Time Team: Unearthing the Past

Jan 25 2024 154
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Exclusive interviews from Time Team members and special guests. First airing on Channel 4 in 1994, Time Team became one of the UK’s most beloved and long-running TV shows. The ground-breaking history series presented by Tony Robinson helped to popularise the field of archaeology and has since been watched in over 35 countries worldwide! Please note: These are the unabridged, audio-only versions of the video interviews originally released on the Time Team Official YouTube channel.

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INCREDIBLE ARCHAEOLOGY DISCOVERIES | Time Team News (Best of 2023 Feature-length Compilation)

Jan 25 2024 67 mins  
A compilation of the amazing stories and finds featured in Time Team News in 2023. Presented by Dani Wootton, featuring Derek Pitman, Lawrence Shaw, Helen Geake, Carenza Lewis, John Gater, Miles Russell, Philippa Walton, Harry Manley, Megan Russell, Tim Fitzhigham, Richard Osgood and Harvey Mills. Time Team News is a monthly update of archaeological news and discoveries from Britai

TIME TEAM NEWS #5 - CORNISH FOGOU REVISIT & RIVER RITUALS | PLUS huge Bronze Age hall!

Jan 11 2024 18 mins  
Time Team News is your monthly helping of archaeology stories and discoveries from Britain and across the world! In Episode 5, we return to Boden Fogou in West Cornwall to find out the latest developments since Time Team's dig in 2021. Matt 'Bear' Clark brings our 3D reconstruction interpretation up to date with the new findings. Dr Derek Pitman and Dr Lawrence Shaw discuss a colos

TIME TEAM NEWS #4 - AI READS SCROLLS & SHAKESPEARE’S BOARDS | PLUS ancient wooden structure

Dec 14 2023 17 mins  
In Episode 4 of Time Team News, Dani Wootton takes a closer look at the use of artificial intelligence to read ancient scrolls, and the world's oldest wooden structure in Central Africa. Meanwhile, Helen Geake visits King's Lynn in Norfolk to investigate the boards of the Bard, William Shakespeare. Plus, we're treated to an exclusive preview of an upcoming collaboration with Forest

TIME TEAM NEWS #3 - CELTIC TORC & MAYAN PALACE! Carenza’s surprise award & Operation Nightingale

Nov 11 2023 16 mins  
It's time for another helping of Time Team News, featuring archaeological stories from across the globe. Dani Wootton takes a closer look at recent discoveries including an Iron Age gold torc and a palatial Mayan building in Mexico. Elsewhere, Dani catches up with Carenza Lewis on site, to hear some exciting news, while Helen Geake speaks with Operation Nightingale's Richard Osgood

TIME TEAM NEWS #2 - LOST ABBEY & ANCIENT ORKNEY

Nov 10 2023 17 mins  
Dani Wootton returns with another instalment of archaeology news and discoveries from around the world. Stories this episode include the rediscovery of a lost Medieval abbey in South West England, John Gater in ancient Orkney and prehistoric inhabitants of North America. This is not one to miss! The original video from this podcast is available to watch on the Time Team Official Yo

TIME TEAM NEWS #1 - AMAZING DISCOVERIES! Bronze Age Finds & Roman London

Nov 09 2023 13 mins  
Introducing TIME TEAM NEWS: Our brand new monthly feature, showcasing amazing archaeological discoveries from around the world and updates from the team. This episode, presented by Time Team's community archaeologist and finds specialist, Dani Wootton, our stories take us to London, Germany and China, while Dr Derek Pitman visits Bournemouth University's field school with Dr Miles

Dani Wootton: 5 Fantastic Finds | Time Team - Dig 2

May 13 2022 9 mins  
Finds specialist Dani Wootton takes a closer look at five fantastic finds discovered during Time Team's dig of the Broughton Roman villa in Oxfordshire. This incredible dig amassed a fascinating range of finds over the three days, stretching from the Roman to more recent periods. The original video from this podcast is available to watch on the Time Team Official YouTube channel he

Dani Wootton: Virtual Dartmoor - Laser Scanning a Devon Farmhouse

Apr 13 2022 11 mins  
Throughout the year, in between our main dig episodes, we’ll be dropping in on a range of other interesting archaeological projects that feature Time Team's friends and family. In this episode, Dani Wootton pays a visit to Dartmoor National Park, Devon, in South West England, where a team from the University of Plymouth are digitally scanning an historic farmhouse to create a 3D

Stewart Ainsworth: Rivers & Roads | Ancient Routes | Landscape Archaeology

Mar 30 2022 16 mins  
Time Team's Landscape Archaeologist Stewart Ainsworth takes us on a journey across ancient roads and river valleys of England. Stewart traces the prehistoric landscape around the Cotswolds, bringing us closer to the world the Romans would have witnessed prior to Britain's Golden Age of villa construction... Watch the original video interview here.

Dr Eleanor Janega & Neil Emmanuel: Welcome to the Middle Ages

Feb 11 2022 34 mins  
What's the difference between Medieval and the Middle Ages? What was so dark about the Dark Ages? And was the Great Famine really that great? Dr Eleanor Janega answers these questions and much more, in her concise yet comprehensive guide to the Middle Ages that packs a punch. 'The Middle Ages: A Graphic Guide' is a razor-sharp introduction to a fascinating period, proving that hist