This is just such a lovely humane show. What a pleasure. They manage to convey a love of learning, a curiosity and a capacity to hold several hypotheses at once. They model critical thinking skills while showing how important it is to be kind, curious and open to differing points of view. May be my favorite historical program ever.
I also hope there are a few archeologists in school from this school. I love when you all get the kids and young people involved. Their eyes truly light up!
I love episodes that feature Paul’s pottery expertise, especially when he has a moment to explain some of the qualities of the pots (shape, clay type, posh or not). Great digital work in this episode as well - not only the green screen but also when Tony is explaining the facade alterations @15:20
hes on my twitter friends list, i was on a time team binge & added a few from the show, i once had a conversation with him about a couple of bands lol, nothing to do with archaelogy. nice guy.
Like many have said, I am so happy they got the kids involved. One or two of them could have fallen in love with archaeology that day. At the least, they all have a memory they'll think back on through life.
This is such a great episode. I love how the archaeologists and experts interact with the children so enthusiastically and that enthusiasm is reflected by the children.
Can we talk about the demolition from the 60's? I know we can't keep everything. But come on...and now they are looking at the foundations. Thats so sad. 😥
I'm very very envious of these children!! It seems they had a great time AND had a fantastic opportunity to learn about history and archeology hands on. That is SO valuable.
Is it weird that everytime I watch an episode I keep expecting Phil to say something like, well you see tony underneath the victorian, tudor, anglo saxon and roman levels we have flint, I reckon people have been on this site for over 5,000 years.
So endearing..seems to me that the child in each of the team members was brought out by the enthusiasm of the children!! Makes me wonder what they looked like as children.. not just physically but demeanor wise as well..
@@aidansharples7751 I shall!! =) no success yet.. I'm pretty sure I've watched every episode from TT's inception.. everyone had more hair in the beginning.. Mr Aston had the same hair just darker.. I'll keep looking. I saw a picture of Lionel Messi as a child-he resembled Helen Geake (spelling?)
Regarding the clay pipes, they were really cheaply made and pretty much a disposable item. That's why you can find lots of them in fireplaces. It's not that there was some ritual of throwing your pipe in the fire; it's because throwing your pipe in the fire was a bit like flicking your cigarette butt away after smoking the cigarette. Can't remember if the pipes came pre-packed with tobacco or not. I think it MIGHT be the case that you bought one 'smoke' - pipe, tobacco and all. In any case, the pipes were cheap enough to throw away or drop anywhere and not care about it.
37:40 There’s a good argument to be made that Edward the Confessor was the first Norman King of England. He was raised in the Norman Court and many of his advisors and bishops were Norman.
It's kind of trippy watching this episode; I stayed at Hooke Court on a year 6 camp in primary school (not anything to do with this program or the school shown here), and do vaguely recognise most of the building etc. lol
I'm so glad they took the time to get the kids actually *involved* and not just telling them to wait aside and learn later. Probably inspired many future archaeologists just in those three days. Well done, Time Team!
That's one thing I really wish schools did a lot more of. Kids, by their very nature are curious, but most don't take to well to sitting in classrooms for hours a day. In my experience, kids very much prefer getting hands on experience.
When there are kids around, the Time Teamsters always gave them some hands-on lessons. They're often up to their elbows in muddy water cleaning finds, helping sieve, and other tasks. Every once in a while, we're treated to some audio clips. The kids are bright and curious, and frequently make shrewd observations. Prof. Mick (RIP, wherever you are or aren't, you irascible old atheist, you!) and Sir Tony display great skill at explaining things in direct language, and avoiding the fatal error of talking down to kids and laypeople (that's us).
I like it when they bring schools into an archaeological dig. In a subject which is normally so dry in a school context, with little more than books to do all the teaching, and field trips being a great rarity, due to time and money constraints, it's important that children get to experience the practical, hands on type of history for it to come alive for them.
That’s one of the reasons why this is one of my favorite TT episodes. Everyone was clearly having a great time, and the kids got so much out of it, from hands-on archaeology to free acting lessons.
Oh to have been one of those kids! This episode really shows how each TT member loves to share in their work. I hope some of those kids would use this as a springboard into history and archeology!
I just love how Time Team has included the school children! Its so important for them to get hands on experience! You've inspired some future archaeologists I bet! Well done!
Love that they got the kids involved with the archaeology it really is much better experience when you have hands-on and heck maybe even influence some of them to become archaeologist.
9:53 holy cow look at thoses horse those are actually really good lol also the fires very nicely mixed the proportions of the people on the horses are a little off but all in all thats actually really good lol
I thought I'd seen all of the time team episodes, then I found this one...Phenomenal!!! Wonderful!!! Brilliant!!! Those children must have had a blast!!!
I think it's great! When i was a kid here in the states, we never had anything like this. Now a friend of mine's son when he was in highschool, took a history class. The class went to Comanche Lookout Park in San Antonio. It's called that because in the days of the early settlers, both native americans and settlers used it as a lookout for enemies. You can Google the park. Some of their finds are in the Public Library on Nacogdoches and Judson Road. There is a water tower built like a castle tower on the property dated 1928. A retired army officer built a house on the top, now long gone. The gate posts had the busts of comanche chiefs on each post.These were stolen years ago. Only reason it's a park is because the wife of the episcopalian pastor nearby, started a movement to save the place from developers.
So nice to see, that the children really was envolved, and happy to learn about the past of their school. And TT enjoying to learning the kids about propper archeology.
Technically speaking, Hooke Court isn't their school afaik; it's a centre that does camps etc. for schools to book a week at a time or whatever, I went there from my school (based in Bristol) as a kid
Agreed. I just discovered TT a few months ago and have watched quite a few so far. Never thought it would be so interesting just watching someone digging in the dirt. I’m in Canada .. our history doesn’t go back very far comparatively speaking. And since over here most building was with wood, there isn’t anything much to dig up anyway.
@@rodcorkum8482 It's not everybody's 'cuppa tea' although I love watching it even though I'm not much of a history guru. We do have some bureaucracy here in the UK that won't let them dig in places they want too, even though it's not been dug before ! Could only happen in the UK eh ..lol
What a wonderful experience for the children. Using modern science to study ancient history. The actually got hands on experience with the digging, geophys ..... I wonder if we have a future archeologist here!!
I think that is the best Time team episode Ive seen (and Ive seen a lot...from original broadcasts on Aussie TV to the more recent "catch up" on RUclips. ) Obviously including the kids added a real lustre to the show...but it was just a great piece of television.
I used to make fun of my dad for watching Time Team growing up because I thought it was boring (it was ALWAYS on his laptop/TV) at the weekend. And here I am, almost 30, watching all the TT videos on RUclips 😅 sorry, dad! I get it now!
My father always talked about chains and rods. A chain is 66 ft. or four rods. That makes a rod 16.5 ft. That makes me believe that in New England in the United States we were still dealing with midieval lengths in the 1950s. Because they're talking about 16 foot increments for building dimensions.
Woven wire fence is still often in 330' rolls or 20 rods. Sometimes the tag will say 330'/20 rods. And barb wire comes in 80 rod spools. So still using them today.
Chains and rods as a form of measurement was post medieval, actually instituted after the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII as the first standardized form of land measurement. And building construction is based on 8ft increments, 16ft lumber is more difficult to produce.
Living in America I wish we had this kind of history and I wish this had been on American TV when it was new, I would’ve been 7 years old when it debuted but I was super into history but being American I didn’t know that there were archaeologists outside of Egypt and things like Inca and Mayan areas. If I had know when I was younger I probably would’ve focused more and gone to school for history/archaeology and would’ve happily moved to the UK to pursue archaeology.
Absolute scandal that the 15C North Wing was only demolished in the mid 1960’s. What were they thinking! ☹️😠 Surely a Grade II Listed Building by ‘The Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England 🏴’ (now known as ‘English Heritage’).
The previous Commission is now known as Historic England (a shortened version of the title you mentioned) but was English Heritage until 2015. English Heritage is now a charity that looks after the historic properties and has gradually been stripped of government funding with the expectation that it will be fully self-supporting by 2023. English Heritage has, in the past, only raised part of its revenue through memberships, admissions etc as the cost of maintaining its properties, many of them medieval buildings the best part of 1,000 years old, is enormous. The removal of state funding is a huge concern and leaves a massive financial hole. Historic England is still part of the government and undertakes all of the statutory/legal duties such as Listing and Scheduling, administration of grants, advising national and local government on policy etc.
I'm kind of disappointed that the didn't go up to Brigid and tell her she was right. She said there was a building facing the the opposite way if what they thought.
What is that beautiful tree that looks like a painting of a tree rather than the real thing. the branches/leaves are globular. I suspect any Brit could tell me what it is, but I have never seen one like it in America.
How jealous I am of these kids going to school in an ancient historic manor with a moat no less in the idyllic English countryside! Puts my boring Los Angeles schools to shame. And I would love to hear from any of this school's children who are now grown, if this experience prompted any of them to follow a career path that involves history.
R.I.P Mick Aston. Your dedication to archaeology without sensationalism is a true legacy.
Good points
Which one is Mick?
@@janisgay5507 The one they call Mick!!!
Older fellow with the wispy white hair and his arm in a sling.
@@maryniski5439 Older than who?
Always loved how Time Team involved the kids, community, people, that invited them to dig. Also love the little gifts they give back.
This is just such a lovely humane show. What a pleasure. They manage to convey a love of learning, a curiosity and a capacity to hold several hypotheses at once. They model critical thinking skills while showing how important it is to be kind, curious and open to differing points of view. May be my favorite historical program ever.
I also hope there are a few archeologists in school from this school. I love when you all get the kids and young people involved. Their eyes truly light up!
The legacy of this show will be seen in 10 to 15 years.... bright futures are ahead.
I stumble into repetition, but it was a only once in a planetary evolution kind of program...... absolutely in love with the original Time Team
I love episodes that feature Paul’s pottery expertise, especially when he has a moment to explain some of the qualities of the pots (shape, clay type, posh or not). Great digital work in this episode as well - not only the green screen but also when Tony is explaining the facade alterations @15:20
hes on my twitter friends list, i was on a time team binge & added a few from the show, i once had a conversation with him about a couple of bands lol, nothing to do with archaelogy. nice guy.
Paul is one of my favorite non main characters experts when Paul and Guy are featured it always leads to great episodes.
Like many have said, I am so happy they got the kids involved. One or two of them could have fallen in love with archaeology that day. At the least, they all have a memory they'll think back on through life.
This is such a great episode. I love how the archaeologists and experts interact with the children so enthusiastically and that enthusiasm is reflected by the children.
"I've been here six years. So..."
Brilliant.
Can we talk about the demolition from the 60's? I know we can't keep everything. But come on...and now they are looking at the foundations. Thats so sad. 😥
Them kids will remember that forever. Probably just created a future crew doing this with them.
It's a wonderful idea to include the kids. The earlier they are introduced to their history, the more they will respect history.
what a marvellous set of lessons for the kids!
I'm very very envious of these children!! It seems they had a great time AND had a fantastic opportunity to learn about history and archeology hands on. That is SO valuable.
Is it weird that everytime I watch an episode I keep expecting Phil to say something like, well you see tony underneath the victorian, tudor, anglo saxon and roman levels we have flint, I reckon people have been on this site for over 5,000 years.
LOL!
I really like the historian in this episode. He’s quirky in a good way and I could talk to him for hours
So endearing..seems to me that the child in each of the team members was brought out by the enthusiasm of the children!! Makes me wonder what they looked like as children.. not just physically but demeanor wise as well..
ive seen some baby photos of the time team somewhere. Go forth and find Phil with a full mane of hair.
@@aidansharples7751 I shall!! =)
no success yet.. I'm pretty sure I've watched every episode from TT's inception.. everyone had more hair in the beginning.. Mr Aston had the same hair just darker..
I'll keep looking. I saw a picture of Lionel Messi as a child-he resembled Helen Geake (spelling?)
Regarding the clay pipes, they were really cheaply made and pretty much a disposable item. That's why you can find lots of them in fireplaces. It's not that there was some ritual of throwing your pipe in the fire; it's because throwing your pipe in the fire was a bit like flicking your cigarette butt away after smoking the cigarette. Can't remember if the pipes came pre-packed with tobacco or not. I think it MIGHT be the case that you bought one 'smoke' - pipe, tobacco and all. In any case, the pipes were cheap enough to throw away or drop anywhere and not care about it.
37:40 There’s a good argument to be made that Edward the Confessor was the first Norman King of England. He was raised in the Norman Court and many of his advisors and bishops were Norman.
It's kind of trippy watching this episode; I stayed at Hooke Court on a year 6 camp in primary school (not anything to do with this program or the school shown here), and do vaguely recognise most of the building etc. lol
I'm so glad they took the time to get the kids actually *involved* and not just telling them to wait aside and learn later. Probably inspired many future archaeologists just in those three days. Well done, Time Team!
Agreed, the best history lesson ever.
That's one thing I really wish schools did a lot more of. Kids, by their very nature are curious, but most don't take to well to sitting in classrooms for hours a day. In my experience, kids very much prefer getting hands on experience.
That would of been Mick...
He loved kids and teaching the next generation.
When there are kids around, the Time Teamsters always gave them some hands-on lessons. They're often up to their elbows in muddy water cleaning finds, helping sieve, and other tasks. Every once in a while, we're treated to some audio clips. The kids are bright and curious, and frequently make shrewd observations. Prof. Mick (RIP, wherever you are or aren't, you irascible old atheist, you!) and Sir Tony display great skill at explaining things in direct language, and avoiding the fatal error of talking down to kids and laypeople (that's us).
Agree! What a history lesson they have gotten.
Wonderful to see the interaction with the young people.
Another unseen episode! Thank you Time Team from the USA!
Wonderful Episode, so much going on, and the children involved. And Tony was so proud to use the word Palimpsest correctly 😸👏
I like it when they bring schools into an archaeological dig. In a subject which is normally so dry in a school context, with little more than books to do all the teaching, and field trips being a great rarity, due to time and money constraints, it's important that children get to experience the practical, hands on type of history for it to come alive for them.
That’s one of the reasons why this is one of my favorite TT episodes. Everyone was clearly having a great time, and the kids got so much out of it, from hands-on archaeology to free acting lessons.
IMO this is a top three episode of the whole series!
Well done you! Getting young people involved in history is so vital. What an opportunity for them. 😁
This is the episode when Time Team discovered the green screen.
Oh to have been one of those kids! This episode really shows how each TT member loves to share in their work. I hope some of those kids would use this as a springboard into history and archeology!
It's always fun when they have some of the local kids get involved. Tony's interaction with the kids is just so funny.
I just love how Time Team has included the school children! Its so important for them to get hands on experience! You've inspired some future archaeologists I bet! Well done!
I love Time Team…. Mick was one of my favourite and I miss him.
Love that they got the kids involved with the archaeology it really is much better experience when you have hands-on and heck maybe even influence some of them to become archaeologist.
LOVE THE WAY THEY INVOLVE THE KIDS....THEY WILL REMEMBER THAT....A GREAT PIECE OF HISTORY....
9:53 holy cow look at thoses horse those are actually really good lol also the fires very nicely mixed the proportions of the people on the horses are a little off but all in all thats actually really good lol
I absolutely love the interaction with the children. So important and they seemed to really enjoy participating!
Imagine how amazing this must have been for the kids!
I think this needs to happen bit more on Time Team. Getting Kids involved. Hands on Experience.
I thought I'd seen all of the time team episodes, then I found this one...Phenomenal!!! Wonderful!!! Brilliant!!! Those children must have had a blast!!!
It's always great to see the bairns involved in the dig.
I love how they included the kids. Love these shows.
I think it's great! When i was a kid here in the states, we never had anything like this. Now a friend of mine's son when he was in highschool, took a history class. The class went to Comanche Lookout Park in San Antonio. It's called that because in the days of the early settlers, both native americans and settlers used it as a lookout for enemies. You can Google the park. Some of their finds are in the Public Library on Nacogdoches and Judson Road. There is a water tower built like a castle tower on the property dated 1928. A retired army officer built a house on the top, now long gone. The gate posts had the busts of comanche chiefs on each post.These were stolen years ago. Only reason it's a park is because the wife of the episcopalian pastor nearby, started a movement to save the place from developers.
So nice to see, that the children really was envolved, and happy to learn about the past of their school.
And TT enjoying to learning the kids about propper archeology.
Technically speaking, Hooke Court isn't their school afaik; it's a centre that does camps etc. for schools to book a week at a time or whatever, I went there from my school (based in Bristol) as a kid
@@Hannah_Em envolve? WTF is an envolve?
@@luthahvelken4653 uhh... did you mean to @ me there? Seems like you're responding to the other commenter
@@luthahvelken4653 WTF is an WTF?
@@Hannah_Em Please answer the question?
Another great episode from Time Team. Think I could watch these every day. Thks
Agreed. I just discovered TT a few months ago and have watched quite a few so far. Never thought it would be so interesting just watching someone digging in the dirt. I’m in Canada .. our history doesn’t go back very far comparatively speaking. And since over here most building was with wood, there isn’t anything much to dig up anyway.
@@rodcorkum8482 It's not everybody's 'cuppa tea' although I love watching it even though I'm not much of a history guru. We do have some bureaucracy here in the UK that won't let them dig in places they want too, even though it's not been dug before ! Could only happen in the UK eh ..lol
so many unanswered questions. They should return!
Jonathan Foyle and Sam Newton are some of my favourite guest experts. Judging by his jacket, Dr Newton has arrived by motorcycle!
What a wonderful experience for the children. Using modern science to study ancient history. The actually got hands on experience with the digging, geophys ..... I wonder if we have a future archeologist here!!
I truly miss Tony and his band of misfits. I truly do. RIP Mick.
Immortal on the web 😂
I like that they included the children, peak their interest for future archeology
piqued
What an awesom history lessonfor the children, I'm sure they will not forget this Brilliant, Time Team!!!
Including the kids was GREAT! Thanks!
I think that is the best Time team episode Ive seen (and Ive seen a lot...from original broadcasts on Aussie TV to the more recent "catch up" on RUclips. ) Obviously including the kids added a real lustre to the show...but it was just a great piece of television.
I love this show. So glad I found it on RUclips.
I used to make fun of my dad for watching Time Team growing up because I thought it was boring (it was ALWAYS on his laptop/TV) at the weekend. And here I am, almost 30, watching all the TT videos on RUclips 😅 sorry, dad! I get it now!
Cats in the cradle with that silver spoon my friend 😢
My father always talked about chains and rods. A chain is 66 ft. or four rods. That makes a rod 16.5 ft. That makes me believe that in New England in the United States we were still dealing with midieval lengths in the 1950s. Because they're talking about 16 foot increments for building dimensions.
Woven wire fence is still often in 330' rolls or 20 rods. Sometimes the tag will say 330'/20 rods. And barb wire comes in 80 rod spools. So still using them today.
Chains and rods as a form of measurement was post medieval, actually instituted after the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII as the first standardized form of land measurement. And building construction is based on 8ft increments, 16ft lumber is more difficult to produce.
When at primary school back in the 50s we were taught about chains, rods, perches etc never used them and were swept away shortly after.
I think Tim should try to track down some of those kids and see what they remember. That would be a great show.
So cool to see and hear about the medieval buildings.
Great episode. Fascinating history and the kids were so cute! What an awesome experience for them.
I wonder if any of these kids are into archeology these days?
Greaat job with the kids. That was fun to watch.
14:03 It's situations like these that do it for me :) The mysteries, jokes and puns. Love it.
Absolutely terrible that that building was demolished. Such things should protected.
I like Paul Blinkhorn. Didn't get enough credit, I don't think.
I’m glad I found this channel
Ch 4, bring back time team please.
39:40 I enjoyed this brief conversation between Mick and the young man. Doing the math, this kid is now approximately 27 years old now.
Living in America I wish we had this kind of history and I wish this had been on American TV when it was new, I would’ve been 7 years old when it debuted but I was super into history but being American I didn’t know that there were archaeologists outside of Egypt and things like Inca and Mayan areas. If I had know when I was younger I probably would’ve focused more and gone to school for history/archaeology and would’ve happily moved to the UK to pursue archaeology.
Thank you ❤😂
Working with the kids yes just three thing to promote STEM. Great job!
I’m so ready to watch this. I needed an episode of time team to cheer me up. Thanks for all the time team videos. Keep them coming.
Absolute scandal that the 15C North Wing was only demolished in the mid 1960’s. What were they thinking! ☹️😠
Surely a Grade II Listed Building by ‘The Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England 🏴’ (now known as ‘English Heritage’).
The previous Commission is now known as Historic England (a shortened version of the title you mentioned) but was English Heritage until 2015. English Heritage is now a charity that looks after the historic properties and has gradually been stripped of government funding with the expectation that it will be fully self-supporting by 2023.
English Heritage has, in the past, only raised part of its revenue through memberships, admissions etc as the cost of maintaining its properties, many of them medieval buildings the best part of 1,000 years old, is enormous. The removal of state funding is a huge concern and leaves a massive financial hole.
Historic England is still part of the government and undertakes all of the statutory/legal duties such as Listing and Scheduling, administration of grants, advising national and local government on policy etc.
Humphrey Stafford was one of my ancestors!!
Another great episode
Watching them click and drag the buildings around with theory's made me realise how much they go on intuition
This show is amazing. They don't make them like they used too. A history show that never mentions aliens or some far fetched sci fi theory
I'm kind of disappointed that the didn't go up to Brigid and tell her she was right. She said there was a building facing the the opposite way if what they thought.
Write her a letter
from great hall to a hall
I'd love if the new Team could have a second go at this site, digging the lawn back some, looking for the Great Hall
Thank you so much!!!
Perhaps the fictional Thomas of Hookton practiced with his yew bow in the woods nearby.
Bravo T.T
What is that beautiful tree that looks like a painting of a tree rather than the real thing. the branches/leaves are globular. I suspect any Brit could tell me what it is, but I have never seen one like it in America.
got a timestamp?
How did Tony keep his job after how well the kids did with the announcing and narration?
I always wanted to do archaeology . Love that the kids got a chance to do it but kind of jealous lol
"hey, Tony, leave them kids alone"
So nice to watch an interesting educational program without hidden agendas again.
How jealous I am of these kids going to school in an ancient historic manor with a moat no less in the idyllic English countryside! Puts my boring Los Angeles schools to shame. And I would love to hear from any of this school's children who are now grown, if this experience prompted any of them to follow a career path that involves history.
I agree with Phil. Jonathan doesn't get it right very often
Maybe the new Time Team shows will be able to go back to Hooke Court and find exactly where the great hall actually is. I think Phil was right.
I hope you revisit this site
a broken arm...then mick is gone...see u again
Somebody needs to metal detect that moat, I guarantee there's a wealth of antiquities in there 👍☮️
How many of the children u interviewed, became Arcaeologists ?
The school closed in 2011, anyone know why?
Kids here in the USA learns how to hate, British teach their kids archeology .
Omg what a ridiculous comment. 🙄
@@EtherealAriel Truth
Something wrong with hating bigotry and racism? You poor thing!
@@larryzigler6812 there is a problem with teaching division, it's setting back the USA back to the 1960s.
@@orwellboy1958 Great !!!! Just loved the 1960's
Brilliant
A License To Crenolate
One of many rejected titles to the upcoming James Bond 🎥
For the new series they should do the reconstruction in vr
In situations like this why not employ a sod cutter?? Be quicker, neater, easier.
HAHAHA no sooner than I type this there it was.
They do. At 18:56
7:02.
Mick's hat belongs in the Smithsonian