of the Roman spade - 'poorly designed'. It seems to be a well designed turfing iron or turf spade. They are still used today. Well-sharpened, it may also have doubled as a handy back-up weapon much as spades were used in WW1 for close-quarters trench combat. It is not a shovel though which is what Phil was presumably mainly using it as. Roman soldiers may have used wicker baskets instead for shovelling loose soil.

@peterforden5917

2 жыл бұрын

yes it does resemble a bulldog spade, sharpened it was a vicious weapon

Oh Boy Phil...the folks on the set are probably used to your humor, but that dig about the 'little guy' was pretty risky on TV. And I sure loved Tony's rapid dig back atcha!

@christianbuczko1481

3 жыл бұрын

This was made before all the snowflakes were around...

@dY5FUNCT10N4L

3 жыл бұрын

Oh ffs shut up... jesus you would think we live in a police state

Love it!

Thanks for posting

Man..they trenched the bejesus out of that field....

ha, Victor getting carried away by his imagination, I love it!

This one bothers me. Either I'm missing something, or they've dismissed the fort idea way too easily here. They cut trenches either side of Paul's ditches expecting the ditches to carry straight on, not even considering the ditches might have turned. There's no reason to assume an early fort would have had a strict rectangular or playing card shape. The ditch run either side of Paul's trenches could also have been quarried away either by ridge and furrow or later landscaping. Absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence.

23:52 "At least we're not a superannuated old hippie!" That's telling him, Phil.

I'm not a fan of Neil Holbrook but maybe we were just spoilt by Prof. Mick. R.I.P.

@amel6206

4 жыл бұрын

i like neil. i see him laughing at himself on many occasions.

@christianbuczko1481

4 жыл бұрын

@@amel6206 probably because everyone else does constantly. Hes just not good at this type timeteam excavation. He panics far too much, and confuses everything. I think he was promoted beyond his abilities when hes put in charge of this program.

@philaypeephilippotter6532

4 жыл бұрын

@@christianbuczko1481 He suffers from a form of *Asperger's* so he finds this kind of thing difficult.

@christianbuczko1481

4 жыл бұрын

@@philaypeephilippotter6532 why do you say that?

@philaypeephilippotter6532

4 жыл бұрын

@@christianbuczko1481 You'll have to look it up yourself I'm afraid.

I wish the ad breaks were tis long on TV

The natives must have crapped their loincloths when they saw those Roman Elephants.

@mamavswild

4 жыл бұрын

That was my immediate thought as well! 😂

@Libbathegreat

Жыл бұрын

Ancient shock and awe that was LOL

@deborahparham3783

10 ай бұрын

Or maybe they killed and ate them like their ancestors did with the mammoths.

You're not weird Tony you're just very averted!

@thomaspatton4401

3 жыл бұрын

He's not weird, he's "limited edition"

would love to find some old coins. Just one good Roman coin is all I would want.

@Bassfully

8 жыл бұрын

+Richard I know it's not the same, but you could buy (a bronze) one for very little money!

@00BillyTorontoBill

6 жыл бұрын

Richard.... for 20 bucks you can get a pile of roman bronze....or for more cash you can get a silver roman dinarii. I got two dinarii for my meagre coin collection. www.ebay.com/b/Tacitus-Silvered-Bronze-Roman-Imperial-Coins-27-BC-476-AD/4734/bn_26658715

@mercedes523

2 жыл бұрын

Watch out though. You have to report a hoard. Seems unfair but I do understand also.

This is not very much to the subject of this show whatsoever, but I've always been admiring how wonderful hair does Carenza have, so healthy, thick and luscious. What would I give to have the hair of that quality, regardless of the colour.

Brilliant

If Francis was at that dig he would be saying it is all ritual.

@CraigLYoung

4 жыл бұрын

JETWTF : Remember when archaeologist use the terms "Ritual or ceremonial" what they are actually saying is I have no idea.

anyone ever counted or measured how many km or miles -geofiz- walked during the making of all those episodes? And VICTOR was making those incredible drawings. who was going to keep them? and where are they now? shown as part of the - finds - at the local museum?

Well, at least the well was pretty swell.

Usually gives me the urge for fish or poultry and a tankard of mead or ale watching this. Hopefully when they plan to build on land they do surveys and the actual digging for the foundations would discover any ancient items or sites to excavate more? Did the hotel owner and staff get nervous when the team arrived and possibly booked rooms for the duration? Hotel Reception: Would you like a single or a double room Mr Robinson? Mr Robinson Can I get back to you on that later today please. By the way we need to dig up your car park and other areas in the next few days. Hotel Reception: I'll just call the manager sir, Karen!!

Very interesting

Worms and moles get back. Time Team,s about to attack!

Victor fired up. Look out !

Love the booklet that says "Tony's guide".

The thing that i get from most of these shows is that the Romans must have had holes in their change purses ?

I'm never confident with Neil in charge.

@Jigger2361

4 жыл бұрын

Paul! keep yer head down and keep digging!

@OUigot

4 жыл бұрын

Lol!! Anytime I see Neil or Francis my guy says it's going to be an episode of everyone wondering around in circles and everything was for ritual purposes. God bless them both, lol...

@christianbuczko1481

4 жыл бұрын

Neil was promoted beyond his abilities. He had no idea what so ever how to run a timeteam dig.

@SStevenson555

3 жыл бұрын

Flippin Neil and his Benny Hill voice, I always cringe when I realize he's on the case.

@iwouldloveawestieoneday1980

3 жыл бұрын

I’m the same I cringe when I see him and I find I can’t watch the episode because he just ruins it for me

Super annuated old hippies.... Ziinnngggg! Baldrick strikes back ! ...and up...since hes so short.

Malcom rules!!

In 1999 a roman fort was discovered in Syndale, Kent near NEAR FAVERSHAM

Tony called Phil what kind of old hippy? Lol

@phantomkate6

4 жыл бұрын

Superannuated

All right everyone, say this 10X quickly, "the Carinated girth of a biconical"! Lovely!

@thomasbernecky2078

4 жыл бұрын

NOT the Carinated girth of a biconical! I'm still laughing.

@StephiSensei26

4 жыл бұрын

@@thomasbernecky2078 Yes, let's see you wriggle that into the next wine tasting party!

@StephiSensei26

4 жыл бұрын

@@thomasbernecky2078 PS: at first I thought I was reading a script from Monty Python!

@StephiSensei26

4 жыл бұрын

I just thought of it: "This Rose' is so notional, it barely has as much bouquet as the Carinated Girth of a Biconical!" Now, that should raise an eyebrow or two!

@thomaspatton4401

3 жыл бұрын

"The Carinated girth of a biconical." Sounds like a potions ingredient from Harry Potter doesn't it?

If John and Stewart do not find something It is not there.I see them win the contest for years.

Trench 1 lat 51.3138 long 0.8591 date 12/2003 on Google Earth

It‘s a cold day...and then there‘s Phil in a roman costume with very little coverage in the nether regions...

@deborahparham3783

10 ай бұрын

Poor sweet Phil. They should have done this one a few years earlier when he was in better shape. Having the poor guy out there in the cold in that little tunic was just cruel.

The Time Team Team have seen more of Britain than any other group on the planet. What I am sure astounds our foreign viewers is the sheer space of the UK countryside.

@jaspersjoint7433

Жыл бұрын

It does. And coming from the US, extremely jealous of the history. Although I suppose in a way, it's our history as well.

they should do a whole show on phil's hair.

@WashuHakubi4

4 жыл бұрын

They'd probably find a few flint chips.

I realize this is a little late - (great show, by the way) but I don't think that's a scale weight - it looks like a plumb bob to me. I've got one almost exactly like it. When you hit on the perfect shape for something it stands to reason that it should remain the same for damned near forever.

What about the Roman fort at Pevensey in East Sussex? Thats in the south east. Sp clearly there are other Roman forts.

Wonder if they’d thought to run the geo equipment down in the trenches, as it seems the features were beyond the depth they could get to at the time

28:00 ... a sliding screen switch using the edge of the helicopter door!!

If it was a temporary Roman camp, there wouldn't be much left to find. Ditches and a handful of small items broken and dropped or lost.

Dirty ditches!

@thomaspatton4401

3 жыл бұрын

Dirty ditches are done dirt cheap! LOL;)

Wait...the Romans brought elephants to invade Britain?! I didn't know that.

The problem with english is that they do not see that there was already trade between mainland and england before roman times. Especially between Rhineland and england. This trade would be more north. Between germanic groeps and keltic groeps. The invasion of romans is because of these trade-routes they were interested. Shortest way for romans was the southernroute.

Even Phil,normally the manly type,looks a proper girl's blouse in that Roman kit!

@vincerussett7922

5 жыл бұрын

You wouldn't have said that to a bunch of Roman squaddies and got away with it... ;-)

@deborahparham3783

10 ай бұрын

Ten years earlier he would have looked so much better in that rig. Still love him anyway.

That dress on Phil? Phil or frilly?😂😂😂

@deborahparham3783

10 ай бұрын

A Roman soldier's tunic is not a dress.

On a different note here.. have you found much finds from the Celtics world? I understand they were a rich tribe??

these later programs without Mic seem as though they need an extra day or two to do the same work.

No answer is an answer.

A hypothesis, for which I freely admit I have no evidence at all: could Roman soldiers have begun to establish a fort, then been driven away in an attack by hostile tribes before finishing the task? It seems possible that might have happened, perhaps elsewhere if not here. They've said that some soldiers dug while others kept guard, but I've never heard if their guard was always successful.

@angelitabecerra

10 ай бұрын

Not in Southern England. They had already established trading relationships in Southern England with local tribes. Some of which were friendly enough with the Romans to invite them in. One of the impetus for the invasion.

Wow, the ships that the Romans used must have been quite big because of the elephants they took with them. Just wondering what happened to the elephants after they arrived in Britain.

Ohhh arrre Tony, Life of Brian... Welease woger!... Stone the crows!

Trivia! Ironic as it is, since he nearly never did any of the actual digging, how often was Tony "frustrated" at the progress or lack of results during the run of this series?

If the Romans had Phil in their army they would have won every battle. Just give him beer after every win. HA HA HA.

What happened to the elephants?

@vincerussett7922

5 жыл бұрын

Nobody knows, is the honest answer. I suspect they were actually brought over for their sheer 'shock and awe' value: for someone who's never seen an animal bigger than a large bull, an elephant would have been a terrifying sight. And I suspect they had special handlers, and if, as with horse handlers, they bonded with the animals, they probably eventually went back to Europe. At least, I'm not aware that any elephant bones have been found in 1st century contexts in Britain (although it would be nice to be proved wrong!)

@tripleransom4349

4 жыл бұрын

@@vincerussett7922 If only Time Team were still around to investigate!

@thomaspatton4401

3 жыл бұрын

They didn't like the climate so they all drank redbulls, grew wings and flew off home and lived happily ever after. And that's the way that story went.

Are you certain it's an invasion & not a trading center set up as a fort? Francis did a 3 hr special challenging the invasion theories.

Looks like a Cornish shovel ... NO to straight!

So, where was the first original Roman fort? It has to be somewhere in an as yet, undisclosed location.

First aired February 1, 2004

... say that in public mate and expect a proper thrashing from any kilt wearing gent ...

@deborahparham3783

10 ай бұрын

Phil in a kilt would be very nice. I would really appreciate that.

I want a mattock!

THESE GUYS LAUGH A LOT... A SURE SIGN OF OPTIMISM.

I think they wasted a whole day when the should have excavated the center of the project. Kinda chased their tails.

I suspect the fort was redesigned over time as more troops arrived with more supplies. This would fill ditches with later finds and wouldn't preclude an original fort there that was "demolished' in the remodel.

.... btw Stewart gets things going and Niel defers to his knowledge repeatedly ... where's Tony? .. his voice but little camera time

@ste1072

7 жыл бұрын

nickrich56 that's because Neil's a twat!!

Malcolm fkn number 1 😂🤣😂🤣😂

can someone tell me what season the new time team programs started on youtube as i want to watch from the start of this

@deaniej2766

3 ай бұрын

I believe the new ones are labelled as Series 21.

I never did understand why Dr Chris Gaffney, geophysicist, 31:3-0, who was the original geo phys guy, got pushed aside in favor of John.

@phantomkate6

4 жыл бұрын

He had/still has an extensive career. He was pretty busy. John was his business partner. I doubt he was pushed out.

@janetrapoza4142

4 жыл бұрын

Many of the consultants have other primary jobs.

@amel6206

4 жыл бұрын

I believe they all have primary jobs. For me, that still doesn't explain why Chris was not featured more.

@johnrogers2826

4 жыл бұрын

My guess, showbiz. Gater is an obnoxious button pushing blowhard arsehole. People, for some reason, dig that.(see what I did there?) Anyhoo he's an ass!

@MontyCantsin5

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnrogers2826: Do you know Gater personally?

Watched

33:50 lmao

At 45:13 can I hear the Tardis?

@bushymcfarty6420

5 жыл бұрын

no hydraulics from the digger ;)

@petenielsen6683

5 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing. I was like "hey! Is Time Team using Time Lord tech on this dig?!?"

Elephants ?????

Syndale or Sincdale. Is there knowledge of the older name of Syndale?

2 possible reasons for Neil's meeting. 1 They kicked him out so they could change everything and save the episode (it worked). 2 He is employed by Developers for his amazing ability to never find anything, to cut down on archaeologic expenses

@ste1072

7 жыл бұрын

Neil doesn't half chat some fucken shit!! I'm sure he just makes it up as he goes a long like most of the episodes he's in, fucken sado!

@berniemccann8935

6 жыл бұрын

You couldn't be accused of discrimination on the basis of his vocal impediment ... could you?

@claudeusgothicus6453

5 жыл бұрын

Bernie - doubtful.. I never even noticed that.. what I have noticed is that many TT watchers agree about Neil.. of course as a site director nobody is as good as Mick..

@jusdafax1

5 жыл бұрын

Never a good sign when Neil shows up. He ruins whatever he touches.

@Andy-rt4ml

5 жыл бұрын

The title of this episode was "The Roman Fort That Wasn't There", so I wonder how it is Neil's fault for not finding a fort that most likely wasn't there : -).