Are you in the UK helen? If so i cant see why you can't go if it's anything other than money stopping you

@@ceeej1290 Yes I'm in the UK Craig....A working life in the lower paid sector followed by £167 per wk, doesn't afford luxuries such as a visit to a site further than a walk away. Which is why I am so grateful to Dig Ventures for publishing these talks.

@@helencoates3624 set up a go fund me site it could work?

Steven Spielberg was the director, Hanks was the lead actor, professional cameramen were running up a beach with actors along with a huge crew of top tier talent. The Omaha Beach scene alone cost $12million and involved 1,500 extras. A protective coating was stripped from the camera lenses, the negative was put through a bleach bypass, shutter speed as set to 90 or 45 degrees for battle sequences. So the point is that a huge amount of time, money, and effort went into achieving the effect, it wasn’t a few amateurs with cameras on a beach

Although. I would have thought, as someone from N.Am., that you could've gone a wee bit slower... maybe 5-7 days? Hasty... hasty always thought! ;)

Theres many finds on the west coast of canada well over 12k yrs old. But its usually just charred bits of old hearths and flint napping debris, so it doesnt make for splashy national headlines.

thank you x

There is actually a program on APTN, that has an Indigenous archaeologist taking two young Indigenous actors to various sites in Canada, and teaching them about archaeology. It's quite good.

that's true... but the ineffable magic of the cast of characters... well, that's no easier to create!

I doubt that would be any great problem. You saw the sparks of TV gold on that stage this evening. So you put two or three of the same level and magic will happen.

Just watched this, and had the exact same thought. Prof. Roberts has much more than a few years of field work, along with all her other credentials. I think she qualifies.

*I do have to say, I'm thinking of an online series, not, say, Channel 4....

The last audience member made me think of something else: he's a commercial archaeologist, and that's not glamorous or romantic. But there is a lot of knowledge to be gained, and I think it would be possible to do a more specialized, not so much geared toward being popular, series about what that entails, and what can be learned. Phil at Wessex is publishing something of the sort; I guess you'd call them field reports, write-ups about Salisbury, and that won't be vastly interesting to anyone not from Salisbury, probably. But it's interesting to me, and I think (since it's not my money I'm talking about... 😉) that if it's tied in to genealogy, which is very popular, it could create a niche market. My Thompson ancestor came from Gloucestershire, and I settled on Wessex because Gloucestershire doesn't have a public profile like Phil's, and Salisbury is not that far away.... The histories of the two are probably quite dissimilar, though, and I wouldn't mind seeing everyday archaeology from Gloucester and other places my {however many greats} grandfather would have been and seen. I confess, I've never seen Julian's series and I don't know if what I'm describing has ever been tried. I do think it has a market, although, to be fair, not a big one.

Good discussion enjoyed it

Who is doing subscription only?! We certainly aren't! This series of videos you're watching is available to everyone for free, as is almost everything we do. Mick inspired everything we do, and so we provide as many opportunities for people to be part of the process and do archaeology HANDS-ON (not just watching on the sidelines) as possible. Most of what we do is available for free. Some of what we do is crowdfunded, but even then we share all of our discoveries online and open access, with tonnes of opportunities for people to learn more online through everything we create. We do have a Subscription option for people who want to support our vision for creating more opportunities for more people to enjoy archaeology with us, but that certainly doesn't mean ONLY Subscribers can access those opportunities - they're simply the ones supporting our mission to bring more archaeology to the people. In short, I hope you're not worried about us 'taking it away' from people because we are literally working our butts off to do the opposite!

@@Digventures when I checked out the website I may have been mistaken but it said if I wanted to watch online the cheapest option was a £10 subscription. I know digs cost money but the beauty of TT was it was C4. I know times have changed & I certainly didn’t want to cause offence to your great work. Please accept my apology. But if it wasn’t for TT I wouldn’t have an interest in druids & the Celtic church.

@@seanirishterrier6588 No worries! And apologies if you've misunderstood what's happening. It sounds like you've visited the crowdfunding page. Yes, the lowest level you can crowdfund the dig is at £10. That's if you want to help us make the dig happen, and support our work. But we will still be sharing our progress on social media, and online, for people who can't afford to support our work. Our crowdfunders and subscribers do get a few 'exclusives' as thanks for supporting our work, but the vast majority is available to view online for free. Take a look at digventures.com/lindisfarne or at digventures.com/watch to see everything that's available for free. You might find you lose a good proportion of your weekend exploring! And we hope that if you enjoy it, you might in the end choose to crowdfund the dig to help us create more content and videos for others to benefit from. Although no pressure if you don't want to!

He's passionate. Passion and diplomacy aren't necessarily compatible. I do see what he's saying, and apparently, so does Tony, the non archaeologist presenter.... What I get is that he wants YOU to see his beloved like HE sees his beloved.

Sure Melissa, I understand, I've enjoyed his appearances on TV for what seems like "for ever" I like Julian and his enthusiasm for history But at the moment I wrote that I thought he was being very negative, opposing progress if you will.

Always seemed a little false to me, not naturally welcoming, unlike Mick who was so inclusive

Oooft mad stratigraphy with that comment 🤔🤔