Time Team

By Time Team

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 ... more

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The podcast currently has 54 episodes available.

Time Team episodes:

November 12, 2024 Metal detectors and dog tags
Dr Helen Geake and Martyn Williams take you deeper into the world of archaeology with the help of Time Team.

In this episode Keith Wescott demonstrates how to use a metal detector to unearth rare finds, Giselle Király updates you on a rare folded dog tag, found whilst digging a site where the famous Band of Brothers had trained during the Second World War and you'll meet the technical wizard behind Time Team's lifelike 3D graphics.

Also, Helen answers more of your questions on archaeology and the show itself. Submit yours right now by visiting patreon.com/timeteamofficial where you'll find even more ways to get more out of Time Team, as well as support us to fund digs in the UK and around the world.
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40min
October 29, 2024 Returning to Sutton Hoo
The Time Team podcast returns with big news. We're going back to dig at Sutton Hoo in 2025! Dr Helen Geake and Martyn Williams hear from Prof. Martin Carver who carried out major excavations of the site in the 1980s. Finding out more about the burial mounds, the buried Anglo-Saxon ship and the exotic byzantine bucket. He explains why it's such an important place archaeologically and how it still holds secrets to this day.

Also on the podcast; Time Team's Stewart Ainsworth puts Martyn through his paces as he undergoes the final bit of his basic training as a landscape archaeologist, the show's creator, Tim Taylor, tells you about the biggest challenges faced by the crew when putting together a programme and there's more of your questions, this time with an added surprise.

There's so much more from Time Team on Patreon. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial to find out what else Time Team has to offer, including a chance to hear an extended interview with Martin Carver on the secrets of Sutton Hoo.
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36min
October 15, 2024 Time Team dig at Norton Disney
Dr Helen Geake and Martyn Williams bring you a special episode of the Time Team podcast from an archaeological dig at Norton Disney in Lincolnshire, the ancestral home of Walt Disney himself!

This episode is your chance to find out what it's like to be at a Time Team dig, as Helen and Martyn record the podcast from the very heart of the excavation. You'll hear from plenty of archaeologists in the Time Team family who've been working on site as well as the volunteers who've been digging test pits in the front gardens of bungalows in the village.

Both Helen and Time Team's Carenza Lewis will be sharing their memories of the first ever episode of Time Team and answering your questions.

For the full daily behind-the-scenes coverage during the filming of the Norton Disney episode, check out Dig Watch on Patreon. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial
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40min
October 01, 2024 England's Pompeii
In this episode of the Time Team podcast Dr Helen Geake and Martyn Williams hear about the latest discoveries at a site dubbed England's Pompeii. You'll find out how the Bronze Age settlement, home to around 60 people, burned down in 850BC but has been almost-perfectly preserved, giving a snapshot of what life in Cambridgeshire was like around 3,000 years ago. Mark Knight, from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit, tells you everything you need to know.

Also on the podcast, Time Team's Stewart Ainsworth is out in a muddy field with Martyn, explaining how LiDAR can be used to reveal hidden secrets about a landscape; the creator of Time Team, Tim Taylor, tells you what happened when Sir Tony Robinson became involved with the programme and Helen will be answering more of the questions you've submitted on Patreon.

Join us now via Patreon to ask your question in a future episode. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial to find out more.
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40min
September 17, 2024 Roman villa unearthed in suburbia
In the second episode of the all-new Time Team podcast archaeologist Dr Helen Geake and Martyn Williams speak to Francesca Giarelli from Red River Archaeology about a Roman villa hidden under a new housing development in Oxfordshire!

Also, you'll hear how Martyn got on when he met up with digger driver Jon Beaver to have a go in his "big yellow trowel" and Time Team's creator, Tim Taylor tells you how he managed to persuade Channel 4 to take the risk to broadcast the programme in 1994.

Don't forget to head over to Patreon for more from Time Team and check out our videos on YouTube.
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38min
September 03, 2024 Shakespeare's hidden stage
Welcome to the first episode of a new-look Time Team podcast. Archaeologist Dr Helen Geake and co-host Martyn Williams bring the past to life with the help of the Time Team family.

You'll discover the stage, hidden for hundreds of years, where William Shakespeare performed; Time Team's creator, Tim Taylor, tells you where he originally got the idea for the hit Channel 4 programme in 1994; ancestry and genealogy expert Dr Sophie Kay has great advice on how you can be the historian of your own family tree and Stewart Ainsworth reveals the importance of maps in uncovering the secrets of a landscape.

We hope you enjoy the Time Team podcast. Head over to Patreon to find out more about how you can help us to continue supporting archaeological discoveries across the UK and beyond.
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39min
August 29, 2024 Time Team is back
This is the Time Team podcast. Join Dr Helen Geake and Martyn Williams as they bring the past to life.

New episodes start on Tuesday 3rd September 2024.

Here's a taster of what you can expect from Time Team. If you like what you hear, make sure you hit follow so you don't miss an episode.
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2min
January 25, 2024 S2 Ep6: INCREDIBLE ARCHAEOLOGY DISCOVERIES | Time Team News (Best of 2023 Feature-length Compilation)
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 Britain and around the world.
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The original video from this podcast is available to watch on the Time Team Official YouTube channel here.
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1h 8min
January 11, 2024 S2 Ep5: TIME TEAM NEWS #5 - CORNISH FOGOU REVISIT & RIVER RITUALS | PLUS huge Bronze Age hall!
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 colossal Bronze Age hall recently discovered in Germany, and Lawrence's recent adventures in the South Pacific.
Plus Dani Wootton catches up with old Time Team friend, Dr Philippa Walton to hear about ongoing research on Roman river rituals, following a Classic episode.
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The original video from this podcast is available to watch on the Time Team Official YouTube channel here.
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19min
December 14, 2023 S2 Ep4: TIME TEAM NEWS #4 - AI READS SCROLLS & SHAKESPEARE’S BOARDS | PLUS ancient wooden structure
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 Forestry England and Operation Nightingale.
Time Team News is a brand new monthly YouTube feature, sharing a selection of the latest archaeological discoveries from around the world.
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The original video from this podcast is available to watch on the Time Team Official YouTube channel here.
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18min

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