Episodes

  • From Sutton Hoo to Byzantium: Did Anglo-Saxons fight for the Empire?

    From Sutton Hoo to Byzantium: Did Anglo-Saxons fight for the Empire?
    Jan 21 2025
    Archaeologist Dr Helen Geake and co-host Martyn Williams take you to Sutton Hoo, where Time Team will be returning later this year.

    Find out more about a new theory - put forward by Dr Helen Gittos from the University of Oxford - which casts doubt on the current understanding of how opulent Byzantine treasures, found in some of the burial mounds, came to be there. Could it be that Anglo-Saxons were fighting in the Byzantine army?

    You'll also hear from the volunteers who are attempting to recreate the 27 metre-long longship which has made Sutton Hoo famous. How close are they to completing the project?

    Plus, you'll meet the Patreon volunteer who's excited to return to the Sutton Hoo site and Time Team's Derek Pitman returns with news of a brand new offering over on YouTube.
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    40 mins
  • Your questions answered

    Your questions answered
    Jan 7 2025
    The first episode of the Time Team podcast for 2025 is a little different. Archaeologists Dr Helen Geake and Dr Derek Pitman answer questions you've been asking on Patreon.

    From how new technology might change the way archaeologists make discoveries to what happens after the diggers have left a site, Helen and Derek give you their thoughts on what you've been wondering.

    As a special treat you can watch this episode on our Patreon site. Head there now to see Martyn, Helen and Derek in action. You'll also be able to ask more questions and get access to exclusive content. It's all available at patreon.com/timeteamofficial
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    40 mins
  • Time Team's Christmas quiz 2024

    Time Team's Christmas quiz 2024
    Dec 24 2024
    Time Team's Helen Geake and Derek Pitman go head to head in this Christmas edition of the podcast. Members of the Time Team family provide the questions to find out if they really know their stuff.

    Also, co-host Martyn Williams has a special festive surprise for Helen and Derek as they perform Twas The Night Before Time Team.

    Don't miss our next episode on 7th January where Helen and Derek will be answering your archaeology questions from Patreon. Join our Time Team community there now at patreon.com/timeteamofficial.
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    33 mins
  • Moats, masonry, and drone archaeology

    Moats, masonry, and drone archaeology
    Dec 10 2024
    In this episode you’ll find out about the discovery of a medieval moat around an ancient farm site near Tewkesbury with Jon Hart from Cotswold Archaeology.
    You’ll meet Time Team’s buildings archaeologist, Richard Parker. He explains how analysing architecture can shed light on the way people used to live.
    Harry Manley demonstrates how getting up high above the landscape with a drone can benefit the archaeology being done on the ground.
    Plus, your archaeology questions, submitted on our Patreon site, get answers.

    Archaeologist Dr Helen Geake and co-host Martyn Williams guide you through the world beneath your feet.

    Find out more about how you can support archaeology in the UK and around the world by supporting us on Patreon. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial for more details on the amazing extra content and behind-the-scenes exclusives you get when you join up.

    The Time Team podcast will return on Christmas eve with a special Christmas quiz episode! Helen Geake and Derek Pitman will battle it out, answering questions submitted by members of the Time Team family.
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    36 mins
  • Gladiator blades and eastern treasures

    Gladiator blades and eastern treasures
    Nov 26 2024
    Archaeologist Dr Helen Geake and co-host Martyn Williams talk about the discovery of an ancient Roman knife handle found at Hadrian's Wall. You'll find out why it's not as recent a discovery as news reports might suggest.

    There's news from China where analysis of over one-thousand artefacts are only just starting to reveal new secrets about the people of Sanxingdui, in the western Sichuan province. Ling Xin from Archaeology Magazine explains what life might've been like in this hidden Chinese kingdom.

    You'll also learn the perfect trowelling technique from Time Team's Matt Williams and the show's creator, Tim Taylor, lets you in on his hopes and plans for Time Team's future.

    All that plus an excellent question about stairs in Roman villas. Submit your question to Helen now by supporting us on Patreon. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial for more information.
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    40 mins
  • Metal detectors and dog tags

    Metal detectors and dog tags
    Nov 12 2024
    Dr Helen Geake and Martyn Williams take you deeper into the world of archaeology with the help of Time Team.

    In this episode Keith Wescott demonstrates how to use a metal detector to unearth rare finds, Giselle Király updates you on a rare folded dog tag, found whilst digging a site where the famous Band of Brothers had trained during the Second World War and you'll meet the technical wizard behind Time Team's lifelike 3D graphics.

    Also, Helen answers more of your questions on archaeology and the show itself. Submit yours right now by visiting patreon.com/timeteamofficial where you'll find even more ways to get more out of Time Team, as well as support us to fund digs in the UK and around the world.
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    39 mins
  • Returning to Sutton Hoo

    Returning to Sutton Hoo
    Oct 29 2024
    The Time Team podcast returns with big news. We're going back to dig at Sutton Hoo in 2025! Dr Helen Geake and Martyn Williams hear from Prof. Martin Carver who carried out major excavations of the site in the 1980s. Finding out more about the burial mounds, the buried Anglo-Saxon ship and the exotic byzantine bucket. He explains why it's such an important place archaeologically and how it still holds secrets to this day.

    Also on the podcast; Time Team's Stewart Ainsworth puts Martyn through his paces as he undergoes the final bit of his basic training as a landscape archaeologist, the show's creator, Tim Taylor, tells you about the biggest challenges faced by the crew when putting together a programme and there's more of your questions, this time with an added surprise.

    There's so much more from Time Team on Patreon. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial to find out what else Time Team has to offer, including a chance to hear an extended interview with Martin Carver on the secrets of Sutton Hoo.
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    36 mins
  • Time Team dig at Norton Disney

    Time Team dig at Norton Disney
    Oct 15 2024
    Dr Helen Geake and Martyn Williams bring you a special episode of the Time Team podcast from an archaeological dig at Norton Disney in Lincolnshire, the ancestral home of Walt Disney himself!

    This episode is your chance to find out what it's like to be at a Time Team dig, as Helen and Martyn record the podcast from the very heart of the excavation. You'll hear from plenty of archaeologists in the Time Team family who've been working on site as well as the volunteers who've been digging test pits in the front gardens of bungalows in the village.

    Both Helen and Time Team's Carenza Lewis will be sharing their memories of the first ever episode of Time Team and answering your questions.

    For the full daily behind-the-scenes coverage during the filming of the Norton Disney episode, check out Dig Watch on Patreon. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial
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    40 mins