The Real Inspiration For The Hound Of Baskervilles | Ancient Tracks EP4 | Absolute History

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  • Tony hikes across Dartmoor in the footsteps of Britain's greatest detective, plunges into a bottomless lake and comes face-to-face with a four-legged beast.
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  • @kaylizzie7890
    @kaylizzie7890 3 роки тому +48

    Tony cuddling the “Hound of the Baskervilles” was the sweetest thing 🥰

    • @vuho2075
      @vuho2075 3 роки тому +5

      English mastiffs are cool...

    • @agingerbeard
      @agingerbeard 2 роки тому +2

      So adorable

    • @sheltonshelton8479
      @sheltonshelton8479 2 роки тому

      Glance at this comment the moment he's hugging the dog lols

  • @CCRob720
    @CCRob720 3 роки тому +31

    he never changes. the host has such a young spirit. I greatly enjoy this show.

  • @whiteowl4097
    @whiteowl4097 3 роки тому +36

    As an American I have always been so intrigued by the ancient and rich history of the UK, the UK is so blessed to have such a wonderful history to look back on. I love all the old stories from the UK, either fictional or actual, they have the most fascinating historical stories. I love the Brits.

  • @justneedtovent
    @justneedtovent 3 роки тому +37

    What a lovely dog!!

  • @angelapiccolella1491
    @angelapiccolella1491 3 роки тому +2

    Tony's moment with the dog is priceless. 💜🐶💜

  • @peternelson3433
    @peternelson3433 3 роки тому +28

    Got to love British history and see why my childhood mystery books or at least 1 of then was so good. Got to love history.

  • @rondifrankel
    @rondifrankel 3 роки тому +19

    This is a wonderful episode, I must say one of my favorites of Sir Tony's historical shows. It comes across as very personal, somehow.

  • @mrmainlobster
    @mrmainlobster 3 роки тому +7

    The joke Tony made about golfers praying for a good shot at the stone cross cracked me up.

  • @Lily_of_the_Forest
    @Lily_of_the_Forest 3 роки тому +4

    Would be lovely to hike with a mastiff guard dog.

  • @sandrapowell4166
    @sandrapowell4166 2 роки тому +2

    The Hound of the Baskervilles is forever my favorite Sherlock Holmes

  • @aprilmcpherson-vanraalte5590
    @aprilmcpherson-vanraalte5590 2 роки тому +1

    One of the greatest stories ever written. Thank you Sir Tony

  • @borimirtheboring
    @borimirtheboring 3 роки тому +8

    I can almost picture a series of Blackadder with Hugh Laurie as Holmes and Blackadder as Moriarty.

    • @willmfrank
      @willmfrank 3 роки тому +5

      Stephen Frye as Mycroft and Tony Robinson as Lestrade.

  • @WyattRyeSway
    @WyattRyeSway 3 роки тому +2

    The elderly gentleman bell ringer seemed like such a kindly old soul. Very humble.
    Has a diver ever gone down the pool? I wish he had asked that.

    • @seekernz7790
      @seekernz7790 3 роки тому +2

      It was drained and found to be only 15 ft deep,reliable eyewitness accounts do exist .

  • @julieortega4461
    @julieortega4461 3 роки тому +5

    I absolutely love this series!! But every show on this channel always gets my attention 😍 Please keep up the great work and thank you for all of the amazing shows 😊

  • @LindaB651
    @LindaB651 3 роки тому +11

    Well, that was a welcome surprise on this otherwise humdrum day!

  • @rainydaylady6596
    @rainydaylady6596 3 роки тому +30

    I would like to hear the whole song. The Dr. has a lovely voice.

    • @amandaloriananimals9065
      @amandaloriananimals9065 3 роки тому +3

      Agreed, gave me goosebumps and made my spine tingle. It was pretty awe inspiring.

    • @MJP_985
      @MJP_985 3 роки тому +4

      here he is singing it ua-cam.com/video/-3L-kcB2XsU/v-deo.html

    • @rainydaylady6596
      @rainydaylady6596 3 роки тому

      @@MJP_985 Thank you. What a voice he has. 🙂🖖💖

    • @TheDfarrelljr
      @TheDfarrelljr 3 роки тому

      Dr. Who?

  • @Vimana11
    @Vimana11 3 роки тому +2

    Stunning landscapes, would love to visit some day. Old legends and mysteries makes us all so much richer than we think. - Thanks for downloading.

  • @vuho2075
    @vuho2075 3 роки тому +2

    As an English mastiff myself, I can say definitively that we are a breed of gentle giants...

  • @marilynwoolford-chandler1161
    @marilynwoolford-chandler1161 3 роки тому +2

    An excellent travelogue connecting aspects of Dartmoor which I have seen or read about separately. The maps and from the air pictures were particularly helpful. Thanks everyone

  • @sharonkaczorowski8690
    @sharonkaczorowski8690 3 роки тому +2

    I truly enjoyed this. The music was beautiful. Loved the sorties, especially Vexana, the witch.

  • @lilycooper8612
    @lilycooper8612 3 роки тому +5

    I read this in literature last year, very interesting to learn the backstory!

  • @bethyeary8995
    @bethyeary8995 3 роки тому +2

    I love how it brings history alive!

  • @ReclusiveMountainMan
    @ReclusiveMountainMan 2 роки тому +1

    Tony is an amazing host.

  • @pamcolechadwell1302
    @pamcolechadwell1302 3 роки тому +5

    I love the Mastif I wish I could afford them I would have many.

  • @humor86
    @humor86 3 роки тому +33

    Nice episode, but holy hell the sound was all over the place in this one...

    • @crustycurmudgeon2182
      @crustycurmudgeon2182 3 роки тому +6

      Agreed. Kept one hand on the volume knob the whole time.

    • @WyattRyeSway
      @WyattRyeSway 3 роки тому +4

      Me too. Very annoying but I can’t pass up Tony

    • @Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88
      @Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88 3 роки тому

      Search for the UA-cam channel called "timeline" they have some of the original videos and the sound is much much better.

    • @avd-wd9581
      @avd-wd9581 3 роки тому +2

      It's called dynamics. No idea what people are complaining about.

  • @tricivenola8164
    @tricivenola8164 3 роки тому +3

    Fabulous. I love our host. Sir Tony? Is he knighted then? He should be! He's so learned, but down to earth and humble in the face of history. Just wonderful roaming this place with him, I've read about it for years but never seen it. Thanks.

  • @007vsMagua
    @007vsMagua 3 роки тому +6

    I like this series. A bit more interesting than digging holes for three days, which is also fun to watch. I can really see the inspiration J.R.R. Tolkien must have gotten from his country journeys.

  • @changarookitty6920
    @changarookitty6920 3 роки тому

    I love all of these videos! I wish I could go and see all of these amazing places! Thank you!

  • @athirajoseph8707
    @athirajoseph8707 3 роки тому +1

    History is something which always amazes you and reminds you that what we see today was art and thoughts of people from yesterday.

  • @CoffeeLover-mz7bk
    @CoffeeLover-mz7bk 3 роки тому +14

    I wonder what it would be like to live in England around all of that history.

  • @neuron1618
    @neuron1618 2 роки тому

    I really like the music at 22:39-23:35 and how it blends in with the sound of church bells.

  • @littbitterst2328
    @littbitterst2328 2 роки тому

    Love you, Tony!!

  • @johnthomas7517
    @johnthomas7517 3 роки тому +1

    How lucky are we to have people like Sir Tony who cares about our history and crafts well spun tales to share with everyone.

  • @laurac8659
    @laurac8659 3 роки тому

    Wonderful! Haunting 🧚🏻‍♂️

  • @sharonkaczorowski8690
    @sharonkaczorowski8690 3 роки тому +1

    I would have liked to hear more as well as his explanation of its history.

  • @Tracy-xe9zu
    @Tracy-xe9zu 2 роки тому +1

    I absolutely love the music in the first 2 minutes, does it have a name?

  • @bonniebeingbonnie001
    @bonniebeingbonnie001 3 роки тому +1

    Love this channel, dream life of travel and exploration.

  • @tonybarde2572
    @tonybarde2572 2 роки тому

    That mastiff is adorable

  • @freddosan3482
    @freddosan3482 3 роки тому +2

    How can I have missed England? Thank you for the rediscovery of this region with Tony Robinson!

  • @Hx3ney
    @Hx3ney 2 роки тому +2

    Just as he was about to tell us of the hound and started talking about sir Arthur Conan Doyle and there was all the creepy imagery and music, I received a local news alert about an animal rescue rehabber who was mauled to death by a dog that was found in the everglades 😳😱

  • @heathercribley1996
    @heathercribley1996 3 роки тому +1

    Yay!! Great new vid 👍

  • @undefined40
    @undefined40 Рік тому

    Impressive that at many of the points of interest along the way there are local guides, ready with artifacts and lore books, to educate the occasional wanderer. Has to be one of those jobs were nearly endless boredom is interrupted randomly by short times of excitement.

  • @blord9841
    @blord9841 3 роки тому

    Beautiful song - and he has a lovely voice

  • @CrazySharp
    @CrazySharp 3 роки тому +5

    I read about the abbot’s way in junior high... I’ve hoped to walk it one day but I don’t think it will happen since I’m almost 50 and trying to figure out how I’m going to keep a roof over my family’s head

  • @littbitterst2328
    @littbitterst2328 2 роки тому

    Omg...YES!! THIS IS SOO exciting!!!!

  • @sandrapowell4166
    @sandrapowell4166 2 роки тому

    I love Absolute History

  • @Quacks0
    @Quacks0 3 роки тому +1

    40:03 Maybe in the winter months, the pall-bearers would have used a sledge on the snow-covered areas of their journey? Perhaps they only carried the casket in non-snowy weather?

  • @sandrapowell4166
    @sandrapowell4166 2 роки тому +1

    I think Sir Arthur recognized that there are more things in Heaven and Earth than man can understand

  • @hmn15
    @hmn15 3 роки тому

    My favourite place. I miss it.

  • @kerrywhite6720
    @kerrywhite6720 2 роки тому

    Some of his audio is low. But SO much is right!

  • @spazmonkey3815
    @spazmonkey3815 3 роки тому

    Tony Robinson is a good man.

  • @littbitterst2328
    @littbitterst2328 2 роки тому

    Oh!! Those BEAUTIFUL ponies!!!!

  • @sonsiehollingsworth5342
    @sonsiehollingsworth5342 3 роки тому +2

    What a beautiful mastif ❤ ( cool video too 😉!! )

  • @BarbaraMerryGeng
    @BarbaraMerryGeng 3 роки тому +4

    That was quite wonderful to see !
    I would love to visit there some day 💚

  • @AnnaAnna-uc2ff
    @AnnaAnna-uc2ff Рік тому

    Thankj.

  • @TheMovieUniverse
    @TheMovieUniverse 2 роки тому

    Now i know what to do if I ever encounter The Hound of the Baskervilles! Feed him a treat. LOL!!!!

  • @rejinpaul3367
    @rejinpaul3367 2 роки тому +1

    Hound of Baskervilles's fan here from India, perfectly matching my imagination I had while reading the book

  • @lauriepenner350
    @lauriepenner350 3 роки тому +4

    Pixie: Excuse me sir, I couldn't help but notice that your coat is inside out. It would have been very embarassing for you if anyone had noticed. Well, ta!

    • @karenax254
      @karenax254 3 роки тому

      Doesn't Tony like the scruffy look? Lol!

    • @karenax254
      @karenax254 3 роки тому

      @Susan Farley. Yes my Nan used to say it was good luck, but I never knew why.

  • @scottpool4777
    @scottpool4777 3 роки тому

    Beautiful dog the hound the Baskerville scary .

  • @sandrapowell4166
    @sandrapowell4166 2 роки тому +1

    In another life, I would have been an archeologist

  • @bt70a9
    @bt70a9 3 роки тому

    I like how 25:00 All people during that age had this mindset "I couldn't measure it, so it must be infinite."
    Or when they counted more than ten, "they were like 1, 2, 3 .. 8,9,10, many" because they had not adopted/invented math as we know it yet

  • @AKRICH7
    @AKRICH7 3 роки тому +4

    Can someone please tell me the title of the music playing in the background at the beginning. Thanks in advance

    • @marigeobrien
      @marigeobrien 3 роки тому +6

      I don't know the name. But I can say you could try looking up the show / episode on IMDB. If it has it, it should contain all production details.

  • @shelbreezyfebreezy7544
    @shelbreezyfebreezy7544 2 роки тому +1

    I would love to see those ancient forests or see an ancient relic from the bronze age
    There’s nothing like there where I live

  • @whiteowl4097
    @whiteowl4097 3 роки тому +6

    Was Tony knighted? Is he now SIR Tony? He deserves it either way.

  • @amysuewest3826
    @amysuewest3826 3 роки тому

    It's a beautiful land.

  • @samanthamcgahan2066
    @samanthamcgahan2066 2 роки тому

    That Abbey is just so close to sheer perfection it made me cry!!

  • @wolftickets1969
    @wolftickets1969 3 роки тому

    The Blue Hole in New Jersey has similar tales of being "bottomless".

  • @thelittleseamstress4029
    @thelittleseamstress4029 3 роки тому

    "I have a cunning plan to ward off the pixies"

  • @l70lover
    @l70lover 3 роки тому

    Where`s episode 3? :D

  • @scottpool4777
    @scottpool4777 3 роки тому +3

    Yes my last name is Pool I am from England I have to get back there let’s have a spot of tea☕️

    • @karenax254
      @karenax254 3 роки тому

      My surname is Ax, can't find the origin!

  • @bt70a9
    @bt70a9 3 роки тому

    33:46 He makes her agree with this, then kinda shut her down when she answered what he wanted to hear? Do you find that?

  • @badwolf7367
    @badwolf7367 2 роки тому

    So warning thieves that there are transponders in the stones, so they can remove them and then steal the stones is prevent theft?!?

  • @zoetevka4653
    @zoetevka4653 2 роки тому +1

    ♥️♥️♥️

  • @angelitabecerra
    @angelitabecerra 3 роки тому

    Ok, I need "The Old Lich Way" by that Folk Singer. Anyone know where I can find it?

  • @andrewk7698
    @andrewk7698 3 роки тому +2

    Pixie Day....love it. Hope it survives the West’s cultural revolution.

  • @laurahoward5426
    @laurahoward5426 2 роки тому

    The Great Grimpin Mire......💔just re-read The Hound of the Baskervilles

  • @crystalclear6864
    @crystalclear6864 2 роки тому

    lovely Peter the bell ringer. hug

  • @chunellemariavictoriaespan8752
    @chunellemariavictoriaespan8752 3 роки тому

    12:52 =We have a similar belief here in the Philippines except instead of pixies, we say "mga enkanto"...

  • @123UpNorth321
    @123UpNorth321 2 роки тому +1

    Being a primary school teacher, i am totally up for celebrating pixie day once a year down here in Austria 🥳❤

  • @lindahedman3115
    @lindahedman3115 3 роки тому

    💜

  • @alisonemslie-smith1217
    @alisonemslie-smith1217 3 роки тому

    Finchale Priory is very close to Durham. It is oversees by English Heritage. We from the North of England know that Finchale is pronounced Finkle and doesn’t rhyme with finch!
    St Godric of Finchale was an 11th Century hermit and is remembered for his kindness toward animals. Several stories recall his protection of the creatures who lived near his forest home. According to one of these, he hid a stag from pursuing hunters; according to another, he even allowed snakes to warm themselves by his fire. Godric lived on a diet of herbs, wild honey, acorns, crab-apples and nuts. He slept on the bare ground.
    Reginald of Durham recorded four songs of St Godric's: they are the oldest songs in English for which the original musical settings survive.

  • @MsKittyGirl2010
    @MsKittyGirl2010 2 роки тому

    Why can't there be this kind of tv in the USA

  • @wayne9518
    @wayne9518 3 роки тому

    My ninth great grandfather came from Totnes, near the Ivey Bridge, Devonshire. About a 2 hour walk from Buckfast Abbey today.
    He was part of the great migration arriving around 1630 to Salem Massachusetts (Bay Colony) and helped John Winthrop to found Ipswich Massachusetts.
    I can’t find out anything about his life before leaving England.

  • @JustAllinOneResource
    @JustAllinOneResource 3 роки тому +1

    👍👍👍

  • @sandrapowell4166
    @sandrapowell4166 2 роки тому

    The ponies!

  • @sternzeichenkunst5786
    @sternzeichenkunst5786 3 роки тому

    Pixies, Witches... Sounds like Harry Potter an Not only the dog of Baskerville.

  • @Quacks0
    @Quacks0 3 роки тому

    21:12 Wow --- is that a beautiful face, or WHAT???

  • @bubblegumshrimp914
    @bubblegumshrimp914 3 роки тому

    only Sherlock book I’ve read, also was just watching the show and love it

  • @laubatt3534
    @laubatt3534 3 роки тому

    Bilbo, is it you?

  • @k.schmidt2740
    @k.schmidt2740 3 роки тому

    Isn't Conan Doyle's "belief" more "spiritism" than "spiritualism"?

  • @radarlovedr
    @radarlovedr 2 роки тому

    Does anybody else find it hard to watch these vids? Not in a bad way, just that you keep going back and forth to google earth to view and read about every location mentioned! Just got done checking out buck fast Abby and the town next to it buckfastleigh, now off to view abbots way.

  • @BlueberryDragon13
    @BlueberryDragon13 3 роки тому

    You can't tell me this guy is not a hobbit...

  • @mynameizanthony
    @mynameizanthony 3 роки тому +1

    Great host but it bothers me that they touch every single monument. Like i know you CAN but yall should know more than anyone that ya probably SHOULDNT

  • @michellel564
    @michellel564 2 роки тому

    Lol learn something new ever day. Derwood is a old name for oak tree, so when Endora on bewitched called Darren derwood she's calling him an oak which is a complement in our time. Wonder if that was intentional? So he would be to dum to know he's getting a complement.....sounds like Endora🤣. Awesome show Tony! Love you could watch u all day!?

  • @BlueberryDragon13
    @BlueberryDragon13 3 роки тому +1

    Interesting, how the word lych is found in (almost?) every germanic/Scandinavian language in europe (lik, lijk, leiche,...), but nowadays, the French word corpse (corps) is used. Hasn't Britain been closed off of this part of Europe by the Romans and French for a very long time? These words must be older than the Roman Empire, but haven't changed that much. Correct me if I'm talking nonsense, I don't know that much about British history.

    • @kasperkjrsgaard1447
      @kasperkjrsgaard1447 3 роки тому

      Lych propably origins from the Northens who were a major force in England from 925 to 1066.

    • @professorsogol5824
      @professorsogol5824 3 роки тому +1

      @@kasperkjrsgaard1447 Also "lich" Wiktionary says A corpse or dead body. [from 9th c.]
      and has the following etymology back to Proto-Germanic
      From Middle English lich, from Old English līċ, from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic*līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.
      Cognate with Dutch lijk, German Leiche, Norwegian lik, Swedish lik, Danish lig.

  • @nowgoawayanddosomethinggoo8978
    @nowgoawayanddosomethinggoo8978 3 роки тому +1

    i thought conan doyle or whoever just ripped off the legend of the beast of gevaudan

    • @ultraboombean
      @ultraboombean 2 роки тому

      It is almost like stories have similar premises

  • @mariaarakat8823
    @mariaarakat8823 3 роки тому

    Dr. Hayward is cute :D

  • @commandere
    @commandere 3 роки тому

    16:52 spoiler alert much?

  • @Iranda_
    @Iranda_ 3 роки тому

    Akcję "Wisła" bardzo często myli się z dobrowolnymi wyjazdami na Ukrainę tuż po zakończeniu działań wojennych - z powiatu gorlickiego dobrowolnie wyjechały całe wsie.

  • @samueljohnstone3028
    @samueljohnstone3028 3 роки тому

    looks good but I cant do 7 ad breaks in a 46 minute video sorry

    • @wildstar1063
      @wildstar1063 3 роки тому

      Get the Brave Browser, it automatically cuts out all of UA-cam's ads.

    • @samueljohnstone3028
      @samueljohnstone3028 3 роки тому

      @@wildstar1063 are you a girl

    • @wildstar1063
      @wildstar1063 3 роки тому

      @@samueljohnstone3028 Nope, just a 57-year-old guy who liked the Anime series Star Blazers (In Japan known as "Space Battleship Yamato") in his youth.