Digging Up Neolithic Britain's Greatest Buried Mysteries | Time Team Marathon | Odyssey

[@kaytiej8311]

Tony always asks such intelligent but relevant questions. And builds the story so well. He has always been a brilliant storyteller.

[@fraserihle4847]

Brilliant script reader. How naive are you 🤦‍♂️😂

[@denisedaly2445]

He asks the questions the average viewer would ask

[@johnryan4454]

@@fraserihle4847 great point!

[@Geographus666]

I like that it shows what an old episode this is when they still had to explain what GPS is.

[@alexmendoza4261]

I saw one episode with another commentator and didn't care for him to much, I read that Tony was coming back in 2023 so hopefully he will stay this time. I truly enjoy Tony's commentary best.

[@FrankTheTank612]

Tony is the best.

[@ute.fritzkowski]

I miss him too in the episodes he isn't in. His presentation is so down to earth and relatable.

[@zherin2063]

Phil is so cool. I'd hang with him anywhere. Very smart guy.

[@EastCoastFringe]

I recently binged watched old episodes of Time Team on various platforms . It really is/was great content ,delivered with class by Tony and crew. Very informative ,very well done and I would love to spend an evening in the local pub and share a pint or three with them!

[@cecileroy557]

I sooo agree!!!

[@LynetteHulton]

Ditto

[@V.Hansen.]

I absolutely love this show. If you watch the very early episodes, however, the “delivered with class” part may come into question. I was shocked to hear rather vulgar jokes in some of the very early ones. Monty Pythons-ish stuff. Glad they cleaned up. I don’t need my archaeology mixed with sexism, thanks.

[@EastCoastFringe]

@@V.Hansen. I truly hope you don't let trivial things stress you out too much. Chill and live your best life ,try not to be offended by every little thing. Cheers

[@V.Hansen.]

@ sounds like someone that has never feared for their safety because of “humor”. What is trivial to you, is a threat to half the population many times in their life. I no longer put up with being made to feel bad for existing in my own body. I do not ignore vulgarity. You think it’s trivial because it doesn’t negatively affect you in the same way.

[@bluelagoon1980]

Loved listening to Phil talking with Tony about flint was wonderful. Working flint might just be the most human thing you can do, especially when you think about how long humans have been around, and how short a time we've had the abilty to create metal tools.

[@timmaxwell2348]

Absolutely fascinating. This legacy of discovery is why I still continue to support the Time Team mission with my dollars ❤

[@EventHorizon3.14]

Not going to lie I watch the channel for Phil Harding

[@gumshoe2273]

Huge Alice Roberts fan here.

[@cecileroy557]

I loved all of them but Phil was SUCH a character!! Actually - they all were. ++ I was typing this while watching. I heard "flasid" and my head popped up! 😂 I think it was Flasid Cave.... 😉

[@Michael-ln7us]

Me too, love his passion

[@seantice]

but of course.

[@elenavaccaro339]

Would love to have several of his knapped pieces.

[@suestroud]

Love this show. It's so fascinating.

[@ShitterMcGavin]

Nothing in the world quite like early to mid nineties Time Team. All the classic personalities. Cant get enuff

[@kaboom-zf2bl]

that odd antler is for removing the fur from a rope ... it is still used today ... it defurs the rope and relaxes the strain to each strand making the rpe stronger and removing its prestressed sections

[@franhoadley7189]

Love the ‘old’ Time Team. The new presenter is too serious and treats each find with almost religious awe. Too much. Need more humor and sass.

[@PeachysMom]

I know what you mean but I’m going to give him some time to develop some chemistry along with the rest of the cast. Some new episodes are better to have than zero new episodes lol

[@man.inblack]

Nostalgia is a great way to limit your viewing. The new time team is evolving to be able to continue without tv budgets and dedicated support in the new age of ‘content’. They couldn’t just reboot the franchise , they had to see if it could work in a patreon economy. but they persisted. Sensationalist “history” channels have wild opinions that bring in the views, but they chose the stories from the trenches, of reality and in their ability. I don’t think they’ve said they’ve sat on their laurels, someone has to the volunteers chip away at the ignorance of our ancestors. It just sounds like your opinion, man, and these guys are doing the best they can despite the lack of TV training you get as an archaeologist. Time team had already been awarded for a massive contribution to British archaeology, but still they persist. I thank them for that.

[@nathanbrooks2581]

@@man.inblacknobody said they were bad my guy. They shared a preference between the two. There’s no reason for you to be so insufferable.

[@rebeccacamacho-sobczak4282]

And even the sass was respectful.

[@alexandergaus493]

Well, everyone has a valid point but my opinion aligns more with giving them time and also I think that both eras, the TV and the new era have their charme and benefits. Still love them. But I like that the community is very respectful and thankful for the teams work. Even arguments are more or less friendly. Everyone tells their view and sometimes they end up seeing things differently. This conversation was such a conversation. With each comment my view changed a little and ended up seeing things a bit differently in the end. I love that as much as the content itself.

[@Tipi_Dan]

1:19:42 This is the best party I've ever seen on Time Team. This is one of the best parties I have ever seen on television.

[@youngscotsman]

Tony even said himself it was a good hangover and great evening in an interview

[@FreeFallingAir]

I adore these old episodes

[@bethbartlett5692]

"A sort of Sociology Archaeology of "Time Team", perspective ": In the 2nd episode: 1:18:50 --> a bit challenging to follow, they are talking on top of each other and Corenza's voice, more high pitch, shrills, cuts through, staking her point ... reminding me how reflective this is of the early shows, before Tony took his role to a higher level of "Direction", a necessary point of clarity for the flow and points of each Show's Subjects. The Production certainly Evolved, and that was supportive of its overall Successes.

[@johnryan4454]

I was going to make the same point about Tony's voice.

[@BrianandMoe]

Appreciate Tony’s recaps , always pulls the evidence together for us!

[@quinnabun1173]

In New Zealand somewhere I was when very young with my Mother & Aunty,Was a beautiful grass field & when walking we came across a hole in the ground/field that appeared to be a great fall into a hollow cave type system.In there once we went down& around to try& find the opening was at least possibly 3or more sheep bones just directly under the hope above.So in other words they all at some point naturally fell in. Was fascinating as a child.Cant for the life of me recall where this was.South Island is the most I know.

[@joanscott8698]

Happy Christmas Time Team 🎄!!!!!

[@gumshoe2273]

Some episodes were better than others, but I enjoyed them all. I think what made some better than others in my mind was just personal interest in the area of the dig and era.

[@joesanchez979]

Excellent episode 😊

[@ivenothumbs]

Even though Sir Tony Robinson is British he should still be considered a national treasure

[@kurisensei]

This sentence is so confusing to me

[@Charlie.M.Green1905]

@@kurisensei national treasure is usually used in an American context... If that helps

[@kaylamarie2242]

I second this notion!!

[@kurisensei]

@@Charlie.M.Green1905 no, it isn’t.

[@benediktmorak4409]

And , as usual, Tony Robinson and his Merry Diggers, sorted everything out in three day... though it is also understood, special by all the - every episode must see - viewers, that long before and even longer afterwards, it are the locals, the local geological or archeological societies, are doing the rest of the work.

[@2gulfalco]

There is something extra special about the ones with Mick ❤

[@johnryan4454]

agree. he was the original intellectual force behind Time Team.

[@chrisbassett8996]

our family had the potential for a nose like that, thankfully its not that big. however when my brother and I went to see our father in his coffin, as we were walking toward the coffin he saw dads nose sticking up and said oh no, Americas cup. and I had to check the coffin lid to make sure it wasn't going to squash dads nose. and I remember feeling sure dad smile as we were discussing it.

[@cecileroy557]

😉😂

[@leecarlson9713]

I do enjoy Robin Bush, he makes history so interesting! (This from an American who is an Anglophile.)

[@MotDoiAnLac258]

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[@glendamears3618]

Great stuff I've always loved time team and your all so young😊❤❤❤

[@jonnaosborne1832]

I have noticed something different about one of Mick's speech patterns. I have counted about 4 times in this video already. Instead of saying "... look here," he says ".... here look," when he is pointing something out. I just thought it was an interesting speech variation. I do not know what part of the UK he was from, but it must be part of his native dialect. I am really enjoying watching all of these older Time Team episodes. RIP, Mick.

[@terylou-u2i]

He's from Birmingham. "Here, look" isn't uncommon

[@jonnaosborne1832]

@@terylou-u2i I thought it must be a regional thing - and interesting that it is almost always at the very end of a statement. Interesting. I have heard others say it from time to time. Thanks for the info. I am in Texas, but I think I must have lived in England in a previous life. Would love to come back for another visit, because it's been a long time since I was there IRL.

[@AKSnowbat907]

That stone aged antler tool reminds me of a seed drill.

[@giovanni5063]

How on earth did the ancients get into this hole without flashlights. It is a mystery how people from BC did the things that we have discovered. People are the strangest creatures ever invented.

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

We call them torches and fire😊

[@davidfletcher6703]

Back in the Stone Age when Tony had hair, lol

[@rotapp7268]

Name of the archeology artist please, those are tremendous concepts right there.

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

Victor ambrose

[@johnryan4454]

Loved the bit where Robinson named the wrong time period and had to be corrected. Not the first time he tried to intrude his own speculations thinking he knew how archeologists actually go about their business.

[@j.b.4340]

1:42:48, the black soil layer is where mammoth bones are found, in the southern US. It’s a thin, bog layer, and on top of it, is yards of wind blown loess. Good times, to very bad.

[@ColdHawk]

58:29 One really has to admire Rat’s style in handling Tony.

[@martihetrick609]

I'm thinking they should do 5 days

[@leadengineer4105]

I love the host; Baldrick is just great 👍 But why do they keep calling him Tony?

[@sapphonymph8204]

Cat= not a dog.

[@lizzy66125]

still wonder who thought of the names of the rockchambers. Love Mike Parker Pearson.

[@PattyMoore-vd1ug]

Thank u for sharing so interesting

[@deelady53]

It amazes me how much soil gets built up.

[@kurotsuki7427]

This one is mostly teaching me im jot nearly as mature as i like to think.

[@radhikanandasw.6342]

Fabulous!

[@taebundy658]

I love this show.

[@Demina420]

Love Alice from Digging for Britain !

[@C0maT0ast]

The fact that the second episode shown was on the edge of Loch Finlaggan and nowhere near the West coast of the Isle of Islay shows just how 'off' Tony's navigational skills were. Him pointing off behind the ruins in Loch Lannegan is him roughly pointing towards Sanaigmore Beach lol. I'm no Scotsmen, but the only thing off the coast of Sanaigmore Beach is ocean and more ocean for quite some time.

[@sar_e_bear]

It seems that you are looking in the wrong direction from where he is standing. You can look at Google Earth and see where he was standing based on the land in the background. From there you can draw a line straight from where he is standing through Bridgend to the coast of Ireland.

[@chadsimmons6347]

@@sar_e_bear I remember walking from Bridgend to Ireland as a young lad

[@glendamears3618]

That armour is like a straight jacket😮

[@SecretsOfScripture]

Your journey is a powerful reminder of the transformative power of faith. From despair to abundance, your story resonates with resilience. May your home be filled with love, your family a source of endless joy, and your identity as a child of God a guiding light. Hallelujah to the miracles of grace! 🏡👨‍👩‍👧🌈

[@RuthNovak-n3i]

All those babies in the caves bring to mind old fairy tales where trolls, elves or fairies (with huge noses?) stole newborn babies and took them deep into their underground kingdoms. Sometimes fairy tales have their origins in real events...

[@Charlie.M.Green1905]

Sadly most do... Usually never good ones

[@John-wg6xw]

I love these shows but I don't understand the strict three day limit on these digs.

[@johnryan4454]

to add immediacy and urgency for the sake of TV., although a lot prep work was done beforehand.

[@someidiotonline9005]

its funny to me that your parents can go through the effort ot burry a child so noone will disturb them, then some bloke finds them and writes on the inside of their shattered skull

[@arthurprentice7110]

The babies were probably returned to the 'womb' of mother earth.

[@PeachysMom]

That’s actually a beautiful, comforting thought!❤

[@LynetteMcGrath]

That was my thought too.

[@Missjulie1975]

I thought Tony was joking with Stuart about the GPS helmet 🪖!

[@VeryCherryCherry]

Wow. What year was the second episode? The first one was about 20 years ago.

[@ryeblocker2297]

Reijer Zaaiger for more episodes. Mostly commercial free. Enjoy! ❤

[@adamsjerome1839]

Completely agree with Fran. The problem is that where are ypu going to find another mob of archeologists with a wealth of knowledge mixed with wry sense of humor.

[@classicambo9781]

Watched

[@volvo850rex]

love the Peak District. Didn’t know about any caves

[@evpalfy-mt7lb]

Why does Tony look young there when he is actually older this must be an old video that they put up again

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

A clone so he doesn't age between seasons

[@SuperOverlord666]

Please someone explain to me why only three days to establish some archeological breakthrough for a reason to make this significant for what end?

[@SuperOverlord666]

I want the unfettered truth.. production.. License.. contract… why only three days…

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

​@SuperOverlord666 they said that's what they are going to do and show us. Want documents look it up I guess 😊

[@elenavaccaro339]

All of the Team have other jobs. They did the episodes on their weekends.

[@AAD2698]

Why so many children/babies?? Well, even up to the Tudor age only about 50% of children made it past 5. and if these were related, there might have been genetic issues that made survival difficult. But why the cave? Might I say this is where a very wider team with perhaps an archeologist who is also a mother might have at least given the option for speculation. Come on, the guys do it often enough! A cave is dark, you enter through a narrow opening. Sound like something a new born might know? To a mother, returning her child to as close to a womb as she could, would, I think, have been a comfort. And that is something to remember. Every child who was placed there had a parent who mourned it. Even if you knew the odds of survival were low, you still hoped your child would beat the odds.

[@brenthall6539]

Thanks2noah we all live.

[@pauloboyle477]

At 54:13. That lake looks like the shadow of Phil tipping his hat. Or is just me

[@cherylwilson6107]

Why are you limited to three days?

[@carolcampbell5623]

Anyone know what all the pits are?

[@MyCroydon]

why only 3 days ?

[@eugeniastravels8954]

Why are there only bits and pieces of skulls and skeletons? Where are the rest of them?

[@shazann1210]

Could the bones of all humans and animals were carried away with water into these caves ? Having a vast variety of different species ?

[@TaniaGarciaduenas-z4s]

Rome's melon minister should be ashamed of the prison lock and a true crime of power without food, medical care there is no cure 🥺

[@jatzbethstappen9814]

The 'eating' scenes freak me out

[@primevalseeker3952]

Why the 3 day timeline??. I think there would be some damage and losses because everyone is freaking out to discover stuff in time to make the deadline for the TV show.

[@lorikulas6098]

I think it's because some of the presenters are university professors in archeology and Time Team is just their weekend gig.

[@kwlloyd7]

Why is time team always limited to just three days? I suspect that “real archaeologists“ would take another few days when that is needed.!

[@dawnarobertson9577]

Frightening cave excavation. Really.

[@JackyHeijmans]

I thought that the UK was pretty much forested in ancient times, but that the woods were all cut down for firewood, building and other uses... Hunters can hunt in the woods too, I'm just wondering, was it always that bare?

[@Dan-ow5es]

😅

[@JackyHeijmans]

@@Dan-ow5es Glad you find it funny. I'm not from the UK. Sorry if that was a stupid question.. Have nice holidays!

[@ryeblocker2297]

There were oak forest that the Roman's cut and burnt down to run the picts out. They address this in another episode. How you find time to watch more time team.

[@JackyHeijmans]

@@ryeblocker2297 Thank you! ❤

[@cecileroy557]

It was NOT a stupid question. A while ago I learned that vast areas of Europe were covered with oak forests!

[@comradeamerican4393]

That chainmail would have been worn over that gambason

[@buckaroobonzai2909]

Anyone else sad that Britain's people are being replaced?

[@primevalseeker3952]

It would be helpful to illustrate what they cave looked like 3500 years ago. perhaps it was much more obvious and without all of the overburden and quite clearly a cave. Now its just a mossy hole in the ground.

[@101bravohotel6]

why did he say "THAT CAVE!" like that lol

[@kadran3263]

Den for murderers and thieves I reckon.

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

Really low class and uncomfortable ones then 😊

[@sahastintitli532]

As a french i always knew brittish were eating humans, we only eat SNAILS !!!!!

[@AECRADIO1]

Francoise escargot..

[@alexmendoza4261]

49 mins in and they are starting a another episode, why can't they use the 2:45 to keep working on that?

[@alexmendoza4261]

This played two weeks ago, passed like and it's gone like I'm starting all over again, this is BS

[@glendamears3618]

There's small pot holes everywhere near that cave😮?

[@dawngriffin3550]

❤

[@KAZSANable]

💙💫

[@terylou-u2i]

I wonder if the young children could have fallen in like the animals

[@alanrogers7090]

Cute, "It looks like our site is cloaked in MIST-ery", while showing a foggy landscape. Baby skull next to adult femur seems, to me at least, that the mother and child died in childbirth and were buried together.

[@susanrobertson984]

You know it is an old episode because Stewart has brown hair.

[@glendamears3618]

Simon Mears shares my sir name 😊

[@alexandergaus493]

Mud and caves. I would have lived that as a child. It's a wonder that I made it to adulthood! 😂

[@alexandergaus493]

One a bit stupid question: In the videos description it says "burial rights". I am not a native english speaker and did self-taught English. I would have thought it's "burial rites" or did they mean something different? Maybe they just got 'auto corrected'?😅

[@horsetuna]

only the first one is neolithic.

[@Nickubus99]

I wonder what Rat is up to these days?

[@chrisbassett8996]

spell check sorry

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

I understand 😊

[@mrhassell]

Haha see when they had satellite mapping of the area on the old school IBM DX2 PC's.. drawing nonsense lines on the screen.. show that was made during the dark ages of computers!

[@randomvintagefilm273]

I just don't know how morally right this is, I mean they are removing people from their hallowed ground, their final resting place. Would you want that done to your family?

[@cpthardluck]

In 3 to 4 millennia? Yeah, idgaf

[@chiararomano1818]

For knowledge?Yes. It would be nice to know if people learned something from my burial .

[@brawlerarm7104]

so bones the age of baldric

[@brenthall6539]

The Lord is my Shepard I shall not want.

[@chiararomano1818]

?

[@PeasantsRevolt]

Someone should DNA test the bones to see if they have any living relatives

[@PeachysMom]

I agree! Or at least to determine what their relationships are to each other. They’ve done that recently on a barrow much further south and the relationships between the individuals interred are just fascinating.

[@vincentrandles8105]

How hard is it to say "Geophysical" there "Tone!?"

[@WoolleyVeromca-f7d]

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[@taebundy658]

Tony is a star……

[@markdavis3905]

Must be nice to have a buisness meeting after work drinking a pint or two or wine discussing tomorrow's digs! DON'T get in Phil's trench.