From Roman To Saxon: Walking The Paths Of Britain's Ancestors | Ancient Tracks Full Series | Odyssey

Join Tony Robinson as he journeys along some of Britain's most ancient pathways, retracing the footsteps of Romans, Celts, Druids, Saxons and more. Along the way, he encounters striking scenes from Britain's past- from sites out of strange myths to nearly forgotten landmarks.
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[@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739]

Doesn't get any better than Phil Harding in a flint mine. Love that guy. He's a gem.

[@dmac7403]

Wouldn't go that far he's cool but Odyssey has a few really good folks reporting on history they love and have invested their lives to .

[@peggyjones3282]

Made me happy to see him. 🙂

[@libbys.1708]

I think he’d prefer to be a hand axe than a gem lol

[@NH_RSA__]

Gem. Or maybe a flint. 56:13 Have those trees been sculpted? Looks like a moose.

[@nikesports79]

Driver yet❤❤ 30:44 ​@@dmac7403

[@lizzy66125]

I always come back to the video s with Sir Tony Robinson and Time Team. I am permanently stuck in my bed ,in the dark 24/7 with severe M.E,and luckily still able to watch this. I used to walk alot and enjoyed nothing more than nature and history. this gives me so much joy to be able to still see it in this way.thank you Tony.

[@KOOLBadger]

Sounds miserable.. Im glad you got this to use your imagination.. God bless you..❤

[@trinkab]

"A friend of mine dug it." Me: Oooh!! A Time Team member?! I hope it's Phi-" **Phil speaks** Me: YES!!!!

[@Maddoktor2]

Sir Tony Robinson is not just a national treasure, his gifts of knowledge are extended to the entire planet, and this one is clearly one of his masterpieces.

[@uptoolate2793]

Tony, age has turned you into an international treasure. International, assuming the brits will share you. Thank you for being there, all these years.

[@dmshouse1]

So well done!! I’m American- I’ve worked in London and driven the roads of Scotland and now living in my country, out west. But this takes me back. I must say, I love anything Tony Robinson does! This series is just thrilling! The idea of hugging one’s landscape by walking it to point out the history of the land’s being is so totally British, so wonderfully magical. I’d love to see a series like this created to chronicle our vast nation, but with the keen attention to not only the obvious but also the small details a landscape can offer up heard from the voices of the ancients, but done as well as Tony does with his ancestral home. Just lovely- perhaps in one of my former lives I was an ancient Brit- as I feel every footstep in this film…

[@KevinSmith-yh6tl]

Perhaps in another life you were. If a person's family came to this continent from The British Isles, while we are a world apart culturally,we do share history of our ancient people with the British/English people,how could we not? All the different sides of my family tree were all British or English.

[@Boogra]

Sir Tony is a treasure of Western Civilization. He never fails to hit this American right in the feels. Much love, and Godspeed, Sir Tony.

[@rdaniceh-s7442]

Thank you! There is no one to compare to Tony Robinson as narrator, this makes your story so exciting.

[@Teresa-ih4sn]

Absolutely!!

[@jlindsey79]

Sir David Attenborough.. js..

[@rustlerpete8902]

Oooooooooooioiooooooooiiooiooooooioooooooooooiihhiiiiiiiii imyyy

[@MossyMozart]

@@jlindsey79 - Exactly - Sir David Attenborough! In his 90s and still going strong, burning with curiosity and questions. I am not a big Robinson fan because of the goofy, manic way he behaved on "Time Team", but he is much more chill here in this series; much more palatable to me. The pathways also were very interesting and beautiful. It was great to end the series at the home of Charles Darwin. I do not blame Robinson for being so excited to be in Darwin's study as I would have been, too!

[@theCosmicQueen]

yeah i play these vids while doing other stuff, and LISTENING is so pleasant.

[@Gilren1]

As a German I love that we live in peace with each other now and I hope it will last forever. I love GB and I'm investigating like crazy also through your lovely program the country and it's history. It feels like my true home - I really can't explain it ... Thank you!

[@TracyD2]

If it is left up to people with out influences from the so called leaders of the world. I doubt any of us would fight unless maybe a one on one old fashioned occasional punch in the face.

[@teresavandal4973]

Emotions and feelings don't need to be explained; just trusted... Enjoy your second home as I do mine in Poland!!

[@EventHorizon3.14]

If Phil is involved then I’m definitely going to watch and like the video. 👍

[@roweng.4245]

Many years ago, I walked a part of the Ridgeway on a morning in May, with the hedges blooming and the birds darting and fluttering, and myself singing some of the medieval May songs.

[@Benjamin-id1vg]

I've always sung as beautifully as a tortured cow being shoved in front of a train, but I know what you mean.

[@jeffaltier5582]

Folksy and low key, and yet somehow really fun and interesting. It's nice to see the several episodes all in one video. And hey, we get to see Phil!

[@thekiltedwoodworker]

Nettle is one of the best names for a doggo I’ve heard in a long time! What a brilliant show.

[@melissacoulter3996]

Wow!! Even Phil with his flint!

[@kaylaantonio6460]

“Did you say offerings?! So it’s not just a bunch of hippies cooking vegetarian sausages?” Oh, Tony! 😂❤

[@UATU.]

Every time I see the Uffington White Horse I think of Tiffany Aching and the Scouring Fair. Then I think of Terry Pratchett and get a jolt of loss and gratitude. “Taint what a horse looks like, it's what a horse be.”

[@Benjamin-id1vg]

And always check a used camel for runny paint and plaster teeth... May Sir Terry be tormenting everyone he runs into.

[@harbourdogNL]

Would have been cool to have Stuart Ainsworth along on this trek...mind you, the show would then have been about 12 hours long, as I'm sure he'd have seen so many things in the landscape that warranted investigation and explanation.

[@time_for_fast]

my grandparents on both sides came from england and wales , watching this i realize how much i would love to visit the UK

[@holydiver3141]

I really like the way he narrates and the theme to Ancient Trackways is beautyful so dreamy and low key powerful :-)

[@mikereilly7629]

I wish I could show Phil my huge collection of paleolithic American chert tools. We don't have real flint. But the joy of finding even the mundane small tools never gets old. Most people know how to look, but so many never learn to see

[@BoneMamaAZ62]

Ahhh. Such a delightful journey with a gem of a human being. Lovely. Simply lovely.

[@kevin-vt7dw]

I can't get enough of your history it fascinates me now

[@alexialorentz2428]

I put this on to take a nap to, and forgot to nap. It was SO good!

[@susansouthard]

Phil and Tony together. It doesn’t get any better than that!

[@deborahparham3783]

The only thing that would make it better would be if Mick was there with them.

[@lynnthomason6589]

Great video Tony. Enjoyed every minute. Your presentation is so unique to each adventure. Thanks so much. Be well. Lynn in Naples FL

[@jimr9499]

Awesome show! I really found fascinating the Dave with the christian carvings in it. The mystery of who could've carved them is what amazes me.

[@michaeltelson9798]

Was it a Lollard worship site?

[@joannamallory2823]

🎶 roads go ever, ever on…over rocks and under trees 🎶

[@MrWompz]

The scale of that mine is simply incredible.

[@frankj.artino2203]

From a decedent of Charlemagne, you've done it again. Excellence. Very well done.

[@RianShafer]

Love all of these documentaries but I really liked Sam Lee's Dark Eyed Sailor (?) song. he has a very nice voice.

[@sky.the.infinite]

JASON KINGSLEY!!! 🥰 this was a great series/episode!

[@galthea]

I was so looking for this comment:)

[@kateburk2168]

Just wondering if there are books/maps/field guides for this ancient roadway. Here in the U.S. we have a 2,180 mile trail but it isn't all that old. Back in 1900, a man began planning it out as a scenic trail & get back to nature thing and there are plenty of field guides available. Hoping one day I can vIsit England and see such interesting places for myself. It looks like a walk in the park compared to the Appalachian Trail.🤔

[@christinaarenare5601]

I wish this was an IFit video. How amazing it would be to walk these trails from my treadmill!

[@jessmarie8850]

Beautiful voice ❤️ Samlee

[@Backroad_Junkie]

If America has an Ancient Track, it's the Natchez Trace. It's probably the oldest road in the US, though it's only about 600 years old...

[@caroletomlinson5480]

I feel like I’m walking with him; so soothing.

[@MrMathieu112]

Tony is a legend!

[@jerrymcdaniel4539]

I bought two books based on this show. Very interesting

[@johndoubleu5942]

I could listen to Tony talk for hours. Any of the Time Team for that matter.

[@thomasevans5467]

Love the Jason Kingsley cameo cheers guys

[@davidcarr7436]

Interesting coincidence that after visiting the flint mine, you go to Thetford, Thetford Mines is the name of a city in Quebec Canada. It was the home of one of the largest asbestos mines in the world. Another interesting coincidence, Edward Thomas was killed, as you said on April 9, 1917 the first day of the battle of Arras, which is better known in Canada as the first day of the battle of Vimy Ridge, the greatest Canadian victory of the First World War. RIP.

[@MotDoiAnLac258]

cảm ơn bạn đã chia sẻ.

[@IratePuffin]

I now want to fly overseas to make the same pilgrimage.

[@frankiesaotoandmore5872]

So amazing the history

[@blackbird5634]

If you're not used to the ''ee, oi, and er'' sounds of Phil's dialect you'll miss much of what he says.

[@lizzy66125]

beautiful camera work.

[@Charlie.a]

Thank you

[@duanepetersonakaroadkill7161]

Nice mission with your life. I am so impressed with Gods servants, like yourself. The younger generation seems lost in America, when it comes to our roots of Christianity. Our fault,our parents or there parents. They seem drawn to Atheism. Thank you for your life!!!

[@melissajenkins1040]

Hello! And thank you for more wonderful content on this channel! QUESTION...Toward the end of this, Tony Robinson mentions that there are some languages that use the same word for "traveling" and "thinking". That really fascinates me, so off to Google I went to see what more I could find out about that. Could very well be I don't know how to search for it effectively, but I'm coming up empty. Could anyone tell me which language(s) Tony was referring to? Thanks again!

[@carolynfisher4756]

I'm curious too! Anybody got an idea?

[@MossyMozart]

@Melissa Jenkins - There are several KZbin channels dedicated to exploring other languages and ancient languages. Perhaps you can ask at one of those?

[@verasmith4767]

Excellent.

[@charlescrawford1788]

Boy how Canterbury had the racket going. Science museums should adopt those. "Oh, I kissed the statue of Newton, and miraculously understood calculus! (all for a penny and a pound) LOL

[@Benjamin-id1vg]

It's a good thing I am not the incarnation of the person who invented indoor bathrooms...

[@promiscuous5761]

Thank you.

[@sedamcclurg9699]

Great to see falconry highlighted :)

[@johankan3757]

❤ so good to see you again

[@takethepowerback83]

I recognize Jason the lad with the horses in this video!

[@TristanCtrissy]

I noticed him too! I love his KZbin channel

[@linotrevinio6709]

As i heard about the flint miners and why they suffered hardship to mine specific flint that was special. It reminded me of Nauhuac (Aztec) miners that mined special flint in deep mines for mystical reasons (although in Mexico they preferred a green flint) that again could be harvested above ground.

[@jeannienash5249]

❤Luv this!!!❤

[@Fox1nDen]

they could trade them for more value than the flints found at the top. possibly the exotic source was a selling point. could be the black flint was more sturdy than the surface flints. possibly it could be worked into larger tools because of its origins.

[@zephyrandboreas]

Nice to see Jason Kingsley in this series.

[@suziecreamcheese211]

What is it about ancient man wanting to move huge stones around, the Egyptians, the Mayans, the people of Easter Island and England.

[@Benjamin-id1vg]

'Dammit, I've got 42 sacrifices to perform today, a field full of stones, and nothing to burn. Let's get these boulders out of the way before the god of chicken armpits gets upset '

[@jonerlandson1956]

the neolithic were familiar with caves.... i'm sure britian has some... gibraltar does.... they knew the stone they worked with... in different ways then we know the stone we look at....

[@jonerlandson1956]

*the reality of realities...* time will tell.. if... we can reach it....

[@user-ym7gl1gn9c]

The background music affects my heart and soul. What is it, please?

[@jessmarie8850]

Wow 😳 the bird!

[@RestoreMoreMCM]

These places and names sound like they are from a Lord Peter Whimsey account. Lovely to go places that I could in no way travel.

[@mattsmith8160]

Lost me at dousing rods. They're bs.

[@hannahbrown2728]

At 59:38 you get to see Jason Kingsley, I bet he's the guy who owns that land. Regardless, he has his own channel Modern History TV and hes also co-founder and CEO of Rebellion Developments. The guys who make Sniper Elite!

[@user-xb5pq8fh9r]

❤Everything was based on a single feudal policy,😊

[@varjen018]

LOL! Naming a pony "Kaiju" is probably VERY apt. (For those few that have insight in both fields.)

[@kurisensei]

Surprised to hear Tony get Thomas Becket’s name wrong so many times

[@deepgardening]

we've forgotten -right, and you show a ripe batch of cattail flowers gone to seed, ie past the edible stages of the flower and you don't show the tubers at all.

[@janicehill5605]

Flintman does it again 😅

[@lavadahaga5886]

❤❤❤

[@jonerlandson1956]

*something i find interesting is our thoughts on their thought of survival...* i actually think these people were interested in learning.... i don't think survival was their primary interest.... i mean... with food and shelter... warmth may have been something different back then... they probably were able to regulate their body temperatures differently than we do... living amongst it all the time... exposure....

[@jonerlandson1956]

*those neolithic people may also have dug into the earth to understand it...*

[@chriscarrol9373]

I keep waiting to see him running across the countryside with some hobbits an elf and a ranger?

[@dawngriffin3550]

❤

[@richardmartin404]

What about the Dandelions you were walking all over before you meet the Poet?... They are a Health Healing Plant...

[@melodyc9402]

Good video - still not over my PBS days. I know a little bit about roads that are 2000 years old and who walk down them a Good Samaritan walk down them and that was the last good one there ever was and take a town like London holy macaroni that town has seen so many people over and over the generations and the centuries that have walked them streets including Jack the Ripper inuded every other famous. 2,000 years people putting curses and the bloodshed and The Vibes and the energy and the skin cells left behind I want my fresh land no matter how you look at this cake the bottom line is I'm the last little crumb on the plate

[@d.g.rohrig4063]

The black dog the background story for the Hound of Baskerville?

[@robyndavis3043]

The “white horse” could also (or maybe) be associated with the “nascar lines” here in the US

[@teri2962]

What is that blue thing at 2:04:03

[@EnglishJoanInOregon]

A tradesman’s van on the road. There’s a car later on too.

[@almo8311]

❤😊

[@whitemonkey7932]

Luton isn't a suburb of London, rather of Pakistan

[@joedirt3449]

innit!

[@cherylmillard2067]

Icknield Way

[@kendexter]

i asked for the maikel line lol

[@avlea2]

Sorry, too many ads. More than regular tv.

[@m.asquino7403]

We have the same structures in North America. But the origins of the makers stifled, why?

[@j.michaeljefferson60]

47.30 poem of WW1

[@greendeane1]

All of the wells on the land I grew up on were "found" by dowsing.

[@Benjamin-id1vg]

I was introduced to it a while back and it worked every time until I went in search of my mind. Seriously, it works.

[@user-xb5pq8fh9r]

❤😊this is beautiful England in the (III)¹-1273-1378) time of Scandinavia (X-XIII) Italy Germanic Empire Henry (II) becomes King (1554) on the Fiefs of the French crown of Normandy is Great Britain 😊

[@AngelaVallejo-wh4fh]

Yes im a angelo saxon they come from Noth Europemy family name means the son of peter,which is Parkerson

[@invinciblejets4690]

Corn in Iron Age Britain? Am I missing something?

[@EnglishJoanInOregon]

It’s a language thing. What Americans call corn is called maize in England. Corn, in the English language, means any cereal. Typically wheat, barley and oats. HTH.

[@jonerlandson1956]

*you people are trying to think like what you imagine a neolithic person might think...* thy thinking like yourselves... or... maybe imagine someone a little more advanced than you are.... why would you dig into the earth?... if you were they.....

[@stephenkolarac5305]

How do they prevent those ancient sites from being vandalized?

[@user-ym7gl1gn9c]

Its not amerika

[@thefunnyman51784]

Phil should be knighted

[@teresavandal4973]

LOL, Sir Tony bite your tongue; you are NOT armchair by ANY means!!!

[@robinbrowne3043]

WHO I THIS DWARF

[@scottzema3103]

Well hey hey. If I lived in Britain I'd be waving my magic metal detector all along these babies, as allowed under the law. I mean there might be billions in treasure over two millennia along roads trod by everyone from Kings on down.

[@robertoorsi5771]

Celtic tribes were always the same from north Italy to England.