Time Team S13E01 Glendon, Northamptonshire

[@margielewis6009]

Thank you for saving these , and sharing these

[@sheilaghbrosky]

Helen is great at research and is very knowledgeable about her field of expertise.

[@Invictus13666]

Plus she has that lovely punchable face!

[@joshschneider9766]

I do hope you meant pinchable sir lol

[@elenabaker1914]

I am submitting this comment in March of 2020, from a medium-sized ‘town’ in Western Washington, America. It is eerie to be listening to accounts of the Plague whilst we are knee deep in coping with the Corona Virus. Not only can I not even begin to imagine what it must be like to be currently living in an area that is being hit so much harder than we are, China, parts of Europe et al but the thought of living through the plague has for me, become almost surreal. Thank you Time Team for being a constant in many of our lives as we await the outcome of the 21st century’s Plague.

[@rebekahyoder9335]

Joining you in this reflection as well.

[@mamavswild]

Same here; the kids made me sad...I think I would’ve gone crazy losing them all like that. Very appreciative to have been born at the time I have.

[@edlechleiter7042]

@@mamavswild Times have not changed as much . My grandmother lost seven of her children in childhood as least two of whom I know lived less than a day .

[@mamavswild]

ed lechleiter That’s terrible! I’m so sorry to hear that.

[@jessepollard7132]

@@mamavswild That tends to happen without or little medical care.

[@TheAblative]

Thanks so much for posting all these programs

[@jcmelborai]

Reijer Zaaijer : I am so grateful you shared this program.

[@gunslinger11bravo]

I loved Helen quoting Howard Carter. "Wonderful things".

[@bethbartlett5692]

💯❤

[@edherdman9973]

This is at least the second time it's happened in the series, Mark Horton having used the quip in a previous episode.

[@janetritchie7499]

Victor is such a trooper. Going to London to draw a picture of the church using another ancient picture is really dedication to the team.

[@lisakilmer2667]

Another brilliant episode. I'm glad Jackie McKinley is showcased so heavily here - I think she's delightful with her quirky style. I'm really glad I have rewatched these. For one thing, one of the first ones I watched had Paul Blinkhorn being rude and grumpy (he was rude on only two or three in total) and I got a negative impression. To watch them again has shown me what a great guy he is. My opinions of most of the Team have been modified, mostly for the better.

[@endrightwinglunacy]

Blinkhorn is hugely knowledgeable and a great asset to the team, albeit a little bit grumpy at times as you point out :)

[@Ana_crusis]

we are all so pleased to hear your opinions...do keep us informed. How do you feel about your neighbours for example?

[@cathjj840]

I second that, Khasab. Pray, do tell you others.

[@mjrussell414]

Lisa Kilmer I'm sure they are all relieved that you now approve of them...

[@ruthbowman5928]

I see that Carenza left after Season 12. Maybe we just accept what seems to be there...but has anyone else seen a possibly intentional resemblance in the Time Team intro image?

[@APIEngineering]

Spectacular episode... it just seems to fly by! Thanks for posting all these :D

[@lindahughes2289]

4 2024. CAN NOT BEAT THIS GROUP OF TIME TEAM ! MANY BLESSINGS FOR ALL.

[@SandraNelson063]

As a Canadian, I always get a charge out of how long people will have been living on a stretch of ground in England. In this case, it seems that Glendon was in heavy use from the Romans on through to present day. About 2000 yrs of use!!! And all you have to do is just pull back the layers...Of course, I would have had a laugh if someone had come across the remains of a henge... Thanks for leaving these up. I hadn't seen this one, it was a treat to come across it.

[@thomasmoeller2961]

Phil is just amazing !

[@arthurmatthews9321]

The one thing that time team always did was treat human remains with respect. These were people who lived and died several hundred years ago . They are treated the same as you and I would expected to be treated when we are laid to rest.

[@Invictus13666]

Speak for yourself, Karen. Dead is dead.

[@thomasmoeller2961]

33:04, taking the angle from which the drawing was produced into consideration this must be a very tall garden feature. Especially, if it sits on a lower ground behind the house, or not ? The top reminds me very much of churches I have seen in Europe. I.e. St. Petri church in Hamburg Germany.

[@tehbonehead]

In the US, if you find that many bodies when renovating, it's a totally different story....

[@TheEnabledDisabled]

I could imagine

[@emmachamberlain7587]

I think the mafia might have the answer to that !

[@Publius513]

In the US, it might be Jimmy Hoffa...

[@brucesims3228]

My deepest respect and regard to the TT members for their patience and persistence in uncovering the cemetery. Here in the States it's rather chancy whether a land developer would have called someone if they uncovered, say, Native American remains, let alone take such pains over recovery. Well Done! BTW: Will there ever be a special on analysis of remain like that which the expert was doing with Phil?

[@Invictus13666]

You do know TT has been off air a while, yes?

[@lilianevanfrankrijk7490]

@@Invictus13666He asked about there ever being a SPECIAL. And behold! there have been.

[@Invictus13666]

@@lilianevanfrankrijk7490 read it again, Francis: the question was not ‘has there been’ but rather ‘will there be’. I know reading can be challenging, especially some, but if you’re going to come at me-be precise.

[@CaerdyddGoingNuts]

R.I.P Mick Aston

[@tphvictims5101]

Is there any truth to the rumor that Phil dug the Chunnel by himself? In three days.

[@spottyskunk1898]

No, it was a training project for his interns.

[@lindasue8719]

Love that! 😄

[@TheDarthMushroom]

TPHVICTIMS Well actually he did it on two days, but on day two he had to Call in sick with hangovers as Mick had been by to se the fine Stone Phil found.

[@barryeva9186]

They had a beer tanker standing by to keep him going

[@michellearohde]

I think this is one of my favorite episodes! It does seem like a shame to have to remove the burials, but I guess it probably wouldn't be practical to leave them there & build on top of them. If it was me I'd want to keep them there, maybe put plaques in the floor marking the graves. I think it would be special to share my home with them!

[@CompetitiveAudio]

Michelle Twidwell I mean no offense to Icu Alaska, but as you noticed from Icu Alaska's good reply some people are uncomfortable dealing with mortality that close. It's not a "bad" thing at all, it's just the way people are. I know some of my close friends had issues dealing with my mortality when I disclosed having my own life threatening episode which thankfully passed for now. I understood how they did not want to be confronted with their own mortality. Again it's not a bad thing, it's just how people feel about death. For some it's uncomfortable...

[@melissat3977]

+Michelle Twidwell At the end Tony says they re-interred them all. So they are all (or at least mostly) still there!

[@christosvoskresye]

+Melissa T I think the standard practice is to re-inter such remains in the churchyard of the nearest church.

[@willowscarclan]

Quoting Wessex Archaeology post-dig report: "Only those graves which were too shallow to survive disturbance by the subsequent building works were subject to excavation; these were excavated in full. Other burials, the grave for which extended below the level of expected disturbance, were recorded but left in situ." "On completion of the field work all trenches were reinstated, the burials remaining in situ first being covered with a terram membrane." .

[@iDuckman]

Building atop graves has been done. They even made a movie about it. 'Poltergeist'?

[@gwendolynfish2102]

Awesome episode!

[@33maisie]

Very funny what the landowner said when Tony queried him if his children were concerned about the bodies found at the site. His mother must be a pistol! lol

[@JETWTF]

And if you look at the size of his house, big enough that he and his family is like a marble rattling around in a 5 gallon bucket tossed down a hill... And he is building a separate house for her. Somehow I don't see his joke as being completely a joke. A bit of truth in it maybe.

[@CanuckPlay]

42:23 "Go on, have a look, what do you see?" - "Wonderful things..."

[@stannousflouride8372]

Nothing to see at the cemetery site: 52°25'25.4"N 0°45'28.2"W but very interesting looking crop marks in the surrounding fields.

[@SDOtunes]

+Stannous Flouride You, Sir, are the real MVP, looking up all those sites and posting the coordinates.

[@stannousflouride8372]

Cheers, thanks.

[@robertwbraiden]

Use Google Earth. You can either try copying and pasting the coordinates into the search bar of GE, or just move the screen around until the coordinates you see on the bottom match up with the ones that Stannous has provided.

[@thomasandersen2534]

Wonderful episode

[@lyndashaffery979]

Ty love this show

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting.

[@CanChikMay]

Seen this one already….thx for posting

[@kerrymoulding8216]

8:28 to 8:30 - could that window show the church ? or am i seeing things ? cheers

[@lisakilmer2667]

No, it's just a generic building - they would have been Bible stories.

[@erlandsjostedt3802]

Another one of my favourites

[@k-matsu]

Oh my! Is that one of the first appearances by the lovely Alice Roberts?

[@Moshe_Kraintz]

Whenever I dig up a cemetery the cops are always called.

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

Go in at night and use a dimmer light, good luck......😊

[@janetritchie7499]

😅😅😅.

[@chiseldrock]

thanks for the uploads

[@johnaaron37]

"Please, God, no more graves" lol!

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

Or garden features, he won't have any of that either.....

[@Pauldjreadman]

Just an observation but I noticed the quality has gone down from series 12. Both audio and visual.

[@Invictus13666]

Yeah, how dare the guy pirating a tv show and uploading it to a site where you can watch it free not have recorded it in full 4K.

[@Hypatia4242]

"We've got a flipping great spire here."

[@joshschneider9766]

Fitting that a church like that required an analog answer in the form of victors draw copy of the archival material.

[@WashuHakubi4]

23:00 And now for something completely different: A skeleton with three big toes.

[@paulavery4732]

I have become hooked on Time Team. I know Helen is married with children but am I the only one out there who is in love with here?

[@mamavswild]

Well, I’m a lady (who doesn’t swing that way) but she’s lovely. I kinda have a thing for Phil LOL But I tend to appreciate any man who has a chance to hold his own in an Intelligent conversation with me! 😉.

[@janetritchie7499]

Well, I really like Helen. She is so knowledgeable and sweet. She is a true lady with a gracious demeanor that is very appealing. She is also very pretty.

[@nickrich56]

... this episode posed many more questions than answers. An osteoarchaeologists dream site ... 3dozen or more unrecorded burials !

[@sheilaghbrosky]

There would have been burial records however they have been lost with destruction of the church.

[@janetritchie7499]

Good grief! Imagine finding a bunch of bodies in your backyard!. That would freak me out. Poor homeowner. I'd be afraid to dig in my garden after that.

[@marlenaamalfitano2727]

Ian is a gem.

[@blex5579]

no Cadenza- hoooooooooooray.

[@karmicpopcorn6440]

Anybody else notice the amount of anger or nastiness in the comments increased in the past 4 years?

[@Invictus13666]

That’s because of so much more foolishness, like people commenting on the comments.

[@nutsaboutnames3805]

I sounded like Martin said 'Friends in the cell', not 'Friends in the south'.

[@lauravalancy2521]

NutsAboutNames, same! 😂

[@duggiebader1798]

The stained glass windows... look at the bay windows in Rushton Hall down the road. Same Flemish windows. Same date. Then look at St Peter's, a church that stood in the grounds of Rushton Hall, long since demolished. Look at who once lived in the Hall when the windows were commissioned. That should explain why.

[@AtelierAhb]

I love intelligent TV - bless the BBC

[@lizzy66125]

not BBC,Channel4 independant channel

[@jenamyallen]

Me nodding at Stewart, completely agreeing, no f'ing idea what im taking about

[@BlackIjs]

Must have been a lot of people evicted from their homes across the country. Sad.

[@jeffinkhobar5711]

Every time I hear someone say “symmetry,” it takes me a few seconds to work out that they’re saying cemetery (with 4 syllables).

[@lynderherberts2828]

All the regulars look so young.

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

I wonder why you're allowed to draw a picture of a picture but not photograph it? Are the worried about the use of a flash?😮

[@robwatkins4929]

You should show off and spotlight some unknown music... Just as you do the known hits

[@BryonLape]

At 1 pm they send Victor off on a 2 hour drive?

[@eboracum2012]

A 3-hour tour??

[@t.j.payeur5331]

I've worked with the state archaeologists in Maine several times and I've learned that I don't like handling dead peoples bones. It's something that I haven't been able to intellectualize myself past. I just don't like it ..exactly the same way that I don't like cauliflower ..there is no getting past it...

[@y0r00]

24:09 Occupation and piss?!!!

[@grindcorenl]

Pits :P

[@rogier151]

I would love to have some skeletons in my backyard Xd

[@Gothlite-i1l]

Me, too. My ex-husband, for one.

[@panthera50]

+rachelle e. ROFL !!!

[@Fangs4DaMemories]

+rachelle e. Thanks a lot... I just snarfed water up my nose when I burst out laughing as I read your comment. :D

[@Gothlite-i1l]

+Fangs4DaMemories Happy to be snarf-worthy!

[@justaguitardude]

+rachelle e. heh, great sense of humor.. hope the next guy is better for ya. we are out there.. most of us are just hermits. laugh.. goes back to my box. rock on.

[@GrahamCLester]

Never did solve the mystery of the painted glass.

[@benediktmorak4409]

no representative from the Church around? to put in his - five p - of opinion. why i am asking, in the US if one finds the bones of a deceased one has to call the police and to satisfy them, that it is not a -modern murder victim-.

[@endrightwinglunacy]

I think we forget how smelly people were back then. They must have been acclimatised, but to us it would be unbearable :)

[@TeresaTrimm]

First aired January 22, 2006.

[@mamavswild]

‘Every builder’s worst nightmare- bodies in the backyard’. 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Ah, England. If a builder found a body in our backyard in the US, we would: A) Scream B) pass out C) dial 911 Not necessarily in that order.

[@Invictus13666]

Actually none of those things, although legally the police should be called. Please don’t post bullshit simply because you wish attention.

[@yeoldeyoungin9745]

@@Invictus13666 You’re so lackluster you cannot even tell when someone is making a joke. You must be fun at parties…you even liked your own comment because who on earth besides someone as dour as you could not tell when someone is being lighthearted. And your comment history is just as nasty as this one.

[@Invictus13666]

@@yeoldeyoungin9745 I don’t like my own comments, kiddo. Now toodle-ooo, off you go.

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

Or renegotiate the fee to see nothing an keep going 😅

[@mamavswild]

@@Invictus13666 Wow you have a pathological inability to understand a joke!

[@glutinousmaximus]

Grave joke: - How much does a cremation earn?

[@noremorsewoodworking2258]

That joke was a bit potty......

[@BryonLape]

Seems these poor people have been disturbed in their slumber off and on for centuries.

[@Invictus13666]

Slumber? They’re dead.

[@craiggauger9710]

Do they ever do DNA testing on the remains to determine from whence they came?

[@vincewhite5087]

Phil always has pouches on his belt. Wonder what he keeps in them?

[@alanatolstad4824]

I think he has dental tools for fine work...I'd like to know what Mick carries in the bag over his shoulder in so many of the episodes...and I'm wondering if it's the walkie-talkie they use to communicate across distant sites?

[@thomasmoeller2961]

A new hat....

[@vincerussett7922]

Mick's bag usually had the camera and accessories (lenses and so on) that he carried. He never used a digital camera, and used transparency film, and a slide projector when giving talks (he never used Powerpoint or similar either). I know this because on more than one occasion when he was giving talks to local groups, I was the person who had to manually change the slide when Mick said 'Next!'. I often got so fascinated by what he was saying that he'd have to say it twice.

[@MelissaThompson432]

@@vincerussett7922 The thing I like best about Mick, in retrospect (I never knew he existed until after his death) is the cheerful, charming way he had of doing exactly what he wanted the majority of the time.... I have a feeling I would have been a willing participant if given the chance.

[@Invictus13666]

@@MelissaThompson432 he never was. His whole life was academia. Participating means watching others work.

[@rebeccaleevalley2567]

Poltergeist. The movie?

[@mamavswild]

Yeah there’s bodies popping all over the place on this one- as an American I’m sitting here like 😟😟😟

[@howmuchbsisthis]

listening to Tony talking it sounds like he must have just got new teeth lol

[@xr6lad]

Actually sounds like he has them removed and the. New ones not in yet. The way he 'sucks' his lips in not wanting to show he lack of teeth.

[@lisakilmer2667]

No, it's distortion in the sound track. Everyone sounds like they have a lisp, which they don't (if you watch another episode).

[@christinehaynes1694]

Z

[@englishmaninfrance661]

dieyng at 3 or for 4 , so sad , no life at all

[@matabeleman]

I wish they would lay off showing the remains of children,,,

[@johnmoss6631]

Fast forward then.

[@kisdejawatchers8443]

comparing a peasant's 18 hour a da y 6 days a week and cows sheep pigs chickens need tending to even on sunday , never mind a lord's orders...not enough to eat but peasant women had to cook 7 days a week incl making bread, to a spoiled archeologist that works 3 days a week maybe 8 hours a day food preprepared and included and drinks all day and boozing every evening at the host or pub for free = do you call that even vaguely similar i don\t

[@kisdejawatchers8443]

there is nothing blessed about being poor and landless it is hell

[@kisdejawatchers8443]

i wish the team showed some compassion for the poor the plague victims 50% of the pop died and forwomen in those horrible times and the slaves from viking times to victorian times there were slaves and they mostly ignore the horrible lives they had just because they were booty or POWs

[@MelissaThompson432]

You may not realize that the archaeologists on Time Team worked full time at their regular jobs in addition to TT 3 days a week. Phil, in particular, who was in his mid 50s when this was filmed, was already having to make concessions due to degenerative back issues that are a result of field work. I know all this from watching the show. If you watch him dig, he throws shovel loads of dirt up out of holes he stands in well over his height, and you can't do that if all you do is work three days a week and drink beer. I get that you're bitter and resentful, but Phil didn't cause your problems.