Time Team S07E11 greenwich

Tony Robinson and the Team are in Greenwich Park at the invitation of the Museum of London.
The discovery of a rare inscribed Roman stone, a tile bearing the letters PPBR, and new evidence on the position of the famous Roman road -Watling Street - have the experts jumping up and down with excitement.

[@MeMommyEms]

Stewart is the field whisperer! He’s amazing in his job.

[@Voodoomaria]

Between Stewart and Phil, the team didn't really NEED Geo-Phys. These guys could just LOOK at the land and know where to dig.

[@drunkardkraken6355]

I just love this tv show, certainly more interessing than all those "reality shows" nowadays. Those folks are awesome people, dedicating their lives and time to light our past. A true pleasure to watch and learn.

[@ELCADAROSA]

Beginning @15:58 - "Phil, I've seen better holes on 'Badger Watch' ..." The interplay between these two, and the humorous interactions between the others over the years, really helped make this show great! Soooo much better than the toddler-aged sniping between cast members on "reality" shows now.

[@LarryThePhotoGuy]

Sir Tony, the show's narrator, was the "comic foil." He was the skeptic, the naysayer. This made the archaeologists defend their positions and explain their findings. He was also really funny while doing it!

[@patriciaheil6811]

Stewart keeps coming up with these terrific things. I can't remember the last episode where he didn't identify something important or correct a mistaken conclusion from prior workers.

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

Patricia Heil Stewart is a damned good archaeologist !

[@patlong3903]

Agreed. He doesn't get the respect he deserves.

[@LarryThePhotoGuy]

That little bit of writing turned those trained archaeologists into little kids with a prize. Congratulations Time Team! Great find!

[@LarryThePhotoGuy]

I see why this series lasted for so many years. The people involved have more chances than regular archaeologists (non-TV) to make the great discoveries. In one episode, Matt finds the bones of a Saint under the altar of a previously unknown 8th century chapel/monastery. The find of a lifetime! (Something to tell the grandchildren about!) And just another weekend for the Time Team!

[@zedwms]

Stuart Ainsworth is the Merlin of Time Team.

[@fazdoll]

31:30 One of the funnier bits on Time Team Roman expert: Well I know this is a TV show so I know I need to give a mini-lecture on how rare this--- Everybody else: WHAT DOES IT SAAAAAYYY???

[@Panthror]

Thanks for these, I've become a big fan of Phil "Look at that!" Harding.

[@LarryThePhotoGuy]

Oh, ah!

[@MonaSerwin]

I really love Victors Drawings. We should see more of Them. Computer Drawings is OK, but they can't beat the real thing.

[@patlong3903]

I missed Victor's input on later episodes. Sue was great with the IT part of visualizing an object, but Victor brought sites to life with his sketches.

[@darladahmen5413]

They should put them all in a book. I would buy such a thing.

[@KellyAspinall]

Darla Dahmen there IS a book: 👇

[@KellyAspinall]

www.amazon.com/Drawing-Archaeology-Bringing-History-Back/dp/0752431447

[@kikufutaba1194]

The British constable is so soft-spoken and seems to care about people. I find the same here in Sapporo thank you for posting and editing.

[@lindahughes2289]

Enjoyed, as ever !

[@thomasbell7033]

Victor's fresco proves Guy's assertion about Roman aesthetics, that they had "the taste of footballers' wives." So snotty, so funny, so true.

[@WinstonOBoogie_]

One of the top TT episodes!

[@jan-eriktrres3654]

I think Robin Bush is a great guy hehe he has wit, humor and knowledge. Great addition to every programme :-)

[@lindasue8719]

jan-erik Tørres … And that exquisite voice!

[@patlong3903]

I always love the episodes that Robin are in. He brings such interesting points to the program. I also love Stewart .. poor guy never seems to get the respect he deserves with his 'landscape' study of the site.

[@thysonsacclaim]

I love him too. Unfortunately he passed away in 2010 :'(

[@MrKmoconne]

Here here! A drink to Robin Bush! A fantastic gentleman and Time team member!

[@MultiGoldone]

He's my favorite

[@lindasue8719]

Almost 8 seasons in, and it just keeps getting better! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@MrAlumni72]

32:30 - No local kids are helping with this one - but they have the park constable digging in instead!

[@johansmallberries9874]

A testimony to the level of respect Mick had for Corenza, she was the first person on site that he radioed with the inscription find.

[@stephengraham5099]

An excellent episode. Many years ago I went to Roan grammar school which in 1977 became John Roan school. We used to run cross country around the park and I was in the park almost every day at lunch time. I still go there.

[@Chubachus]

Seems pretty amazing that those barrows survived being so close to London.

[@jamesdeanlovespunk]

There's a barrow cemetery in Greenwich Park and I never knew. This programme is just so incredible, isn't it? Mind-blowing stuff.

[@ChrisHyde537]

I just hope that Tom Bombadil and Fatty Lumpkin are around if called.

[@GaryWNorman]

Mick (R.I.P.) is usually blah about Roman Archaeology, but he certainly seemed excited on this particular site.

[@patlong3903]

I think it wasn't his specific specialty of Archaeology. In general, he wasn't terribly fond of any of The London episodes.

[@LarryThePhotoGuy]

I don't think Phil was a great fan of London either. Too much destroyed archaeology in one of the most populous cities in the world.!

[@davekinghorn9567]

Another outstanding episode.

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks so much for posting.

[@benediktmorak4409]

can't believe it. there was SUNSHINE. and Tony Robinson and the Time Team in shorts!

[@deborahparham3783]

Any day with Phil in shorts is a wonderful day. Best legs ever.

[@benediktmorak4409]

@@deborahparham3783 hope he is feeling not to bad just now. suppose DIGGING will be no more?

[@deborahparham3783]

@@benediktmorak4409 The last I heard is that he is involved in the Waterloo dig and helping military veterans with PTSD.

[@benediktmorak4409]

@@deborahparham3783 there was one episode on youtube where TT was digging with those soldiers. Good to see that Phil Harding still can do a thing or two!!!!!!

[@jcortese3300]

I love Carenza's reaction when Guy says he can look up the inscription: "Do it! Do it now!" 🤣 That is the find of a lifetime!

[@thomasbernecky2078]

one of my favorite episodes.

[@stannousflouride8372]

The temple site on Google Earth: 51.478654ºN, 0.004551ºE The Saxon barrows are still visible as ring marks in the lawn at a couple of fields in the northern area of the park. 51.480792ºN, 0.000123ºW

[@phoule76]

I wonder why they didn't keep some of the shallow-buried walls visible, obviously hardened up with concrete to avoid pinching stones, after the dig concluded.

[@Songbirdstress]

Did you find the bit of road?

[@moogiealways3016]

Phil and the cut offs! Love him forever!

[@alexjoeluke]

I love how plaster guy just has a pocket full of goat hair.

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

One never knows what in another's nasty pockets!!!!!😊

[@nealmadill2986]

that epesode was what i want to enjoy from Time Team. well done you people.

[@StephiSensei26]

..."I've seen better holes on badger watch!" Tony, you are too much!

[@lisaspeeglr3830]

every time I see stewert the surveyor come up on camera from a ditch of grass like around 36 mins. in . he reminds me of a meer cat you see of in the u.s. bobbing up and down lol

[@claudeusgothicus6453]

not trying to be an ass.. but I wonder if you're thinking of a prairie dog which is indigenous to North America.. and not a meerkat which is indigenous to Africa.. actually he could resemble either one of them since they both do that..

[@12412...]

36:50 yeah it was so funny :)

[@misterrickschannel2238]

Such a great dig that even the constable wanted in on it.

[@patlong3903]

I'm curious if they continued archaeological investigations after T.T. 3 days of possible research. I'd love to hear of Stewart's info about the actual routing of Watling went through Greenwich Park. Ya know, Stewart may not dig trenches, but His Research is as Important as Phil or any of the other Archaeologists.

[@51WCDodge]

Work goes on all the time. Though as usual more sites than money available. Most arcehology in London is rescue work as the site is being developed or altered. One good thing is the cost has to be met by the developer. In the Royal Parks, there is automatic protection, so the sites are rarely dug. The reason being to dig is to destroy, you take the objects from context, so is there a good reason to destroy now, development, use it or loose it, or can it be left secure for later study by more advanced techniques.

[@suwaidajalal]

They've accepted Stewart's information as the likeliest route of Watling Street through the park. Here's the link detailing the scheduling: historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1021439

[@NothingToNoOneInParticular]

Adored Mick and Robin...RIP.

[@margomoore4527]

This is really an awesome episode! I hope Stewart is right about Watling Street!

[@endrightwinglunacy]

- Geophys - Geophys results kinda sorta fail/ambiguous - Spend about 15 mins talking about where to put trenches - Phil/Mick comedy moment - Local boffin chinwag - Bung Mick in the copter - One trench fails, the other one is doing much better - Tony says something cheeky to Phil - Running out of time and we still don't really know - Amazing find! - Conclusions drawn - Rinse & Repeat......but I still love this show very much indeed :)

[@aussiebloke609]

It's all in the details. :-)

[@carrienania9427]

If time team ever needs a volunteer digger, I'm there!

[@johnrogers2826]

Around 24:50, a man and a child walk through the trench Phil is working in. What cheek! Amazing Phil didn't give them a right good tongue lashing.

[@Philrc]

They don't 'walk through' it do they? It must be very narrow because they step over it and even the little girl manages to do that. It is in a public park.....

[@patlong3903]

Shocking!!

[@lucygray6162]

@@Philrc It's rude of them. He didn't just amble through there. He knows they are walking where people are working, and they could have been trampling graves. The dad is teaching the little girl disrespect. People like him are why the team erected six-foot high barriers on future sites -- to keep out idiots.

[@Philrc]

@@lucygray6162 oh go away you tedious twerp

[@yvonnethompson844]

Every now and again. We need to go back and re evaluate. Classic... that's why we call them museums yes?

[@michaelmelen9062]

Phil: "We've got a superb bottom here, Mick..." I couldn't help but think of Sidney James saying "Oh, I wouldn't say that." (From Carry On Cleo, appropriately).

[@lindasue8719]

Michael Melen lol ❤️❤️👍🏼

[@lindasue8719]

Michael Melen ...and because I'm a sucker for a good synchronicity… I was just at a used DVD store and was eyeballing Carry On Cleo!!!

[@CreatingwithWinglessAngel]

Hope they find the battle field when Boudicca rebelled.

[@mamavswild]

They did- it’s on a time team special where they go in before excavators in central London and pull out a perfect well with 2000 year old wood- everything looks exactly how it was dropped, and everything covered in soot. It was burned to the ground and they determined the time to be at the exact year of her rebellion.

[@lizzy66125]

@@mamavswild do you have a link to that episode?please

[@trollmeistergeneral3467]

Who noticed the Duracell bunny on steroids, a.k.a. Tony Robinson, jogging to the car at 8:49 min? But in fairness, this episode is one of the best in the Time Team series that I have ever watched.

[@benediktmorak4409]

in all the episodes that i am watching, it looks to me that he can't just not WALK slowly.. must be hell for the camera team, schlepping all that heavy stuff on their shoulders.

[@margomoore4527]

Stewart is a bloody genius!

[@niccoarcadia4179]

Lots of very valuable silver coins! But I'm still waiting for a gold coin!

[@ancilodon]

They already found it. Excavating a castle moat on another episode. Forget which one.

[@georgedorn1022]

@@ancilodon Series 15 Episode 1 - Codnor Castle, Derbyshire

[@charmedquark11]

Thanks!

[@davidblevins4448]

Brilliant

[@Missjulie1975]

25:32 - “real high tech kit” - when the usual equipment doesn’t give them anything!

[@katajha831]

How did they ever get Mick that close to London?

[@wagoneer81]

All they had to do was put him on the scent of Roman Ruins and he was on them like a duck on a junebug... Man, I miss Mick!

[@patlong3903]

He really didn't like London much. I was very surprised he was at the Westminster Program.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@patlong3903 I wasn't as his love of old church and monastery architecture and archæology was almost his defining interest.

[@RMoribayashi]

Found almost the same view of London that you see at 2:14 using Google street view. I cant believe the number of new skyscrapers that have gone up in the last 18 years.

[@thomasandersen2534]

Love Phil ! God Arr

[@2o1745]

Stewart had his 15 seconds of glory ! Well, not the usual Stewart, the warden ! And anyway that Stewart might look weird, he's such accurate in his deeds !

[@vicmclaglen1631]

29:40 "I'm thinking Stuart we should probably whack down with this trench, you know"...if someone said that to me I would have to ask for a clarification. "Whack down", as in stop working on it? "Whack down" as in "double down", or redouble the effort? Sounds like he meant the latter. Stuart doesn't sound particularly enthusiastic about it, so it probably implies more work.

[@suwaidajalal]

"Go further down".

[@darladahmen5413]

Instead of where’s Waldo.Time team plays where’s Stewart

[@keolas6916]

There is an episode where they put him in a hard hat with a radio beacon because it was truly that foggy and they didn't want to lose him. :)

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

The pub for 2 days popping back in to throw a spanner an save the day. My guess.....

[@mikeburgess944]

6:55 It seems to me w'eve got some sort of rectangular enclosure here. How does that square up with what you're getting from the geophysics?

[@mgclark46]

I haven't finished watching this yet but that MIN AUG inscription is likely to be related to Emperor Domition. His pet God was Minerva.

[@badabing9234]

at 45:15 roughly..is that a Charlton Athletic cap he's wearing? thx

[@jazziejeffie]

Yup.

[@jeeleal5084]

Why is every video I watch on my mobile all out of sync

[@MsLeebee2]

cool tfs

[@ANTINUTZI]

... Nails on a blackboard, or pounding railroad spikes into each ear? Our lines are open ... 6:15 ...

[@CologneCarter]

Even though I accept that geophys has its limits, I seriously wonder if it really failed so often or if that was kind of a running gag, to keep the suspense high.

[@flitsertheo]

From time to time you see improvements to their equipment so I think those limits were real. In later episodes they start using radar technology with much better results. Today the helicopter would be replaced by a drone and I guess a drone could be equipped to scan the terrain to a certain depth.

[@TeresaTrimm]

First aired March 12, 2000.

[@00BillyTorontoBill]

If Stewart Ainsworth had found it and not noticed.... whoah... theyd still be flaying him alive over it.

[@behindthetree9022]

36:48 a wild Stewart appears

[@WashuHakubi4]

Badger Watch.

[@MrFmiller]

I'm just amazed that it was allowed to excavate at such a prominent archeological site.

[@mgclark46]

I just looked at google earth. I can't understand what the site is not cleared and exposed so people can see it.

[@51WCDodge]

It's safer under the ground. After all it has survived a couple of thousand years so far. A friend of mine who is a Master Plasterer (He's worked on the James Bond sets and Star Wars) was working on the restoration of Ightam Mote in Kent. He rang and asked me was I clipping any horses that winter. I said yes why?. Could I save all the hair. Even for him that sounded odd so I asked why?. Answer: We need it to make plaster for Ightham Mote. I pointed out thta the well known and respected Otford Builders Merchants was just down the road and could supply plaster by the truck load. The answer was a sniff and Can you garuntee that thier's will last 400 years? Any dig is partly destructive, so as was said, you need from time to time to revaluate.

[@Rbattam]

XD @ 2:26-2:38

[@ancilodon]

Alternatively, PPBR could stand for Property of Pabst Blue Ribbon. Buncha damn Roman hipsters.

[@kennethnash598]

I thought Temple was a curse word?

[@mykingisbetterthanyours4346]

Looking inside an animals insides to tell the future how can you know that can't just make a story up

[@51WCDodge]

It was known as Haruspex, practiced by many civillisations over the centuries, including Ancient Grece and Roman.

[@mrs.schmenkman]

What else would the Jeffrey Dahmer's of history say to explain what they were doing?

[@phoule76]

"I've been training for this for years", he quips as he whacks a girthy stick. Innuendo at its finest.

[@christianpatriot7439]

They really didn't need to dig anything once they found all that money. Up until the invention of the corporation nobody concentrated money like priests and politicians. A temple/government complex was a given.

[@joelquebec]

PBR = Professional Bull Riding? Roman Rodeo

[@cs_fl5048]

Like thumping an abdomen, or perhaps a watermelon...

[@desslokbasileus571]

19:46　34:20　39:06　43:35　44:38　45:34　😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@l-b284]

why doesn't Phil ever cut those nails? Digging in the dirt I'm amazed they haven't all broken off!

[@johnmoss6631]

It’s not to difficult to get an answer to your question if you’d do just a bit of research. The question has been asked and answered thousands of times over the past 8+ years.

[@Jobotubular]

guitar playing

[@deborahparham3783]

Phil is a guitarist and puts those nails to very good use playing the blues. He is multi talented man deserving respect and admiration.

[@lucygray6162]

Was Carenza raised by wolves? She has no manners whatsoever. (26:00) A simple request to the workers would have been so much more civilized than sounding like she's scolding toddlers.

[@l-b284]

whaaat? all she did was shush the noise - so touchy

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

She's a mom.....they are trained in the use of the "Mom" voice 🤔😥

[@chinamanjw]

Corenza 😍

[@Mossyz.]

That trench hopping Phil can get on my nerves at times

[@patlong3903]

Phil is a "Field Archaeologist" .. he needs to be aware of what is happening in other trenches, it helps him with getting a over-all view of the entire site.

[@Mossyz.]

@@patlong3903 I know what he is !! I've watched this show for years ....he jumps from trench to trench following the film crew ...

[@willowscarclan]

Did you see him walk up the shovel handle?

[@barbmcconnaughey3070]

willowscarclan IKR! 👍🏻

[@KellyAspinall]

Demand your money back!

[@yentingwang8835]

The tacky virgo comparatively fade because walk temporarily confess notwithstanding a foregoing roast. enchanting, lumpy lute

[@jessicawhitehall4150]

I've never really been a huge fan of Robin for some reason. He seems like he makes too much stuff up.

[@claudeusgothicus6453]

Jessica Whitehall - you're either very young, or very stupid.. Robin Bush is the last person in the world who would ever make something up.. he's a historian.. they live for, and deal only with fact..

[@thysonsacclaim]

Makes stuff up? He literally pulls it right out of the documents!

[@KellyAspinall]

Demand your money back!

[@cobragaming7068]

It proves us Brits do have real history on our door steps , imagine that when you walk outside your house onto a main road , just to think what it would have been like two thousand years ago , you could be walking on top of anything and there could still be undiscovered roads , settlements , buildings , castles pretty much anything.

[@claudeusgothicus6453]

LDV V8 - Are you kidding? You Brits didn't need this bit to prove you have real history.. as far as I'm concerned, you've all proved that long ago.. and it's the best history in my opinion.. everything from the stone age through now.. what I would give to live among it.. I don't know why but I've developed this irrational fear that some external force is going to come in and destroy it all one day and it makes me sick to my stomach to think of your cathedrals and castles being destroyed.. all of the medieval text and records and buildings etc.. western civilization has been preserved in European countries for all of us.. thank-you.. and don't you ever let anyone come in, get a foothold, take over and then destroy it.. because they will if they get the chance..

[@goulash75]

This is hilarious. I lived in Scotland for a couple of years. The boring old, unimportant apartment I was living in had been standing when Captain Cook found Australia. As an Aussie, I find the complete lack of interest in anything less than 500 years old astounding!

[@ledacedar6253]

@@goulash75 watching the Team unearth ancient history from a small hill or formerly known hill is quite the reality check for this Canadian. We have real hills and mountains and they are everywhere. For fun in Covid19, I imagine Mick (RIP) and Phil extremely excited to see one of our real hills though of course, they'd know there is nothing but rocks here in a country barely 150-200 yrs old.

[@Awitsaduck]

@@goulash75 i lived in a room at room at university that predated the Roanoake colony by the best part of a century. Just a decade or so after Columbus reached America. Great view but the floor was so uneven my football rolled into the corner.