Birth of Britain 1of3 Hidden Volcanoes

[@samanthabyrne4145]

Tony Robinson never lets a programme down, the guy is brilliant, really enjoyed this documentary.

[@TheShootist]

he always has a cunning plan.

[@donnacsuti4980]

Wonderful presentation thank you

[@catherinecornick7940]

Yes definitely

[@madeinengland1212]

I would like him if he hadn’t come to my university and spouted unreformed marxism in the tv lounge for 45 minutes. Pretty much a revolutionary Marxist.

[@marilyncuaron3222]

You sound surprised, but his politics have never been a secret .

[@minimaker5600]

As a geology buff and documentary junkie, I believe this is one of the best I've ever seen. Kudos for the planning and execution of this fascinating story.

[@annotten7413]

Check out a series that Nick Zenter put out on YT about the Pacific NW in America

[@minimaker5600]

@@annotten7413 Thanks, I'll check it out.

[@minimaker5600]

@@annotten7413 I have just watched several of his videos and wanted to say THANKS SO MUCH for this link. I live in the midwest, but it''s in the west where all the geology action is. Wish I were a bit younger; I would take a trip there, inspired by these wonderful talks.

[@brittanylanasa108]

I'm both as well as a history buff. These videos are so entertaining g

[@clioflano421]

Tony is fab, I've been watching his history program Walk Tru history,truly awe inspiring. Time team is marvelous if I remember correctly watching TT was start the of my being bitten by the history bug, Himself & his camera man are blessed with the job that they have.

[@mlr4524]

I have to watch shows like this to keep my perspective on current sociopolitical events....and my sanity.

[@moviemad56]

Same! :D

[@LampoonGoon]

OMF SAME . . . The 2-part 'The Peasant's Revolt of 1381' (feat. Tony Robinson) is a must watch.

[@litebkt]

Ditto!

[@janetpercell3989]

I've take to watching goat farming as well, on WEED & REAP..TOO CUTE!

[@andrew-jamessmith2968]

Yeah Kinda me to love.

[@lynderherberts2828]

It's pretty neat how Tony went from being an unemployed actor to presenter on Time Team to researcher and author to the face of so many documentaries as he ages.

[@JulieWallis1963]

ODFOD! He has almost 100 acting credits and about 10 or so production credits. He has been a successful actor since the 1960’s he’s a successful writer and you are just a dumb arsed ignoramus who thinks TR was nothing until _you_ discovered him. He wasn’t unemployed, he was resting or between work, but he was a million times more successful than you.

[@johnj4860]

It took me a long time watching time team before I could shed Baldrick. However that in no way denigrates his talented portrayal of Edmund for Blackadder's sidekick and his downcast dry wit.

[@spnjaredfan]

Almost like it was meant to be 😂

[@quinbenson6485]

Unemployed is the ground state of an actor 😐

[@lynderherberts2828]

@@johnj4860 It was because of Time Team and the many comments about Baldrick that lead me to watch the Black Adder. 😄

[@garylawlor2288]

Love Tony Robinson in everything he does. What a legend. I especially enjoy Time Team. Great show 👍

[@tipthetube3219]

Don't forget Baldrick!

[@slightlygrumpy]

Playaway!

[@turbotdi5190]

I'm 33 and grew up with my old man watching timeteam .....works out the apple didn't fall far from the tree .

[@altareggo]

GOTTA love this guy's skill at making Completely Delightful Documentaries!!! He takes a full-bore, no-holds-barred hands-on approach, going to where things happened, climbing mountains in the cold Scottish rain, getting down and dirty in any and all ways possible and speaking in SUCH an articulate, well informed, logical and entertaining manner. Right up there with Attenborough!!!

[@uptonmanor]

More gripping speak than Attenborough

[@veritas41photo]

Wow! Not only a good script, but great special effects as well! Thanks, Tony! More than 50 years ago, when Skye was much less polluted by tourist hordes, I spent several nights in a small guest house; its small windows looked across the bay at the Black Cuillins. I have never since seen such a beautifully eerie sight!

[@honestcommenterseany441]

Didn’t know Baldrik was so clever and entertaining. 😜🇬🇧

[@delfine7163]

You could add resourceful, because he succeeded in climbing higher, and deserves his popularity.

[@Derek_S]

Having already lived in our house in Cambridgeshire for twenty years, I was surprised to discover from a local history book some years ago it's actually on the lower slopes of a long extinct volcano. It doesn't look much like a volcano now as the top was sliced off during the various ice ages, leaving just a plateau where the village of Warboys is now. That's surrounded by gentle slopes leading to the low lying areas all around it in every direction. To the north and east are the fens, which are made up of peaty soil. To the south and west where we live, are heavy clays soils made from sediment formed by glaciers depositing ground up rock dust. It's all very logical now I know how it came to be.

[@johnp8131]

Went into the White Hart in Warboys recently after it re-opened. I asked the locals about this as it had just been on the tele'. None had a clue? In fact only one could remember the 'Time Team' dig there a dozen years ago?

[@frederickbowdler8169]

look for gold😅😅😊

[@bowiedoctor9156]

Sorry, I spat my beer out at 'Katherine Goodenough' - never heard that surname before. Love it!

[@JamesH0420]

LOL same ... thought for a moment I was watching James Bond film!

[@oldladywhocares3223]

I live in Eastern Washington State. The whole Inland Empire was a great big belch of molten basalt which occurred over millions of years. It is one of the most interesting geologies on earth. We still have active volcanoes, witness Mt St Helens in 1980 on the western shore. We are part of the Pacific Rim. I live in Spokane where I can look out my window and see the bare basalt and evidence of the great Glacial Lake Missoula cataclysmic flood, another great geologic event unaccepted when it was realized. My mother's side of the family came from Scotland so I watch these shows with great interest as they give me more understanding of my roots.

[@andrewmunz1639]

and today is cold and wet

[@annotten7413]

Check out the series on YT that Nick Zenter put up - it’s one of the best I’ve ever seen

[@bobgreene2892]

Thank you, Reijer, for posting a fascinating documentary. Most have no idea how the British isles were formed, and do not even suspect its volcanic origins. Here is a geology lesson of sufficient length and detail that might serve as a basic geology course.

[@thomashaney1360]

Read the previous program and learn how the British islands were separated from Europe.

[@amethyst5538]

Tony Robinson has fascinated me for years. It helps that his voice conveys his enthusiasm. I have learned much from him over the years.

[@joaniejett7189]

I loved volcanology in college and this is so very fascinating You can go years picking rocks up and not realizing what you have in hand, and how old these artifacts are! Excellent!!

[@brucedeane8]

an international treasure that Tony Robinson ... there is something magical about a country that produces people like Tony Robinson and David Attenborough ( to mention just two ) ... thank you Britain

[@lzszl]

"We would have been..." yeah great narration... what a treasure, filled with unoriginality and compelling stupidity

[@brucedeane8]

and izszl do please tell me , given that you have such a low opinion of Robinson, what are your achievements ? ... please tell so we can all stand back in awe of what you have contributed ... or are you one of those armchair nobodies who bravely snipes at those who make a contribution without having actually done anything meaningful themselves ... grow up you gutless pig

[@BoatingBiker]

Tony Robinson and Attenborough in the same breath? Get real!!

[@lzszl]

@alanrtment porter content is interesting, people are compelling. Albeit a character can be interesting, hence we may say content of ones character. I find this man to be very uninteresting and talking down, which, like all other things i have stated here, is my opinion. Surely it ought to be self evident to a connoisseur of thought and interesting things such as yourself, that opinions, unlike facts, are held by a minimum of one. I wasn't aware that my comments are entered into a popularity contest, alas maybe you can enlighten me as to how youtube comments really work.

[@Headwind-1]

Well I always enjoy Tony's work I never care what others think

[@lindasue8719]

😮 Volcanos and Britain! Two of my most favourite things! 💗

[@gangstagrandma]

Fascinating. I always wondered how my country formed. The footage and narrative were captivating. Thank you. I really should visit Edinburgh!

[@DieFlabbergast]

"Legend has it that, whenever he came to Edinburgh, he stayed at his favourite brothel." I like him already.

[@TheWaveGoodbye-Music]

DieFlabbergast reading this before I seen the scene I thought you meant Tony went xD

[@rogerhearn7109]

DieFlabbergast I think what you have to understand is he was a cat lover, he stayed there because he was surrounded by pussy's day and night

[@BazAdams-]

Snowdonia National Park & Mt Snowdon itself are simply breathtaking, I climbed it twice via the Watkins path. Probably one of the best experiences ever, getting to the top and visiting the shop for a beer after a hard walk is worth it everytime. Hopefully when I'm back in shape I shall do it again =)

[@Wombat1916]

Jamie Baker Back in the later 1960s I climbed up Snowdon quite a few times, many times up Crib Goch and once up the Miner's Track. Once in 1968 we did the horseshoe - up Crib Goch to the summit and down the other side of Llyn Llydaw.

[@effyleven]

Excellent documentary... giving a new perspective. And Tony Robinson is great, isn't he? Educating us is all part of his "cunning plan."

[@viv1921]

Most excellent x

[@fatjackjack5416]

Cunning plan?

[@boy2scout]

Once again the Scotts step up and pioneer new science in this case Hutton invented modern geology

[@51WCDodge]

Inevitable reference to Tony Robinson's part Baldrick in the Black Adder series with Rowan Atkinson. Baldrick was the dumb peaseant who to get his master out of trouble always had a totally bizzare 'Cunning Plan'

[@tigersharkzh]

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[@harrietharlow9929]

I'm really enjoying this. Glad to see that there's some emphasis on the volcanic past of Britain. The farther north one travels, the more volcanoes you find. Scotland is very volcanic-- it even has a super volcano: Glen Coe. England has one as well: Scafells.

[@brianvittachi6869]

I loved this. Thank you for posting Reijer

[@shlby69m]

In medieval China, one of the most intriguing naturalists was Shen Kuo (1031-1095), a polymath personality who dabbled in many fields of study. In terms of geology, Shen Kuo is one of the first naturalists to have formulated a theory of geomorphology.

[@slhughes1267]

Interesting, the bit about the land masses that were to become Scotland and Ireland being part of what would become North America. Was watching a video on the formation of the Appalachian Mts over here--and the fact that they extend over to the Grampians in the UK and even further into northern Norway. Pretty cool, I thought.

[@shirleynitka5030]

I love your videos Tony. They should teach this in school or make the children watch these. You make sense of it & seeing is believing. Thank you!!!

[@michaelciccone2194]

Absolutely fantastic! Here in NYC,. one can readily view similar findings in the exposed bedrock in Central Park, Manhattan and in Staten Island NY as well. Terrific video.!

[@sabejreid2072]

A dynamic planet - one that never rests. What a great way of putting it Tony. And certainly we are not subject to the 'climate change' alarmism given how many millions of years it has taken to make the UK we know today.

[@WrathofWotan]

Fascinating geology lesson. Really enjoy Tony's histories. :)

[@user-gw3pr9tm9d]

Sehr interessant gestaltet, gut recheriert, dieser Film. Alles dabei was dazu gehort zur Geschichte und Entsehung Schottlans. Bravo für den Beitrag. Habe mir diesen gerne und mit großer Freude angesehe. Danke und bitte weiter so.

[@benediktmorak4409]

never knew Tony Robinson made these as well, looking forward to also see the 2nd and 3rd part. Even if i am not a Brit!

[@scottinWV]

I've watched so much British TV that I don't even notice the accents anymore. Only the Scottish and Irish differences it seems.

[@synisterfish]

I know what you mean; i have a hard time with particular American accents used in the narration of documentaries. Apparently i live in "Eeedinbur-ro" in "Scaaatland", for example...

[@lancewedor5306]

What accents? All sounds like standard English to me!

[@brucegibbins3792]

Other than professional talkers, who speak clearly, even those folks with regional accents if they don't race through what they are saying, I can understand. Once I've zoned onto what's being said then we're all good. Hearing Scots accents can be something that requires concentration even though my maternal family were fresh of the boat during the 1880's setting in Dunedin, Aotearoa-New Zealand.

[@georgerobartes2008]

Loved the word Pahoehoe when studying geology at school . I was told it was pronounced 'Pa hoy hoy' , after the Hawaiian volcanic descriptive word . Very thin , very hot runny lava and like 'diarrhoea' . The thicker , blocky and cooler lava is called 'Ah-ah' . A word used by my Mum when I was learning English as a toddler when going for a pooh ! When discussing volcanology we just ripped off the Hawaiian words for types of lava not realising what they actually meant . Not only did volcanoes form Britain but our language too .

[@gailhandschuh1138]

I love the narrations done by Tony Robinson. His voice is very mellow and lacks the nasally sound of many Brits.being an actor with a genuine interest in history, he learns his topic and is reasonably sure of the information. He will also question facts that sound unusual to him. Tony goes into these documentaries with few preconceived notions and a great curiosity for the truth !! Tony is not hampered with a bunch of other people’s opinions and therefore develops his own ideas and follows the facts.

[@michielvdvlies3315]

even the netherlands had volcanoes, they found one underneath the wadden sea

[@bernardtimmer6723]

Yes, two about 100 km apart, Mulciber underneath the Dutch part of the North Sea(south of Doggerbank) and Zuidwal, underneath the Wadden Zee. They're both roughly 160 mln years old and covered by a mass of sediment.

[@sowitandhopeitgrows]

I have known of what was an old volcano near me, and it wasn't until last summer I climbed a hill for the first time, and it was only then, from that particular hill top, I could see the volcanic scenery.... This hilltop had been only recently opened to the public, and having climbed most of the outer rim already, it was only from this particular viewpoint I could understand it so much better

[@johngoodfellow168]

Edinburgh and Nurburg in Germany are both built on volcanoes. Nurburghring in the Eiffel forest and the Schloss next door are on volcanic plugs.

[@harrietharlow9929]

There are a lot of volcanoes towards the south of France as well. Europe has more of an ancient (and in the case od Italy and various islands in the Mediterranean. current) past than many people realise.

[@chadsimmons6347]

im too jealous of Tony to watch this great documentary it must be very nice to travel anywhere and enjoy life thanks for the video

[@jameswillson7635]

Never knew that Britain had such a volcanic history. Have been up Snowdon twice not knowing what lay beneath the surface

[@antonystringfellow5152]

I used to live in Cumbria, near the Lake District, and spent a lot of time walking in those hills. What today is a collection of separate mountains was once one huge volcano with it's peak at the centre of what now is the Lake District National Park.

[@samuel10125]

@@antonystringfellow5152 it's absolutely amazing isn't it all our Volcanos are thankfully dead but this gave me another perspective on this beautiful nation of ours and it's made me fall in love with it even more.

[@jammydodger1982]

On the rock face of benlech beach angulsea you can can see old evidence of lava flow, before I knew of the volcano at snowdow.

[@Deb-vu7gk]

​@@samuel10125 We have had small earthquakes in Wales and Cornwall since 2019

[@samuel10125]

@Deb-vu7gk We've had them a lot longer than that which makes sense our Volcanos and anything that could lead to one is gone but we do have fault lines that are barely active According to a British Geological Survey “A magnitude 4 earthquake happens in Britain roughly every two years. We experience a magnitude five roughly every 10-20 years. Research suggests that the largest possible earthquake in the UK is around 6.5." The Dogger Bank earthquake of 1931 was the strongest we've ever had apparently at 6.1 I've been alive for 29 years never felt a single earthquake in N.I despite our volcanic past I'd say they the vast majority of time they are probably unnoticeable.

[@IainHC1]

Fantastic!! Loved it!! Thank you folks :-)

[@equarg]

On old Geology expression. "The more beautiful and dynamic the landscape, the more violent the geological forces that created it!

[@watchgoose]

Read the story of Noah. Not only did it rain 40 days and nights, but here's the part people forget - the "fountains of the deep BROKE UP" and that changed the geology of the earth PLENTY!!!!

[@Raz.C]

That's all well and good, but of what relevance are any of those fairy tales to the real world? Why not harp on about the way Brahma created the Himalayas? Or the way these mountains are _really_ Ymir's bones... Geology is about reality. Creation myths are interesting stories, but they have nothing to do with the real world.

[@Raz.C]

Iscah994 Everyone "knew" about this great flood, huh, yet for some reason, the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Chinese, Babylonians, etc... all managed to live through it, without the slightest disruption to any of their records. Couldn't have been a very "great" flood, huh?

[@thinkingmachine354]

@@Raz.C Pretty sure those stories are not meant to be viewed in that way.

[@larapalma3744]

@@watchgoose For fucks sake

[@YerMawIsMySeggstoy]

Knowing that the isle of skye was possibly the largest super volcanoes ( except the trapps) is in Scotland and that the grampian mountains fault line is possibly one of the oldest mountain chains in the world makes me so proud to be a scotsman

[@michaelmartin4552]

The biggest problem I had watching this was the constant referral to large volcanos as "Super Volcanos". Those are not "Super Volcanos", those are something completely different. Yellowstone in the US is one, they do not leave giant mountains behind. They leave large calderas.

[@annoyed707]

Mount Royal in Montreal is a similar eroded volcanic plug in the middle of a big city. Well, not exactly a volcano, but the eroded remnants of igneous intrusions that were part of a much larger volcanic complex active more than 100 million years ago.

[@JohnS916]

Awesome documentary on the geology history of Britain, very informative.

[@dianefowler8779]

Love these videos - thank you so much for posting them. Have watched every one of the Time Team Series and just discovered these. Especially interested in English history - many of my ancestors lived there, mainly in Devonshire.

[@liamroberts9047]

Hello Diane, How are you doing?

[@dianefowler8779]

@@liamroberts9047 Fine, and still working on my Devonshire ancestors

[@liamroberts9047]

@@dianefowler8779 That's nice so where are you from?

[@dianefowler8779]

@@liamroberts9047 A little way north of Boston Massachusetts

[@liamroberts9047]

@@dianefowler8779 I'm an Irish American from Cavan Ireland but lived most of my life in Chicago Illinois. I will like us to be friends hope you don't mind??

[@oluyinkaolutunde1111]

This is really helpful u’ve really educated us

[@brucemckay6615]

Quite interesting... one doesn’t think of the UK having any volcanic past... but there you go...

[@myriaddsystems]

The background theme music at 43.15 is absolutely heart rending. Stunning!

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

How thrilling. I feel as if I just went on a trip to England to attend its birth. Thank you and Cheers.

[@UKAlanR]

Britain.........

[@kittimcconnell2633]

So basically, Hadrian's Wall didn't hold back the Picts, it just kept drunk Roman soldiers from toddling off the Sill?

[@lekre8421]

+Kitti McConnell lol

[@Tina06019]

That's rather funny....I like your humor.

[@umbongoapg]

not as funny as thinking the sill was formed under a weak rock that eroded away lol

[@bookwormaddict3933]

I'm a stupid Yank from across the Pond. What is toddling off the Sill?

[@bainesp01]

The Godmother toddling is walking. Off the sill refers to falling over the edge.

[@HowieDaDuk]

Ya just have to love Baldric!! Cunning plans galore...enjoyable.

[@donnacsuti4980]

Great description and geological review and also beautiful video, thank you

[@StormyPeak]

So if England is pulling away from America at 3 inches a year, then in my life time, (I'm 55 years old) I've figured it's moved almost 14 feet.

[@jimmcintosh9045]

I think it's 3cm a year.

[@user-ex4bj3zy1m]

You must remember that 3 inches at year i 1:22 s not consistent. Some years plates may move only 1/4 of an inches, some years more or they may get locked into place for years untill an earthquake snipes them free

[@francescacaballero]

Can't believe they were in Edinburgh and didn't mention North Berwick Law or the Bass Rock?? It was even missed out on the map of volcanoes...

[@panspermiahunter7597]

What a fantastic piece of film this is, educational to say the least and next time I am in Skye I will see it in a very different light, unbelievable history and I must say Tony Robinson on some of the outside shots did appear to have a slight slur in his voice, a wee whiskey to keep out the cold no doubt haha, he did say twice that he was cold in Scotland, once in Edinburgh then in Skye! Excellent!!!

[@alexlewis5579]

Notes if you have to watch this for schoolwork. 1. The landscape of Britain was forged millions of years ago. Giant geological forces such as volcanism and tectonic movement have shaped the landscape we see today. 2. In the 1780’s, James Hutton, a gifted chemist, made a discovery that Edinburgh was once a gigantic volcano, when most people thought Britain was formed of layers from a massive flood. 3. Hutton found a section of Basalt that he was sure hadn’t been formed from an ancient sea, and proposed that the inside of the earth turned rocks into liquid, and then regurgitated them at the surface. A volcano. 4. Lava spewed from Edinburgh’s volcano at 1000C and remnants of the volcano are scattered all over the city, including Castle Rock underneath Edinburgh Castle. 5. Vast lump of rock underneath the castle has played a massive part in the city’s history, and in many ways, Edinburgh was the birthplace of geology. 6. Hutton discovered that the earth wasn’t made in thousands of years, but it would have taken millions, and our planet is very very old indeed. 7. Britain was once scattered across the globe like pieces of an unmade jigsaw puzzle. 8. Millions of years ago lava would have been exploding under the water, and as it cooled it would have cracked and formed pillow-shaped rocks. 9. Volcanic bombs of molten lava have exploded from the centre of a volcano in Snowdonia and landed and stuck in larger rocks below like shrapnel. 10. Stripes on sides of mountains represent different eruptions, as these were pyroclastic flows, which were extremely deadly. 11. Sheer size of ash flows covering huge areas in Snowdonia reveal it was over 100x more powerful than Krakatoa. There was a whole chain of volcanoes aligned along the northern coast of an ancient continent. 12. As the ancient continent pushed northwards, and it gobbled up the ocean floor, which then remelted, and was regurgitated as massive volcanoes along the coast. 13. Two massive continents were travelling towards each other on a collision course, until finally England and Wales crashed into Scotland and Ireland. 14. Hadrian’s wall is built on top of a gigantic volcanic sill, which stretches right across the neck of Britain. It was once a red-hot layer, insulated and trapped by hundreds of feet of rock above it. 15. Two ends of Britain started to scratch apart and magma from deep down in the earth started to move towards the surface, however doesn’t create a volcanic eruption but instead barges its way inside rock layers, producing a vast rocky slab. 16. 60 million years ago, Britain was attached to North America. 17. In the Isle of Skye, from the Volcano’s central reservoir, magma rose to the surface, creating a gargantuan volcano, over 2 miles high and 15 miles long. Over millions of years it has been eroded away. All that is left now is the black coolants, the exposed shell of its magma chamber. 18. The Island of Skye would have been just one massive field of lava. The volcano was like an unstoppable tap of molten rock. 19. The lava left almost “fossils” which were ripples that were formed from rivers of runny lava. As it cooled, the outer crust hardened, but the inner molten rock continued to lurch forward, creating rope-like lobes, building up layer after layer over thousands of years. 20. A huge current of molten rock surged upwards from deep inside the earth, causing North America to separate from Britain and Europe. This also created more sea floor, forming the North Atlantic Ocean.

[@hdog_1234]

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[@joshua123robertshaw2]

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[@dickiedollop]

Wish we had a new volcano in the U.K. ..... parliament would be a great place !!!

[@slehar]

We have a new volcano in America - his name is Donald Trump! You guys ought to get one for yourselves. Perhaps Nigel Farage?

[@ianrutherford878]

They could start with a nuclear reprocessing plant and warhead factory.

[@sbkenn1]

If God wanted to give the world an enema, that is where he would stick the tube

[@confusedbadger6275]

Oh so edgy

[@dashcam26]

I wish he had included the fault line from Inverness to Fort William - which is now the Caledonian canal and Loch Ness.

[@Scemoth]

Never knew that! Thanks for that That sounds sarcastic...I swear it's not, I genuinely had no idea. Makes me want to do more research.

[@clairekos9197]

Great show, many thanks 🙂

[@Raz.C]

Thankyou, Baldric, that's an excellent idea; A brothel that caters exclusively to scientists!! The girls never have to worry about being mistreated and the scientists can gain all the benefits of close intimate human contact, without all the distractions from their important work. All I have to do now is submit a business plan for; Her Majesty's Royal Society of Scientist's Brothels. Where the only clothes worn inside its walls are labcoats and the only bubbling test-tubes... No, I'm gonna stop there!

[@lancewedor5306]

Razar, you hopeless heteronormative honcho, brothels may also offer brothers, or bros, just saying, for a friend.

[@utej.k.bemsel3199]

I've seen pillow lava in the alps in Southern Tyrolia/Northern Italy, it was high up on a mountain side near the summit of "Torre de Pisa". The thought of what forces were needed to bring it so far made me dizzy!

[@Beautiful_Sacred_Land]

what a great surname ! Goodenough. fantastic

[@boffeycn]

+helios goodynuff for Tony (wink)

[@pigpilot7275]

I understand she has a sister named Almost and a brother named Notquite.

[@annoyed707]

Any relation to the infamous M. Erely Adequate?

[@Nmethyltransferase]

Academic Advisor: "So, are you enjoying the Geology class?" Student: "It's interesting. Not enough to make me want to change my major, or anything, but still..." AA: "I see. And how's the professor?" Student: "Eh~ Goodenough!"

[@mickcoomer9714]

Dr Goodenough is a good name, but the man who invented the lithium battery has an even better name. John B Goodenough.

[@macnutz4206]

Wonderful stuff. Thank you for posting this.

[@bfrank307]

I visited Edinburgh decades ago and entered the city by train. At first sight of the bare red rock that the rails were laid upon that soared on either side, I knew that it had to be an ancient volcano.

[@AdamStanger]

Dr. Kathryn Goodenough, the Bond girl that evil villains just settle for.

[@ericthered760]

I think you are referring to Dr. Goodhead in Moonraker. But she's Goodenough for me, Boris !

[@georgiaraynes1421]

Had this vision of the Edinburgh castle volcano erupting and the castle going into orbit.........very interesting, thanks.

[@cristinajon9293]

That's too funny

[@spnjaredfan]

I never knew Britain had Volcanoes, it’s always a good day when you learn something new. ❤😊

[@jimparr01Utube]

Thank you. Very well described. I learned a lot - I hope.

[@Jerbod2]

Bit of a shame how they showed the British Isles to be an island which drifted the same way as Europe... It was actually joined together. Britain once was the extension of Europe, there was a landbridge between the Netherlands, France, Belgium and England which eroded away fairly quickly after a natural dam broke which released the lake that covered the Netherlands which in turn created the English channel of today.

[@djnitro7756]

+Manny Calavera not to mention how the north sea was once marsh land

[@mgytitanic1912]

+Manny Calavera Perhaps you should watch episode 2? I suspect it'll be mentioned there

[@Jerbod2]

Justin Lee Sure it'll be mentioned, but they took the route of "Hey lets make it look like the British Isles already because otherwise people won't recognize it"

[@mgytitanic1912]

Manny Calavera I didn't see it as that. I saw it as the impact volcanoes had on the makeup of Britain. The land bridge and Friesland were not created by volcanoes nor were they destroyed by one, but by ice.

[@Jerbod2]

Justin Lee Sure but Britain didnt look like that when it came loose from the "continent" that America was a part of.

[@PAVANZYL]

Nice video! The only comment I have as that, despite hinting at what causes a continent to go wandering, you did not actually mention the force. It is convection currents inside the Earth. These are the most powerful forces on (in?) the planet. BTW, I live 28km from a very active volcano.

[@moviemad56]

As you must know, 28 km is too close.

[@PAVANZYL]

@@moviemad56 Why? We got almost no ash, everything blew over to Bariloche in Argentina. Second time round for them in a few years as Volcan Puyehue also smothered them in ash in 2012. They live 100km further. Just the luck of the draw.

[@johnemerson1363]

Tony mentioned that the British Isles are moving further away from North America at about 2 or 3 inches a year. The reason is the "mid-ocean ridge slowly expanding the Atlantic Ocean. That means that Normandy, invaded 6 June 1944 is about 10 feet farther away from North America than it was that day.

[@donnacsuti4980]

When in England I got a book on your island and read it, learning it has much in common with the west coast of North American

[@donaldscheer5206]

What a educational Video! Well done!

[@JustHorseyMie]

44:37 "the earth we live on is almost alive", almost??? Have you been walking around with your eyes closed all your life? Of course the earth is alive, very alive. Just look at the changing of seasons, the storms, earthquakes etc. Of course she's alive.

[@TheShootist]

magical thinking

[@larapalma3744]

@@TheShootist definition

[@jimdevlin2138]

you really have to go to skye to appreciate the scale and majesty of these mountains

[@larapalma3744]

It's incredibly beautiful and kind of mystic

[@CurmudgeonExtraordinaire]

You can actually drive to the Isle of Skye... There's a bridge that crosses the small water separating the Scottish mainland from it on A87. I drove there a couple of years ago and drove around a good portion of it. Middle of the summer, but cold, windy, and wet... At the same time, it was 100F back home in Houston with probably 90% humidity. I much preferred the weather in Skye.

[@robertshand1944]

Excellent history - pity I was not taught this in schools. Like Hutton I had to learn everything by myself with the help of dedicated geologists and palaeontologists alongwith astrophysicists. - thanks all of you wise folks.

[@longrider42]

When I first heard his voice I was sure it was Baldric and I was right! Good on ya Mate!

[@74aztlan]

Great show.

[@algobo]

Absolutely amazing

[@user-ed5jt1pe8m]

I'm from California and am surrounded by Volcanoes both extinct and active. I never even imagined Volcanoes in the British Isles. 😮 Makes perfect sense. Geologically speaking.

[@nunofernandes4501]

Wait, this is Baldrick narrating a documentary? Epic, made my day it did!

[@tyrander1652]

It's nice that we have the unusual (non exploding) Hawaiian volcanoes to get film footage for documentaries like this.

[@boblordylordyhowie]

The Ardnamuchan volcano is still impressive today as the cone shape is still visible and a village, Achnaha, is situated inside the volcano itself.

[@wayneparkinson4558]

England wales forced marriage to Ireland Scotland is a perfect explanation of why we have a very complex and contentious relationship to this day a kind of marriage of convenience.

[@michaelmisanthrope]

How interesting : the "special relationship" and now "Brexit." It were as though our political reality echoes our former geological state of being. A massive " Noramexit" , let's say , leads to a future "Brexit," let's say. Fascinating stuff. Thank you Reijer Zaaijer for posting this excellent program. I appreciate the geology in spite of how my rather corny analogies might make it seem. Cheers.

[@BeyondWrittenWords]

4:17 Kathryn Goodenough, nice name

[@michaelhoodleeder]

I want to her James Bond

[@gavindron7511]

BeyondWrittenWords ...and her Scottish cousin, Catriona Naebad

[@Hemulen40]

Explosive stuff , sheer dynamite !

[@johnmadge8132]

Brilliant,this has really opened my eyes to the ancient building of Britain,what a wonderful planet we live on.

[@micheleheddane3804]

Huttons story always impresses me .a truly unique thinker

[@mauricezammit5125]

If Britain is shifting at the rate of 3 inches a year like Tony Robinson says, I just wonder what effect it's having on the channel tunnel.

[@Katzztar]

It depends on if the land under the channel tunnel is moving with Britain or not.

[@michaelperrin2531]

@12:13 ....So Hutton was then possibly known as " THE ROCK" or "THE BASALT PLUG" in his private circles ?

[@lyndajordan6479]

Thank you for this very interesting video, I was glued to the screen learning our history.

[@liamroberts9047]

Hello Lynda, How are you doing?

[@SiskinOnUTube]

2:31 Whoever drew the line on the map, doesn't know where Edinburgh is. The end point is Stirling.

[@knormskib6670]

Anoinly, they didn't feature Scotlands only wholly visible Volcanic Plug, t spectacular Dumbarton Rock, also made of hex columns, an has an old fortress on top. (An a tiny terrifying bridge!)

[@jimmcintosh9045]

As well as Dumbarton there is Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth and Ailsa Craig in the Firth of Clyde.

[@vivianperino5006]

Eric the Red...you remember Boris Baddenov and Natasha Nogoodnick ?

[@laurencelance586]

Kill Moose and Squirrel!!

[@mariashelly4812]

Fantastic series!

[@just_kos99]

Such a great video, this is something like my fifth time watching it!

[@dave-in-nj9393]

All of Hawaii is from one Volcano. the 'land' just moved over the vent and it appears to us that there are multiple islands, not just one large volcano

[@krustysurfer]

truth!

[@vernicethompson4825]

Yes, it's called a hot spot or mantel plume. They're very common around the world. Yellowstone National Park is centered on such a plume that shows previous activity in a line going westward.

[@alysononoahu8702]

Living windward Oahu for 15 yrs

[@myearsloveit]

Big 🏝️Island no ka oi! Aloha Hawai'i Nei Aloha nui Loa 🌋🗻🌈🌺🌴🕊️👆🙏💗🤙✌️

[@alysononoahu8702]

@@myearsloveit Oahu in da running 🌴🍍🌴🍍🌴🍍🌴🍍🌴🍍🌴🍍🌴🍍

[@georgetempest9627]

Heehee, trekking up an old volcano with a huge back pack and, a hand bag. Could be my girl, I still haven't got it out of her system that on some occasions you DON'T need your hand bag...

[@shellwillis1911]

Until you fall or have an ouchie then you understand.......

[@janehollander1934]

Made me smile as well seeing that combo. But Tony hoping she brought a flask with her in her handbag...is a bit of a wimpy wish & statement. Be a man and carry your own stuff. She NOT your mommy!! Love him & his presenting though. 👌🏻❤ At 34:00 we see the man equivalent😁 done by Dr. Dougal Jerram of Durham University.

[@3leopardsblue]

I LIKE THIS PROGRAM. BUT I DIDNT KNOW WE HAD LL THOSE VOLCANOES. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST SNOWDEN AND THE OTHER DAY SOMEONE SPOTTED A HUGE OLD MASS FROM A SATELLITE MAP...BUT THERE WERE DOZENS. sorry abou the caps. i knows all around the little surrey hills were tiny volcanlets but never did much even in the jurassic. what an interesting place. seems to me they should have shown like a corrected map of the moving continents ..i rather think britain was once bang in the centre of pangea so how they figure we were inside america i dont know. good vid though.

[@Mossyz.]

I'm so happy to watch this