Same here... Over the past 5 years I have watched through from series 1 to the end twice, which is fun to do. I watch a couple episodes sporadically to get my fix every couple months though. For a while I was pretty obsessed with it, even ordering several used books by Tim Taylor. I was able to get them for about $2 each, shipping to the US included.

Me to. Late at night, it’s very comforting. I want to go to England and check out several areas that things were dug.

Donna Perez Can’t agree more !

Sometimes I just turn TT in to fall asleep to. I just love falling asleep to the English accents.

Me as well. Now that i'm over 60 & have mobility & strength issues i can't help but think about how much manual labor is involved. 😁 Never really thought about it when watching the first few seasons.

Agreed!

i share that sentiment; i am a psychotherapist, so i do psychological archaeology, so to speak ...have wanted to do physical archaeology my whole life ...love this show!

I'm in agreement word by word. Phil Harding is so enthusiastic and became my idol

From early age I wanted to get into archaeology. Alas, I didn’t have a head for science. Would have been happy to dig holes or fetch and carry, but .... well, my parents knew me too well 😂

I was an archaeologist, but unfortunately it pays so little, so you have to have an "ordinary" job to manage. Most of the time, it is cold, raining and muddy, and the only evidences of anything you find is layers of mud. 😉

If you zoom in close enough on the real abbey field you can just make out a stooped figure in a square pit. Helen is still digging.

@@ancilodon ,😂😂😂and probably Phil with his trowel looking for some flint!🥀🥀🥀

Seconded by another from the States. ^-^

LadyGunfighter45 Tony has a new archaeology project called walking the Thames it began 9/19 americans can view the series free by visiting the website. Just search tony Robinson walking the Thames.

Agreed from Illinois. Watching ALL the episodes present day 6-8-2021

And now for something completely different....

Me too. It's a fascinating site and a great place to learn archaeological skills in a relaxed environment.

@@georgedorn1022 Are they still excavating the site? Can you post an update on what else they found or even better, pictures!! Are they going to deem it a Historical Heritage site and continue to excavate it? I would love to go and help!🥀🥀🥀😎⛏⛏⛏

@@valeriejohnson5283 Yes they are, although obviously events of the past year have disrupted their normal field school programme. They have a website, www.poultonresearchproject.co.uk/ and also a Facebook page that will be able to provide far more up to date information than I can.

Oh yes we all say that, but histories dust doesn't care 😊

Yes that's hilarious. The scene from the holy grail was funny too.

You did not make any sense. Did the people put them in the ground with the expectation that people in the future can dig them up and treat them as objects of curiosity? I doubt it. They laid them to rest with the expectation they would not be disturbed,

So what is your point Tom? Those people have been dead for hundreds of years, they were buried by people who have also been dead for hundreds of years, in fact everyone that had anything to do with the people buried there have been dead hundreds of years. Are you seriously suggesting digging them up is somehow going to do some kind of harm to anyone today? There is no one there to harm, those people are nothing more now than a bunch of calcium sticks (bones) and bits of enamel (teeth), and the people that knew them are also a bunch of calcium sticks and bits of enamel. I mean if they were so damned important why would they have been forgotten about and the land left to ruin and then to be pasture/fields? Now I'm going to guess, and correct me if I'm wrong here, you're objecting because they are early Christians and you are also a Christian so you feel some kind of slight at this for religious reasons. Are you also getting upset at say ancient Egyptian or Mayan tombs being opened and all the stuff, bodies included, being carted out to museums and such for study? If not you might want to step back and re-examine yourself in this because that would be very hypocritical of you to get upset over Christian burials being disturbed but not other burials.

What Nicola and Leopararouen are saying is that Christians routinely dig up older graves and put the remains in charnel houses and catacombs. So they too are disturbing graves, and sanctified ones at that. How is that any different to an archeologist digging them up and storing them in museums? Either way the graves are disturbed and bones housed respectfully.

luckely the majority of scientist and people in the west do not beleive in these bronze age myths and other religious stuff so we can truelly progress without being stuck in barbaric bronze age cults.

In a sense they did assume they would be disturbed. Many cemeteries have been in continual use for over 500 years, how do you think they still have land to use?

I thought more Getty Lee from rush my self 😊

Nah. Oooh aaaar 'Stone the crows'.

They were asked to do the initial dig, but they declined, because they were skeptical that there was anything there. Bet they kicked themselves after!

and "we're stood" instead of "standing" sounds quaint

Proper diction. Good to hear it.

Turkdean and Athelney.

@@Sapharone - don't forget Much Wenlock

I'm sorry..I see Ozzy... Onward Christian Soldiers!!

Janet Preble; Phil and his shovel are my favorites. I remind you of the time all of their equipment was stolen except his shovel, he sleeps with it under his bed. :-) Please, don't get me wrong, I like them all and learn something from each of them.

Love Phil and his shorts. Recently found a photo of Phil in a little pair of swim trunks. Ample proof those shorts cover a lot more Phil than y'all think. Very interesting.

And yet we knew thee and loved thee well. Love is a smoke and is made with the fume of sighs.

'Ere ya go, mate... soundcloud.com/smallroom/sets/time-team-incidental-music

@@surfnsarangi Very cool, thanks muchly. 👍

the remains are now sent to LJMU for the students to study

That depends on the situation, they have dug up bodies and re-interred them in a cemetery that caters to the belief of the dead person, but that is usually at the request of land owners or the church the property used to belong to. Usually they do end up going to museums and such for study to see what kind of info can be determined about the living conditions of the area at the time they lived etc.

They make soup from them...

They have said on previous shows that they re bury the bodies after they have been studied.

Phil? In new hat

Mick's little joke. And breaking the unwritten rule that you don't mention a show made by a rival broadcaster, in this case, BBC Wales.

thats ozzies brother and when he goes out at night he looks up to the sky and bark at the moon

We are not sure. He did bite the head off of a pigeon, though, so we suspect he is related in some manner

No, but he IS the adopted brother of Ralph Fiennes...

Designated driver you know the sober friend or taxi. I'm from the USA too,walk or get a ride has always been my rules.

The bones weren´t from their part of the site and the locals may not have had the resources to get it done.

I think one of the biggest comebacks on said comments are for the fact that these are educated professional women who would be offended being sexualized while they work. It's the stuff of immature little boys.

@@scarletfluerr I think you're naive if you don't believe the camera angles and editing are all very deliberate.Just a second or two of flesh ups the 'feel' and the viewing figures.You could argue that there is less male flesh displayed.

ancilodon exploiting people is found in the church throughout the ages. Now we have televangelists who will pray for you in exchange for a modest monthly payment. Not too dissimilar to those medieval peddlers who sold indulgences. Even in Christ’s own time, he overturned the tables of the corrupt in his temple. I dare say it is a human condition that will always be with us. I suppose the trick is diving (no pun intended) the real from the charlatan

Please remember that not all who call themselves Christian are. Paul wrote extensively about this in the epistles, warning believers to be aware of them. A true Christ-follower would love their neighbor as themselves. Most of English religious history is not about Christ-following individuals but people who claimed religion for political purposes.

​@@JMeixsellcoming from a Paul don't trust what we say,that one select his own groups to claim please rember. He was choosing what a true believer would be😊

John Clark 👍

Oh look, the 12 year olds are up past their bedtime.

@@scarletfluerr every TT video has comments from arsehole men commenting on the women's physical appearance. so puerile.

May have been dwarves. 😀

Stratocaster and Fender Nail Salon.

She's big

They said on a previous episode that they rebury the bodies after they're done.

Bull.They are just bones.No resting involved.Rest is what living creatures do.

They're not needed any longer.

+Terry Adams That flawless complexion, that sweet little bum! Love her in those short-shorts that she wears on hot weather digs!

screw Baywatch....chix with daisy dukes and killer brains...that's where it's at!

Too much of a Harry Potter look for me...

I'm sure she'd be very flattered to have her education and experience discarded to be turned into a sexual object for immature, unintelligent little boys to drool over.

+Hewho Laughslast A fair question, and I for one would like answered

Considering the vast number of former Abbeys and their historic and cultural importance in the UK, I am not surprised that an archaeologist would find the discovery of the ancient remnants of such places important it is interesting. Although, he does seem to have a fascination with monastic life, the fact he is an atheist has nothing to do with his professional and archaeological inquisitiveness.

+Hewho Laughslast He was asked that in an earlier episode and answered that it was because he was an atheist he found it fascinating the amount of energy, expense, and effort that people put into worship. As an expert on Anglo-Saxon Britain that primary focus would be Christians but he was also fascinated by Neolithic, Bronze, and Iron Age worship as well. Surveys have shown that atheists are frequently as Biblically well-read as Christians and more well-read about other religions. I am an atheist and found the practice of religion in India, SE Asia fascinating because for most of the people there there is no differentiation between worship and life. I believe that for our Indo-European ancestors it was much the same.

In Mick's own words, he's fascinated by things he doesn't understand.

He who laughs last, I am a Muslim and I am intrigued by the effect people's belief system has on them. Throughout history different cultures who did not follow the monotheistic belief in one god looked for answers in nature and the star systems. Out of their beliefs evolved probably the most beautiful poetry and stories ever told. These poems often (even though they were mostly wound around legends and myths) told stories about historical events which would otherwise not be known to us: This adds a great deal of value to these writings. I have enjoyed the videos 'Michael Wood - In search of Beowulf - KZfaq' and 'Time Team Special 4 (2000) - The Real King Arthur'. When you watch these videos, the archaeological digs the Time Team does in the Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age really come alive and add flesh to the bones of the people of those times. I am indebted to the Time Team for the revelation of how sophisticated the people were in the various eras which show that man did not evolve; man has always been intelligent. None more so than at the Monastic Abbeys and the farms and settlements within the vicinity of these establishments. To really appreciate the effect of the Abbeys influence over the peasant population and how the people's lives were intertwined with the Christian belief system you must watch the series 'The Tudor Monastery Farm' on youtube. The Abbeys not only taught the people about Christendom but they evolved people's ability and knowledge to progress exponentially in every field in the arts of science, metal work, building, farming, husbandry, literacy, glass work, health and ethics etc. The Abbeys molded every area of the peasant farmers life. When you watch the 'Tudor Monastery Farm' series you can get an idea of just how much Henry VIII's desolation and stripping of the monasteries and the consequent torture of the monks and Catholics traumatized the ordinary people in every way. It stripped them of their identity and left them desperate, starving and disease naturally took its toll culminating in many deaths. Excavating an Abbey, (especially an unknown and unexplored Abbey) must have been really exciting To Mike Aston. He must have been very disappointed when they did not find such a site. Such a site and the surrounding area would be packed solid with almost every trade known to man at the time. Very exciting. I am sad at the news of his death (albeit years before I started watching 'The Time Team') but that is the nature of this life. I am sure most monotheists are also sad that he was an atheist. But that was his choice. But what I find most offensive are the disrespectful comments others have made on this link about his demise. I am sure these people would be more than a little upset if they had been made about their own departed loved ones. Have a heart guys and gals. Best wishes.

Only because people will compare and complain to much to their own standards 😊

their moms wouldn't let them date the archeologists

@@phoule76 😂😂😂 Good one!🥀🥀

Okay here's some more education for you. These are exploratory digs, they're not complete excavations. They frequently rebury or do not continue a dig because they are well aware how far archaeology has come in the last 50 years and how far it may yet go in the next 50. Why mess up something now that could be better excavated in 30 years?

@@scarletfluerr, your explanation makes no sense at all!! I know that the excavation sites are recorded and documented, but that does not mean the excavation site in 50 years will yield anything significantl if it is excavated NOW TO REVEAL ALL THERE IS TO KNOW! Why wait 50 more years AND come to the same conclusion?

@@valeriejohnson5283 it's about budgets, timelines, available skilled crews. When they open up an excavation for the show under that dramatic 3 day timeline, they can rarely "take everything out" and record it so they are buried gently for the future when someone has more time AND may have better techniques as the years go by. I do full block excavations here and they usually can take up to 6 weeks to 6 months to take out, record, analyze, produce reports.... In essence field archaeology is the act of destroying a site albeit in a way that utliizes the best up-to-date methodologies. The is no way most sites can be fully excavated in three days and the government wouldn't allow it for fear of losing data just to make a good show. All of Time Team's applications for excavation are (or were) posted online. They do a great job but yeah, the three days is added as a dramatic tool for the show... no one will watch "welcome to Day 36 and the excavation of Tudor toilets!

@@valeriejohnson5283 If the site is excavated in 50 years time, archaeological science will have moved on significantly and more will be understood than with today's science. Conclusions at that point may be similar or they may be very different. If the archaeologists of 50 years ago had had access to current DNA or isotope analysis, for example, we would probably know much more than we currently do about ancient populations. Obviously, this leads to the argument that we should never excavate a site (unless unavoidable) because future scientific knowledge will always be superior...

lol keith all your comments on every show are critical lol

The Silver Fiend Banjo? What videos have you been watching?

@10:35 banjo music. but I love it. its fun.

Benny Hill style ... blah.

I can see how a down to earth view can bring one down. I think how he admitting his mistakes he made refreshing 😊

Yes because God forbid you appreciate a woman for her intelligence and capability.

I'm used to digging. I wear leather gloves. They protect the hands and keep out the dirt.

Mary-Ann Ochota is actually an anthropologist, but yes I do believe she was added more for the eye candy than for anything she could contribute in her field.

it's prob. fine if only heard once a week, but bingeing these episodes, it does get old!

Insanity is common sanity is personally selective 😊

But have you noticed when Phil says "I have pot" everyone comes running??

@@CreatingwithWinglessAngelI know I would - but then I´d come running just for a good look at Phil´s legs. All hail the cut-offs!

he always looks happy shorts or pants....unless you mean that as a fear filled insult of course...if thats the case, then grow up.

Why has good legs and it doesn't seem to interfere with the quality of his work.

guttersnipe He looks like the real man he is, unaffected by the need to conform to fashion.