Time Team S20-E02 Brancaster
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- Tony and the Team uncover their largest ever range and number of items from Roman Britain, and undertake their most ambitious geophysics project to date.
The archaeologists explore a spectacular site at Brancaster in Norfolk, which is believed to have been a Roman 'Shore-Fort'. Excavations could determine how large it was, what it looked like, and whether it was one of the key military outposts of Roman Britain.
If the site turns out to be as significant as the Team hope, it suggests this question: Why build a major stronghold in such a far-flung corner of the country?
As the Team try to answer, they unearth an unprecedented 2500 finds, which provide lessons about everything from Roman sports to the decorative arts and even cockfighting.
They even find a spectacular piece of a legionary's armour in a previously hidden chamber.
The Team also take on a high-definition geophysics survey covering 24 acres. It generates so much data that the computers grind to halt. Can they be fixed in time to reveal the site's layout?
The biggest surprise reveals evidence of a staggering level of trade with the local population, and clues as to how wealthy nearby Britons became on the back of the Roman presence.
Not sure I like this souped-up version of Time Team with the over-exciting music and forced drama.
The music is a bit much, but the team always forced the drama with Tony’s scripted argumentativeness. Still, it was an interesting dig.
Professor Mick didn't like it either.
I am from South Africa and addicted to Time Team. I am 73 and it was always my dream to get involved with archeology. I enjoy every episode!
I like how Time Team went from not being allowed to dig in scheduled sites to being invited by English Heritage. Awesome!
I was studying history at university in the late 1990's and I remember how a lot of academics viewed the programme with suspicion. In particular, TT was criticised for scratching the surface of complex dig sites for three days and then disappearing with the job only partly finished. In time, those suspicions proved unfounded because the professional archaeologists like Mick and Carenza always insured digs were conducted to the highest standards and, most importantly, recorded to professional standards such that each job could be easily picked up and completed later by others. Once this became established, TT's work was rightly welcomed as being a way to fast-track investigating sites for which there just wasn't (and often still isn't) funding available for academic or archaeological institutions to look at. Shame that's now gone.
@@Wally-H The financial crash, though terrible in so many ways, led to Time Team being asked to do exploratory digs a lot more too, since the finding was suffering so badly for the regular people to do them. Suddenly the big budget a show like this can bring was seen and the big group of experts was a huge bonus to their appeal too.
It's what I love about this series. The archaeological equivalent of bringing down the Berlin wall.
My favourites is the episode when the villagers got up a petition to get their local land excavated. That's a fan base for you.
English heretics are evil cash cow milking bastards.
...a roman walks into a bar,holds up two fingers and says,..five please!..
Topsey Kretts 😆
Oawww man
Five what!
Same Roman, same bar, different day...
Roman asks bartender for a Matinus.
Bartender says, "Don't you mean a Martini?"
Roman says, "If I'd wanted a double , I would have asked for it."
I was feeling really happy for John and his new radar to make life easier ... and then the wheels literally fell off 🤣
I think Tony Robinson does a wonderful job of keeping the show interesting. By contrast how interesting would the program be if the MC talked in a monotone and only spoke when something was found.
WHAT A TEAM TIME TEAM REALLY IS!
They could have gone another 10 years just the way they were.
Ah well such is life...it was a good 20 year run.
+J Demo I could easily see it continuing with Emma on Geophys, Matt taking over for Phil, Ian always in the earthmover, Phillipa giving commentary, etc...
Not with the falling viewer figures. This is the point people don't get. TT would have died a death anyway as viewers were getting bored with it and switching off. They had to try something different - sadly, it didn't work.
Thanks to patreon, the team's coming back for two new digs. Tony isn't coming back as the presenter but most of the original team will be back. There's a video on Time Team's official youtube channel all about it.
i think this is the first time team ive seen where the geophysics team have been happy and describe the soil condition as 'good'.
But the wheel fell off!
As I watch this I can’t but imagine Mick sitting at home this season, watching it, and telling his TV how wrong they are. Or, did he refuse to watch it this season?
Either way, months after this episode aired he was sadly gone, which also makes you wonder, did it break his heart that much?
His health had obviously declined, and he was probably reticent about it. Filming each show could be extremely taxing physically, even for those not digging-the sheer amount of walking, often over challenging terrain, must have been exhausting.
I live half a mile away from Portchester castle, the most south-westerly of the eleven Roman forts referenced in this edition. The Roman curtain wall is still intact, but the otherwise open and grassy interior now features just a Norman keep and tower in the north-east corner and a medieval church in the south-west corner, with no present evidence of any Roman buildings showing above ground. I think I might have to take my spade down there and open a trench just to see what's what. English Heritage surely wouldn't object, would they?
Time Team (and Antiques Rdshow) two of my favourite shows - both thoroughly entertained me - and sent me back to my history bks to learn more - glad there still ways to enjoy them - missing Professor Mick and his mad jumper!
+Elizabeth Johnston ...and his matching mad fingerless gloves!
There was more than One jumper? An old lady knitted it for him, sent it in, he wore it and the feedback the tv company got was incredible, so they asked him to keep wearing them and her to keep knitting them! There are several different patterns if you look closely
Professor Mick says you're too old, and he said don't talk shit about his jumper or he'll beat you up.
Phil : "I'm only here for the beer ! " 😜
Okay, Brett C. We know you love beer also 💰
Phil Harding ❤️
Oh come on ... giving a summary of all findings at the beginning?! One of the lovely things about all TT eps was that we didn't know if they will find something, just like the team during their digs. Dumbing it down was the death shot to the series. Prof Mick was right, yet again. RIP Prof. Aston!
Thanks so much for posting
That new Tow-able radar machine had to have cut hours off the Geophysics run.
33:50 time team gold. Phil grabbing the beer 🍺. 😆👍🏻
Absolutely love the show and crew, but always admired the precision of the digger operator...
He’s the unsung hero, really
Both of them are fabulous digger drivers and the one driver understands the art of digging with the machine and by hand also cause you see him down in the hole with a trowel in hand
In Canada we call the JCB a backhoe or a larger machine a swing shovel. Ian the elder is a master operator. Ian the younger is a very good operator but will take 20yrs to be as masterful as Ian the elder. RIP master excavator.
@@johncarmon9528 The one digging by hand is Dr Ian Powlesland. He has a PhD in Archaeology.
The outline of the main fort is visible on Google Earth here:
52°57′50″N 0°39′07″E
The surrounding fields, photo'ed from space in the late summer or fall, have many nice crop/parch marks.
The 80+ page report with great maps, charts, and analysis, is here:
www.scribd.com/fullscreen/252037499?access_key=key-ucqeF4BYGmUqs943oGnT&allow_share=true&escape=false&view_mode=scroll
Stannous Flouride Thanks much
#stannousflouride thanks for the info. Do you enter the numbers on the search line? I know it seems a stupid question, but I had no luck. Thanks & btw Phil's bd is January 25th ! Stay safe from the Zombie Apocalypse Virus- my name for C19.
Something has to make us laugh.
February 2012 it was reported that Aston had left Time Team. He explained his position to the Western Daily Press, stating that the show's producers had made a number of changes to the series without consulting him, and that in the process Time Team had been "dumbed down", something he considered bad for archaeology.
He was annoyed that a number of archaeologists-including surveyor Stewart Ainsworth, small finds specialist Helen Geake and illustrator Victor Ambrus-had seen their roles diminished while a new co-presenter, Mary-Ann Ochota (a former model with a bachelor's degree in archaeology and anthropology), had been introduced, and that as a result the episodes now contained "a lot of faffing about."[2][34][35] In an interview with the magazine British Archaeology Aston said: "The time had come to leave. I never made any money out of it, but a lot of my soul went into it. I feel really, really angry about it."[36]
Totally correct but I think that you should have added that *MaryAnn Ochota* was quite as disgusted as *Mick Aston* and left the show as soon as she could.
I couldn't stand Ochota, she has one of those faces that instantly pisses you off when you see it. I adored Mick, Helen, Stewart, John, Raksha, Matt and of course Phil. I didn't mind Brigid or Carenza, Victor I didn't care for his art but he didn't bother me.
I really enjoy it when they do the CGI models of what they think the buildings and walls would have appeared. Also when they do the experimental archaeology. Wonderful program, Thank you for posting and editing. I wonder if more archaeology has been done at this site, it is fascinating.
I wonder whether the realignment of the stone wall over the earthen ramparts might have been because they saw something in the geology that would have made the new heavier walls unstable.
They were remarkable engineers after all.
+Stannous Flouride What an insightful observation! I'm sure that you're right.
I've read and reread Vitruvius' Ten Books of Architecture and am always impressed.
Thanks so much for this season. I didn't realize how much I missed this show.
I wish they didn't have the artificial constraint of three days on a dig - some of these deserve a lot more.
The constraint was applied because the scientists involved in the Time Team excavations weren't employees of either the Team nor the Television Company producing the series. The archaeologists etc. had full time jobs elsewhere and could only help the Team on a long weekend from Friday to Sunday, hence the three day limit. On the following Monday, they went back to their normal jobs at universities or excavating other sites etc. Whether the scientists got paid for their work for TT or whether they did it out of pure love for their work, I personally do not know.
It would be nice if they could go back and do full digs on some of these more promising sites.
@@nhansen197 They have. Time Team was primarily a TV show, but they went in and found places that merited further investigation, thus saving time and money A Reconnaisance Mission if you like There are a couple of follow ups on You tube, where they show what happened and was found After they left.
There are definitely some episodes that desperately needed more time, but i'm sure most archeologists will always want more time on a dig no matter how long they're there. The beauty of the 3 days limitation was that they could cover more sites. They have a few episodes that are in collaboration with bigger, longer projects where you get to see more in depth results.
@@SNP-1999 Someone got paid! Archeology got paid to do the work and resources. And it is worthy!
I don't like that the newer episodes give you quick glimpses right in the beginning of what is going to happen later. Half the fun is not knowing.
Crack presenter Tony Robinson. and his team of cranky old men and lovely young women make TT a real pleasure, and it's educational to boot.
With roughly half of my genes being provided by 2 grandparents - Wales and Scotland- I enjoy this series on 3 levels - first, of course, is the camaraderie of the team; 2nd is just the outright history; 3rd, it's MY history!
To hell,.. with what they look like,.. - They've been doing it for about 25 yrs now. - It's content,.. content,.. content. As well as experience & knowledge,.. check out FEM-JOY if you want visuals,.. These guy's know how to make an interesting show. Thanks, Phil.
What the heck is with the “music”. It sounds like a horror movie!! I hope the remaining episodes STOP adding the horror music. I ant to HEAR what is being said NOT listen to the HORROR Music!
The history that is uncovered is incredible. OREGON USA
A lot of the UK and indeed Europe is like this. 2000 years of occupation by various factions leaves traces for future generations to investigate.
I hope they bring the series back at some point
Now we have the Rollskinardly of geophys. Because normally it would "roll" down one hill and "kinardly" get up the next; and that's all well and good, as long as the wheels don't fall off! No beer at the pub for you! LOL;)
Phil's laugh is priceless!
Phil talks and laughs like a pirate.
One should have been able to bottle it and prescribe for depression.
In the military, we had a motto, ''If it aint fucked, dont fix it!''
They 'fixed it' and they fucked it!
(Same way that the BBC 'fixed,' Top Gear!)
Whenever they say Principia, I think of Sir Isaac Newton's great treatise, The Principia. Does anyone else or am I being a geek again?
That was what the 'telly experts' said would hold viewers attention. Mick assured them it could be done, so away it went.
It's interesting to compare this to early Roman digs, such as S5-E4. There's not a ton of difference between them. You can really see the development of geophysics! I do agree that music underneath the speaking is annoying and unnecessary. Bu this one episode proves that the death of the show wasn't inevitable. It still had great quality available, if only the producers had tried harder.
Lisa Kilmer doesn't it just come down to ratings? Didn't this show have the viewers to keep on?
Funny, I never noticed the music.
@@johnemerson1363 Double funny, that happened sometimes in season 6 as well.
@@filigree4103 It did of course come down to ratings.
I think that your comment that there is not a ton of difference is key. Granted, I've been binge watching, but after awhile the sites do get repetitive. I understand the 3 day limit but I think it contributed to things looking the same. When all you're doing is scratching the surface of a tiny percentage of each site you are unlikely to find really unique features. Viewership started declining years before the end as well as the cost kept climbing. So glad we got 20 years!
i had one once ,but the wheels fell off
That last geophys result was amazing. Give them another 15 years, and you won't even need to dig anymore.
Since the circular gyrus lies at the very bottom of the radar data, and it has a dark feature in its center, why would an iron age roundhouse with a fireplace or oven or kiln in the center not be considered? There were other Iron Age finds on the site. And the Roman structures would have been built on top of its remains.
I "discovered" this program while stationed for four years at RAF Chicksands, Bedfordshire, UK. I've been a fan ever since. Favorite episode? Why, the dig they did at the Priory on RAF Chicksands, itself! Ha! Please keep up the great job. Cheers!
One of the best episodes.
Our Mr. Phil's BD is
JANUARY 25 1950
HAPPY BD PHIL!
We all grew old with you, ya old rascal !!!
Thanks for having the Time Team show on RUclips. Not able to go out due to the virus I have been watching all the episodes. I really appreciate it. Thanks again stay safe. God bless you
Awesome episode. Thankyou for the upload🎉👍
Principia? So, not Newton's?! 👍
That Sergio Leone soundtrack is distracting and obnoxious...
I wonder if anyone went back and did a full job of it? I would love to see what they would find.
I'm a brand new viewer and wonder what is done with the objects the Team finds? Do they represent a museum or do they give things to the local towns where they find them? Looking forward to learning more. Thanks!
planoamy Most of them go to local museums or to the county museum.Unless they are of national interest.
At 9:55 when they lift the pewter plate I'm convinced I see the missing piece on the ground in the background.
The plate is already 'wobbling', so it looks like it has been taken out of the ground before, but was placed in the ground again just to get some nice footage of the 'excavation'.
Thanks.
A fantastic episode!:❤️
Maybe I'm just an old fart but the introduction of "dramatic music" is just distracting. Over the last few months I have watched all the previous episodes in chronological order. I can see why this will be the last series . They had such a good formula I didn't see any need to tweak it. Dumbing down a là Discovery Channel was never the direction to go. Tony was always a genius at playing the Baldrick but who you know, after 20 years, knows a great deal about British archaeology - so it never grated. The delight of the programme was that every time there was something new to learn. And I have learned so much about the history of my country of birth. Poor old Mick. I will miss him. Sad end.
+Gribbo9999 Agreed. Entertainers (and producers) for that matter, really never embraced a conservative "don't fix it if it isn't broken" approach, instead opting for a more liberal "change is good" approach.
+Mark Z yes Mark. I'm no Luddite and clearly after 20 years on the job Tony and others are getting on a bit it was probably time to phase in a new generation, gradually of course. It's the dumbing down that gets me. You know this was a programme for those who are inquisitive and want to learn. It's not Big Brother or Biggest Loser. It is the subject matter not the presenters who have to be the main focus surely. Intrusive music and dramatic artifacts aren't the way. Tony always introduced a little bit of the dramatic eg introduction of new findings in a teasing sequence - not letting on about the detailed research carried out before the 3 days on site etc. After all it was always a scripted television programme. But it was kept in perspective with the archaeology taking front seat always . Sorry to lose that.
+Gribbo9999
I wholeheartedly agree with the comments in this string.
Commenting as another old fart, the music adds nothing and is bloody irritating
when you are listening to Tony’s commentary. Seems they tried to dumb it down
to appeal to people who watch the discovery and history channels which are
populated by cheap nonsense, mostly
computer generated, and for minimal cost with almost no hard facts or academic
rigour - a complete joke. Amateur armchair historians like me like to see and
hear facts, dates and figures and to see artifacts, have them explained to us by
these dazzlingly clever people who are experts in their field and to learn
something. It gives us something to bore our mates with in the pub too. Whizzy
graphics, stupid noises and music add nothing and the producers are deluding themselves
if they think that people who watch reality TV shows are going to be lured to
archaeology because they’ve added some dopey music. This was a great show that
was wrecked by people who misunderstood their core audience. Mick Aston was a
terrible loss, but the show still had a group of really smart people like Phil,
John, Stewart, Mark and Francis to which they’d added some younger experts who
impressed; Philippa, Raksha, Matt and Naomi and the dynasty could have continued.
If their ratings were dropping (after all this is commercial TV) they should
have looked at cutting costs and getting back to basics. Most of the archaeologists
were working for peanuts or for free on these shows and core viewers like us
would have stuck with it. Get rid of the expensive camera shots, slim down the
back room ops, use more student labour and this show could have continued for
decades. The early episodes were made on a tight budget, had much lower costs and
were no less interesting than the later shows for all that.
+Gribbo9999 Hear, hear! The programme in the early days was by far more "real." It's easy to understand how it had such a following and was able to endure all those years. The over-production is unfortunate. It strikes me as a desperate attempt to refurbish something that didn't need refurbishing, but which somebody wanted to dress up in order not to create interest after the original formula was dumbed down, but to force interest.
While I agree with you in every way, I think it is fair pointing out that Mick Aston himself suggested the use of "dramatic music" as it can be seen in the very beginning of Time Team Special 16, from 2002. Great series, though.
The digger music is hilarious. ^-^
...and the tank sound effects.
I noticed Alex and Mary had disappeared. Now they have gone there is a vast difference in pace. I like it/ It wouldn't surprise me if they got a backlash from viewers? Someones raided the Mission Impossible music score CDs. OTT on TT.
What killed Time Team was a blatant case of age-ism: Just because the brilliant experts were getting old, they had to go. Heaven forbid that a wrinkle should show! Eventually they would have gotten rid of Tony in favor of some brawny male model.
No tony in time team???? That sucks!
Published findings: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/brancaster-estate/documents/branodunum-time-team-dig---wessex-report-2014.pdf
Hmm ... the CGI ships have their steering oar on the opposite side from every other vessel ever(starboard=steering board). Animator's error, or were Roman ships different, or did they have lots of left-handed sailors? ;)
Steering oars on both sides.
Sure thing Centurion ! I guarentee my armor for 1000yrs !
I still can't believe Mick chose to continue to deny and hide his gay lifestyle for so long, even despite his decade long homosexual love triangle with Tony and Phil being such common knowledge.
At the age of 72 I have been enjoying Time Team for about 9 months now from here in the former colony of Pennsylvania. With so much more to discover on this huge site, will it now be excavated by other archaeologists either from local groups or universities? It would seem to me to be such a waste to have all of that geophysics go to waste.
Best episode of the last season. Thanks.
its too bad they only do 3 days on such a big site. I could have watched this everyday for two weeks. I dont care about the introductory music and the over simplistic explanations as long as the show was on and running.
so...all the "roman" troopers were not Italian. wonder if dna of the modern towns people would show that? lots of anglo/saxon blood for sure but any dalmation/spanish/african or any others from across the roman world? love this show!!!!
Most Roman soldiers weren't Italian. After conquering an area, the Romans would ship the men off to a different conquered area as soldiers so they couldn't cause trouble at home. Their term of service was 25 years so it was common for them to marry locally and retire locally at the end of their term. Probably no much left for them at "home" after so long.
Trick to get more viewers, Get that tall red-haired digger shown at end of show, in more close-ups.
thanks for the upload... I love Time Team!
WARNING If you have large Hi Res TV DO NOT look directly at Phil's hat. I can not stress this enough. Do not do it
the hat is gross.
It reminds me of a ball cap I had used as a forester. At the end of my work time it was black! Poor thing started out as a bright yellow...:(
One of the best episodes ever! Thank you Time Team!
Oops I did it again! Got lost in the game.
this lot must be short of iron in their blood, oysters taste like tin to me, and you can keep your salty caviar and champagne that isnt ice cold
I hate it when they speed up the audio until it’s just this side of a gabble.
Why are they always talking about 'invading saksons'. The saksons were not living at the coast at that time.
Trading was especially from the Rijn estuary and so the trading was through the Netherlands.
Meaning the frisians at that time.
Everybody was wearing a knife in those times. Your basic gear.
Everybody has a day job and ppl have regular jobs
When it is time to call a day, it is time to call it a day. But what makes S20 so unbearable is the hideous soundtrack... only one indicator of totally failing of revamping the product Time Team... What a sad end to 20 years of a remarkable show...
alanrtment porter Please stop with the snobbery. That false sense of superiority you seem to have is tiresome.
Raksha strikes again...
I like the idea that the Romans 'withdrew' from Britain .. as, shall we say, the British withdrew from India. Constantine III and others tapped and sapped the military (and tax) resources in his bid for imperial power, temporarily successful before the almost inevitable .. backstab. The remaining Rome loyalists, quite a large number it would seem, sought relief from their hired armed protectors (the Anglo-Saxons, and a perfectly normal Roman use of resources), but Rome had no effective military response to offer .. and so these British Romans fled (being offered a place to settle in territory still held by the imperial government .. again, an altogether normal Roman thing to do - in the face of reality).
That left the remaining Romano-Britons and the now Saxon 'protected' Britons to get on with it. Clearly, those Britons who now faced a future devoid of their Roman and Romanised landlords, more or less settled into the change .. perhaps with a good deal less bother than later historians would like to imagine. Since very few of them would have had villas or townhouses or government/ military posts to lose, they simply carried on farming - much as they had done since way before 'Rome' became a thing to bother or chivvy them; and since the Angles, Saxons and Jutes were more or less hunters, farmers, chancers and pagans like the yokels themselves, well, I mean, hypocausts and baths, togas and rectangles, learning to write and read, having worthless coins and absentee warriors wouldn't be a cultural benefit that was missed .. too much or by very many.
AWESOME!
During Roman times, were the coins of one ruler, bought up by the successor and then produce his own?
I agree. the music drowns out everything
just do what microsoft appallently said "turn it off and turn it on again"
So not such a backwater as they said their Caister St Edmund dig showed.
❤
Who owns the land these people are digging on? What is its use?
***** It's a National Trust site, so I presume they bought the land to preserve it.
What I want to know is what happens to the site after the dig?
why do they keep calling the folks that recycled stone "robbers"??? they were merely recycling. if you leave something sit a century or six, doesn't that give others the right to recycle the stuff? they use this word in several episodes and I find it kinda not cool! it isn't like these places were designated World Heritage Sites in the later centuries. didn't we start doing that after WWII? kinda recent!
It's just scientific jargon. All archaeologists understand right away what "robbed out" means without making any moralistic judgements about ownership or rights.
I just love these time team fellows, especially Frances with the wheels falling off and all,:).
Pryor is not really open for debate.He is right!!!!
I do love Time Team, and i think it a loss that it was cancelled, but the thing is... they were only being invited because of the crisis - lack of building developers positioned TT as the bag of money that could do something - but archeology is by nature a destructive discipline, and the format-change that made Mick Aston leave, wasn't a force for good... so though i love the show, i do like that the archeology can now wait undisturbed for less intrusive future examinations.
Philippa returns.
+Hey Seuss I hear 'ya.
+Bryon Lape Nice that there are other appreciative lads. Hot, smart women. Yum!
Are they required to close up the excavation trenches after the 3 days?? I hope not!!!
Occasionally they are invited in by a local archaeology group or a university who might keep a trench open but usually they are recorded and shut. If something delicate was found, like a mosaic, they put down a protective covering before back filling. A written report details where everything is located so a trench can be reopened in future.
Nice episode, very interesting history.👍
Vicious Anglo-Saxon acorns at 6:00
I hope more work was done on this site
40 coins? isn't that a hoard?
Is anyone using metal detectors?
Yes.
This site being in Norfolk makes me think this site may be contemporary with the Iceini rebellion. Isn't this the area where they came from. The Iceini and the Trevonti tribes?
The Iceni do indeed come from Norfolk, however the Boudican rebellion was in 60/61AD. The fort featured in this episode was constructed later.
***** Thanks for that ;) I appreciate it.
I don't get the whole three day thing. What's the point of that?
The archaeologists are working professionals- they’re not retired.
"No."
Bravo
Why is Cassie always with Matt---he is married to Rakha, right?
No Matt and Raksha are not married to each other, just very good friends.
jaicne his loss because she is a keeper.
wow that radar is a really neat new piece of equipment! the results are so clear!
You can't steal stone that is abandoned.
That's not what _robber trench_ means. The stone was _robbed_ from the abandoned wall/building for re-use elsewhere. It _may_ have been stolen if it was owned and taken without permission.
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