There's No Place Like Rome (Blacklands, Somerset) | S14E02 | Time Team

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The team are in Somerset to investigate the remains of a small Roman villa, dating back to just after the time of the Roman invasion in 43 a.d. But previous excavations suggest it was occupied by local inhabitants rather than Roman invaders. Could it have been built on the site of an earlier, Iron Age settlement? The team are joined by Roman specialists John Creighton and Tom Moore; and Claire Ryley makes an authentic period garden. Members of the Stranglers put in a surprise appearance.
Series 14, Episode 02
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[@philjohnson1744]

Few things are more comforting than Time Team. Makes everything feel ok.

[@kaizen5023]

Indeed. I find myself putting it on in the background when I'm not sure what else to watch / listen to. Good peeps.

[@cncshrops]

Oh, yes. The worserer reality gets, the more I cling to comforting presentatations of the past.

[@meeseification]

I agree. It's on in my headphones at work. They make more sense than my coworkers, for sure.

[@mysticjen379]

Me too! Reminds me of my dad, we used to watch it. My morning coffee and Time Team 🌸

[@mac9743]

I’ve watched so many of these the last few months... a week ago the Roman coin I purchased online arrived... and I’ve already had to pull a Phil and recover it from laundry lol 😂

[@maxsdad538]

You can't look at any of the drawings without thinking about Victor Ambrus... rest in peace. 😢

[@tommyfred6180]

he was a very good artist. its a shame he is gone. but we do still have his work.

[@markhall5009]

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[@Dan-ow5es]

Victor was extremely talented. My brother had a set of Lord of the Rings books that were illustrated by Victor. As with Time Team, his drawings really brought the story to life. Thanks for all your hard work Victor. Rest in peace

[@conniepenner4795]

Is anyone else hooked on this show.? Just love it

[@Dal606BBN]

R.I.P Victor :( he could always bring the past to life again. Pure talent.

[@No_Fuse8771]

Damn! Sad I found this out from you. I live in the USA so it was not news here. Thank you for spreading the word, I'm grateful to you for letting me know. Mick, Victor, and Phil have always been my favorite on the show. We lost Mick some 8 years ago so the team will be gone forever at some point and that makes me sad. Really great people, so much knowledge lost.

[@Dal606BBN]

Time Team channel just a tribute for Victor a couple days ago. But you're welcome. And they are 3 of my favorites to including Tony and Stewart and Jon Gator.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

Phil's joyful enthusiasm is such a highlight of this show 👍😆

[@jason0870]

I can't get enough of Time Team it feels ageless.Thank you to all involved in the making of the original, and to those presenting this channel and its sister channel all these years later.

[@philip2595]

Me too

[@petergerdes1094]

I love the idea of people in 150 years actually locating clips of the original time team as archeology and then watching it as a find in their future time team.

[@jukes888]

Never have I seen anyone with Micks love of stripes! RIP Mick. RIP Victor. Such talent.

[@mercedes523]

Oh. I know. I loved him.

[@HannibalFan52]

In some episodes, you'll see a home-made Mick doll dressed in a stripey jumper, usually somewhere around a computer in the incident room.

[@Invictus13666]

It was a gimmick.

[@donyates4855]

@@Invictus13666 I always considered them his signature; your signature is beneath comment. (I’m guessing you are probably about eleven years old?)

[@Invictus13666]

@@donyates4855 “beneath comment”? Does that mean something on your planet? Look up TT history. Learn why he put on the stripes. It’s far more to do with schtick than love. And then, kindly douse yourself with the flammable liquid of your choice and find a spark.

[@hispid1]

Really do miss Mick Aston.

[@ballsabout...5065]

I loved Phil's excitement at the coin find 😄

[@debravanausdale1063]

I love everything about Phil, he is an amazing man with a brilliant sense of what is going on.

[@marycamilleri447]

Me too, really miss Mick Aston, he had such a personality and rarely wrong,plus the amazingly colourful hats,also Victor and his beautiful drawings such talent!

[@edwardfletcher7790]

Mick's rainbow jumper was always the highlight for me 😂

[@IreneWY]

@@edwardfletcher7790 apparently he wore it as a joke and the producers told him they loved it 😂

[@DavidMitchell-sj9st]

So glad to see Matt now presenting in the newer Time Team series. We’ll deserved ‼️

[@judithsands2737]

Love TT, love Matt! So good to see it then & now😊🇧🇸

[@larryzigler6812]

Sad that he cut his hair

[@johnlovenhill1]

Mark is amazing. A sideways glance at a grubby bit of pottery and he can date it to 10 years.

[@adrianrouse5148]

Yes victor was great. Quite. Modest. Clever. And so patient when he had to change his drawings. Thanks victor

[@lavillablanca]

You may already know: Victor passed a couple of weeks ago.

[@adrianrouse5148]

@@lavillablanca yes . Thanks I knew victor had passed away. It's such a shame the team is getting old. They leave such big shoes to fill

[@MichaelS-pq1ep]

I hope they gave him a heads up before putting him on camera.

[@mariancroome1478]

So sorry to hear about both Victor and Mick's passing. They were both such pleasant and lovely guys. Much love from Cape Town, South Africa. R.I.P. 💕

[@RealityAlwaysWins]

'Be if ever so humble, there's no place like Rome' That quote from Carry On Cleo. Damn I can't stop watching these, so lovely to see the whole collection here to binge on. Last time I watched frequently was once a week on channel 4. Now I can watch as much as I want, when I want, and I'm loving it!

[@ste2949]

Mick Aston just makes me smile everytime he's on screen..

[@jenzerr8856]

I did not expect the stranglers to show up! Haha! Two of my fave things, time team and punk rock! ♥️♥️♥️

[@teeguy100]

you're kidding me! The Stranglers show up and help with the dig? You guys are Great!

[@thistwilightgarden2708]

What a fantastic episode! I am so happy for Phil, the ecstasy of finding those coins was palpable! 💖

[@thedrunkphilosopher3123]

As an Aussie with deep British ancestry, I find this very interesting as well as somehow comforting. Thank you for the many years of joy you have given me

[@ghighiannemorrison4922]

As an Aussie with Convict and Indigenous DNA I find it interesting that this history underpins the notion of Terra Nulius

[@fionaanderson5796]

@@ghighiannemorrison4922 while Terra Nullus was blatantly false and destructive, I'm having trouble seeing how Roman occupation of Britain is anything like it. The Romans introduced a different culture, but they did it while keeping the original populations in place and reasonably intact.

[@jessicae.s.340]

Appealing, well made/written show about an interesting subject….Nicely Done👍

[@soniahamilton9914]

This was a fabulous episode. What a fantastic find for Phil!! That pre-Roman coin from the Dubbuni tribe!! So exciting.

[@davidevans3227]

..great to see phil so happy and excited 🙂

[@elizabethschaeffer9543]

Epona was the goddess connected with horses. She was one of the most important women given goddess-hood by the Celts.

[@pyrjules1130]

Phil was giddy x2!! LOL!!!

[@annpartoon5300]

@@elizabethschaeffer9543 thanks

[@dinerouk]

I collected coins, some quite rare, so know the thrill of rare coins.

[@michaelbelisle8930]

I found this show a week ago on KZbin. Best show on archeology l've eve seen glad to hear it is coming back. Something to watch when I can't find anything to watch on American tv.

[@LordAsney]

Time Team and Somerset are a match made in heaven

[@elisa8044]

2022 and it's actual !!!! Thanks to all who gave time, knowledge and thinking to HISTORY that's a privilege to count on your dedication...A special brazilian hug to all,even those who aren't any more ...

[@commonsense571]

I agree totally 💯 Hugs to you from 🗽,🇺🇸

[@SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR]

Can you understand there accents??

[@kellybaird6374]

one of my favorite time teams. so often shows say they are family friendly, yet quickly you find out that is not the case! Here is the answer to true family shows. thank you time team. wish you had more shows from across the world.

[@thomasmoeller2961]

Mick: what a nice person. So pleasant and loveably I wish more people would be like him. Including me !!!!

[@georgeradcliffe7511]

I really do think that John Gator and Stewart Ainsworth are the "Backbone" of Time Team excavations... I am taking nothing away from Mick, Phil, Helen, Bridged and, of course, Victor. There are, of course, others I haven't mentioned (For which I genuinely apologise)... They ALL are so devoted to their skills!!!!

[@TerraViator101]

Not to mention Ian the master machine operator and Robin. R.i.p.

[@LoneKharnivore]

Stewart is bae.

[@bosse641]

Amazing finds of those ancient coins. ...wow. Love the pre-Roman era. Would be amazing to travel back in time and look at the tribes as they lived their lives.

[@theknave4415]

Mick Aston was only four years older than Phil. But, Phil always teasingly called Mick the 'old man'.

[@tubularap]

30:43 - Stuart has a doubt and a new thought ... in so many episodes this happens, great suspense.

[@willpope3062]

Hillary and Monica 😂😂😂 I love British humor!

[@KAT-ew9wz]

I've missed the joke, please explain? Am I too young? 26 btw

[@jeffersonsaunders2592]

Very funny USA political comment.

[@willpope3062]

@@KAT-ew9wz look up Monica Lewinsky.

[@Happyheretic2308]

The piggies are far prettier than their namesakes ☺️

[@fazdoll]

@@KAT-ew9wz Hillary was Hillary Clinton, President Bill Clinton's (1993-2001) wife. She later ran for President herself in 2016 and lost to Donald Trump. Monica Lewinsky was a young intern working the White House and she was romantically involved with Bill Clinton.

[@deborahfielder4163]

Amazing how hard the ancient people worked

[@karenbartlett1307]

Extremely interesting, really wonderful finds, especially the coins. I would venture that the pre-historic finds point to wealthy collaborators with the Romans. I'm sure that's what the Team thinks, too. Time Team is a fantastic series!

[@wewenang5167]

THERE WERE A LOT OF CELTIC TRIBES THAT WERE FRIENDLY WITH THE ROMANS WHEN THEY INVADED ENGLAND. EVEN THE ICENI THE TRIBES OF QUEEN BOADICEA WAS FRIENDLY WITH THE ROMANS UNTIL HER HUSBAND DIED AND SHE GOT FLOGGED FOR BEING THE QUEEN AND HEIR TO HER HUSBAND THRONE, ROMAN CULTURE DOESN'T REALLY KEEN ON FEMALE RULERS LOL. MOST TRIBES THAT WERE NOT FRIENDLY WERE UP NORTH NEAR SCOTLAND AND IN WALES.

[@a.westenholz4032]

Great episode as always, but I do agree with Stewart that there was something iffy about that gatehouse. While I appreciate that it wasn't the main focus of the team and the goal for the dig that they set themselves, I do wish that the structure itself had been redug, considering all the questions raised and that it was this zonking massive structure in the middle of the site, to take a second look at it.

[@williamwilliam5066]

What does zonking mean? Is it the same as ersatz?

[@a.westenholz4032]

@@williamwilliam5066 Sorry for the late answer; it's a slang emphasis word, usually used with size. So as an ex. "In a tiny Italian street, some idiot parked this zonking huge truck, and not only did it totally block traffic but it also got stuck."

[@williamwilliam5066]

@@a.westenholz4032 I was being sardonic.

[@a.westenholz4032]

@@williamwilliam5066 Well, that was not obvious, and a rather silly way to be "sardonic". "To be sardonic is to be disdainfully or cynically humorous, or scornfully mocking. A form of wit or humour, being sardonic often involves expressing an uncomfortable truth in a clever and not necessarily malicious way, often with a degree of skepticism." I don't see any of that obvious in your comment.

[@williamwilliam5066]

@@a.westenholz4032 That's because you have no sense of humour, subtlety, wit, whimsy or an appreciation of English humour. Probably German. And as I am a writer and have been teaching English for 30 years you really don't need to define words for me. Do you know the word "twat?"

[@sheilawhite8314]

you are amazing the time team I have lived here in Australia since 1989 so missed all this series . My Mum when she was alive she had DVD of your great series . She passed away 4 years ago. I just love history always have done

[@snodrog5]

All that wonderful work by Victor Ambrus, and not one mention of him by name.

[@MrDannyWright]

He gets mentioned in a lot of episodes and is always in the pub with them at the end of the day. A program less than an hour in length doesn't have time for everybody to show up every single time unfortunately.

[@KAT-ew9wz]

They absolutely adored him though, they were rather protective of him. With regards to mentioning him, they did occasionally mention him, but usually they were as quiet about him as Victor was himself.

[@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739]

Nothing like curling up in my blanket with a good episode of Time Team..

[@TermiteUSA]

Hello from America. Somerset County in Maryland, USA is as low and marshy as this area seems to be. Jumping ditches is good sport. Be safe y'all.

[@No_Fuse8771]

I live in the "deep south USA" swamps as well, I can confirm and do profess that you Sir are correct that ditch hopping is fun. I do prefer to use my Jeep for such activities these days.

[@wolfnipplechips]

It wouldn't surprise me if it took that name because it was low and marshy - and Somerset (UK) was it's namesake. Central Somerset in the UK was pretty much constantly flooded marshland up until relatively recently.

[@metaldetectingengland]

@@No_Fuse8771 Hello when we were kids here in England we used to go brook jumping ..which you guys call a creek was allways fun and many times one of us would fall in and get wellies full of water ..!

[@boredgrass]

This accomplishment in the course of a tv program! What an achievement! If there's a will to do science, there's a way!

[@flederfox]

you had me at "roman villa garden" my only goal now in life is to have a Hortis

[@Happyheretic2308]

A horti conclusus - a walled garden

[@davidhocde007]

Bonjour from 🇨🇵. At 24:14, that coin. My stepdad found a rather similar still different one as from a different tribe : Pictes. The coin is called "cavalière aux seins nus" or topless horse woman. Now, as a gardener, I check and double check wherever and whenever I do dig. So far, plenty of bits of pots, of what looks like the nose of a marble of a statue and a napoleon era token. And plentyfull of strange stones...

[@allisong6]

Mick and Victor will most definitely be missed when they start again 😔

[@exstock]

Did anyone else burst out laughing at Hillary and Monica? =p

[@metaldetectingengland]

Awsome tv program love timeteam ...we find roman coins in fields here ..and two silver durotregies tribe silver coins too makes you wonder what they were doing in the fields all those years ago! Thanks for shareing.

[@Tiger89Lilly]

Probably dropping coins 😄

[@RaveDave871]

Rampling with hole in their pocket.

[@peterknowles3198]

A great episode and so good to see Mark Corney again

[@jamescelliers3195]

This is my favourite episode because the garden centre and stone masons they go to is literally around the corner from my house.

[@jamescelliers3195]

I saw them filming at the stone masons.

[@commonsense571]

Neat!😁✨

[@lucisferre6361]

Excellent job making history with your unique coinage. Congratulations, Time Team!

[@robindeer-park5755]

Never Get Tired Of Watching Time Team .

[@graceamerican3558]

I was not aware that there were coins during the Iron Age. What a find!!

[@alanmorgan8647]

It got me wondering just how the first guy to make a coin ever managed to convince anyone to take it in exchange for actual valuable goods?!

[@graceamerican3558]

@@alanmorgan8647 that would be interesting to find out.

[@graceamerican3558]

@@alanmorgan8647 oh it had to be gold though. Maybe… maybe not.

[@alanmorgan8647]

@@graceamerican3558 . I obviously wondered only briefly or I'd have realised that the first coins would have been of a valuable material, such as gold! Google is our friend! First coins were made of electrum. A naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_coins

[@graceamerican3558]

@@alanmorgan8647 Thank you.

[@Gladedancer]

Matt, with his fabulous wind-blown hair, digging in the dirt. Swoon :)

[@katerinakemp5701]

Lol whatever rocks your socks🤣

[@skivvy3565]

35:30 tony was joking, but this may be literally one of the only times I remember Stewart being wrong! How amazing is that record though

[@madderhat5852]

One of the most jam packed episodes.

[@katherinecooper6159]

Time Team = wonderful history lessons!

[@qatsi4897]

Phil must have some kind of sixth sense, he hardly can see the coins but he finds them all.

[@petermilne9859]

You don't know about the hoard that he missed, then...

[@katerinakemp5701]

​@@petermilne9859 lol you talking about Cunetio, he was on the dig but wasn't involved with the discovery of the coin hoard.

[@YvonneWatson-ff5ex]

Thank you for being a piece of serenity in a world of insanity.

[@tinaharrison9354]

Well done Phil WOW

[@stephanieyee9784]

Fabulous episode. ❤

[@marcusalford1750]

23:42 Shout out to phil and his iron age coins 👏

[@anthonyhargis6855]

Always fantastic, this show. Love it.

[@judithsands2737]

I'll second that❣️🇧🇸

[@FrankLowe1949]

This was a very nice dig Thank you.

[@stevedarcy9542]

Bloody awesome video.

[@Jerbod2]

This was brilliant!

[@GordonjSmith1]

Excellent episode.

[@garyproffitt5941]

Extremely intelligent for the gifts of the Gods Tony Robinson & when in Rome.✔

[@jillberry2802]

Was wondering why Phil looked different, then I realised he is wearing a new hat, lol.

[@randolphkersey5155]

Always amazing how what they are looking for is always revealed.

[@user-xx2ur2lo1j]

One of my favourite episodes 😍

[@Merylstreep1949]

At the beginning I expected him to say like in the Python Holiday sketch: "and their bottles of Watneys Red Barrel " lol

[@johnlovenhill1]

This program is simultaneously a tremendous advert for the fascinating and lengthy history of the UK and the marvelous characters that make up the population while at the same time a terrible advert for the weather :-).

[@commonsense571]

Lol! Still I’d love to visit someday rain or shine ✨ 🗽🇺🇸

[@CanChikMay]

Nicely done, time team

[@ritaking8827]

I wish they had dug that whole field up! Absolutely fascinating.

[@graemebrumfitt6668]

Nice find from Phil! TFS, G :)

[@neitan6891]

They really need to come back here with the new series

[@giveusascream]

Got to be one of the best episodes

[@carolcaldwell]

One of the Best! I would love to see a follow up Time Team Special ❤

[@julias-shed]

Phil's coins, how amazing 😀

[@SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR]

Not really Brits are always finding coins I've got hundreds of them as I metal detect around the BRITISH ISLES and I'll have to get them looked at really..

[@azureprophet]

This is so awesome.

[@MsOldmom]

Love this show.

[@douglasruss2889]

Always enjoy !!

[@DanO12345]

Hillary and Monica 😁

[@davemurphy2020]

No place like Frome.

[@playingcards12345ben]

Well I’m grab in myself a bottle and cheers to day two!

[@stevenhale2935]

The first view numbers have been creeping up each week, this is great!!!

[@munromark1400]

John and Stewart are like Merlin.

[@jodyshepard9482]

How many miles do John and his crew walk on any given three-day project? I'm starting to get very attached to the archaeologists! I see a new baby and would love to know how everyone is in 2021. Delightful experts. Thanks so much TT!

[@tinaharrison9354]

Fantastic great episode

[@christophernicholson3712]

I am an American with Irish, English, and Scottish ancestry, so, though it may be a biased perspective, I find the History of the British Isles to be one of the most rich, complex, and fascinating, anywhere on earth.

[@lozanddog]

Irish, english and scottish ancestory lol had a big mother did you ?

[@edwardfletcher7790]

@@lozanddog Four Great Grandmothers, just like every other human being, you pleb...😩

[@lozanddog]

@@edwardfletcher7790 i like the way EVERY american ever says oh yeah ive got scottish, irish blah blah blah, well here is news for you if you are white and not native american, then you did come from the great shores of the united kingdom and rep of ireland when England gave birth to America some 300 years ago. Also due to your dumb comment I see you have no idea what a joke is.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

@@lozanddog I know WHO a joke is. If you knew your own history you'd also know that a HUGE percentage of Americans are from Germany and Western Europe not just the UK. It must hurt you personally to be such mixed heritage ...

[@alecblunden8615]

The Venerable Bede (d C 765) describes at length the invasion of Caledonia by an Irish tribe called the Scots. So few differences between Scots and Irish, and I can assure you it is not highly unusual to have a marriage between a Scot and an English person, particularly in the "racial sink of Europe" that is the UK.

[@allenhunt9016]

Hillary and Monica LMAO good 1 Tony

[@Russia-bullies]

Great!More work for archaeologists means happier times.

[@marcusalford1750]

Whoever thought of that title deserves a payrise 😂

[@anteeker]

....under the watchful eyes of Hillary and Monica. Someone has a very sharp sense of humor!

[@karlkarlos3545]

Ah, yes. The good old times when the biggest presidential scandal was a BJ.

[@Happyheretic2308]

I did laugh! The piggies are prettier, too.

[@stuartjones6807]

Hi Ryan. May I suggest you start at the top of the house and work down. It saves you having to keep cleaning completed areas if you start at the bottom. Also in the mud floor room use the hole to shovel the dirt down to the floor below (make sure the acro props are secure) then bag it up from there thus saving loads of trips up and down the stairs.

[@beckyblack2333]

Hillary and Monica! Lol.

[@davidbamford4721]

Phil has bought himself a new hat!

[@lagerthasMDC]

Belting day again guys well done. 👍🏻 🎉

[@barbmcconnaughey3070]

Hillary & Monica 😄😄😄

[@deenawilson6889]

I live in Bishop’s Stotrtford. Ethelred the unready has a castle mound in the town . The meaning of Bishops Stortforford is Bishop as the was a Bishop who lived in the town story for the river story. And ford as there was a ford in the town but it’s no longer here

[@marycamilleri447]

Also who knitted Micks wonderfully colourful jumpers?

[@SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR]

Mick's fans knit them and used to send them in..

[@KeweenawPatriot]

More please. 😁

[@playingcards12345ben]

Thank you!!! Well I’m grabbing a bottle! I’m in!