Remembering Time Team - Guy de la Bedoyere 'Roman expert'

[@christianbuczko1481]

It was a sad day for tv and archeology when timeteam ended. It was genuinely one of the greatest contributors to the subject and nothing can replace it.

[@emmilypalmer9269]

I’m a late in life discover of TT and I love this show. It’s actually cathartic. Watch for a feeling of peace in your heart.

[@tonymcloughlin7007]

Emmily Palmer, great summation, cathartic is spot on.

[@daviddupoise6443]

I still watch them over again. Because the show stretched over 20 years, It is interesting to watch the progression of technology tools of the show's crews against the backdrop of the archaeology. From transit, to total station theodolite, to RTK GPS, from AutoCAD 10 on DOS to 3D studio. All interesting along with the antics and the breathtaking archaeological history.

[@ericolsen4935]

Great insight into a great show. I live in the USA and can't watch 2 minutes of a sitcom. However I can sit through hours of shows like the Time Team without any problems as I always walk away feeling like I learned something new.

[@cvtsboy]

Thanks from England for that compliment about our special series.

[@meinich5488]

Living Germany and addicted to TT.

[@webbtrekker534]

I also live in the US and really have given up on US Television entirely. It really is a wasteland. What ever might be worthwhile isn't worth plugging in the TV to see if it is.

[@stardust5379]

One of the best programmes ever. Mick Aston was brilliant. What a fantastic person.

[@joshua.snyder]

Guy is a gifted teacher, even in a short interview.

[@veldawells2839]

Totally.

[@chriswarren1618]

Brilliant insight into the making of these programs. Great job, thanks very much.

[@paulstan9828]

I’m from the US and I Loved that show. Watching repeats now on amazon and KZbin.

[@richardwaldron1684]

It's thanks to Guy and his involvement in TT that I developed a love and greater understanding of Roman and in particular, British Roman, history. Before watching TT I knew zero about the amazing history of our British Isles, I'm very grateful he and the TT gang gave me push via their knowledge and enthusiasm to start picking up a fair few books and start reading and learning.

[@dropbear6740]

Great show, watching it in Australia since 2000, it;s now Nov 2019 and I am still watching it on TV right now s13e5

[@jonfox1919]

Really happy this came up in my recommendations, I've been watching loads of time teams and always wonder what the crew are up to now. Channel 4 should do a time team reunion before we loose our national treasures (RIP Mic) and their work is still alive in the public conscious.

[@thomaskeil89]

Really fascinating insight into the show, watched it all through my childhood and it's what inspired me to do 16th century history at sixth form, thanks for the video Guy always a privilege

[@lindalee7322]

Thank you, Guy. So good to see you. Thank you, CC, for uploading this video.

[@buzzard109e]

great stuff guy ...i was on the spitfire dig also and yes it was quite an experience even for a seasoned wreckologist like myself , i live in watford where the pilots late brother lived and i am still in touch with the pilots nephew who lives close to myself .

[@LeifGrahamsson]

This really is an amazing video for those of us who still love this show.

[@Barouche]

What an interesting insight into the mechanics of shooting the programme

[@yubifunyubifun6611]

I discovered Time Team last year and I've been watching a lot of episodes since then. I really enjoy the episodes that explore roman sites, and Guys expertise and passion for all things Roman really resonate with me. Thank you Guy for your excellent appearances on Time Team.

[@fredgrove4220]

I can remember the very first Time Team, and it was an eye opener. To have a program like this on TV was something that really hadn't been done before. It quickly got to the stage that you were sat in front of the tele on Sunday tea time, it was addictive.

[@motorcop505]

Time Team was one of the best shows ever! I wish it had been on US TV. Thankfully we can watch the episodes on KZbin now!

[@webbtrekker534]

Guy, thank you for this peek inside one of my most favorite shows. What you have described is just about what I imagined it to have been like. I think my all time fav is the discovery of the 4 Roman temples. Stewart always seemed to pull everyones bacon out of the fire. Love to meet and talk with the man. Very sensible and logical. Much thanks from the NW corner of the USA for a wonderful show.

[@chrispza]

A day in which one has not learnt something is a day lost. Thank you, CC, for sharing this fascinating interview.

[@michaelexman5474]

time team i discovered on youtube a few years ago and fell in love with it. A great contribution to television. i remember time finding those buckets at the grave sight very very exciting!!!

[@ben-jam-in6941]

I kinda found my true love for history and archeology the day I started binge watching Time Team episodes on youtube. I now really only watch historical documentaries, tv programs about Wars through history, and the occasional NCAA football game. (Yes I do read as well and basically about the same subjects) Time Team has turned me away from dramatic movies because they cant hold a candle to real history and especially the suprise of what the archeologists would dig up next on Time Team. It's just too bad we dont have Time Team anymore or at least TV programs comparable. I live in the U.S. so we actually didnt have comparable tv programs here until we could look up the better stuff made in the U.K. on the internet. Also Guy is one of my favorite members of the Team even if he is a Roman lover if ive ever saw one 😆 lol.

[@GrahamWalters]

Thank you Guy for a fantastic insight into the making of Time Team, Sundays just aren't Sundays without you and the rest of the team teching us about this fantastic island we live on. RIP Prof Mick Aston.

[@islandhopperstuart]

As a family we loved Time Team and we particularly looked forward to and appreciated your contribution. Many thanks!

[@rjeffm1]

Thank you V much for sharing this. TT was and still is one of the best TV programs made.

[@johnmehaffey9953]

Watched every episode and loved everyone of them

[@johnmh1000]

Thank you for this Guy - I love and sorely miss TT. Mick A - respect and rest in peace.

[@SabrinskySoIntense]

excellent insight, i miss TT so much and hope guy d l b does more of these behind-the-scenes vids, its great to hear his perspective and reflections :)

[@snacklofter]

Thank you Guy - enjoyed your contribution to the programme.

[@neilgill1639]

Wonderful insights in to Time Team. Many thanks Guy from a huge Australian fan of your input and the show as a whole. I'm sure all fans miss Time Team.

[@TheRealLaughingGravy]

I just discovered Time Team about three months ago on Amazon Prime. I'm working my way through the episodes now; I'm on Season 10. I love it, what a great show. Always interesting, always entertaining, always instructive.

[@seffectschris]

The amazing thing about time team the program is now history. But what an amazing pice of history to I was so sad to see it was finishing. But thanks to catch up I can now watch every episode again. It was truly inspiring the roman digs did it for me but I loved watching them all. I’d love to see a modern version now days now the technology has moved on. What got me was the enthusiasm of all the team. It brought history to life. And made me interested in history as a youngster interested in nothing. I’m sure we could get a bunch of guys/ girls who are as interesting as the time team to make a new modern show please. Thanks Guy

[@Celtic2Realms]

Very nice video Guy. Thanks for doing it and still enjoy the shows. Also liked the end piece about people making a big story out of a small artefact found in the ground.

[@briangarrow448]

Enjoyed this interview. I found Time Team on KZbin just a couple of years ago. It was the first series I watched beginning to end. I have always enjoyed history and the lack of good programming here in the States is criminal. Thank you Guy, from a history aficionado in the Pacific Northwest.

[@nanlee1960]

I just discovered the videos a year ago.....I was memorized binge watched..excellent program wish they do again.....miss you all excellent work.

[@davidsradioroom9678]

I became a Time Team fan when I found the program on YT. I lived in Britain for five years, so I knew about some of the places in the programs. I always wondered about how the programs were done. Thank you for sharing! It was most interesting.

[@arrangrant4614]

Absolutely loved Time Team it used to be essential Sunday evening viewing I was also a member of the Time Team club such a shame when it ended I think one of the reasons for this was because Mick Aston sadly passed away BRING BACK TIME TEAM

[@BentBaniHashimBBH]

I missed time team ..I do rewatch it all the time .

[@metclapton]

Great insight to the program very interesting and i hope you can get some other members of the show to do the same thing, Thank you.

[@Raildig]

Wonderful to hear Guy talk about the show. I came by the show here in the US by YT of course, looking at British history. I'm only sorry I binged watched too quickly. One thing about TT for me, for whatever scripting or shortcomings it may have had... it was wonderful entertainment and education on the subjects. I've gone on to read an learn about related topics as a direct result of TT. One thing I learned, my surname has origins in the Isle of Man. Heck of a thing.

[@bevanpope7924]

That was super to watch. I never had the chance to meet you Guy, but met Tony and Phil when I helped production on the Hopton Castle dig.Your description of sets is spot on...

[@CassandrajustCassandra]

I would so love to meet Phil. Hope you don't mind if I'm a bit jealous ;)

[@nimrod6603]

Guy, before time team I remember you doing a series of programs on the Hadrian Wall on a motorcycle.. Two things I love😄 I thought they were brilliant, but can’t seem to be able to find anything on the internet. Are they still around for viewing? Love your work and your books. 👍🏻

[@keikiokaaina1951]

Wow! Fascinating insights. Thanks so much for sharing this--and very good to see you again, Guy.

[@wibble_01]

Hi Guy. I live in the USA and recently discovered the time team episodes and have come to absolutely adore them. Just want to say I really appreciate you talking about the experience you had, as well as for doing what you could to share your knowledge with viewers during the series' run. I'm no archeologist, obviously, but I have come to better appreciate the field thanks to the efforts you experts like yourself and the others who shared their expertise. Wish you all the very best with your future. Cheers.

[@kathyastrom1315]

This is great-thanks for it!! I was hoping Guy would mention both Ancaster and the South Perrot dig (the supposed villa that became a prehistoric henge-one of my fave eps of the entire show); he only missed talking about the ep with four Roman temples. I always wished that the network would have updated episode pages with what happened at the sites after TT moved on.

[@highpath4776]

There are reports in Wessex Archelogy and similar for about 90% of the longer term results of findings.

[@bosse641]

Love Time Team. Miss it so.

[@OMA_MetalDetecting]

How interesting and what a privilege it is to hear Guy’s side of the time team story. I was always a great admirer of his and he always came across very natural on the show. I’d love it if he did a video on identifying roman coins or something similar. I especially liked his Edward groat clock in the background - want one!!

[@mattkaustickomments]

Guy was up there with Phil and Paul as my favorite Time Teamers.

[@fivizzano]

Very very interesting ! Exceptionally good synthesis of archaeology as the “pie chart” ...!

[@VAR_life]

Most people's experience of history is studying it at school, which was often not so enjoyable. However, history makes us who we are. The success of this programme was that it brought the lives of those it investigated to life and the audience resonated with that. Also, the enthusiasm of all those who took part was infectious. The fact that we are still talking about the programme is a testament to all the people who were involved in its production. Thank you for this insight :D

[@danielflintknapping]

Thank you for sharing! TT is still my favourite show to date!!

[@Flaxworx]

Thanks for making and posting this! I have had the pleasure of meeting many of the " key" members of TT (some are now firm friends) over the years and they told a similar story about the filming for sure.

[@veldawells2839]

What an amazing insight into The Time Team. I only watched The Spitfire episode just yesterday, and enjoyed it. The compelling tangible evidence bought the story alive. Thank you.

[@nickdelloso8987]

Fascinating! I liked this programme a lot but after 5 years since it's last show I doubt it'll be revived, which is a real pity.

[@YonderFanj]

Very interesting and informative. I'd Love to hear more of this kind of show background from all the actors involved with the show. Thanks

[@colleennikstenas4921]

Thanks for that. I was thinking finding something rare would be the highlight but you’re right. The difference between a sliver and a whole pie is huge.

[@superduperwiiuowner]

You and Time Team brought me an entirely new perspective on life and the importance of what remains that i otherwise wouldn't have come across here in America. Great video!

[@richardalexander9315]

You were an excellent contributor to the programme Guy, especially with the roman bits, they were really lucky to get such an enthusiast.

[@johnthomas7517]

I love Guy's appearances on the show, love his passion for factual history and also the human side, too. I'm very happy I got a chance to see Guy and the TT folks in action.

[@beerybill]

Very enjoyable and educational programs. I'm an American, ancestors have been here since the 1600s, with 94% of my DNA Brit, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. (Guido is a pen name.) Interesting to learn what said ancestors may have been doing way way way back in the day.

[@augydraenor1598]

Thank you Guy was very interesting, you have the calm, interesting voice i could listen to for hours.

[@fookdatchit4245]

Delightful post thank you Guy

[@rutabagasteu]

I loved watching it. I'm an amateur historian and I like watching any good show on archaeology.

[@SandraNelson063]

I found the show on YT just before it ended. I have a Classical Studies BA, so it was absolutely my jam. I deal with insomnia, depression and anxiety, and the show was and is like a fun adventure, while in bed. And I always knew what Guy is alluding to; history is about human beings. Real people, who lost their brothers in war time Spitfire battles, or who were children witnessing battles. Archeology gives us a hint, a tease, of what happened to PEOPLE. People just like us. History is OUR story.

[@judithburke1539]

Thank you so much for the insights into what really happened on the Time Team episodes. I really enjoyed watching them, mainly because Great Britain has had such a long, interesting history. That had been recorded in some form or another. The Spitfire episode and the one about the bomber mid-air crash were the ones that were the most completely documented.

[@vfranceschini]

Guy was one of my favourite of the "specialists" in time team. This video is so nostalgic; brings some manly tears to me face xD Thanks Guy for all that insight on the marvellous show TT was(partially because of you too lol).

[@paulpowell4871]

Where did you dig up that Phone?

[@tectorama]

I too enjoyed Time Team, and watched it from day one. It was at it's best when they were called in by a farmer, or other member of the public to investigate a site. What spoilt it for me, was when they started doing digs on behalf of of organizations such as English Heritage and other archaeological groups. It was finally killed off when they brought in a new "Eye Candy" presenter, and Mick Aston left in disgust. The Spitfire dig was interesting, although Phil Harding didn't like that, or the other episode involving crashed WWII aircraft. He said it was like investigating a car crash. One thing not mentioned on the Spitfire dig, and understandably so, was that they also found human remains. I remember Guy sending me a PM on the old Ch4 Time Team forum group. Explaining why he was leaving the programme, which at the time I could fully understand.

[@Musketeer009]

Thanks for your recollections. What always struck me when you were on the program was your name. So very very french.

[@psleep4255]

Ty for sharing your personal experiences. I always enjoyed the way you brought life to whatever episode you were in. Like Mick Aston: highly relatable. Unfortunately I found TT after it wasn’t on nit binge watched every episode for weeks until I felt like I could speak intelligently about British history as an American. Haha. I’m sure not but wow what a show. Ty again.

[@johndeeter4030]

The British always have some of the BEST historical programming..I loved the Time Team as well as the other series where they lived for a year during a certain area..Can't remember the name of it right off..Wish they could continue programs like these..

[@derekjon85]

I wish they would bring back some version or type of show like Time Team.....It was such a great show. For the year 2020 channel 4 and an American Network should bring it back!! ⁴²⁰

[@ianseal7959]

Very interesting in remember you on time team excellent program

[@roberthughes513]

Very nice program, so interesting thank you.

[@Baskerville22]

Napoleon had a de la Bedoyere on his staff. I wonder if he's related.

[@slicklandy7819]

He is related.

[@J100EHBOO]

A great show . Missed .

[@crispincain5373]

Good to see you Guy, thanks for the good works you put in to TT

[@penniebarryofficial]

I'm in Canada and so did not see the program until stumbling on it, here, on KZbin. From the first episode I was hooked and have watched every episode I could find. I love the premise of the show, the rich history of the UK - oh, how I envy you lot for that - and learned a ton of history/historical timelines. What a treasure.

[@NolaGB]

Always enjoyed Time Team.

[@marcblack1]

I watched T.T. each and every week, re-runs and youtube alike, where I am from they show T.T. on a Canadian channele from TVOntario, Toronto; I learned alot from this show.. I do metal detecting from where I am from, find lots of odd ball stuff but cool all the same, I do reno's in all sorts of old houses...

[@stephengardiner9867]

Here's a question! How many times, during the entire run of the program, did Tony say that he was "frustrated"?

[@chrisfoxwell4128]

Very nice video. Thanks for the insights.

[@fusion-music]

Great to see & hear.

[@orelliroger1136]

Thanks a lot for this video and those explanations. I am looking on this site all the "time team" i can find and i love it. This is also a sort of time travel to see the participants across the 20 years of the program. A question Guy, aren't you a little bit froggy ? ;) Thank you again

[@rocksandoil2241]

We loved the program & I expected it was great fun. I cried for the brother of the Spitfire.

[@Jungleland33]

I loved TT. Great characters throughout the series. That gowl Gater was painful though. I'm sure he was called Alligator behind his back.

[@eoinrogan8478]

Yeah. Really miss this show and the team.

[@mattkaustickomments]

Brilliant!! Tell us more!!!

[@davidthompson8311]

Good description about Time Team, I still watch re-runs. Do you still have the K4 motorbike, I had to sell mine, magazine editor Bob is doing well living in Portugal

[@lindawitherspoon446]

Lovely man. Very interesting.

[@kathprice7417]

Where did tony go?

[@granskare]

I do recall you from those days.

[@TheMDJ2000]

Very interesting - thank you!

[@SteveMikre44]

I enjoyed this video a great deal! 😊👍

[@Tamidewa]

Thank you

[@maryannhadley8439]

Thank you, Guy! We are coming to Britain on holiday soon and we plan on visiting some of the TT finds on display. I may have to binge watch them all...for the third time!

[@ClassCiv]

I wish you luck. To date I know of only one TT find on public display: the Viridios inscription from Ancaster (now in The Collection museum, Lincoln), excavated in 2001. There must be others but I have never come across them.

[@philt4346]

Best bit of shrapnel ever, in a most interesting chat.

[@Pauldjreadman]

In a way it was a shame it was only three days but yes I get the cost. I always wondered how you felt about it and how it worked :)

[@michaelvoisey8458]

Are you any relation to the Napoleonic General?

[@user-neo71665]

I'm american and this show was the best "reality" show ever on tv and I be damned we didn't get it on this side of the pond.

[@ruthsnyder3462]

They tried it in america. Screwed it up and it didn't last long. I don't remember how long ago that was.

[@johnmh1000]

They did sir - google time team america.

[@webbtrekker534]

@@ruthsnyder3462 Thing was they tried to make it TT BBC not America. If they had just tried a straight archeology program it might have succeeded.