Time Team

By Time Team

Time Team's Dr Helen Geake and Martyn Williams explore the world of archaeology. Featuring exclusive access to digs and interviews with experts to unearth the stories of the past.

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The podcast currently has 119 episodes available.

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January 20, 2026 The everyday ancient objects lost to archaeology
Time Team archaeologist Helen Geake answers questions from Time Team members in this episode of the podcast.
There's a discussion about Purbeck marble, a question about the everyday household items that are lost to archaeology, thoughts on patriarchal societies and whether Helen would ever write a novel.
In Helen's Find you discover more about an ancient item. This time it's a musical instrument. You can see it here:
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/821173
Become a Time Team member to support the work we do and get more from Time Team. We've got behind-the-scenes videos, masterclasses, extended interviews and the chance to ask a question on the podcast. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial for more information.
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January 13, 2026 Remarkable Iron Age battle trumpet unearthed
Archaeologist Helen Geake and co-host Martyn Williams discuss an amazing find from a dig in Norfolk. They also get more information about two of the excavations Time Team's embarking on this year; one at The Ness of Brodgar in Orkney and the other in Brancaster on the Norfolk coast.
Nick Card from The Ness of Brodgar explains the site's significance and The National Trust's Angus Wainwright sets the Roman fort of Branodunum in its wider context.
You'll also hear how other people in Time Team are getting on as 2026 begins.
Helen will also be answering questions from Time Team members. To ask yours and to get loads more from Time Team, including behind-the-scenes videos, exclusive interviews, masterclasses and more, join us at patreon.com/timeteamofficial
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40min
January 06, 2026 Sutton Hoo ship update and more 2025 best bits
Helen Geake and Martyn Williams look back at more of their favourites from the Time Team podcast in 2025.
This time Stewart Ainsworth makes a discovery at Bodbury Ring, John Gater's revisiting a Roman site, Francis Pryor has a warning about Flag Fen, Jackie McKinley's on site at Sutton Hoo, Giselle Király's walking in the footsteps of Otzi The Iceman and Martyn's getting up close and personal with the Mary Rose.
There's also a progress update from Jacq Barnard of The Sutton Hoo Ship's Company. They're building a reconstruction of an Anglo-Saxon ship using traditional techniques. You can read more about them at https://saxonship.org/ where you can also submit your suggestion for the ship's name.

We're really excited to bring you more podcasts in 2026 but we can't do it without your support. Becoming a Time Team member funds the programmes we make and the archaeology we carry out here in the UK and around the world. As a member you'll also get access to behind-the-scenes footage, masterclasses, extended interview, the chance to join us on site and so much more. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial for more information.
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39min
December 30, 2025 The best bits from 2025
It's part one of our look back at some of the best bits from the Time Team podcast in 2025.
Helen Geake and Martyn Williams remember time spent at Sutton Hoo, investigating the landscape with Stewart Ainsworth, exploring the ancient city of Pompeii with Dr Sophie Hay, test pitting in Norton Disney and using a floatation tank with Naomi Sewpaul.

What were your favourite bits from the podcast this year? Time Team members can tell us using our podcast chat on Patreon. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial to join in the conversation.
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39min
December 23, 2025 The Time Team Christmas Quiz 2025
Merry Christmas from the Time Team podcast. The rematch is here! Time Team archaeologists Helen Geake and Derek Pitman go head to head in this year's Time Team Christmas quiz.
With questions from archaeologists, crew and our Time Team members, will Helen take the title again or will Derek manage to secure his first victory?

How did you get on? Play along at home to test your archaeological and Time Team knowledge.
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40min
December 16, 2025 Can new tech unroll ancient scrolls?
Most of this episode was recorded before we learned about the death of Kerry Ely, Time Team's 'Mr Logistics'.

Helen's answering questions from Time Team members. We'll discuss when a buried body becomes archaeology, if it's possible to go on an archaeology digging holiday, the archaeologists that run in the family and whether it's possible for new technology to unroll ancient scrolls.

There's also Helen's Find, which this week is moustache-themed! You can see it at the following link:
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1238768

If you'd like to get involved with future podcast episodes then become a Time Team member and join our community chat. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial.
Next week it's the Time Team Christmas Quiz 2025. Listen as Helen Geake and Derek Pitman battle it out with questions set by the Time Team family.
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41min
December 09, 2025 Sir Tony Robinson
In this special edition of the Time Team podcast, archaeologist Helen Geake speaks to the man who's been at the heart of Time Team since the very beginning, Sir Tony Robinson!
Tony reveals how he came to present the show, discusses his love of archaeology and talks about his new book, The House of Wolf.

You can buy Tony's book in the Time Team shop. Go to https://shop.timeteamdigital.com

To get more from Time Team and support the work we do, consider becoming a Time Team member. Not only will you help fund the archaeology we do you'll be part of a growing community of archaeology fans. You'll get access to behind the scenes videos, extended interviews, masterclasses and the chance to join us on a future dig. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial for more information. If you go there in December 2025 you'll find a 7 day free trial.
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36min
December 02, 2025 Orkney's shipwreck mystery: Sanday Wreck
In February 2024 a wooden shipwreck was revealed on a beach in Orkney. People on the island of Sanday originally believed it might’ve been dislodged from the seabed in violent storms. What was it and how did it get there? Archaeologists have been piecing together the mystery of the Sanday Wreck.
In this special edition of the Time Team podcast, Helen Geake and Martyn Williams speak to Ben Saunders, senior marine archaeologist at Wessex Archaeology, who's made some remarkable discoveries about the ship's true identity and its amazing story.

There's loads more about the Sanday Wreck here:
https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/news/sanday-wreck
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37min
November 25, 2025 Surprise discovery in the heart of neolithic Orkney
Time Team archaeologist Dr Helen Geake and co-host Martyn Williams take you to the north of the British isles. Time Team's geophysicist John Gater has an exciting announcement to bring you about a remarkable neolithic site in Orkney, The Ness of Brodgar. You'll also hear about a site first investigated by Time Team in 1994. Finlaggen was the heart of a powerful community centuries ago. You'll meet the man who's spent his working life trying to unravel its secrets.
Dr Derek Pitman's also on the podcast with news of a Time Team film about England's oldest surviving shipwreck. Plus, Helen answers your questions.

Become a Time Team member to support the archaeological work we do in the UK and around the world. You'll get all sorts of perks, including the chance to ask a question to Helen here on the podcast. Go to patreon.com/timeteamofficial to find out more.
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36min
November 18, 2025 Could archaeology become obsolete?
Archaeologist Dr Helen Geake and co-host Martyn Williams are back for another edition of the Time Team podcast. This week Helen's answers questions from Time Team members. She'll discuss archaeologist arguments, what you might find in a first world war trench and she'll ponder if archaeology could become obsolete.

There's also another round of Helen's Find, when Helen explores an object or item found during an archaeological dig. This week's item can be seen here:
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/928993

As always, if you'd like to get involved and ask a question on the podcast then become a Time Team member. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial to find out more.
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