Potted History (Mildenhall) | Series 17 Episode 6 | Time Team

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[@JulianneTure]

If you don’t love Phil Harding, there’s something wrong with you. What a treasure he is.

[@katherinecooper6159]

I agree with you 100%

[@rknowling]

Ian, what an unsung hero. Such delicate skill with the digger! May he rest in peace. And I *love* those episodes where we get not only Phil Harding (local hero!), but also the inimitable Stewart Ainsworth and John Gater!

[@jeanpeuplu5570]

Er... To my knowledge Ian Powlesland is still alive - and well I hope so!

[@rickansell661]

@@jeanpeuplu5570 Sadly the primary Excavator Operator on this, and most digs, Ian Barclay, has since died.

[@TheFWAdmin]

My head immediately goes to the little bank employee who gets the call or email saying they want fifty five thousand one pence pieces.

[@wabisabi6875]

25:05 "I never thought I'd be taking English lessons from Phil Harding." Time Team is such a treasure, and witty moments like this make it so fun! Bravo!

[@czgator9000]

It is pronounced Mine-all according to Phil!😆

[@joshschneider9766]

the amusing irony is dna testing for a different episode confirmed that Phil is a member of the originating celtic gene line in the united kingdom, which means he is a direct descendant of the celts LOL

[@lauramatilda3279]

I always enjoy Tony's introductions, this one was one of my favourites. He is so funny 😂

[@JulianneTure]

Not sure where he got the verb of his Latin tag, though. There are several verbs for “dig” in Latin and the one he used isn’t one of them.

[@katherinecooper6159]

Tony is interesting - asks the archaeologists the best questions so he can do his speaking

[@jimmurphy6095]

"Why is it always me..." "Because you'll do it." Pretty much sums up Time Team. :)

[@benediktmorak4409]

never thought that it just could be all of them a - hamming it up -? so as despite all that rain to make it sound they all are having fun out there?

[@eshbena]

@@benediktmorak4409 You've never been on a dig with archaeologists before, have you? :) They're so happy to find three stones together, or a piece of old pot, that rain is barely noticed unless it's filling the trenches.

[@benediktmorak4409]

@@eshbena in all that rain, every day rain,rain,rain?

[@nevillemignot1681]

I do think the overall strength of the show is the amount talent on display, and how well they work as a team guided by Tony to show it . They are indeed a 'Team' in my book.

[@christinamoxon]

Victor's beautiful paintings really do bring history to life. I always understand a site better after seeing one of his creations.

[@dann5268]

We miss him ! great artist!

[@adrianhudson1116]

Imagine how beautiful it would be to go for a hike with Stewart

[@garethmason7920]

It was him that got me into hiking

[@bethbartlett5692]

I would so love one of those.

[@edwardmckenzie3402]

Or a dig with Phil!

[@lorrainearmstrong7587]

@@edwardmckenzie3402 agreed, I would MUCH rather go for a hike with Phil LOL

[@judithburke1539]

If I was a good 20-30 years younger, maybe....

[@Whoopz]

Dane here - if the Swedish equipment broke, it means it's working as intended.

[@BoingBB]

Ooooh! Shots fired! :)

[@Libbathegreat]

I wondered where the Scandiwarriors were lol

[@fugithegreat]

Ooh burn! Haha

[@nicholastrawinski]

So do the swedes have their own version of Lucas Electric, prince of darkness?

[@johannaholmgren8088]

Funny because part of Sweden (Skåne) once belonged to Denmark, lol

[@LilieDubh]

Loved hearing Phil talk about working after the Cunetio hoard was found. And the accent 'wars' between him and Tony. MYN'L - MILDENHAL - MYN'L....

[@jennymay4720]

Maybe there are mines nearby, hennce the Mynl.?

[@spacecat85]

funny that they had that war tho, considering the pronunciation of, say, Leicester or everyone's fav, Woostah, er, I mean Worcester (Im not even sure I spelled that right)

[@egallagher41]

Simply a delight, and I so miss Mick Ashton XX

[@johntoffee2566]

Saw Mick once, him and his wife. She was driving their Morris Minor through Barrow Gurney just south of Bristol where I used to have a studio. He was wearing one of his trademark rainbow jumpers. The car came to halt and an animated discussion ensued, don't know what it was about. Made my day anyway.

[@czgator9000]

And Robin and Victor.

[@badbiker666]

I am an American. I have never even been to the UK. The oldest known structures within 500 miles of me are old, but not Roman old. The Romans never even got to my continent (as far as we know). And yet, I find these Time Team stories fascinating and I love to watch them. I even get a special thrill whenever I see Tony Robinson and Phil Harding together. I know that the story they uncover will send a buzz into my brain.

[@aussiescraphunter7808]

im Aussie l know how that feels (and l agree Tony and Phil are favourites)

[@janegilmore102]

Bet time: Stewart will ask Tony for a extra hmmm 10mins by the end of this episode for One Roman Coin! Any other Bets?? ( no bets on Phil’s hair & hat. Micks jumper) And rain is out lol

[@CH1LDOFTHEMOON]

My brother's house was built in 1723, a bit before the USA was formed.

[@badbiker666]

@@CH1LDOFTHEMOON As someone who appreciates things from the past, that blows my mind!

[@mick7even]

Romans punked out!

[@edwardfletcher7790]

I FINALLY got to hear Phil say "Ohh Arrr", just like a real Pirate !! lol

[@thomasbell7033]

It is so dizzying trying to get my head around a town that thrived for longer than my own country has existed, and is now just a few acres of level dirt. Simply astonishing.

[@rksnj6797]

I love that Phil gave Tony directions to the Mildenhall I know in East Anglia! I love that different regions have different pronunciations of the same spelling.

[@JasonCliftJones]

...and the East Anglian one has a river Kennett nearby too, just to confuse further :)

[@rksnj6797]

@@JasonCliftJones LOL!

[@johnorchard4]

By strange coincidence I was born in Savernake hospital which is up the hill from this site just across the A4 into Marlborough. My paternal grandfather from Wiltshire, was born the son of a Wiltshire man and a Cambridgeshire woman. It was relatives of that great-grandmother who centred upon the town of Soham also had connections across that part of Cambridgeshire and into the neighbouring county of Suffolk. It has always amused me that to the east of Soham there is the Suffolk Mildenhall. To the south of Mildenhall, back into Cambridgeshire, you will find the parish of Kennett. To the south west of Mildenhall - and also to the south-east of Soham, just over half way from Soham to Kennett, you will find Chippenham. You will understand that to a Wiltshire lad, that was a might confusing!

[@johnorchard4]

@@JasonCliftJones Now I can understand why the Kennett in Wiltshire is so named - it is an Early English variant on the name of Cunetio. I wonder how the ones in Cambridgehsire came to get their names?

[@JasonCliftJones]

I'm afraid the answer to that seems lost to history.

[@sharimullinax3206]

Phil cracks me up! "I didn't want an address for it." In answer to a piece of Roman pottery. @5:33

[@cliffordkelly5327]

Clifford here, from Tucson, Az & I just found this program & I love it ! As a lay-archaeologist, I like how you folks “attack” a site & moreover, I like how the maps are outlined in dark lines where you are going to dig & “we” the viewing audience can follow along , also the sharing of your finds , makes one feel as if they are right there w/you! Great work , love your show , keep up th good work ! CHEERS !!

[@matt_cummins28]

Another fantastic episode. Lovely to see an old photo of Phil. And, yes, brilliant work from the geophys team. Thanks very much!

[@jakemoeller7850]

The watercolor artist is talented...love his work.

[@musical3lottie]

Victor Ambrus 🙂

[@rickansell661]

Victor sadly died in 2021. There are various books showing his work available, and many (over 300) other books where he did the illustrations. Born László Győző Ambrus he fled his native Hungary to Britain after the failed 1956 Revolution against Soviet domination. More information is available on Wikipedia.

[@SUSSDUE]

I miss Stuart! This series has really brought landscape archaeology to the limelight, at least for me!

[@bethbartlett5692]

❤

[@Celtic_Thylacine]

I often find Stuart and Henry's work the most interesting.

[@tedmendenhall507]

I am an American and my name is Mendenhall. Supposedly this is our ancestral home.

[@donaldwatson7698]

I suppose the question becomes: how is it pronounced? ;-)

[@Libbathegreat]

@@donaldwatson7698 Mendall, obviously 😁

[@stephanieyee9784]

Midal.

[@52ponybike]

The cockles of my heart are warmed just by watching these awesome characters.

[@donaldwatson7698]

Phillipa always brought a cheery presence when she helped the team. I've long been wondering why the show didn't maintain a stock of tents onsite. I could understand some of their remote sites being difficult regarding bringing extra equipment, but they've had so much rain tipping down at times that it would have seemed a no-brainer to have tents enough to protect 4 trenches, not just one.

[@macmccreadie8541]

Yuk!

[@larryzigler6812]

I guess you are much smarter than they are.

[@soniahamilton9914]

I used to o deer that too.

[@nicholastrawinski]

I would assume its because its just easier to have a local company deal with it if needed? For a production like this the people in charge of planning would contact the local tent company well in advance and have an agreed upon plan and price. Same as they would do for hotels, food or anything else really. Only haul what you cant get locally.

[@larryzigler6812]

@@nicholastrawinski Sorry cannot be done. These folks just aren't bright enough.

[@charlottehickman9101]

These episodes always seem to come up when I need them most. Thank you Time Team 🙏❤

[@grapeshot]

If you live in Britain and I guess you don't have to go to Herculaneum and Pompeii to find all kinds of Roman sites.

[@davidhoward2487]

Indeed..falling over them to this day! Latest is from Stonehenge, where it's been discovered as being even more massive!..With what is astounding, there were approx. 4 thousand people around the Henge, all celebrating the sacred sites Winter Solstice...

[@siliconjim2554]

True. We have a Roman town next to our village and even an Iron Age hill fort. Someone even plundered some pillar bases in the 18th century from the roman town, which still adorn a wall along the Main Street.

[@krumplethemal8831]

Roman Hoarder: "Ha ha no one will ever find my coin stash.."

[@mattiasfagerlund]

As a Swede, I'm embarrassed that "water got into the computer" - that's totally unacceptable! Outdoors machinery must be able to operate in outdoors conditions. A little rain!? Bah!

[@ChristophersMum]

Probably you've got that little glitch sorted now ☔...only a test trial in Wiltshire... love from Scotland😁

[@billbinder7754]

Given the laptop had a little perch to sit on, I feel it only needed somewhere to attach an umbrella and it would have been fine. Failing that, some clingfilm...

[@bethbartlett5692]

Likely the Computer was a local model. Not prepared for exterior moisture.

[@billbinder7754]

@@bethbartlett5692 See 11:56 - it's an ordinary laptop sat on a little 'table' to the driver's front right. So it'd never cope with actual rain. It only needed something to keep the rain off, but presumably still let the driver see the screen.

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

*_"As a Swede, I'm embarrassed"_* No worries, brilliant invention, idiot users! You should have never trusted us with such technology! We're as likely to sacrifice a goat to it as use it properly. {:-:-:}

[@fionadent7800]

Usually forget to say thank you. I love all the time team programmes and they hold my interest during covid restrictions and hiding from the plague indoors. Thank you!

[@user-kt3zv1cm5j]

Always a great episode when the banjo music comes out 😂

[@RobKoelman]

28:46 ...

[@cherylkurucz8852]

Time Team start’s my day out with a smile and engages my brain! I’m happy happy happy!!!!

[@marlenaamalfitano2727]

Love Matt's blush over what his coin could buy

[@chrishankin9119]

Well, if Philippa Walton had suggested to me whatever my loose change could possibly have bought, I'd have blushed, too! ;-)

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

​@@chrishankin9119I'd reached into my pocket 😅

[@Akab6]

lol Phil sounds traumatized by all coins found... sounded like the sea captain's speech from Jaws the motion picture.

[@musical3lottie]

We've seen them cold, we've seen them wet, but I've never seen them with hands completely white from cold before! (When Tony and Stewart are in the field talking about trench BB.)

[@garyshearer25]

Basically every time I watch one of these old Time Teams, I want to say that was one of the best I've seen. But this one really was! Just a great watch... Endless thanks for posting all these!

[@hsimpson6581]

Never thought of Phil as young. That was so cool !!

[@barbmcconnaughey3070]

He was quite fit.

[@anotherbrickoutthewall9237]

@@barbmcconnaughey3070 ohhh arrre barb

[@eshbena]

@@barbmcconnaughey3070 Was? Have you seen the legs on that man when he's in shorts? His wife is a lucky lady.

[@barbmcconnaughey3070]

@@eshbena We we’re discussing “young” Phil.

[@barbmcconnaughey3070]

I hate autocorrect 😤

[@katerinakemp5701]

Lol uncle Phil back on his home stomping ground.

[@debbralehrman5957]

I haven't seen this one before. This was amazing how much was just under their feet.

[@K1W1fly]

Time team digs up some ancient history of Phil Harding! you can tell he has a connection with the place, even his comments when the digger takes the first cut. Hes happy to be on his own patch.

[@lobotlando]

Time team is one of the best television ever made

[@tombumpus5596]

I gotta say I really enjoy the chemistry between Tony and Phil.. They make me laugh

[@maxdecphoenix]

phil chilled out quite a bit as the series progressed. In some of the earlier episodes he came off as quite short with the cameras and host. There were several times where Phil more or less told Tony to 'go fly a kite;

[@treering8228]

It’s funny how Phil’s accent became quite strong once reminiscing on his past in that area, loved it! Also, I’m wondering if the hoard was actually hidden by the community from the tax man? I could see them keeping the money from taxation.

[@thomasjongepier6017]

As a non British person, I always found it hard to place Phil's accent. I always assumed he was a pirate...

[@nevyen149]

@@thomasjongepier6017 Not hard to see why you get "pirate" from Phil, he grew up in Wiltshire. The classic "pirate accent" comes from actor Robert Newton (played Long John Silver and Blackbeard), who grew up in Dorset, the next county south from Wiltshire. Newton's accent is called West Country. Some Brits could undoubtedly tell Dorset from Wiltshire, but the rest of us just hear pirate.

[@thomasjongepier6017]

@@nevyen149 I did not know that, thank you :)

[@katerinakemp5701]

Well I suppose his accent would be more pronounced, this is home county for uncle Phil.

[@nikolaik4579]

@@thomasjongepier6017 I always thought he seemed like he fell out of a Dickens novel.

[@catherinedavis1690]

A brilliant episode!! The interaction between everyone is absolutely delightful. It’s such a happy story! You always leave me wanting more. Great job!

[@forthwithtx5852]

Just a Yank, but I spent a wonderful and unexpected two weeks at Mildenhall/Lakenheath in the early ‘90’s.

[@richardharrold9736]

That's the other Mildenhall!

[@maxb4074]

Philippa is awesome. Classy and very knowledgeable.

[@Bleakhouse7]

Really appreciate the explanations with modern graphics

[@carveraugustus3840]

Omg the coin horde episode!!

[@martinmarsola6477]

Thank you for another great video. See you next week. Cheers mates. 👍🇬🇧😊🇺🇸

[@johnisaaco8795]

New episode for you tube, I appreciate it. Thank you

[@benediktmorak4409]

what always amazes me, and for that i only can say - chapeau - to each and every Expert, they can say from a piece of shard the size of $$ coin, what it was, where it came from and what it was used for. excellent one does not learn that in books alone!

[@fugithegreat]

I love the pronunciation differences! Reminds me of when people are confused by the backwoods pronunciations of place names in my home state, where Hurricane is pronounced "HER uh cun"

[@joshschneider9766]

the irony of phil giving tony english lessons is, about a year later i believe, dna testing confirmed that phil is directly descended from the first genetic line of celts to enter the united kingdom 20,000 years ago.

[@JL-go3]

He would dig here till his retirement, made me chuckle..absolutely

[@lobotlando]

I like the bank idea about the hoard.

[@Art4ArtsSakeVideo]

One of Time Team's best, if only from the astonishing breadth of the site and the scale of John Gater's survey team's work. Love it!

[@lawomega1]

Always a brilliant tv show and lovely to view the substantial hoard ,in fact I feel that it was the best tv program at that time ever,we all miss it and Mike Ashton !

[@CanChikMay]

Nice job TT! Love phils and tonys banter

[@dalekundtz760]

Way to go Phil!!! Oh how I loved seeing Phil give Tony a lesson on the correct name of the English town... 😅. Tony acts so high and mighty all the time and it was loverly to see Phil take him down a peg. Bet Tony has never been to this area of England before where Phil grew up in this area. Way to go Phil!!!!

[@What..a..shambles]

Such a brilliant show 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@pierremainstone-mitchell8290]

Nice one Folks and Tony, I really did like the Latin version of "Three days to do it in"!

[@ErnestoBrausewind]

Well my best guess would be small business tax evasion, it was the spoils of creative bookkeeping of Gaius Shadius Dibblero

[@gloriagloria716]

So cool. We used to live in Bredgar village. Roman coins were found there. The kids at primary school got to dress up and go on blue peter and we all bought the first day cover stamps.

[@seanhogan7552]

I didn’t ask for an address for it 😂😂😂 classic

[@bobbennett7195]

Love the Stories. Great job you all are doing. Thank you.

[@bosse641]

Lovely episode. Phil is so funny.

[@Glorindellen]

I was going over some genealogy and found ancestors from Mildenhall in the middle ages. Interesting to see the territory and know they would have been coming across coins and potsherds.

[@tinaharrison9354]

Hi there from Hornby Island B.C.

[@Pelsjager]

This was a good one! ✨

[@JorisKoolen]

Loved to see a little spotlight on John's team and on Phil's heritage in this episode, gave it a real personal touch!

[@Mimzie-Arizona]

One of my favorite episodes. I'm expressed that they acquired all those coins to demonstrate the amount found.

[@bethbartlett5692]

Great closing!!! Go Phil! 😘 (So they're in, pronounced: "Minehall") correct? lol Live in Dixie USA, we have a town called *Rulerferd,* but spelled "Rutherford". 😁 Awesome job John and GeoPhys Team! + Stewart.

[@BoingBB]

Yes, but the other Mildenhall, in East Anglia, is pronounced the way it looks. Confusing isn't it? lol

[@bethbartlett5692]

@@BoingBB Would be if you didn't know, but I totally get it. Folks here continue a butcher town name out of pure Tradition! Ya know, they do compare Southerners to the Brits ... (The accent actually) 😁 Phil fit right in East Tennessee (Mountains) ...and They still make "pure Pot Still" for sure. Come to think of it, Phil would love Appalachia! 😂 I'm on the other end of the state, "Delta" - Mississippi River side. 🍀💚🍀

[@johnorchard4]

If you look at the village noticeboard and that of the parish church it is even written - Minal!

[@jesikebiking]

It's hard to wrap your head around the fact you found 55,000 Roman coins in one place! =====man

[@sabinedma]

I flew over Wiltshire, a dream! As a Tourist we saw the Stonehenge Museum in Devices and we met the Direktor David Dawson. In my home, in Austria, there was a exhipition about Stonehenge and there I met Dr. Dawson again!! Love Wiltshire!🥰

[@gjclark2478]

Think you mean Devizes 😂 auto correct always says devices !

[@sabinedma]

@@gjclark2478 oh, sorry🤭🤭🤭😁

[@michaelbelisle8930]

Just watched another time team . Great epsiode.I learn something new every time I watch one.

[@IronBubbles]

I would really like to see this whole place below the field.

[@mjnm5713]

It would be great if you could dig 5 days when large projects like this find come up.

[@RobKoelman]

7:59 - 8:10 Brilliant scene!

[@kuzzbillington6392]

The gang taht keeps on giving 🤗

[@conradfisher2563]

What happened to the walls? It didn't appear that there was any kind of "debris field" around the footprints from the collapse of the walls. Was this one of those situations where the wall was repurposed elsewhere?

[@BoingBB]

I would think so. That much stonework doesn't just disappear so it probably went to the local towns to build houses (or other walls).

[@eshbena]

@@BoingBB After all, why dig it up and dress it when there is plenty just out there already ready to go? :)

[@elizabethrigby-jones5085]

Watched the very first time team and have repeatedly watched them over time. The characters in this programme, makes it fun and fascinating. I am again watching the old time team episodes and the new ones. I find the new time team are quite serious, but perhaps over time the characters will shine. Absolutely! Love the programme. Thank goodness there is something that is educational and watchable now. I find programmes are so unwatchable, that I go back to watching old tv series. Looking forward watching dig 4, if it happens. 🙂

[@czgator9000]

Tony is now going to join the new program.

[@pieceofgosa]

"Quintus, bury the coins. We're being f*cked"

[@sgrannie9938]

Lucius Ludicrous 😂

[@chrishankin9119]

"... my good man, you have paid your dues, so you may go..." ;-)

[@Russia-bullies]

Thanks for the great show.

[@beebeelicious]

Fantastic episode 👏

[@borderreiver3288]

love the banter.....

[@earlymorningtwilight9119]

I live in upstate ny and we have insane taxes here too. Lets all go to the pub with Phil!!

[@malcolmformosa1772]

I'm watching from all the way down under from Mount Gambier in the State Of South Australian 🥇🇦🇺🦘⚜️👑⚜️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@MichealBurnett5]

Splendidad Excellence Wonderful Joyous 😛

[@janicehill5605]

Unique character overload 😀

[@jeannienash5249]

Great show guys!

[@robertmartyr2041]

my like turned the likes from 599 to 600 :0) great time team as i loved watching it :0)

[@czgator9000]

And now there are 8 thousand!

[@annaholiday3881]

love your art work bloody fantastic!!

[@davetaylor812]

what clown didn't say put a cover over the PC a bloody carrier bag would have done with tape to keep it closed

[@karenbartlett1307]

Fascinating! A tax-collecting center, for sure, with high walls because presumably the Romans were still guarding against un-reconstructed Brits who weren't bowing down to the Roman Empire and who posed a threat to the Roman coin horde. I think everybody on this show has a different accent. The strangest one, of course, is Phil's. When he said "Oh aye, oh, aye!" he sounded like someone I've heard before, either on "Upstairs, Downstairs" or maybe on "Downton Abbey". I imagine a lot of immigrants from England to America came from his neck of the woods! I thought he was from Oxford, though, is that near Wiltshire? And as long as the English weather holds out, or pours down, John won't have to worry about losing his job.

[@richardharrold9736]

Phil was born in Oxford probably because that was the nearest maternity hospital to Marlborough in 1950! He's a Wiltshire lad to his bones.

[@margomoore4527]

Phil was born in 1950? He’s my age! Wonder when his birthday is…could he be a Cancer or maybe a Leo? Or maybe a Taurus….

[@rrr92462]

It's so interesting. Love this.

[@alfhilda]

What a great episode!

[@rapturesoon6567]

My husband was stationed at Mildenhall...USAF. We lived on RAF LAKENHEATH for 5yrs. 💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟

[@shanefunnell542]

Wiltshire my home county love it

[@archangel807]

Classic!!

[@jeffmeyer9319]

Very high quality recording.