Britain's Ancient Undiscovered Pathways

Presenter Tony Robinson explores Britain's network of ancient tracks in this documentary series. Across the country, there are trackways that have been used for over 5000 years, in this series Robinson uncovers the legends behind them and discusses undiscovered mysteries. In the first episode, the host goes on a journey across Dartmoor, traveling in the footsteps of Britain's greatest detective. While on his trek, Tony discovers a bottomless lake and dives into it before enduring a beastly encounter.
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[@malaikamillions]

Tony Robinson is not just a treasure to the UK, but a treasure of all humanity for his unabashed and reverent enthusiasm.

[@Go-Dawgs]

I agree. He asked the Honest Questions on Time Team. The questions to thoughts we the viewers were also thinking. He said what we wanted to say & we all Love him for that!

[@benediktmorak4409]

and not for nothing the Queen,may she rest in peace, recognised that as well. And honored him for that.

[@malaikamillions]

@@benediktmorak4409 Did he receive an OBE of some sort? (forgive my foreigner ignorance. I usually do better research but don’t recall learning of an official acknowledgment.). I’m filled with glee at just the prospective idea.

[@benediktmorak4409]

@@malaikamillions .Since i am not a Brit( and fair enough did not Google) I would have no idea if an OBE is higher or lower than a - SIR -. It is now SIR Tony Robinson. Though he still like to be called Tony...

[@phyllisneal8687]

Hi ❤Boston, here🌹 We LOVE Tony, in America, and always look forward to seeing him, on KZbin ❤

[@suemcculley7710]

There's no better narrator than Tony Robinson...❤

[@heikedrakakis8988]

Five hours plus and not one boring minute. Thank you for taking us on this wonderful pilgrimage!

[@drstevenrey]

Not being British, I only knew Tony Robinson as Baldrick in Blackadder, however, as I now find out, the man is a walking talking encyclopedia on ancient things. My deepest respect to you, Sir.

[@garolopez887]

To me he will ALWAYS be Sodoff Baldrick of Blackadder .

[@karenabrams8986]

I see Tony in my feed, I click on it. Love him and all of his documentaries and Time Team..all of his work!!!

[@davidcarr7436]

I sincerely hope that the people of Great Britain know just how deeply privileged they are to have Sir Tony. Sending everyone a Happy Christmas this December 4th,2022.

[@denniskern7597]

I didn't get one

[@andreperrault5393]

Tony Robinson (Baldrick), how he has turned out. Gaining the title of “Sir” in his unabashed, positive enthusiasm for England and the United Kingdom (warts and all). I would gladly drink a pint with him and his favorite drink at his favorite pub. Know your past, see your future in all its’ intricacies. Thank you, and wishing many more good years to you.

[@TisTheDamnStickSeason]

"You made.....Baldrick a Lord???"

[@medievalladybird394]

@@TisTheDamnStickSeason .... a Knight to be exact, in 2013

[@The_ZeroLine]

I like the sentiment about warts and all. We need to address what’s wrong, but appreciate the West still has the best collection of institutions and freedoms despite their problems. It’s why most of the world emigrates there and not vice versa. The whole “we’re horrible” thing is a myopic attitude at best and destructive at worst.

[@Robin3615]

@@medievalladybird394 Oddly, they did it during the day. 🤣

[@karenfausett9273]

@@medievalladybird394 ll)llll) ppl

[@Chrisfeb68]

This is a welcome surprise. Tony Robinson is one of the great narrators of documentaries ever.

[@TheEudaemonicPlague]

I'd seen bits of this series before, but not all of it. I started watching this afternoon, but have had to take a few breaks, not to mention accidentally skipping forward at one point, forcing me to figure out where I'd skipped from, but I did it, and continued. If life were different, I'd love to be able to walk these trackways myself...but, between age, health, and being poor, it's impossible. This is about as good as I'm going to get, as far as being able to make the trek...and I'm more than satisfied, especially since I've been a fan of Tony's since Black Adder found it's way to the US many years ago. As much as I have wished that Tony had remained an actor, what he became is so much more memorable and interesting. I hope he lives many more years, and makes more stuff like this.

[@cecileroy557]

Isn't Tony just A Gem!?!?

[@lizzy66125]

so good to see Phil🤗

[@Marzzy01]

I really enjoy Tony exploring these old highways

[@audience001]

This is gold! Thanks for the effort to upload it!

[@klarahvar746]

A wonderful journey, and while I watched it in two parts because I started so late at night, Tony makes it easy to follow in this five and a half hour compilation. Thanks for uploading it.

[@renenbantillo2586]

Thank you for uploading this very generous video, I am from the Philippines and I am dying to know more about your country's history.

[@JJOCZ]

5 hours??? tony robinson?????? god teir usual timeline vlog???? thank you TRACKS lords.

[@accidentalheadclunkers8517]

No idea what that means, but I agree

[@danielsmithson4870]

Yes. This 5 hours should be about 10 episodes approximately 30 minutes each. Presently, it's inconsiderate of audience maturation effects such as requiring a kitchen and toilet or sleeping quarters. Wagner's operas were similar requiring audience members to bring a picnic basket to the theater. Please divide this series into episodes.

[@dickJohnsonpeter]

@@danielsmithson4870 You have a pause button and even if you close youtube, if you go to your history it will pick up exactly where you left off. I don't know why you think you're obligated to sit in one spot for five hours until it's done.

[@FlamingoSoda]

Britain is such a beautiful country. I would feel so elated to one day visit the timeless beauty of those precious Isles.

[@vincentrandles8105]

As a flint hunter myself, I can tell you that flint is only worthwhile when it's freash. It hardens after a time, (certainly 2,000yrs) and is quarried and worked from large pieces called core's, that when freash from it's place in the earth. It actually does harden after a time, and is the sharpest thing I've personally seen in blade form. Surprising that is the case, and very, very useful to ancient man.

[@shakinmama2233]

Sir Tony Robinson is the best narrator there is. I fall asleep listening to the others who are so pompous.

[@gdhse3]

Absolutely love this series, so glad it's all in one video. Watching it again!

[@cecileroy557]

These documentaries are sooo wonderful!! Thank you Tony!!!

[@Moolevalent69]

I will never get tired of hearing Baldrick tell stories

[@sharonwhiteley6510]

How did Phil Harding find those flint mines? Also, I noticed it's now "Sir Tony Robinson". I wonder why more members of the old Time Team haven't been honored as well?

[@gladtobeangry]

He didn't find them, he helped excavate them. Those dips in the terrain are very much visible to the naked eye, so it's pretty logical for archeologists to study it.

[@u.s.militia7682]

I absolutely love Tony Robinson documentaries. He’s damn good at it. You could ask for better but you sure as hell won’t find them. 👍👍🇺🇸

[@MsFukeneh]

I could listen to that gent sing for hours😊

[@aprilwhitaker9806]

Love Tony Robinson!

[@kelliv2995]

These go right into my Keep Forever folder ❤

[@staystrong8966]

"Much has been written about travel, far less of The Road." - Edward Thomas That is profound.

[@The_ZeroLine]

It’s just clever prose. What’s profound about contemplating highways or paths? I believe he only means roads are good sources for research to learn about many topics. It’s a damn good line though.

[@craftycriminalistwithms.z3053]

Wow, I love this. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@crazyasalways9272]

I love tony i started watching time team while i was pregnant one of the only shows i could watch without triggering my anxiety or blood pressure my son who is now 2 also likes to watch with me

[@Iammrspickley]

It's such a diverse landscape... where you can still sort of touch history....I'm not used to that.... lovely

[@seer1026]

Beautiful. Would like to take a hike there with an organized travelgroup.

[@nazufani4016]

@ 10:01 the fingerprints......now THAT just got a WOW! out-a me. 👍

[@23erisx]

I saw the title/headline 'Ancient British Tracks' in the link to this and seriously thought 'omg, they've dug up yet more tapes of the Silver Beetles at the Cavern?!?'

[@FrancisMaxino]

There are parts of this where Tony's marvellously riveting narration goes lower in volume then booms out in sections where he is talking to people in contrast to the voice-over. It needs to be remastered with appropriate levels for the vocal soundtrack...

[@jameswebb4593]

What a wonderful series . Now an old Englishman living abroad mainly for financial reasons , how I wish it was possible to go back in time and discover those treasures myself.

[@NobleKorhedron]

"financial reasons"; an uncompetitive UK tax regime...? 🤔

[@jameswebb4593]

@@NobleKorhedron Basically yes. Government too easily influenced by outside pressures. Doctors urge the the price increases on Alcohol , when they are milking the NHS so cost of a pint is no concern for them.

[@NobleKorhedron]

​@@jameswebb4593 : Methinks it's time more countries went with the Swiss model of direct democracy; representative democracy is too vulnerable to dodgy bastards and their financial backers...

[@Awitsaduck]

@@NobleKorhedron me thinks too - so much so I moved there.

[@methodicalmysticbutterflyi2669]

I'd love to walk these old paths!

[@carolynfletchere-davies3250]

Excellent...Lived in England most of my life...now in NZ...lovely place but no real History....The UK has so much, .So enjoying Tony's interpretation 😊😊

[@micheleploeser7720]

Just wonderful, thanks again Sir Tony.

[@MummaMarsh]

Thank you for uploading :) great program

[@gwenmarcus3389]

Thank you, Sir Tony Robinson. Your videos are incredible.

[@marynelson4445]

I love the young woman playing the violin and singing

[@jeffreychurch2018]

What many people don't know is that Tony Robinson, as an actor, was in the John Wayne movie "Brannigan." He had a speaking part as a motorcycle courier.

[@davidcamp3522]

This Tony Robinson feller is one cool dude

[@Jean-yn6ef]

💚🏜️ love the context and engaging stories linked to the land 💚

[@samypushpam9368]

🙏❤🌲✌🙏keep our world green for our future

[@MrBlumpa1]

Thank you so much for uploading! Tony is the best

[@kskssxoxskskss2189]

Always impressed with the intrepid camera pros. Great shots, all.

[@Go-Dawgs]

This is Wonderful, a Wonderful Idea to complete & Wonderful Tony to take us along with him!! Thank You Thank You🌟

[@barbdiamond4924]

I do so enjoy your programs... Please keep up the excellent 👌 work ... And thank you

[@LoonyArtDesign]

Ok, that is great! I know now what I'll do today. Watching this 😍

[@quetzalcoatlz]

I read the title and i couldn't click quick enough. What a awesome topic

[@SweeneyJeffreyJ]

Tony is great!

[@karinac.3378]

How long does it take to upload 5 hours!!?? Omg 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@jillclarke7264]

Tony Robinson is truly the best. He makes me happy.

[@williamfindspeople4341]

Definitely worth watching from being to end if your home with nothing else to do. I learned lot.

[@patrickwentz8413]

Whelp that was fun

[@MrPeter924]

Great video great view show

[@susanmcconnell-sink5443]

Thoroughly enjoying this! Thank you!!!

[@hannahduffey2295]

Thank you for this wonderful upload!

[@jvburnes]

Someone should put together a tourism guide to this show so visitors to the UK can follow the same tracks.

[@mermeridian2041]

Love this - thank you for posting it!

[@saltranger]

Marvellous

[@lavadahaga5886]

The music is fantastic

[@jvburnes]

Probably my favorite series apart from his best of Time Team.

[@czgator9000]

Check out Time Crashers also.

[@cruz7579]

this is great stuff.

[@GaryEckhoff]

10:43 - What's all the dips in the ground of that clearing Sir Tony is walking through? Maybe from groups of people digging down just a short distance in search of something specific in the soil at some time? Or a certain type/consistancy of the soil? Hmm. I wonder, but it does look neat, n it's neat to realize "Wait, this isn't naturally how the ground is, this was all dug up by people at a certain time in the past for whatever reason." Meaning that the very shape and appearance of that whole clearing itself is a part of History on it's own that you can see! - Really helps to not only make one more intrigued or interested in the History of it all but also helps the viewer feel as if they're there in The History of the landscape at the time when it was being dug up or those dips were being made there for whatever reason they were. Quite interesting! Again though, anyone have any idea as to why and when the field was made to look that way? Thanks.

[@brandonjohnston7746]

I love the church bell keeper at 2:43, a sweet man and surely full of wisdom. I hope he is well

[@danajeannenorris3036]

fascinating! And lovely to see Phil again!

[@lavadahaga5886]

I love this series. Where can I find these on DVD

[@aliciamckelvey8859]

this is a wonderful series!

[@thomphan9518]

@modernknight an unexpected but welcome cameo

[@JV-fj7of]

Wow, great program 👏 👍

[@jimburnes9415]

I wish there were a travel guide supplement for this series that you could use to walk the same track ways as a tourist. It might require an extended stay.

[@Andy_Babb]

*Is there any chance this channel could upload the series* _Ancient Egypt: Chronicles of an Empire?_

[@kevinmccarthy8746]

AMAZING, I have always wanted to do the very same thing in America to if possible. For over 50 years I have harbored thgese exact feelings. WOW a huge improvement. Is there an explosion of spring greenery like in most cold climates like Siberia or even Ukraine. Next thing I know the trees have bloomed in Ukraine. I love the Dendril Archeology?, the tree rings and all the vegitation, like pollen and the rest of these clues really give you and idea of what life was like back then. Go Time Team.

[@marionhulspas1391]

Just love Tony

[@Eriugena8]

Only 5 hours?!, Aww can't I get a pathway to the depths of my soul and history that approaches 10 hours?

[@ceralee2151]

I’m obsessed with this, I’m driving my husband crazy!!

[@Patrick_Cooper]

If you were an off road motorcyclist, those holes, at 11:20 would be a dream place for some extreme tricks.

[@yanchouser7364]

Sir baldrick. Where is black adder now?

[@HBMR334]

much love to the guy who plant the trees back

[@lizzy66125]

the soundmixing is absolutely awful ,such a shame because it is a beautifully made series .

[@joystickmusic]

Why is the voice over so low sometimes? Is this an upload of files before they went to the sound editor, like it happened with Time Team too?

[@GenerationJonesi]

"No. No, absolutely terrifying." as he pulls out treats. 😁

[@CinHalCedHerChance]

1:42:49 poor dog, so good while being held back by that leash/rope.

[@CAM-fq8lv]

Singer is great.

[@bessiehadley3497]

Marvelous series - I have fallen in love - again - with the British Isles. Maybe, someday, I'll actually be able to visit them... Our family name is derived from Old English (Hadley) & my mother has an ancestor named Darby, who took the Oregon Trail. My step-grandfather was named Scott. (lol) Thank you so much, Sir Tony Robinson!

[@allanegleston4931]

there may be a time where we may need to know all these old roads.

[@samckitty4906]

How many of the stones were taken during WWII to make room for crops?

[@PabloThiam]

Captivating stuff.

[@Go-Dawgs]

The stone age monuments where stones stand upright are seats I think. Each "Tribe/Great Family/Clan/Peoples" worked to pull their own stone there and place it, even if they agreed each stone came from the same location. Then their stone represented their "Seat at the Meetings". Their leader(s) always knew their stone to stand in front of. Family/tribes knew because these were yearly or bi-yearly gatherings where many came, possibly whole villages or communities. Children grew up begging to attend ofcourse. Knowledge was shared & marriages made. The land was not isolated, everyone walked and Britton is not that huge. These stones represent "seats at the high table" is a common day close description. But it was more civilized than we imagine. Disputes settled, maps drawn in dirt, deaths discussed, marriage proposals, war discussion, new arrivals discussion, trade discussed, trade of goods & ideas, Medical knowledge & herbs, etc........... It makes sense the elders needed to keep order. You spoke with a vote voice if you had a stone you stood in front of. Criminals were maybe/maybe not given trials.

[@kelliv2995]

❤❤❤

[@lizzy66125]

I lived in Folkestone❤

[@LeeGee]

Grim meant devil? Wish auch assertiona were backed with citations, coz then we could update the OED. ...

[@mistydawnoliver6717]

What book does that lady at vixin tor have in her hand?? Anyone know?

[@melissacoulter3996]

Living in the USA we have nothing like these trackways. A spot of green… oh no can’t have that… let’s put in some houses, a grocery store, and of course a Walmart! Makes one want to move. I’d love walking those pathways!!!

[@dickJohnsonpeter]

What? We have nothing like this? What US are you living in? They're everywhere. We have immensely more miles of paths like this than in England. Orders of magnitude more rural countryside. The Appalachian trail alone is longer than a bunch of these paths put together and that's just one out of hundreds if not thousands all over the US. In my state alone there's many, one going over 200 miles. If you head out west it's so vast and there's so much uninhabited land and huge national parks you can't even imagine trying to walk all the trails in a million years. I think you're forgetting how huge the US is. The entire island of Scotland and England is the size of just one large state.

[@denniskern7597]

​@@dickJohnsonpeter yea you tell them you got the north crest trail up the west coast it's like the Appalachian trail that women she needs to get out more I hate when people put down their own country we have plenty of history all kinds of things going on America was the first in ALOT of things you tell her she should be proud of where she's from you never put down your own shame on her thank you for pointing that out to her Have a nice day and go take around your neighborhood

[@denniskern7597]

You need to get out more their all kinds of trails to walk but I guess it's hard to do that from a sofa

[@claytonbouldin9381]

Build a Dollar General there!!!! Quick!!!

[@flintknapper]

Mined flint is way better than surface flint. On the top it's all freaze cracked. You hit it and it shatters. If it's been protected by earth it doesn't shatter. You can make big axes and blades. I think they buried it after they mined it at the knapping site. Mine it then store it under ground.

[@mrmarmellow555]

Brill Thankz LAD'Z ‼️🍵🍵🍵🐨

[@hugehappygrin]

What is with the sound volume going in and out all by itself?

[@ceralee2151]

As an American of Scottish and English descent I love these. As a Texan we love our history, but America in general… I wish I could return to England.

[@The_ZeroLine]

He’s wrong about one thing: English forests were way more managed back than they are today. They basically farmed or manipulated the woods for literally hundreds of different things back then. 95% of which we don’t today.