Time Team S13E02 Villas Out OF Mole hills Withington,Gloucestershire

Withington, in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, sits in an officially designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - and was once the home of a grand Roman villa.
Time Team's interest in the site didn't stop with this villa. Large quantities of Roman tiles and tesserae (mosaic pieces) have been brought to the surface in recent years by mole activity, and local archaeologist Roger Box has called in the Team to investigate.

[@mamavswild]

I NEVER find Roman tiles in my backyard 😞, or Norman castles, Saxon burials, not even medieval buildings! (Some of it may have to do with living in Colorado)

[@alanbuban9020]

what do you find of the Ute, Anasazi or the Spanish presence?

[@Giselle1960]

Wild Mountain Gwendy lol

[@PaigeDWinter]

Same here in my tiny yard in Florida. Maybe we should start an I'm Jealous Of British Backyard Findings Anonymous meeting?

[@CanChikMay]

Any dino bones?

[@monicacausey1889]

Think you have nailed the reason why. 😅

[@katmandudawn8417]

I love this show, the history, the enthusiasm, the easy company, and the friendly teasing. It is lovely and a great escape from this stressful hate filled time. I'd love to be on site with them. But having said that watching this makes my knees hurt. I could not do the squatting and kneeling. I will have to remain an armchair archeologist.

[@charlesharper2357]

True...you see poor Phil struggling in later episodes.

[@antonyandrerenaissanceart977]

program lasted 20 years...someone was doing something right! brought the public and viewers closer to understanding archeology and history of u.k.

[@MontyCantsin5]

And then certain producers at C4 (twats) decided to alter the format and ruined the whole thing. A real tragedy.

[@JohnP538]

In season 15, Channel 4 moved the final production from London to Cardiff and hired a whole new production team. That's when the asinine music, and new "youthful" personnel came on board. Evidently nobody bothered to notify Mick.

[@gwendolynfish2102]

Do you know the years it ran and what everyone is doing now? Fantastic Series!

[@Hannah_Em]

@@gwendolynfish2102 Broadly speaking, it ran from 1994 to 2013/2014, although Mick Aston left in 2012 as he felt that the format changes mentioned above had reduced the archaeological educational content in favour of being flashy (AKA "Dumbing Down"... something that, watching the later series 18-20 or so, particularly series 20 after Mick had left, I have to say I agree with). Mick Aston went on record as being pretty angry about the dumbing down, and sadly only about a year later in 2013 he died suddenly. As far as I know, the rest of the team are doing broadly the same things off screen as they did on screen; they all had (and have) independent careers in their respective fields (hence being recruited to the program), and so I would assume that they're continuing in those careers. Many of the archaeologists and other experts have also taken part in other public education projects, e.g. I happen to know that Guy de la Bédoyère and Alice Roberts (Roman expert and anthropologists, respectively), have both published books on their respective subjects, and I'd be surprised if that wasn't true of others who appeared on the program, too! One cool thing is that Victor Ambrus, the illustrator, was independently a celebrated illustrator long before his work on Time Team, winning multiple awards, prizes and accolades since at least the 1960s

[@diwi1942]

Hannah M I agree. I watched some of season 20 the other night and the music ruined it. I'm listening to music on this episode but it's not intrusive.

[@maeve4686]

What a dream job. Work hard 3 days a week & study & pursue your passion the rest of the week. TT is my "happy place".

[@lucasvillanueva1541]

Stewart reads a landscape so beautifully...

[@cogidubnus1953]

Stewart reads a landscape so beautifully...

[@carolscott7586]

%6

[@diwi1942]

alanrtment porter fat finger probably 😁

[@dianapotter8970]

@alanrtment porter I love him! He's so sweet and gentle and SMART.

[@lameesahmad9166]

Goodness!!! It looks like wherever you decide to build something in England you will find yourself on top of some sort of treasure. Looks quite complicated.

[@juttamaier2111]

It was doing John some good to get the aknowlegdement of the team. Doesn't happen often

[@johnanthonyfingleton2954]

I'm still watching the series.

[@janielaurel]

I kept hoping they'd get a chance to revisit, much like they did at Turkdean. But it wasn't meant to be. Great dig.

[@charlesharper2357]

There's a reason why it was called "The Dark Ages".

[@stannousflouride8372]

The main/first trench is here: 51°49'58.5"N 1°57'09.2"W The upper field trenches are about here: 51°49'54.0"N 1°57'21.9"W

[@123456wasp]

thanks that is most helpful

[@stannousflouride8372]

Um, latitude only goes to 90º and 89ºW is in the USA. Try again.

[@haroldkorn7647]

Stannous Flouride

[@ritawilson9911]

Stannous Flouride you a

[@stannousflouride8372]

?

[@Tocsin-Bang]

From 1994 until 2012 one of the finest series ever produced for British television. In 2012 C4 reduced it to nothing but junk TV which was unwatchable.

[@WinstonOBoogie_]

One of the best TT episodes.

[@gregcurtis1156]

Such a pity Peter Moir believes what he does I'm also from oz and if you dig or choose to explore in the right areas our archaeology and especially some of the rock art may simply date back to some 10,000 or 20,000 or perhaps 40,000 years ago mmm let me see now should we refer to it as sad No I don't think so you have what appears to be a limited and fickle knowledge pm

[@annazaman9657]

John Gator is a wizard

[@Wally-H]

Actually his record of success with geophysics was pretty poor on the show overall. Not entirely his fault, as he was doing his best with the technology he had at various times during the twenty odd years of the show. This was for sure one of his best episodes in terms of getting it right

[@JanPospisilArt]

"Can you dig it?!" Sick Warriors reference, John!

[@TheMindprism]

Dude, Aboriginal culture's one of the oldest still in existence. Sad They never get any respect or recognition by European Australians.

[@gjalameda6686]

Not in America either. Could it be governments are still trying to erase first nation people? They have certainly tried their best to erase all history that doesn't fit their world view.

[@silviac221]

@TheMindprism and @ GJ Alameda, I completely agree!

[@steveharris4958]

It's an interesting dichotomy between the obvious need to schedule important archaeological sites and the need to uncover more information from those same sites.

[@Palifiox]

I suppose it discourages incompetent amateurs and limits the amount of disturbance by professionals. Many of the TT sites are quite large. The few trenches that TT do put in often only cover a tiny fraction of the areas. It's surprising that they find as much as they do, even guided by geophysics. The case in England and parts of the mainland continent would be similar, so many huge sites, so few archeologists, that many sites will not be explored in the foreseeable future or only lightly explored, as TT does.

[@dr.douglaswilde1155]

Now Professor Henry Chapman!

[@thedrunkenelf]

After watching so much Time Team, I now have an idea that any field in Britain has a castle or a Roman villa in it or something similar :/ I live in a country with no archeology basically.

[@00BillyTorontoBill]

If Time team was on 10 yrs earlier...id be living in Britain, not Canada.

[@jeffking6286]

Sally Parker I betcha there’s archaeology all around you.....ya just have to look for it!

[@jeffking6286]

00Billy it started in 1993....is that not early enough????

[@dianadrb]

We have different types of architecture you should get interested in what we do have instead of what you wish you could have.

[@JohnFenlon]

You must live in Antarctica.

[@davidjones8308]

I always enjoy an archaeology show,time team is great.

[@ohkaygoplay]

I love it when they find roman stuff! It always seems like the post-Roman eras took a huge step backward in building structures and tech after the Romans left.

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

I do wish that Phil wouldn't scrape the mosaics so roughly with his trowel!

[@Ana_crusis]

+Barnaby ap Robert don't worry about it. He knows exactly what he's doing.

[@DanKetchum007]

If you're in the US, that's not true. I've done archaeology here, and there is tons of Native stuff out there. The same post hole structures they find on Iron age and neolithic sites there you can find here. Pottery, spear points...it's all there.

[@pgammond10]

Wow 2 hundred years wow

[@karmicpopcorn6440]

@@pgammond10 I'm not entirely sure if that was sarcasm, but I'll go ahead and say the Indians go back much farther than 200 years, though they had much more space and the archaeology isn't all crammed in one small area.

[@deborahparham3783]

Around 20,000 years worth of occupation by indigenous people who left some amazing things all over the continent.

[@eurotoppi4395]

I love this program, I'd like in Italy there was something similar......

[@kcsunshine4008]

alanrtment porter what??? Plenty of history in Italy. Amazing place. After 25 years in this wonderful country which I’m lucky to call my second home.... I can only say that most Italians couldn’t organise a piss up in a brewery and if someone especially creative managed it, 99% of the beer would disappear and nobody would admit to taking it.

[@kcsunshine4008]

Euro Toppi So would I......but all they know is tits and legs on TV. Disgusting and disgraceful... haven’t watched Italian TV for 3 years. Vile.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@kcsunshine4008 Obviously it hadn't occurred to you that the comment was sarcastic!

[@AquaFurs]

Brigid ... wow!

[@thomasmoeller2961]

Lovely discussion after day two ! 👍

[@granskare]

when I was in Turkey, we had a lot of mosaics, even a bit in the ditch:)

[@robotslug]

Needs more pixels

[@BlackIjs]

The tease! Followed by archaeological 'oohs, aaahs and CRIKEY'.

[@TeresaTrimm]

First aired January 29, 2006.

[@NothingToNoOneInParticular]

It's a shame when awarding meterage for trenches they don't tack on a certain number of 1x1 test pits.

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

Sad up in Washington USA i only find fossils an volcanic. Interesting but not a coin or pot.

[@anonthehousemouse]

I've heard that BBC is going to air new seasons of Time Team, with an all new team (very disappointed there, Part of what made Time Team great was the personalities of the archeologists involved. RIP Mick). That said, I kind of hope they decide to revisit this site. There's still so much to discover!

[@aphrabenn3233]

The plural of pila is pilae...

[@PeteMoir65]

same here, dig a hole in oz and you only get dirt, very sad.

[@JaseCJay]

Jack Hills zircon!

[@BryonLape]

My goodness...who is the blonde digging?

[@gregb6469]

Bryon Lape Do we ever see her face?

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

+Bryon Lape Do you mean Brigid? In the tiny shirt with spaghetti straps? Red fingernails?

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

+Barnaby ap Robert Oh! NOW I see her! Long blonde hair, jean shorts, white tank top. Damn but she squats nicely! LOL!

[@modusty007]

+Bryon Lape I was wondering that myself!

[@BryonLape]

Yes, her. The one at 21:13.

[@readmycomment3157]

Amazing to think these villas go back over 250 years, amazing so much survives

[@johnwatson3948]

Do they often run power line towers through an officially designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty?

[@Wally-H]

Not now, but yes, historically those awful pylons were strung across the British countryside. God awful things they are, too

[@HippyJohnWales]

Yes. but think about it. Had they buried the cables they would have destroy all the archaeology.

[@jomon723]

Geeees, They have to do what they have to do"

[@daveminor1058]

Luv u tt

[@MonaSerwin]

Glad to see, that John Gater at last made Phil eat humble Pie.

[@cogidubnus1953]

+MonaSerwin He and Stewart often do...it's partly scripted, and partly represents the interaction of ideas inherent in any investigation...

[@sgrannie9938]

They’re professionals for heaven sake 🙄

[@CanChikMay]

About the third time ive seen this one

[@ronaldderooij1774]

Three days is not enough.

[@saintboudreau1545]

+Ronald de Rooij depends on how many workers you have...........they have many . and really get a good definition of the site........

[@cogidubnus1953]

+Ronald de Rooij It's purely an exploratory investigation...serious exploration happens later (if ever...as present day archeology is fundamentally destructive)...

[@00BillyTorontoBill]

If Stewart was allowed to sort things a day before, the dig would only need 2 days..lol

[@jomon723]

Why don't they use broom on the tiles and scratch it up with a trowel? 🙉

[@malinlindqvist3455]

Because then you would just a brush full of moist clay. Three brush strokes and the brush would be full.

[@MooPotPie]

Tony: "Blimey O'Reilly!"

[@gwendolynfish2102]

WooHoo John, good for you!

[@barbmcconnaughey3070]

@10:32 Love the giggle!

[@thomassurette6118]

I love bridge

[@1101millie97]

Why is the picture so fuzzy?

[@talamioros]

This was a decade or two ago...how high-res were our TVs then?

[@jomon723]

I wonder what other archaeologist think of this ? 🙉

[@lissaallan]

We have a decent amount of respect for what they do and TT is mentioned in certain lessons about places of importance. The problem is they dig things that we will never ever get funding to go back into and that ruffles many feathers.

[@karmicpopcorn6440]

@@lissaallan is it because of funding or politics that you can't go back. I suppose that's a silly question. The answer is probably yes. I bet those on the show jumped at being included.

[@lissaallan]

@@karmicpopcorn6440 it is mostly funding, we really respect them for what they did for the profession but boy do we want funding to go back

[@karmicpopcorn6440]

@@lissaallan that's a real shame, this entire area is so intriguing. If I was rich, I'd fund you lol.

[@BryonLape]

Does Tony have in his contract to always be a negative Nelly at the end of day 2? Does he get a bonus if he can get Phil to be really angry on camera?

[@BryonLape]

Are you writing to yourself?

[@saintboudreau1545]

+Bryon Lape Tony is the catalyst and paid to be............

[@cogidubnus1953]

+Bryon Lape... Short answer...yes...where do you think a presenter gets his guidelines?

[@neonskyline1]

Tony didn't say it was "natural outstanding beauty", just as well cos it's not, it's man made

[@bardo0007]

I liked Tony Robinson much better before in the early seasons when he had that long hair and Baldrick look .

[@tinyGrim1]

This guy's voice is not good for narration. Sorry, not for me.

[@johnmoss6631]

Tata then.

[@bokhans]

Don’t miss this how was time team made: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4LXm6ZjfMmghsU

[@allieversaid]

Phil is a true Troll. His nails are long for digging. His skin weathered from exposure. The wild hair and brogue.

[@denisedaly2445]

His nails are long because he is a classical guitarist

[@charlieherron5462]

This thing about Phil's nails shows up in the comments of every single episode. I wonder at people who wonder about others appearance when they're not trying to be in your personal space.

[@johnmoss6631]

allieversaid, get over it.

[@malinlindqvist3455]

@@denisedaly2445 no, he's a blues guitarrist!!

[@deborahparham3783]

Phil is not a troll. He is a highly intelligent, articulate, accomplished, multi talented man who is passionate about his chosen profession.

[@jamesrivis620]

Blurry horrible picture.

[@tehbonehead]

Sooooo.... upload it yourself? In higher resolution?

[@blackenreed1425]

James Rivis: I agree with tehbonehead. Some episodes are out of sync, but so what? Just enjoy the content, appreciate the education (?) and stop moaning.

[@annbretagne2108]

Audiovisual a bit dodgy. Enjoyable anyway.

[@daveminor1058]

Tony behave

[@blaggercoyote]

Odd to bring water from the springs rather than the river? What about the river possibly containing faeces from farm animals?

[@colinmarble2552]

I’ll never understand why they decided on 3 days... seems rushed and very sloppy and unprofessional. Why not 5 or 7?

[@georgedorn1022]

Everyone had their regular jobs at universities and archaeological units, and also to keep costs manageable as Time Team was produced by a commercial TV channel.

[@jonnybee48]

"Thirty centimetres" - WTF...... why are we STILL using this silly metric stuff when "a foot" would do just as well?

[@thomasmoeller2961]

John Bramham Who’s foot ? Yours ? Size ?

[@martynnotman3467]

Because I (and pretty much anyone else under 50) use metric all the time. Face it Imperial is as dead as the Empire...

[@marthareis5873]

Is that a joke?

[@scarletfluerr]

British like to say their metric but they still use Imperial frequently. Just the same as we're metric as of 1975, but we still use Imperial.

[@zoltanz288]

Why would anyone ever use imperial is beyond me. That system is retarded.

[@brian554xx]

Dear reader, Please do not use "absolutely" anywhere near as much as Phil does. It dilutes the word and everything that you say.

[@Exiledk]

Absolutely! I agree, absolutely. It's absolutely abhorrent...

[@mamavswild]

I absolutely think that you should absolutely stop obsessing over the word absolutely...I absolutely do.

[@karmicpopcorn6440]

😂 I was going to make an absolutely comment, but these guys absolutely beat me to it.

[@deborahparham3783]

Never noticed Phil saying "absolutely" all that much. He does say "actually" rather a lot. I don't mind either way. I just enjoy watching Phil no matter what he says.

[@uncasist]

Tony is so negative. What was his problem?

[@cogidubnus1953]

+uncasist It's scripted...It's his role as appointed by the producer...

[@endrightwinglunacy]

Devil's advocate. If he went around oohing and ahhing, and saying how wonderful everything is it would quickly get very boring. This tactic also teases out more information from the diggers.

[@alfreddecastro4324]

@@endrightwinglunacy ok kijjk

[@ron9788]

Tony always negative

[@cogidubnus1953]

+Ronnie Jones It's scripted...It's his role as appointed by the producer...

[@xxxftcxxx]

@25:47 he can't really wear those without losing a bet...