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  • @illiminatieoverlordgurglek140
    @illiminatieoverlordgurglek140 7 років тому +523

    Hahaha, that barber/surgeon guy is a riot! The enthusiasm with which he proclaims 'It didn't work, but they did it anyway!' is beyond hilarious.

    • @firefistx7477
      @firefistx7477 5 років тому +4

      I couldnt watch that bit seeing skin cut is cringey

    • @Adventure_fuel
      @Adventure_fuel 5 років тому

      Yeah people doing meaningless suffering for the sake of suffering and still smiling at you and telling you existing is worth existing.

    • @George_Bland
      @George_Bland 4 роки тому +4

      "bet it gave the barber a laugh"

    • @gelbsucht5017
      @gelbsucht5017 4 роки тому +1

      LMAOOOOOOOOO

  • @SweetMattieG
    @SweetMattieG 5 років тому +464

    1:34 Arming Squire
    5:18 Archer
    6:55 Leech Farmer/Thatcher
    12:13 Barber Surgeon
    16:22 Wise Woman
    22:39 Stone Mason
    29:08 Lime Burner
    32:20 Treadmill Worker
    39:09 Fuller

    • @edsr164
      @edsr164 4 роки тому +27

      Matthew Gooding
      Thank you sir 🙏🏻

    • @SweetMattieG
      @SweetMattieG 4 роки тому +11

      @@saj831 I live to serve 👍

    • @DEADMEM3
      @DEADMEM3 4 роки тому +5

      legend

    • @aq8048
      @aq8048 4 роки тому +4

      @@saj831 same lol

    • @aq8048
      @aq8048 4 роки тому +3

      @@SweetMattieG legend

  • @leslietarkin
    @leslietarkin 5 років тому +557

    Kudos to him for actually trying the jobs instead of just talking about them. Good show👍🏻👍🏽

    • @edsr164
      @edsr164 4 роки тому +12

      leslie beddingfield my thoughts exactly

    • @karenax254
      @karenax254 4 роки тому +4

      He's a star!!

    • @Browneyedbakedpotato
      @Browneyedbakedpotato 4 роки тому +1

      Big same

    • @illusionparagon9006
      @illusionparagon9006 4 роки тому +1

      @Savior Flair Whut?

    • @jen_brandon
      @jen_brandon 4 роки тому

      @Savior FlairHe didn't start off well in TT jumping into Phil's trench without asking! He's another one you don't want to be mean about. I wonder if Tony ever did get *dug in* off camera?

  • @RoseLilyClover
    @RoseLilyClover 6 років тому +216

    I was dying when he was lying in the bed "I'm so sick. I may even be at Death's door. So I've invested my few coins into this man" and then the camera pans to the barber

    • @Lady_dromeda
      @Lady_dromeda 5 років тому +7

      Chaos Churros do we need to send for the barber surgeon?

    • @jenselinsky6734
      @jenselinsky6734 5 років тому +2

      Theodoric of York, medieval barber!

    • @daviddunn4922
      @daviddunn4922 5 років тому +6

      @@shaggy69001 and went back for seconds.

  • @sbeckett91
    @sbeckett91 6 років тому +492

    Rowan Atkinson should do an affiliated documentary series where he looks at the best jobs in the Middle Ages.

    • @karentucker2161
      @karentucker2161 5 років тому +13

      I'd go for that

    • @oscartravis5740
      @oscartravis5740 4 роки тому +10

      Boring. It'd just be kings and queens and the landed gentry

    • @joshhayne
      @joshhayne 4 роки тому +1

      Hahahahah

    • @kingofrivia1248
      @kingofrivia1248 4 роки тому +19

      Oscar Travis Well best jobs for commoners would still be interesting

    • @Lachausis
      @Lachausis 4 роки тому +6

      But wait - I have a better idea!

  • @WillowTDog
    @WillowTDog 3 роки тому +40

    It is so endearing to see Tony get that genuinely excited by splitting that enormous stone block! In a day when too often people feel like they have to be sarcastic or clever about everything, it's great to see someone like this. He does everything, even though he's scared of heights. Other than that scene with the eel, I really like this series.

    • @Thanasis_Koligliatis
      @Thanasis_Koligliatis 3 роки тому +3

      Filming the killing and the agony of an animal that is dying is awful.
      I don't know how they did it, how they don't feel the cruelty in this

    • @commissarvarken7445
      @commissarvarken7445 2 роки тому +5

      @@Thanasis_Koligliatis Because they live on an island, killing fish is kinda normal.

    • @cronascat4001
      @cronascat4001 2 роки тому +2

      help its a fish

    • @jimmyormerod4075
      @jimmyormerod4075 2 роки тому

      @@Thanasis_Koligliatis its a god dam fish you snowflake for gods sake sop humenizing it

    • @arcadeninja7383
      @arcadeninja7383 Рік тому +1

      @@Thanasis_Koligliatis bruv its a fish, they don't feel pain like that

  • @lucisferre6361
    @lucisferre6361 4 роки тому +34

    I am not generally a sadistic individual, however, watching the look of absolute horror cross Tony's face as he sees how he'll have to suffer for historical posterity, is priceless.

  • @malongjohnson435
    @malongjohnson435 7 років тому +1844

    The sound editing is from the Middle Ages

    • @spoosh13x13x13
      @spoosh13x13x13 6 років тому +29

      lmao I was just about to say some thing about the sound editing lol.. and your comment is perfect lol still a cool show even with bad sound editing tho...

    • @tubbyidiot8312
      @tubbyidiot8312 6 років тому +41

      Absolutely barbaric

    • @soslothful
      @soslothful 6 років тому +19

      The sound editing, or overlays, makes this intolerable.

    • @rogerjohnson9466
      @rogerjohnson9466 6 років тому +11

      this is too bloody accurate

    • @thesenate5291
      @thesenate5291 5 років тому +16

      Don't you dare blame my precious bauldrick!

  • @dmitrishostakovich1447
    @dmitrishostakovich1447 4 роки тому +180

    but why aren't we talking about:
    "What are leeches really?"
    "Worms with character."

    • @zaexius
      @zaexius 3 роки тому +3

      HA

    • @kathryn-anon
      @kathryn-anon 3 роки тому +4

      This is my favourite line from the entire episode

    • @Tindometari
      @Tindometari 3 роки тому +1

      Dude, your quartets rock!

  • @pigman4084
    @pigman4084 5 років тому +66

    He’s really in it til the end. I appreciate his commitment for his program.

    • @kevinmorrice
      @kevinmorrice 4 роки тому +3

      tony is a trooper, he knows what he needs to do it and even pushes through his own fears a lot of the time, time team is another classic, i miss these quality programs

    • @karenax254
      @karenax254 4 роки тому +1

      He's a star!

    • @bunz6268
      @bunz6268 4 роки тому +1

      me too. he's so committed he's willing to stand in a bath of stale urine wearing a silly hat. what a man.

    • @lanestovall1715
      @lanestovall1715 3 роки тому

      He takes the British attitude of "carry on with it" seriously!

  • @joekilledyou
    @joekilledyou 6 років тому +150

    *sips worm stew* ..."I wish I was dead'" LMAO

    • @mickeyj440
      @mickeyj440 4 роки тому +3

      LMAO IK I LAUGHED HAAHHA

  • @Dr_Lad
    @Dr_Lad 4 роки тому +30

    *Brilliant documentary . Not a dull moment, had some laughs and learnt something new!*

  • @jrideout2802
    @jrideout2802 5 років тому +16

    He reacted like a giant kid when he cracked that rock with the sledgehammer. Too cute.

  • @phalenshearouse1686
    @phalenshearouse1686 6 років тому +29

    I love how excited Tony gets when something works.

  • @michamaciej9563
    @michamaciej9563 5 років тому +19

    One of the most captivating medieval documentaries I've seen. Incredible presentation, kept my damaged millenial attention span full time. Love the energy of the presenter

  • @webby37
    @webby37 3 роки тому +4

    THANK YOU ALL so much for making these freely available. More docs like this should be open to all (even if it’s not immediately after they’re released).

  • @jcspider7259
    @jcspider7259 7 років тому +183

    Makes one wonder in what ways people 500+ years from now will be laughing and shaking their heads when looking back at us today.

    • @soslothful
      @soslothful 6 років тому +11

      Rap, piercing, tattooing.

    • @CatNostril
      @CatNostril 6 років тому +33

      @@soslothful piercing and tattooing is prehistorical though

    • @Vlad2319
      @Vlad2319 6 років тому +3

      Probably synthetic medicine.

    • @eponack
      @eponack 6 років тому +10

      Nuclear power plants on The Ring of Fire.

    • @adamcohill1617
      @adamcohill1617 5 років тому +12

      Antivaxxers

  • @hhairston43
    @hhairston43 4 роки тому +17

    My uncle had all 4 fingers of one hand cut off in an accident in the early 1970’s. He had leeches applied to the end of his fingers after they were reattached just as explained in the first part of this show.

  • @dasmole4804
    @dasmole4804 6 років тому +9

    I really like hearing two voices at once because the background wasn't edited out. Makes you really understand what is being said.

  • @united0019
    @united0019 6 років тому +6

    This is truly one of my favorite documentaries on UA-cam.
    I love the medieval times, it is just one of the most interesting things in the world for me.

  • @ukrulesall1
    @ukrulesall1 7 років тому +515

    I believe we need more commercials. One every 6 minutes just isn’t enough.

    • @hrush437
      @hrush437 6 років тому +3

      LMFAOOO

    • @irnomo9784
      @irnomo9784 6 років тому +22

      i believe you need more adblock ^^

    • @mikkelnpetersen
      @mikkelnpetersen 5 років тому +11

      If it were up to youtube, 1 ad pr 10 seconds.

    • @Klaproossje
      @Klaproossje 5 років тому +6

      Thank God door addblockers

    • @laceylewis8302
      @laceylewis8302 5 років тому

      😄 😄 😄

  • @luc1fer_r1s1ng4
    @luc1fer_r1s1ng4 3 роки тому +3

    Love tony....especially because he tries everything...no one else does that. Thank you for this great documentary Tony Robinson

  • @brenbabe
    @brenbabe 5 років тому +30

    Awe... it amazes me the lengths tony will go for our entertainment. I just love him!

  • @priscillazuniga1273
    @priscillazuniga1273 7 років тому +221

    Yay!! More medieval documentaries if possible please

    • @ddc4531
      @ddc4531 7 років тому

      You are so beautiful.......to me...........

    • @priscillazuniga1273
      @priscillazuniga1273 7 років тому +3

      Well. Lolol

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 6 років тому +3

      This is a whole series if your interested, he did another episode on the Dark Ages and similar time periods.

    • @MukoroJr
      @MukoroJr 6 років тому

      Priscilla Davila Ok Madam its on its way

    • @illusionparagon9006
      @illusionparagon9006 4 роки тому +3

      @@ddc4531 The frick dude

  • @worldculturalappreciation8894
    @worldculturalappreciation8894 6 років тому +36

    I wonder how many people actually think and appreciate what people back them had to do for us to be alive today.

    • @jeremiahgabriel5709
      @jeremiahgabriel5709 5 місяців тому

      Valid thought. Personally, I think that would rather depend on if the person in question has time in their life for that sort of analysis, and also on if they themself subscribe to the toxic positivity notion that all life is a wonderful gift, instead of realizing it's something that just happens to us and we have no say in.
      I'm often thoroughly impressed when I reflect historically, but I just as often find myself wondering if there was less religion brainwashing people, more access to reliable birth control, and women had been given more rights over their own bodies.... how different the world would now be....

  • @ncooty
    @ncooty 6 років тому +15

    I admire Tony's willingness to experience some of these unpleasantries.

  • @dinoduelist2219
    @dinoduelist2219 6 років тому +129

    I made the horrible mistake of eating a soup when that god awful worm stew came on

    • @OrangeSunnSet
      @OrangeSunnSet 5 років тому +4

      Hope you finished the soup until the part of the golden bathtube!

    • @tartnouveau3652
      @tartnouveau3652 5 років тому +6

      Lol I was eating during the barber surgeon bit

    • @SA-247
      @SA-247 5 років тому

      ill yuck

    • @keirytenorio8991
      @keirytenorio8991 5 років тому +2

      What fun

  • @jo-annbastings
    @jo-annbastings 5 років тому +5

    I really, really hope mister Robinson is well payed for all the pains and efforts he had to pass through, in order to show us how difficult life was in those days. We take for granted all we have today ignoring the struggles of the people in those times. Very interesting video.

  • @level98bearhuntingarmor
    @level98bearhuntingarmor 7 років тому +367

    Best line "It must go in six inches."

    • @alexkrieger3263
      @alexkrieger3263 7 років тому +3

      The Holy Roman Empire Of The German Nation I think this empire was better

    • @Rael14
      @Rael14 7 років тому +14

      No the best is : "i wish i was dead" LOL

    • @markrutledge2593
      @markrutledge2593 7 років тому +15

      That's what SHE said!

    • @RobSandman
      @RobSandman 6 років тому +13

      "That'd make your eyes water"

    • @Docmain3
      @Docmain3 6 років тому

      69th like

  • @gregkral4467
    @gregkral4467 5 років тому +7

    HEHEHE, we love you TONY. thanks a lot for your work on these series, so much fun and so interesting with you as our host. UK's dirty jobs for sure, but in so many ways we always thought about in the past. What was it really like. your daily life sort of series on these time periods is quite wonderful. I love this series. Cheers, Tony! Thanks.

  • @m.edwards9849
    @m.edwards9849 5 років тому +148

    bruh lemme tell you when i turned this on i wasn't expecting to watch an eel get beheaded

    • @joannawojcik7125
      @joannawojcik7125 4 роки тому +19

      that was terrible for me to watch also ....cruelty to animals on TV

    • @odrankeane-teague1601
      @odrankeane-teague1601 4 роки тому +9

      It would be animal cruelty if it was done for no reason. They did this to demonstrate what people did in those times to cure their illnesses.
      These were people from a different time when these sort of animals were a lot more plentiful. If this wasn't something that was historical accurate I doubt he would have done this. He himself was surprised to see they were alive but that's how it was done.

    • @WillowTDog
      @WillowTDog 3 роки тому +11

      @@odrankeane-teague1601 Seeing an animal killed slowly is not of any benefit in this situation. You could at least make the argument that some scientific studies might do something like this for a purpose, but almost every situation would be done differently in any study that was associated with any kind of organization. Just about any study can be done with less cruelty, so it isn't going to pass any sort of board. That's the only way to get the funding to run any kind of study. It is absolutely not necessary for a television show on history! Or anything, honestly. It doesn't add anything. It's literally a sign of sociopathy (to use the common term) to torture an animal, and what else is killing something with nerve endings and a brain slowly? Seriously.

    • @seanentzel9616
      @seanentzel9616 3 роки тому +4

      Ask nature ( a hawk eating a gerbil for instance) how it feels about an eel being taken out by a superior species feels

    • @lespectator4962
      @lespectator4962 3 роки тому +2

      @@joannawojcik7125 How many roaches in your home have you summarily executed? How many stray cats have you ignored in the streets and left to die? Isn't that animal cruelty too? You're cruuuel!

  • @guyfaulkes3035
    @guyfaulkes3035 7 років тому +317

    The audio mixing is horrible. Whenever the music swells, the narration gets buried and is inaudible.

    • @markdoldon8852
      @markdoldon8852 7 років тому +2

      Guy Faulkes I have no problem whatsoever. Is it possible that the problem is on your end?

    • @josee-annejoly6896
      @josee-annejoly6896 7 років тому +6

      My thoughts exactly! That music is way too loud, I can't hear anything they say when the music gets louder

    • @jcspider7259
      @jcspider7259 7 років тому +2

      Guy Faulkes Indeed! I turned down the audio and turned on closed captioning, the latter being rather humorous - whatever program was used did not always understand what was being said!

    • @ZanderSwart
      @ZanderSwart 6 років тому

      no way.

    • @steve1978ger
      @steve1978ger 5 років тому +3

      sounds like they ineptly pulled it from surround to stereo

  • @pmmd86
    @pmmd86 3 роки тому +7

    the commitment of this guy is amazing. when he get into a bowl of urine i thought to myself: "Do you really need to do it? If you did not do it, and just told that this is how they did it, i would still think it's a great show!". but i guess he wants it to be as realistic as possible. i wonder whether he was happy when his producer said: "And in the next episode, we will film you walking in 20L of urine that me and the rest will produce!".

  • @ederanged7960
    @ederanged7960 5 років тому +13

    *Blackadder* : "We need something to close the threads in this linen."
    *Baldrick* : "I have a cunning plan, m'lord."

  • @matildajonsson3565
    @matildajonsson3565 6 років тому +17

    "It's the safest one we ever built, but we have only ever built one" 😂

  • @GentTX
    @GentTX 7 років тому +165

    how appropriate that Baldrick would be doing this documentary

    • @davehallett3128
      @davehallett3128 7 років тому +6

      JJanse10 i believe they considered that when they made the program captain obvious

    • @illiminatieoverlordgurglek140
      @illiminatieoverlordgurglek140 7 років тому +19

      Tony Robinson is also a historian. So that probably made the choice even easier.

    • @AndyEmerald
      @AndyEmerald 6 років тому +1

      LOL I was just thinking I knew this guys voice from somewhere.

    • @lordeden1475
      @lordeden1475 6 років тому

      WRONG HIS IS NOT A HISTORIAN AND HAS NEVER BEEN ONE!
      All he has been is a PRESENTER ON HISTORY PROGRAMES !

    • @Montina_Paullin
      @Montina_Paullin 6 років тому

      Oh my gosh! Thank you. I knew he looked familiar! Dang it.. I just binged on B.A. over the summer too..

  • @MukoroJr
    @MukoroJr 6 років тому +24

    The Cathedrals were a work of genius despite their rudermentary practices in other areas

  • @licklebee
    @licklebee 7 років тому +8

    My favorite presenter on one of my favorite shows ever thank you!!!

  • @MsJajami
    @MsJajami 7 років тому +12

    Tony's reaction is priceless for whole 47 minutes 😁

  • @KiaRoane
    @KiaRoane 5 років тому +36

    I’m so glad I was not alive at this time. Oh goodness.

    • @ChrisTina-qb6kl
      @ChrisTina-qb6kl 3 роки тому +3

      Maybe you are reincarnated 🤣 and you did live back than eating worm soup🍲 and collecting leeches 😬

    • @weebshroom3710
      @weebshroom3710 3 роки тому +1

      @@ChrisTina-qb6kl yay yummy worms 🙂

    • @katigrace
      @katigrace 3 роки тому +1

      Blech! I heard that.

  • @Nonpartisanmusic
    @Nonpartisanmusic 4 роки тому +11

    When feeling down, watch this and feel lucky you live in the 21st century...

  • @nixx5179
    @nixx5179 7 років тому +293

    These documentaries are like visual heroin..

    • @tehjamerz
      @tehjamerz 7 років тому +19

      Nicole X and audibly they are like drowning

    • @nixx5179
      @nixx5179 7 років тому +5

      tehjamez
      Lol, sad but true!! Some of the audio is awful :[

    • @pointlessopinion611
      @pointlessopinion611 6 років тому +1

      tehjamez , in space.

    • @michaelcaplin8969
      @michaelcaplin8969 6 років тому +2

      It's really weird, but I just cannot stop watching!!

    • @noahlee6292
      @noahlee6292 6 років тому +3

      heroins a lot better than this utter travesty

  • @ShredTraining
    @ShredTraining 3 роки тому +3

    It's great to see Timeline paying homage to Tony Robinsons past career by getting Baldrick to be a sound engineer for every episode.

  • @deadlocker1420
    @deadlocker1420 4 роки тому +5

    1:34 - Arming Squire
    5:18 - Archer
    6:55 - Leech Farmer / Thatcher
    12:13 - Barber Surgeon
    16:22 - Wise Woman
    22:39 - Stone Mason
    29:08 - Lime Burner
    32:20 - Treadmill Worker
    39:09 - Fuller

  • @vermin1970
    @vermin1970 7 років тому +20

    "so. how did your day go?" "Well, I went to the barber and got both my arms amputated!" o_0

  • @planescaped
    @planescaped 5 років тому +10

    I remember finding a leech on my leg once when I got home when I was 6 or so. Freaked me the f*** out when I peeled it off in confusion and blood just started pouring everywhere! I didn't feel it and it had clearly been there awhile... No idea where I got it.

  • @TheSamMarsden
    @TheSamMarsden 7 років тому +128

    Must... Resist... Temptation... To... Call... Baldrick...

    • @ja_miii
      @ja_miii 7 років тому

      TheSamMarsden doooo ittt!

    • @needhelpinwow
      @needhelpinwow 7 років тому +10

      Well so long as you don't have a cunning plan. A plan more cunning than a fox that's just been appointed professor of cunning at Oxford University. I think Tony will let it go.

    • @davehallett3128
      @davehallett3128 7 років тому

      Nick Maloney nice one. Write on

    • @Patrick_The_Pure
      @Patrick_The_Pure 7 років тому

      MY NAME, IS NOT.... RIIIIIICK!!!!!

  • @janethagaman394
    @janethagaman394 7 років тому +2

    Love Tony! I love learning about history in the trenches, the real people who worked in horrible/dangerous jobs to feed their family, that is if they even got paid, usually only a few coppers a day. I'll never complain again if I have to pick up dog poo.

  • @KELLYHLH
    @KELLYHLH 5 років тому +5

    Tony is so cool! Love this show. And I learn some British lingo.

  • @Ryan-kn6xd
    @Ryan-kn6xd 2 роки тому +1

    29:30 That guy has such a calming voice when describing the many horrible ways you could die

  • @Colaglass
    @Colaglass 7 років тому +19

    Such a refreshing professionally made documentary.
    Most of the medical stuff was just hoaxers exploiting people's fear, though.

  • @kyleziggy3203
    @kyleziggy3203 6 років тому +4

    Sound issues aside, I give props to this dude for subjecting himself to leaches, nettles and worm stew

  • @2HRTS1LOVE
    @2HRTS1LOVE 7 років тому +44

    I love how the word "delving" has stuck around, coming from the medieval quarries where it meant getting into the deeper part of the stone until now where it means digging deeper into any subject, e.g. "Let's delve into this area a bit deeper and try to understand." I'm a bit of a word nerd, so things like that always fascinate me. Look up the story of flipping someone the middle finger and saying "F you" for a very good tale!

    • @shannybabes96
      @shannybabes96 7 років тому +3

      Interesting. Do you perhaps know where the term "shut up" comes from? I was watching their documentary on the Great Plague and it was stated that people who showed signs of the plague were "shut up" in their houses (along with any family members, plague-ridden or not, I might add). Someone hypothesised that this may be the origin of shut up as a derogatory term. So, I'm curious. (And too lazy to look things up apparently).

    • @Yotrymp
      @Yotrymp 7 років тому +1

      Shannon Jordan
      That sounds more like "shut in" as a noun. I've never heard someone get called a "shut up".

    • @empathytobacco2008
      @empathytobacco2008 7 років тому +1

      Interesting!! I'll look it up for sure, thx man

    • @elsnariano3081
      @elsnariano3081 5 років тому +1

      I like this comment.

  • @1142-s1k
    @1142-s1k 4 роки тому +2

    3:53
    Him aggressively:
    "He has to CARVE my MEAT as well"
    The host: "Beg your pardon??" Lol

  • @RyllenKriel
    @RyllenKriel 5 років тому +3

    "Oh no...come on. This is the safest machine we have ever made. But we made only one!" Hahaha, great words of encouragement there from the wheel crane gentleman.

  • @mayal5206
    @mayal5206 7 років тому +484

    This video has some of the worst sound editing ever.

    • @tehjamerz
      @tehjamerz 7 років тому +34

      WHAT'S THAT?! I CANT HEAR YOU! OVER THE HORNS! YEAH ITS LOUD!

    • @gregorymacdonnell7914
      @gregorymacdonnell7914 7 років тому +9

      This sound is bad, but believe it or not I have heard worse! Why?? thats what I wanna know!!!!

    • @smplyjenn
      @smplyjenn 7 років тому +9

      It should be in the background not the foreground. 👎🏻

    • @tehjamerz
      @tehjamerz 7 років тому +2

      Jennifer LeBlanc you should be in my foreground 😍

    • @mayal5206
      @mayal5206 7 років тому +16

      I watched it because the subject matter interests me but the dismal sound editing made it difficult to hear what the narrator was saying. There's nothing wrong with pointing that out. One should expect better from a professionally-produced and televised documentary.

  • @pissinmyeyes2997
    @pissinmyeyes2997 7 років тому +7

    Tony should be on all the videos of documentaries!

  • @vardamax5610
    @vardamax5610 5 років тому +21

    that eel part was genuinely distressing

    • @daniellemurphy9755
      @daniellemurphy9755 5 років тому +5

      I couldn't watch it 🙁😞

    • @katiecompton6177
      @katiecompton6177 5 років тому +4

      Awful and should not have been allowed

    • @nodigBKMiche
      @nodigBKMiche 4 роки тому

      Nichola Scage but the worms were ok? What about the blind ppl in the wheel? Thank god, we are no longer in this erra...oh, the urine vats😖

    • @secretunknown253
      @secretunknown253 4 роки тому

      Katie Compton go cry over a river. They probably eat them afterwards

  • @MikeJones__Who
    @MikeJones__Who 5 років тому +10

    45:08
    Woman: "It gets your toenails very clean"
    Narrator: "I'm losing the will to live"
    Lmfao

    • @beebo-cat
      @beebo-cat 9 місяців тому

      definitely got a chuckle outta me xD

  • @32inzane
    @32inzane 3 роки тому

    Im always learning something from you Tony. Your shows are absolutely brilliant , cheers mate! 16:00

  • @markgerhard1362
    @markgerhard1362 5 років тому +4

    He understands that the human would be in pain having his hand cut off without anaesthetic...but is incapable of understanding that the eel would be in equal pain having his head cut off.

    • @suzannebonner3477
      @suzannebonner3477 2 роки тому

      Watching that creature writhing in agony and suffering like that and to hear 'he will struggle' was one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen on UA-cam and I love these videos and Tony Robinson. Not this one.

    • @saragrant9749
      @saragrant9749 11 місяців тому +1

      It’s a part of our history. Not much of history is very enjoyable, especially when you look into rural history in the Middle Ages.

  •  3 роки тому +2

    Hats off! This is a seriously well done documentary.

  • @royalnovember66
    @royalnovember66 7 років тому +13

    That worm stew. I think I now know why a fear of doctors seems to be a collective fear...

    • @julienbelair6524
      @julienbelair6524 6 років тому

      probably would have been better with mushrooms and onion

    • @edsr164
      @edsr164 4 роки тому

      I heard of fear of dentists not doctors

    • @bcaye
      @bcaye 4 роки тому

      Speak for yourself.

  • @flashtango3643
    @flashtango3643 5 років тому +1

    Brilliant sound quality, excellent narration which you can hear perfectly and no adverts. Brilliant

  • @morescodesup2087
    @morescodesup2087 7 років тому +65

    The Aztecs had better living conditions than dark age Britain

    • @kimberlyfigueroa2291
      @kimberlyfigueroa2291 6 років тому +17

      Even so, Muslims were way more hygienic than dark age Britains.

    • @fisebilillah4406
      @fisebilillah4406 6 років тому +10

      @@PainlessTrader-h1u
      Someone's jelaous.
      No they weren't. They were caused by Fall of Roman Empire.
      The Fall of Constantinopole happened long after the start of Dark Age.
      No one can help you that you were literally destroying the good things the Romans gave you, while Muslims were gathering any knowledge they could get and using them for inventions that form the base of modern technology.

    • @justiniand6a788
      @justiniand6a788 6 років тому +3

      @@fisebilillah4406 , Constantinople fell at the END of the Middle Ages (1453 to be exact, meaning the Roman Empire survived for another 1000 YEARS) because of...... MUSLIIIIIIMMMSSSS!!!!!, what's more, Europeans also preserved Greco-Roman knowledge during the Middlw Ages in Monasteries and Universities funded by the Church. Muslims didn't preserve them because they were Muslims, they probably just stumbled on it while trying to conquer what's left of the Roman (inaccurately called Byzantine) Empire and then preserved it while trying to destroy the civilization that made them. Europeans began to preserve them probably before Charlemagne. What's more, the Roman Empire was still there (The West just hated them when a woman ruled the Romans so they made their rip-off) so there was nothing to preserve in the first place (except for some reason we did).

    • @mikec8086
      @mikec8086 6 років тому +1

      @@PainlessTrader-h1u while Muslims did attack, the west church and ottamans were at war for centuries. The dark age britons focused their technological advancements on different areas than say Aztecs or Ottomans. In reality, during wartime, the church and Ottomans behaved very similarly, except that the church really didn't take slaves while the ottamans would. Ancient warfare is very interesting as the base human interest are often more bare than modern days. Back then, they fought for money,land or status which we Now still do but hidden behind a " righteous" purpose.

  • @beverlyrobidoux7715
    @beverlyrobidoux7715 4 роки тому +2

    How interesting! I thoroughly enjoyed this program.

  • @Alex-hb8cn
    @Alex-hb8cn 6 років тому +4

    Wow. Baldrick is a lot more knowledgeable than most people give him credit for.

  • @luc1fer_r1s1ng4
    @luc1fer_r1s1ng4 3 роки тому +1

    Tony Robinson is amazing....very well done...I've watched all of these many times. 👏

  • @SpicyRikers
    @SpicyRikers 7 років тому +52

    It feels like tony is trying to talk to me in a nightclub

  • @myserinity4779
    @myserinity4779 6 років тому +2

    Besides the few parts of audio this is great and very interesting to watch. It made me laugh seeing his reactions and the urine part cracked me up. Loved that he tried everything instead of just talking about it.

  • @Inthedarkzone01
    @Inthedarkzone01 7 років тому +9

    Its the safest Machine we ever made! But we made only one! 38:57

  • @thomasandersen2534
    @thomasandersen2534 4 роки тому

    I’m waiting for Tony to yell Mick ! Phil ? ! 😆 love Tony he embodies the Everyman in all of us. I really enjoy his enthusiasm.

  • @Bluestar-qy4gv
    @Bluestar-qy4gv 6 років тому +19

    "he had to learn how to carve my meat", "I beg your pardon". ROFL

  • @margaretmason9988
    @margaretmason9988 3 роки тому +1

    Tony Robinson, you are a brave man, and my admiration for you is boundless. Thank you for trying everything, including worms and fulling!

  • @emilykhine3743
    @emilykhine3743 5 років тому +7

    “I wish I was dead”.....😂😂🤣🤣 I’d feel the same if I was tasting worm stew. It is surprising that worms taste like chicken!

  • @Mandy-nt2cs
    @Mandy-nt2cs 2 роки тому

    So happy to know Tony is still kicking, enjoying a long, hopefully happy life!

  • @lezzman
    @lezzman 7 років тому +4

    Okay, granted the ammonia from stale urine made the woolen cloth softer and finer, but just who was it in history who was one day wearing a piece of rough cloth and thought "Hang on, I wonder what would happen if I trod some stale pee into this for several hours?"

  • @nagamata
    @nagamata 4 роки тому

    Dude Tony has become my favorite in the Timeline series, what a guy.

  • @ryans1187
    @ryans1187 6 років тому +3

    Love these documentaries.

  • @incidentalist
    @incidentalist 4 роки тому +2

    WOW!! He ate the worm stew!? PROPS MY MAN!! Don't think I could do it 🤣

  • @HelicopterDown
    @HelicopterDown 7 років тому +173

    These documentaries never fail to disappoint.

    • @yourpapersplease5000
      @yourpapersplease5000 6 років тому +13

      The video is called "The worst Jobs In History: Middle Ages" and thats what I've seen in it. I was quite entertained after watching this and I find it interesting, I dont know what you expected, according to the name.

    • @Ryan-wx8of
      @Ryan-wx8of 6 років тому

      They want to make history "interesting", so they're highlighting the more intimidating angles of it. Which sometimes means telling half the story... and letting the audience decide!

    • @frankiemazzei8882
      @frankiemazzei8882 6 років тому

      CornOnTheCob I'm disappointed

    • @setto53770
      @setto53770 6 років тому +5

      I think they're really entertaining and fun.

  • @edylcnostrebor9722
    @edylcnostrebor9722 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you for sharing your experience with us

  • @PookNSaav11
    @PookNSaav11 7 років тому +17

    Yuuuuuuuuuuck!!! Glad I lived in the 20th century and now in the 21st. It's amazing how people survived back then!

  • @coppertopv365
    @coppertopv365 3 роки тому

    Thank You Sir Tony for all you've done. You have brought an Enlightening historical perspective, this is good.. well done.

  • @blackhatfreak
    @blackhatfreak 6 років тому +11

    I see Baldrick was in charge of the sound.

  • @SilvieFicova
    @SilvieFicova 5 років тому +1

    This is so very much good show (yes, documentary show) ! The host is very funny, I really adore such way of showing us our own past ... excellent

  • @LindaB651
    @LindaB651 7 років тому +7

    Tony (Baldrick)- I adore you! So nice to see you again on the screen!

  • @Rennisfun
    @Rennisfun 7 років тому +2

    Very interesting, enjoyed learning about those times and the jobs people had to endure.

  • @danceswith7wolves
    @danceswith7wolves 5 років тому +28

    Knight: He has to clean my meat!
    Tony: pardon?

  • @lisaa6099
    @lisaa6099 5 років тому +1

    Love this series. Thanks. Thumbs up from me

  • @ryanmarshall8925
    @ryanmarshall8925 7 років тому +24

    The man walking in the background at 4:50 CLEARLY squashed an ant when he could have easily just lept over it, I am APPALLED!!! ;)

  • @Crosshill
    @Crosshill 7 років тому +2

    its a shame that the sound is a bit wonky, but luckily its not so bad as to get in the way of watching. its the first of these timeline docs i've seen, that host is a brave soul. i like the interview style, and while im never sure about the accuracy of these things, it's great inspiration and good fun in any case

  • @there_is_nothing_here
    @there_is_nothing_here 7 років тому +23

    I got to the mashing of wool and urine and had to stop.

    • @tehjamerz
      @tehjamerz 7 років тому +10

      That's where I came, too

  • @abbielittlewood3208
    @abbielittlewood3208 4 роки тому

    44:22 looks like he's wearing a nappy 😂😂😂

  • @transemorat6457
    @transemorat6457 7 років тому +6

    Do more WWll videos please! It's my favorite subject to learn about

  • @jesbsnrn
    @jesbsnrn 7 років тому +1

    Great video. Thanks so much.

  • @pirateslifeb
    @pirateslifeb 7 років тому +48

    I mostly heard the background music....maybe you guys should edit that?

  • @lindagoulder3132
    @lindagoulder3132 4 роки тому

    Being a fuller, during the mid-evil period had one draw back. Your neighbors always knew you were around by the smell of your perfume-od to pee- haaahhhh, hahh. Great video, keep up the great work.

  • @Raz.C
    @Raz.C 7 років тому +8

    Jobs would still be that bad, but for those noble pioneers and their cunning plans...
    (I'm depressed at how few people are likely to get that reference)

  • @3choblast3r4
    @3choblast3r4 6 років тому +1

    1:36 Where can I buy that vape? I'm looking for an upgrade.