“The Trouble with Temples” (Friar’s Wash, Hertfordshire) | S16E01 | Time Team
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- Опубліковано 5 гру 2020
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Time Team has never found a Roman temple. But a 30-year-old photograph clearly shows double square cropmarks in a field. Surely this time they will strike lucky? The trouble is, the site may have suffered plough damage. Francis takes charge. Though initial excavations are encouraging, John and Stewart are puzzled by a geophysical anomaly. Including a tessellated pavement and a coin hoard, a picture gradually emerges of not one but four temples - in fact a whole complex of buildings. It proves to be one of the most important excavations in Time Team history.
Series 16, Episode 01
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In American K-12 schools I didn't really learn any British or Scottish or Irish history in any detail, or in College. But after watching about 50 Time Teams I think I have a pretty reasonable education in this field now. So I thank the many educators on the show for the continuing education in history, art, ceramics, anthropology, coinage, forensics, religions, peoples, migrations, pre-modern architecture, historical economics, and of course, archaeology. See? Its WAY more than just entertainment.
Scottish history IS British history!
Interesting. I wonder if it may be that America "broke away " and have turned their backs on that history? In Canada we learn about British history inasmuch as it ultimately leads up to the creation of our country.
Funny how Americans think British means English
@@LarsOfMars.It's especially funny when you realise "British" initially referred to the Welsh more than it did the English.
In Australia we had UK history and American history thumped into our brains because without your history we wouldn'tbe here. They were, bit lacking on Australian history except for European exploration and colonisation.
Stuart’s eye for the landscape has never been equaled on any later episodes of Time Team. He is simply put, a genius. With a normally short explanation he manages to transform the viewers take on the entire site and point out features that the average person wouldn’t look twice at as significant…his observations of the landscape consistently leave me in awe.
Why? Landscape archaeology is a thing, in the us and uk. He’s far, far from special.
I think he's pretty damm good, but obviously he's on a popular TV programme which has publicised his abilities to the world, so if someone thinks of landscape archaeology, they think of Stewart, hence public opinion of his abilities being somewhat enhanced
@@Invictus13666 I suppose my main point is that, as I stated, his skills ‘have not been equaled on later episodes of time team.’ Which is true. Time team rapidly declined in quality after Mick left. I am also aware that landscape archeology ‘is a thing.’ As to why I think he is so good, I described my opinion quite clearly. Gosh, it’s almost as though you didn’t actually read my comment at all. 😂
@@evelyneweissenborn8231 I read it. I simply don’t agree with the view people have that every single person on time team was the absolute best ever in their area of expertise. Except Robin.
I think the point is that Stewart is not just a great landscape archaeologist but also an excellent communicator for television.
I feel like Stuart’s keen eye while surveying and his contribution to the overall project and archeology itself is so underrated. It’s really amazing what he comes up by simply looking at the land.
Totally agree👍🏻. Just his name is spelled as Stewart [Ainsworth] not Stuart✌🏻☺️
I just wonder if a new Time Team can fit our negative, cynical times. Yes it's sort of reality TV, but the joy is watching a group of friends work together to achieve a result. Sometimes they may bicker, but it's always resolved, and even when nothing is found in the ground we get a positive sense that learning nothing was learning something. We need such positivity more than ever now, I just hope it can fit with a world where everyone's a critic.
I love the time Phil and Matt were insulting each other in middle English. I seem to remember Phil was boasting about his shovel been bigger than Matt's
@@Tiger89Lilly a classic moment
@@Tiger89Lilly . I remember that episode too & the one in tribute to the supposedly dead Raksha, who Phil called "Digger Lady"! It was great.
@@mossygreen2790 I believe it was Sam who called her digger lady while doing her eulogy it was a fabulous episode I love Raksha
@@Tiger89Lilly Oh was, it I admit I watched it sooo long ago, but in my mind i thought it was Phil (with his lovely accent) ?
Tony and Phil arguing over the geophys results just made my night. They're the perfect kind of comic relief for this kind of show.
And John and Francis laughing in the background. Then Francis trying to intervene, but Tony ignoring him, making Francis silently go "I give up." Love it! This feels so natural, like how people actually behave. More shows should be like this.
These guys are so good
I've heard from a couple of people that Phil hated Tony but I don't think they would have been able to work together so well for so many years if that was the case.
I think it's more likely that Phil got annoyed in the beginning as Tony didn't know how to behave in an archaeological site but as the show went on Tony learned and Phil's annoyance disappeared.
@@alexiswelsh5821 and it's this easy comraderie that
Gave the show its unique quality. The new Time Team has great archeological values is a bit too serious in this regard. In time I hope they find there own way.
Tony is there to oppose and foment argument, intentional or not.
Tony and Phil’s back-and-forth always cracks me up 😂😂😂🤣🤣
The whole team is fantastic in these, but what Stewart does with the landscape is just incredible. What a talented man!
I always feel disappointed if Stewart isn't in the episode!
Stewart is my crush
When I did Dig Village I had my own personal Time Team moment. There he is, Ainsworth, in front of (only) me, checking out what he thought might not be a dilapidated outhouse, but in fact a Weaver's cottage... and he's in my face saying in that accent... 'ya see, I'm a map man....' I had lived over twenty years for that... Stewart's landscape interpretation and map reading is totally my jam
The positioning of sites relative to the landscape always offer more logical clues and explanations. Ancient people were far more concentrated on location. Their survival / comfort depended on it.
@@johnhanson5943 Location Location Location. 👍
Guy dressed for the occasion!!! He’s my favorite honestly, I appreciate his skepticism. This may be one of my favorite episodes of Time Team for just how genuinely excited he is along with everyone else!!
15 years they hoped to find a temple and didnt succeed. Then at last they find a temple complex with 4 temples. Incredible. Tells me something about perseverance. Well done Time Team!
I love Francis' passion, respect towards others and his light-hearted sense of playful humour. I sincerely hope that there are others of the same ilk who are following on behind these irreplaceable Titans of Archaeology.
Don't know why, but this is my favorite of all TT episodes. Everyone is visibly tingling with the absolute wonder of the dig and its finds. Even Tony is bubbled up enough to leave his usual storm crowing at the door and immerse into the excitement of a spine thrilling gift from time and earth. Mick must be hovering somewhere nearby. 💖
Mick is in hell where all liars and thieves belong.
I thought the sane thing about Mick 😉🙂 This is also my favorite of all the other episodes. The thrill running through the team is palpable and Francis is practically walking above the ground. It is such a perfect illustration of 'when a plan comes together' ❤️
I love Time Team so very much. I contend it's one of the most important and satisfying programs in television history. If I had it to do over again, I wish I had spent my younger days studying field archaeology in the UK. It never ceases to fascinate me.
Ditto for every word you said!
Hear hear!
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Britain has a very fascinating, long, and very varied history. So many era's and incidents.
It absolutely is.
Probably one of the most important digs TT has done over the years. Absolute classic.
Definitely. But as the guy said "This is a major template complex of national importance" I couldn't help but think that the farmer is now totally screwed lol
@@alifesh also remember the woman said that they had to report any find over i think it was 10 coins.. meaning the moment they reporter them the people would want to know whwre they were found and what else was there
Why do you say that?
@@richardgrace4500 meaning they never will
If this was such an important archaeological site, why would they rebury it?? The Roman ruins in St. Albans are exposed, so why couldn't they do the same in this field and make it a public site for history's sake?
I appreciate when they bring in somebody like Guy to keep them grounded. I adore time team, but they do let their imaginations run wild at first. Even they have a running joke about it. “Two stones is a wall, three a structure and four a temple”
Sunday night, dinner eaten, wine being sipped, watching Time Team. Those were the days.
It was great. The only drawback was that I was acutely aware that if I was sat watching Time Team, work wasn't far away.
Dinner eaten by 5:30pm? Really?!
@@richardharrold9736 yes, why are people eating later?
@@monkeytennis8861 for most people, dinnertime is never earlier than 8pm. A meal finished before 5pm is called lunch.
@@richardharrold9736 most people? Utter horseshit
Tony imitating Phil was just so funny! Got to love those two!
I love Time Team. I doubt there will ever be another show like it. And I'm amazed that they kept it running as long as they did.
Well, actually TIME TEAM is coming back, watch the clip on this channel.
@@brettbrown9261 I'm cautiously happy with the initiative. But it will never be the same without Mick, Robin, and even Beric.
@@Gremrielwhat a daft thing to say, everything changes including people...
...and technology. I suspect it will be better.
@@brettbrown9261 It's people who made the show, not technology. Case in point: Henry used satelites to find th elocation and he was wrong, while Stewart with his eyes, a map, and a ruler found the exact location.
One of the charms of the show was the interaction between the crew members, and it will not be the same without Mick, Robin, and Beric.
That doesn't mean the new show will be bad, as I said, I am optimistic, but I have my reservations.
@@Gremriel they are going through a whole selection process for the new Time Team members, plus some of the original ones will be back.
Have you been watching the TeaTime episodes with Tim?!
He explains what they are doing and as this crowdfunded the fans get a say too...
These episodes are worthy of rewatching over and over.
Great chemistry between them that's what made the show.
10:21 i really only just noticed francis's hat combo here 😂
I love these programs, I find them historically EXCITING and I am not even English. However, as an American, your history is my history, too. I am excited to see things I have only read about in histories and novels, or seen in old movies. I have long wished I could be part of an archaeological dig but never have. At 71 years it probably will never happen, but I love watching you people do it. i love the accents also, especially Phil's. He reminds me of Wallace Beery in the old Long John Silvers movie-lol.
You're spot with the Long John movie reference. The reasons why many film pirates talk with a west country twang similar to Phil's is apparently down to the actor Robert Newton who decided upon an exaggerated version of his own accent when he starred in Treasure Island released 1950.
Haha funny, lol. I’m in the UK, I’m 55 and have fallen in love with the geology of the PNW. I just hope I can find a way to get to see some of it for myself one day.
@@Linandemma Ok Elsie. I have an adult child living in the PNW. I live on the east coast of the US. And I have 2 tickets for the UK that I bought right before the pandemic (my once in a lifetime trip!) that are about to expire.
A person more clever than myself could figure out a way to make us both happy.
Here's hoping we both realize our dreams post-pandemic! Cheers!
@@decemberschild1504 oh me, oh my, imagine if we could. My heart would burst with joy, lol.
Wallace Beery? I would have said Robert Newton. Butthen I wouldn't remember W Beery! :)
Great show wish I had found it back when it was running on TV but still a good way to spend 2020 lol
I’m smiling down upon my iphone, 6 minutes in. No matter WHAT they dig up, Time Team episodes are so enjoyable.
How many shows really bring so much enjoyment plus painless education?
I feel in a way that rewatching all these Time team programs IS it's self a kind of archaeology on how Tellyvision was used as an education, allowing people with real talent and worth to share what they are learning about our world. I only ever had one quibble, no follow on to tell us how it ended and what did it mean, what was learnt 10 or 20 years after, or were the holes just filled in and forgotten. Time team is still high up in my top 100 ever TV even as repeats.
I'd like to see a video about how they clean up after the Time Team leaves. I expect they are supposed to try to return the soil to how it was. Is that right?
They did analysis of what was found after the dig and Wessex University complied reports on what was found just as in a full dig. I think that certain sites were further investigated due to their importance.
There were some commentaries under some videos about what was after. Seems like most important places was explored fully after them and open for curious public as part of museums/historic sites
@@ruthsmith2434 As an archaeologist I can tell you that the farmer comes along with a digger and just pushes all the topsoil back in.
The 3 day limit was explained as "if nothing is found in 3 day, there is nothing"
Guy is my favourite. The best expert and entertaining. X
I feel Stuart is often the key to unlocking these amazing sights. His ability to interpret landscapes is so impressive
Wow! Professional people having fun. What a great group. What a great series.
This is one of the best episodes of Time Team a series I miss Sundays are never as good without it. 😂
Lucky to see it on Sunday. In Ireland it was on in mid week, usually around 2 or 3 in the afternoon. Worked stopped for a long lunch hour to see Time Team. Happy hour
Francis is like a golden retriever with a PhD
Exactly! Many thanks for this.
These shows were and are pure MAGIC! Forever episodes that make m❤❤❤
You can tell how much these people enjoy what they do and enjoy being with each other. I adore Henry and am glad he got some air time, even if it was to correct calculations.
It's really cool to see them find something so rare and exciting! I love that a TV show that's mostly meant to make archaeology appeal to the masses still manages to find things that are so important. Really makes the work they did all the more impressive.
Aa the show went on they managed to get access to more important sites instead of unappealing sites that the local archaeologists just couldn't afford to dig.
I love Francis! He has soo much energy and enthusiasm. And the rest of time team aswell.
i love phil's shorts. its such a juxtaposition to the wispy mutton chops....
Every member of time team makes It a pure gold find.
What a brilliant episode. I have only watched about 12454648156132261478678644 of them and love them all, but this one was fantastic. Is it just me - or is there something incredibly attractive about Stewart, Henry & John. No episode would be complete without these smart men.
I think Guy DLB is the most television savvy (apart from Tony obviously) he knows what they are and are not providing here, and where too draw a line between legitimate archaeology and teatime entertainment.
Exactly thankyou for spotting that as well, many commenters seem to think he is rude, but no he uses his head and doesn't get carried away by every find that is presented to him.
Stone the crows, how I love to hear Phil talk!
Oo arrr!
Well Guy is on form. Bird droppings and "or, coins as we call them in English"
God, I loved this show back in the days when it was aired on Viasat History in my country. Thank you guys for the love and the good memories and the knowledge!
The hugely talented stewart sorts it (again) , with a hedge, a bungalow and a ruler and plain common sense , he really should have his own show.
I adore the accompanying music, it adds such an incredible dimension to each video.
Tony always has a cunning plan...One of the best shows on the box
Tony 'If we were Romans, could we invent a god right here right now?'
Guy 'No you don't get it, the god is here already. You have to identify this and access his power.'
Tony 'But Guy, while you were saying that, this hay moved in a mysterious way.'
ROFL 12:30
19:30:
it took 15 years to find 1 and you found 4. so cool. Thank you Time Team.
One of my favourite Time Teams... partly because of the significance but also as someone who has lived in Dunstable and St Albans, and walked a lot of the nearby fields it is great to have a local episode
I dearly love the humor in this and I hope they continued to explore the site and preserve it, what a find!
Literally one of my favorite episodes (along with Series 7's dig in Wadden, Dorset) I can't wait for this to air!
I just rewatched the Wadden episode this morning! I love Grace inviting Phil to move in with her, just so he could have an Iron Age roundhouse in his yard. Discovering that henge buried so deep was the big bonus.
Jon always uses his trusty car key to describe his results 😂
This kind of program on history never gets boring ! Please keep them coming ! Your friend George.
Helen: "Three bits of dating evidence..."
Guy, butting in: "Or coins as we call them in English."
Helen, off-camera, pops Guy in the snoot...
Seriously, a fascinating programme, one I've watched before and was glad to find again, not least because I used to live in St Albans and have a recollection of the local paper mentioning "site of national importance" to add to the many Verulamium already possessed.
I just started watching Time Team, and this is the best one yet! Mind you, I haven't been watching them in order. But this one was exceptional!!! Being such an important and rare site, I do hope that it was scheduled and protected!
These guys are hilarious when they put their heads together, sometimes bumping horns & taking the mickey out of each other! 🤣
It always baffles me that the Romans were squicked out by human sacrifice when essentially that's what their gladiatorial combats were.
The gladiatorial games were officially banned by Constantine in 325 CE.
@@Poliss95 True, but there was a lot of time before that.
@Brisdad53 Check out some of the reasons the games were held, especially in conjunction with funerary rites.
Also the captives killed at the end of Roman triumphs.
It’s how you do it and who does it. Career politicos today aren’t too different. The upper classes dictate what goes and what doesn’t - and they always reserve the right to look down on all others. The Romans especially had to do things their very organised, homologous and documented way. Their present to western civilisation. Also remember, they didn’t always go for death games and killing people for pleasure.
This and Finds in the Fairway are my favourite episodes! Thank you for sharing the full episode in these hard times. Many thanks from Sweden
And as almost always, excellent English from our Scandinavian onlookers.
"A local temple for local people."
Who here's head immediately flashed with the League of Gentlemen?
It's a local town for local people..
"We've never had a full temple!"
*FOUR TEMPLES LATER*
Its truly inspiring to see someone at the top of there field, but its not just Phil, as much as I respect him. The whole team has done humanity a huge service, by showing us how they explore and interpit the past.
When I say Phil Harting is Who Indiana Jones always wanted to be Im not kidding.
Time Team is living proof that fact is more interesting than fiction!
francis and phil are so excited on this site. i think mick would have been bonkers over this dig, three temples all in a pile. he always loved his religious sites!
I'm addicted to time team I think it's just great an ideal way for the viewers to learn without knowing about dates and how the past lived. I meant learning by accident it can be fun
Temples are like busses right? You wait for ages for one to come along...
... then there's FOUR of them at once! Thanks Rob, for a laugh!
I love that Tony finally got what he wanted and then some more!
@@1234cheerful . Ditto that. It was a wonderful discovery.
No....
Buses. Busses means kisses. To buss someone on both cheeks, for example.
@@judeirwin2222No it's just a saying in the UK "You wait ages for a bus and then 3 buses Come along at the same time"
I love how Phil makes every answer sound like it belongs in a sports newscast!
Just down the road from me so I remember seeing it when first broadcast. Love it.
It hasn't even started and there's a dislike already? Some people are really weird...
Zero dislike at the moment! 20 mins before premiere...
some people will do anything just to be noticed
sad, really
Trolls and Vagabonds!
Maybe it's all for that annoying Guy...guy?
Talk about a tv programme making a difference. That is what I love about TT.
I hope that more people keep exploring this site! How wonderful!
My favorite episode
My Dream. Remastered Time Team.
My dream: I find an excuse to think there might be Roman remains under my garden and they come and clear it.
@@ian_b I'm near Birmingham do you think I might have a few celts or a grub hut under my patio?
Love Phil's enthusiasm😊
Love love love Time Team. I only wish I was 30 years younger so I could go digging myself!
The format of the show was so sound, and with only 3 days to gather the data, give known history (based on working experience ) drawing the viewer in , along with what may have been done (causing the viewer to ponder), proof (is or is not) of what may have been done, followed up with summary. Each show maintaining a level of energy in which the viewer sees that the staff just enjoy what they do and enjoy sharing the historical value of the site.
One can only wonder that if this site was so important, was there ever a follow up on it, or was it all just re-buried.
It makes me so happy to have some high quality time team content. I would love to see some new episodes in the future!
Man, look at the Time Team page on FB and read the news!!!!!
@@malinlindqvist3455
I wonder how politically correct and 'woke' they'll be. If Doctor Who is anything to go by, well….
@@johnroberts8233 Please take your culture war elsewhere.
I love this channel, thanks so much for reminding me of many childhood days watching the time team with my mum, really inspired my love of history to this day, and I look forward to watching these again with my son when he is old enough.
Stewart is the MVP always.
There is nothing I could dislike about these programs or people. Having watched TT before internet was common I was brought on a journey of highs and lows with experts who were a delight to enjoy and learn from. Now internet is so common and I can watch on my iPad I get to watch and enjoy all over again. Mind you I still enjoy guessing the year from Tony’s hair style and tummy. ❤
The disagreements about what geophiz shows is keeping me laughing 😆🤗💚
Amazing episode! Best one ever? How exciting it must have been to see that site gradually revealed itself.
Loved this episode and not far from where I live. This i have never seen so like the rest of you in virtual TV land I would love to find out what happened after.
will you go and have a look for the rest of us and report back?.........please
@@Antonnick having a look at the site on google maps it looks like its been covered over .. I sincerely hope I'm wrong
I found the full report from the dig: www.wessexarch.co.uk/sites/default/files/68735_Friars_Wash_Redbourn.pdf
It only covers the results from the Time Team dig, and doesn’t refer to any further plans to expand on the excavations done.
I was a bit sad to find that the lead ‘curse’ sheets turned out to be more likely to be weights, possibly for fishing. 😣 I was looking forward to a great Romano-British take on the lines of “ Sosio must never do better than the mime Eumolpos. He must not be able to play the role of a married woman in a fit of drunkenness on a young horse.”
Roman Temples are like London buses. You wait 15 years then 4 turn up at once.
😂😂
The problem with a fantastic program is it leaves huge shoe's to fill. Thanks guys
Looking forward to Francis contagious laugher :'D
Haha, you got to love the person who came up with this title! 🤣🖖💖.
I'm with Tony: roughly circular.😃
A big thanks to Tony early on trying to put Phil in his place, as he so rightly said Francis is the site boss, and therefore he tells others where to dig..........
Got to love this show! I use this episode in my high school archaeology class:)
Love to have a program with Stewart talking about the landscape of Britain.
This was magnificent!! What an exciting find! I got goosebumps just watching it. Thank you for the thrill. Happy New Year ♥♥♥
They need to restart this series again. oldest longest running history program sounds good
Well, do I ever have a surprise for you!
@@arttucker9913 lol there restarting 😂I know amazing news
Are they really restarting?!?!
@@cameleonfleuri they already have. Got locations and are filming
@@natalieg90 Amazing! Thanks!!!
4:42 for Tony's impersonation of Phil.
I agree it's absolutely awesome!
Used to go Friars Wash when we were children with dad to watch motorcycle scrambling in the 50s,funny walked all over that land))
Absolutely brilliant stuff! So, so, happy to have discovered these on UA-cam. Thank you sooo much!
I laughed when I saw the shape of the field, looks like miniature California! 😁
"...and our sale of penny curses, especially on a Saturday night, is tremendous. We can't turn them out fast enough!"
Francis has the reddest skin tone of any ginger
I have ever seen, and I am a very rosy ginger. At around 31:00 he looks as if he might spontaneously combust
Outdoor work i guess. Love Francis and his wife too
What I really both love in that show, is that they are doing an absolutely amazing job of talking about archeology in a "casual" maner and that they are discovering and showing us outstanding finds....
but at the same time I "hate" that they never really go back to show us after one year or more, what is the follow up... the new finds etc. I mean when you love archeology as I do, you just want to see an entire site full investigation result, even if it takes ten years...
I remember watching this when it was on TV! Very exiting stuff!
Telling the locals the Roman gods are their old gods merely repackaged is good commercial sense: you get an instant following rather having to spend time and effort persuading people into new beliefs.
Yep, and that's exactly what christianity did later on
One of my (many) favourite episodes. Love the series!
This is one of my favorite episodes of TT
Ay Tony I was in St Albans pub about a week ago near wisemans ferry here in new south Wales no Roman ruins here mate just , ticks, mosquito's, and black snakes , but the pub is very colonial all sandstone , love the time team wish the episodes were longer but thier is incredibly a large amount archaeology still buried in olde England, love the time team cheers to the team gidday to all from Sydney
The cameraman loved his plane spotting