I'm re- watching a lot of these older shows and every time I see Mick,I can't help feeling sad for His loss. He was such an integral part of the activities, His knowledge was so evident. R.I.P. good fellow. Cheers, Rik Spector
Full respect to Paul B, what are treasure he is...he is able to identify virtually every pottery find and hence tell the TT guys whether they are up the right tree or not; a very learned man indeed.
as Phil waxed enthusiastic, those flint -squares - are indeed amazing. i mean the stuff is hard and tends to break there where one does NOT want them to break. and they made thousands of them...
This was one of their absolute best episodes. Such a complicated town story and so many experts needed to sort it out. And this is also the point where they really started to write in a big increase in banter. It had always been there a little bit but season 12 show the big increase. At this point it didn't detract from the serious work, yet, so I think it worked. As time went on I think they overdid the silliness, but for this episode it worked.
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Sir Anthony Robinson was knighted in 2013! Just thought I'd throw that in for the goatee bashers in the jeering crowd section of the audience.No doubt the facial tuft was for a role.Cheers!
I was like whaaat, Mick has written a book about it? We in Germany don't know anything about UKs celebrity archeologist. Went and bought another book from him. Now I am super excited and waiting for it.
Google them, they all have impressive CVs. Mick, Carenza and Phil wrote a book together, for example. That's what makes the show so good, they are all for real!
lol at Tony's beard! LOL the rager comments for a pleasant educational program! I love this show, low drama friendly cooperative humans helping each other learn.
This is such a classic Time team episode. It has everything I look forward to seeing when I watch an episode. I wonder if these people keep in touch now that the series is over? I was surprised by their little seafood feast at the end and would have liked to know more about what they were eating; smoked fish, oysters and all.
In Germany, a very old church in a village some of my family came from, the church was sided with pieces of stone about 3x5 inches. Amazing. Phil so appreciates good craftsmanship.
Love the shows where ordinary folks could get involved. Get the kids off the couch, drop the video games, go outside and go "time traveling". I am jealous, I live in Canada. Not enough history yet! Love the flint church. Beautiful.
You are forgetting the peeps that have thousands of years of history in your country. Especially those close to the border with the US. So just no Anglo-Saxon, Norman, Roman and Middle Ages. But Iron Age, Bronze Age. and probably flint as well.
Every time I see them scramble in the mud it’s always framed amusingly but I’m sure it suuuucks to try to do their work in it.. 🤔🤔 would some kind of snowshoe style help? 🤷♀️ I dunno it was just the first thing that I thought watching it.. I don’t think they typically get nearly the snow levels northeast US does.. 😝 Well that’s my pre coffee thought for the day! Lol
Love the show. I never thought I'd see him with a chin strap. Watching the old episodes is like archeology. Full heads of hair as far as the eye Can see.
... Phil is a sensible Compo ... Tony is a younger Clegg ... Mick is Seymors' younger brother ... totally obsessed in his craft ! ! John Gater carries on like Barry ... but only Racksha knows how Ivy and Nora might see it.
The initial site, the dock/quay/pier is here: 51°47'55.9"N 1°03'47.0"E And the church yard is here, across the street from the priory: 51°47'55.4"N 1°04'37.3"E
After watching the show, and doing a quick look ay Google earth I can make a fairly good educated guess as to why the town is set up the way it is. Prior the the flood they mentioned the town may well have been in nice neat grids. After the flood a good deal of the town ended up waterlogged, and quite possibly for a very long time. This would have forced the residents to move everything to higher ground which also means conforming to the buildable space available.
@@joshschneider9766 It was *The Sheriff Of Nottingham* in a children's programme. Don't you find it odd how many people don't understand what an _actor_ actually does?
27:15 That looked like a pretty deft strike. I know he likes his flint, but I would like to see how good Phil is at knapping. Sure I could learn from him.
It’s amusing the diet of the poor was oysters and lobster in old times but times have changed and that’s the fare of the more well to do now. But even back then imported German beer 🍺 was savored by some guy names Phill.
I beleive it's a decision made by the production company, not the archeologists, they would just keep digging forever if they could. We see the 10 or so people on the show , there are 60+ more in the extended production crew staying in hotels etc. Day 4 and 5 probably cost a lot compared to what is going to be found.
@@mlr4524 yes definitely, that and the "script" as much as they had one, keeps it flowing and fun. Archeology is 99% very boring to watch unfold in real time, more so on tv.
I think it's because they all have Jobs. These are filmed Fri Sat & Sun. They take off work Thursday night and travel to the site. T.T. gets hotel rooms and feeds them till Sunday afternoon. I love trying to figure out where they booked their rooms. Probably 30 in total. Dr. Francis Pryor answered my Tweet Question about this. He said camera & sound worked in pairs, I think 3-4 pairs each dig. The people & vehicles & equipment & rooms & food drink, catering lunch etc all adds up. Production costs a lot I bet.
I find it fascinating the religious fascination of the English society for "tea time". It is like an ordained time that their society has observed. Maybe some one of England can help me in understanding the need for this "time"??
wi11y1960 once upon A time, one of the royals just couldnt wait any longer between luncheon and dinner. she ordered snacks and tea. it caught on, in the way trends to make yourself seem more important than you are do. it just didnt stop after a while because she wasnt the only one that actually needs a mid afternoon pick up.
Yvonne Thompson Or could it be the Hemp crop was "exceptionally good" that year and one of the royals developed a serious case of the afternoon munchies? Put that in the old pipe and smoke it hehe...
CompetitiveAudio no, just no. hersecretgarden.net/blog/the-origin-of-tea-time-2/ in top of that, the rope part of the hemp plant is the older stalks, and the older stalks aren't as loaded with THC as the younger parts of the plants as its a defense mechanism to stop creatures from eating the "bud"
Yvonne Thompson I was a teenager during in the 60's and 70's in Kansas. All along the railroad tracks in Kansas (The transit lines for hemp grown in Kansas during the 40's) there was and still are literal plantations of wild hemp along the old rail beds so I'm pretty familiar with differences of hemp versus weed from first hand experience. My comment was meant in a "humorous" rather than factual vein. Sometimes what strikes me as comical is misinterpreted...But I do sincerely thank you for the link. The culture and customs of the people of Britain and are for me, very interesting to learn :-)
Internal, incomplete or incompetent de-capitation could .. and did (and does) .. happen. Moreover, an instinctive automatic reaction to such a shock - in lucid partial decapitation - would be to reach up to one's head and even, if still possible, stagger toward home .. if only a few steps, to die there. That modern minds (unused to queer battlefield injuries) find this tale a mere species of incredible story-telling says more of our ignorance than of ancient gullibility. I suspect the first image that confuses most is that of a clinical forensically-controlled capital punishment, like the guillotine, where the twitching corpse picks up a totally severed head. A scene that is pictured in iconography, used for gory effect, rather than in photographic record; the next would be in the poor soul doing a sprint or merrily meandering away. It goes along with the insane idea that some soul seen to be drowned in a river might perchance have revived, and after three days of prayerful care, actually survive the incident - like, miraculously (or due to some wicked woman's craftiness). ;o)
Early Christians had such great imaginations. So many people doing some imaginary miraculous thing and get called a saint for doing the imaginary thing.
Ah, poor Tony - every ensemble requires a comic relief. Rather than straight faces, however, I'm sometimes surprised other cast members don't throttle him -- especially Phil, who often has a murderous glint in his eye following one of Tony's ignominious remarks. I suppose the show's producers feel Tony is a necessary element in keeping the show on a pedestrian level we ignorant gits in the audience will comprehend.
Phil, Tony, and Mick were friends before the show ever started and Phil and Tony remain friends after Micks passing. Not close friends mind you, Mick was the close friend between them, but still friends. What you see is Phil and Mick's own plan, the experienced old professor, the experienced field archeologist, and the "viewer" role Tony filled. Tony asks dummy questions and claims not to see anything and gets it explained to the viewers who had those same questions and couldn't see anything. When Phil and Mick planned the show they didn't want a boring Archeologist talking head explaining things like all other shows, they wanted someone who didn't know anything asking questions that get explained and they asked Tony if he would do it he also helped finalize the plan before pitching it to the network.
Phil's nails are long because he is a serious guitarist. He plays classical and he plays the Blues. He plays finger style and uses his nails instead of a pick.
16:36 I'm not really sure if Phil is pulling Tony's leg here. He's praising the "craftsmanship" of stones used to block up niches that used to hold the statues of saints. That's like praising the "craftsmanship" of someone installing a drop ceiling in the Sistine Chapel for the express purpose of preventing the paintings of Michelangelo from being seen, or the "craftsmanship" by which ISIS reduces ancient Assyrian statues to piles of rubble of a uniform size. Iconoclasm does not produce real craftsmanship.
+christosvoskresye Phil is speaking of knapped flint which is a traditional english building technique andthe expertise of the knappers is quite obvious at the regularity of the knapped flints, it is not a sign of iconoclasm as ther is quite obviously a niche for a largish statue in the wall, its quite similar to many such buildings which I've seen throughout the south.
Those aren't niches. It's a construction style of alternating panels of flint with ribs of lighter stone. There is indeed an empty niche at 16:50 but the flint work is a traditional building style and that is a beautiful example of it.
Tony is an actor and his hair style and facial hair are connected to the various parts he has played during his career. You do what you have to do to pay the bills.
I'm re- watching a lot of these older shows and every time I see Mick,I can't help feeling sad for His loss. He was such an integral part of the activities, His knowledge was so evident.
R.I.P. good fellow.
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Here's to a life well lived!
@@brianpeck4035 Same here, Brian
Cheers
I can't help but believe that he was as sweet a human being as he appears to be on these shows. I would love to have bought him a pint!
I was thinking he was knighted. Love the way they all get along in the show. One of my favorite things to watch.
Full respect to Paul B, what are treasure he is...he is able to identify virtually every pottery find and hence tell the TT guys whether they are up the right tree or not; a very learned man indeed.
I call him the Punk Potter lol
as Phil waxed enthusiastic, those flint -squares - are indeed amazing. i mean the stuff is hard and tends to break there where one does NOT want them to break. and they made thousands of them...
Phil and Mick are a hoot, with all due respect to Mick I have to say Phil is the most interesting and entertaining with his antics.
This was one of their absolute best episodes. Such a complicated town story and so many experts needed to sort it out. And this is also the point where they really started to write in a big increase in banter. It had always been there a little bit but season 12 show the big increase. At this point it didn't detract from the serious work, yet, so I think it worked. As time went on I think they overdid the silliness, but for this episode it worked.
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Silliness is a matter of taste.
Sir Anthony Robinson was knighted in 2013! Just thought I'd throw that in for the goatee bashers in the jeering crowd section of the audience.No doubt the facial tuft was for a role.Cheers!
Rolf Harris was knighted too. Remember him? Kiddie diddler.
Your point seems dubious
@@themysteryofbluebirdboulevard And your counterpoint literally is dubious lol. Fun.
I was like whaaat, Mick has written a book about it? We in Germany don't know anything about UKs celebrity archeologist. Went and bought another book from him. Now I am super excited and waiting for it.
Google them, they all have impressive CVs. Mick, Carenza and Phil wrote a book together, for example. That's what makes the show so good, they are all for real!
I recently purchased 3 books from Amazon (US) by Mick. I've received one and am awaiting the other two.
lol at Tony's beard! LOL the rager comments for a pleasant educational program!
I love this show, low drama friendly cooperative humans helping each other learn.
Just love the Mick - Phil encounters, obvious mutual respect.
🙂👍🙂
elder Archaeologists are one of the few that can do that.
I have been bringing this series for weeks now...thank you Time Team!
After 20 episodes I realized what an awesome team this actually is
This is such a classic Time team episode. It has everything I look forward to seeing when I watch an episode. I wonder if these people keep in touch now that the series is over? I was surprised by their little seafood feast at the end and would have liked to know more about what they were eating; smoked fish, oysters and all.
you are right but I miss the archiviist how they matched all finds with writings
In Germany, a very old church in a village some of my family came from, the church was sided with pieces of stone about 3x5 inches. Amazing. Phil so appreciates good craftsmanship.
Love seeing the children helping and getting an archeology lesson behind The Old House, aprroz 10:30
Yes, love how they get the community involved, young and old. It gives the people a sense of ownership, pride, while educating them. Brilliant!
Mick wanted everyone especially kids involved from the beginning and I am so glad he did. His legacy to us all.
Love the shows where ordinary folks could get involved. Get the kids off the couch, drop the video games, go outside and go "time traveling". I am jealous, I live in Canada. Not enough history yet!
Love the flint church. Beautiful.
You are forgetting the peeps that have thousands of years of history in your country.
Especially those close to the border with the US.
So just no Anglo-Saxon, Norman, Roman and Middle Ages.
But Iron Age, Bronze Age. and probably flint as well.
@@emilychb6621Definitely flint and chert as well. Sorry if I misspelled chert. I just know it was used the same way as flint.
I rewatch these programs, especially the early episodes when they still had the original crew, when things are stressful.
I havent seen them all and never want to as that will mean theres always more to come.
Paul Blinkhorn has to be my favorite pottery expert they feature
Every time I see them scramble in the mud it’s always framed amusingly but I’m sure it suuuucks to try to do their work in it..
🤔🤔
would some kind of snowshoe style help? 🤷♀️
I dunno it was just the first thing that I thought watching it..
I don’t think they typically get nearly the snow levels northeast US does.. 😝
Well that’s my pre coffee thought for the day! Lol
Very fortunate to be born in the old country. My family came over in the early 1800s. Id be going crazy digging.
"Craftmanship, Tony, Craftmanship!" --Phil
Phil is a crazy & direct guy. Get a kick out of him.
It's amazing how Britain has so many people who are experts at various arcane aspects of historical culture.
It's not amazing. It's the hard fought war of activists for decades the led to state subsidized college edication. Ok still amazing just sayin
It's very simple. *_We care!_*
Love the show. I never thought I'd see him with a chin strap. Watching the old episodes is like archeology. Full heads of hair as far as the eye Can see.
... Phil is a sensible Compo ... Tony is a younger Clegg ... Mick is Seymors' younger brother ... totally obsessed in his craft ! ! John Gater carries on like Barry ... but only Racksha knows how Ivy and Nora might see it.
Ahh Baldrick with a bit of a beard. This was a good episode.
Tony doesn't miss a beat..."Nah, he's alright."! Too funny!
Martin the Vicar isn't giving up, because he's a holey man.
Hats of to Phil and Raksha.
The initial site, the dock/quay/pier is here:
51°47'55.9"N 1°03'47.0"E
And the church yard is here, across the street from the priory:
51°47'55.4"N 1°04'37.3"E
After watching the show, and doing a quick look ay Google earth I can make a fairly good educated guess as to why the town is set up the way it is. Prior the the flood they mentioned the town may well have been in nice neat grids. After the flood a good deal of the town ended up waterlogged, and quite possibly for a very long time. This would have forced the residents to move everything to higher ground which also means conforming to the buildable space available.
I would go with that theory.
makes sense, i figured the town was drawn away to take advantage of the opportunity the priory offered.
Phil just loves flint.
Fun watching Tony's hair grow, get cut, fall out and fall onto his chin...
Well, I guess its more fun than watching mine do it.
he was doing a show at the time for which the character required it or so I hear.
@@joshschneider9766
It was *The Sheriff Of Nottingham* in a children's programme. Don't you find it odd how many people don't understand what an _actor_ actually does?
@@philaypeephilippotter6532 Tony's character was the Sheriff. The show was Maid Marian and Her Merry Men.
god phil is the best" is it surprising look at it now" "what happened" "tide came in dinnit"
Tony, beard it works for him!! Love the show!!!I
Get over the beard and the banter and learn from the science. Love the uploads. Thanks Reijer
the beard was for a tv show at the time
16:23 Omg look at that gate house!! Wow! 😍
I have always liked Time Team.
Sad about mick but i am sure he will meet up with the team as they always have a draft of beer nearby :)
Tony isn't an Archeologist he's the show presenter. Just keeps the show up and running. Mind you he does a good job most of the time.
Zombie nun carrying her head...cool!
If you get off on that strange sort of thing.
Being from Texas, I love the way Carenza pronounces "there." I can't even reproduce it phonetically.
That’s standard (correct 😊) pronunciation of ‘R’ at the end of a word.
"Hmm, a diminished haunch..." That nearly killed me laughing.
That one just got me too!
I love the ones that the kids are doing the work with their families and the psychopaths um,... I mean scientists! ❤️
He sure loves that sweater n those socks
27:15 That looked like a pretty deft strike. I know he likes his flint, but I would like to see how good Phil is at knapping. Sure I could learn from him.
ancilodon He is still at it. This video is from last month. Phil teaching flintknapping. th-cam.com/video/5wNFPW0SWqk/w-d-xo.html
Phil has done several flint knapping tutorial videos. Check out Wessex Archaeology and at least one on Time Team.
A diminished haunch sounds painful.
I love to be behind the scenes you know people are arguing and acting real….not smiles on camera.
I like Time Team and the specials, like this one. In Roman times, Colchester was called Canmmlodmimi I think.
What book on the dynamic nature of English Towns did Mick write? I can't seem to narrow it down.
Get lose of your goatee Baldrick! And the disputes between Phil and Tony and in between Micks calmness, it's so sad that he had passed last year.
He grew it for a tv role.He played robin hood,it was I think an itv childrens programme..
That was years before, but I do wonder if the fluff on his chin was for a role.
If he wasn’t so tall I’d swear Phil was a hobbit
The tide is always a problem. Ever hear of sandbags? Granted tides can be unbelievably high but still they can be used periodically.
Does anyone know the years this series ran? It is so fascinating! Thank you!
From 1994 to 2014
I have a link saved to this page since I use it quite often as a reference :)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Time_Team_episodes
19:35 “you want a hand? I’m glad he’s deaf as a post.”
It’s amusing the diet of the poor was oysters and lobster in old times but times have changed and that’s the fare of the more well to do now. But even back then imported German beer 🍺 was savored by some guy names Phill.
Oh my gosh! What's that creature assaulting Tony's chin?!
The *_Sheriff Of Nottingham's_* beard.
The facial hair was necessary for a role he was playing on a different program he acted in. You do what it takes to pay the bills.
Don't pull ya silly old fool 😂 stick to geophysics John 😂🤣🤣 Phil is a legend 😀
yeah but Tony is the stick in the mud...wouldn't have it any other way.
2024. I want a hat just like Phil’s.
48:30 The way Carenza watches Phil eat oysters is interesting.
Just noticed that too
Ahhh!! What's that creature assaulting Tony's chin??! Grievous bodily harm, I say! ☝️
I love the show. Why only three days though?
I beleive it's a decision made by the production company, not the archeologists, they would just keep digging forever if they could. We see the 10 or so people on the show , there are 60+ more in the extended production crew staying in hotels etc. Day 4 and 5 probably cost a lot compared to what is going to be found.
Figured as much. Time and money constraints and all that, lol. Thank you
That, and it adds an element of suspense and heightened appreciation for television viewing.
@@mlr4524 yes definitely, that and the "script" as much as they had one, keeps it flowing and fun. Archeology is 99% very boring to watch unfold in real time, more so on tv.
I think it's because they all have Jobs. These are filmed Fri Sat & Sun. They take off work Thursday night and travel to the site. T.T. gets hotel rooms and feeds them till Sunday afternoon. I love trying to figure out where they booked their rooms. Probably 30 in total. Dr. Francis Pryor answered my Tweet Question about this. He said camera & sound worked in pairs, I think 3-4 pairs each dig. The people & vehicles & equipment & rooms & food drink, catering lunch etc all adds up. Production costs a lot I bet.
October 25 2019 3:28am
Sick with the flu
They beheaded the Nun with a St One age Scythe. Over time the shortened name of St Osyth has developed.
I fuckibg love a diminished haunch. Oòo yeah.
I find it fascinating the religious fascination of the English society for "tea time". It is like an ordained time that their society has observed. Maybe some one of England can help me in understanding the need for this "time"??
That doesnt say why the english MUST have a tea time.
wi11y1960 once upon A time, one of the royals just couldnt wait any longer between luncheon and dinner. she ordered snacks and tea. it caught on, in the way trends to make yourself seem more important than you are do. it just didnt stop after a while because she wasnt the only one that actually needs a mid afternoon pick up.
Yvonne Thompson Or could it be the Hemp crop was "exceptionally good" that year and one of the royals developed a serious case of the afternoon munchies? Put that in the old pipe and smoke it hehe...
CompetitiveAudio no, just no.
hersecretgarden.net/blog/the-origin-of-tea-time-2/
in top of that, the rope part of the hemp plant is the older stalks, and the older stalks aren't as loaded with THC as the younger parts of the plants as its a defense mechanism to stop creatures from eating the "bud"
Yvonne Thompson I was a teenager during in the 60's and 70's in Kansas. All along the railroad tracks in Kansas (The transit lines for hemp grown in Kansas during the 40's) there was and still are literal plantations of wild hemp along the old rail beds so I'm pretty familiar with differences of hemp versus weed from first hand experience. My comment was meant in a "humorous" rather than factual vein. Sometimes what strikes me as comical is misinterpreted...But I do sincerely thank you for the link. The culture and customs of the people of Britain and are for me, very interesting to learn :-)
More Enya music.
It was only an observation. It was neither negative or positive.
We've got three tides, so let's waste some of this one bickering...
Wow, did they just find evidence of a renaissance tsunami?
Did anybody let Tony know there was a fuzzy caterpillar on his chin….
34:03 MineCraft Time Team pack.
I’m team Powlesland.
I think Ian is second to only Phil and Tony in appearances. Ultra dependable and very knowledgeable, and very quiet.
Back then, you had to dig for pot. Nowadays, you can just buy it.
The boots shown at the beginning are older than the roman ruins. Ditto the multicoloured pullover
27:16 ..... flint
😂😂
Internal, incomplete or incompetent de-capitation could .. and did (and does) .. happen. Moreover, an instinctive automatic reaction to such a shock - in lucid partial decapitation - would be to reach up to one's head and even, if still possible, stagger toward home .. if only a few steps, to die there. That modern minds (unused to queer battlefield injuries) find this tale a mere species of incredible story-telling says more of our ignorance than of ancient gullibility.
I suspect the first image that confuses most is that of a clinical forensically-controlled capital punishment, like the guillotine, where the twitching corpse picks up a totally severed head. A scene that is pictured in iconography, used for gory effect, rather than in photographic record; the next would be in the poor soul doing a sprint or merrily meandering away.
It goes along with the insane idea that some soul seen to be drowned in a river might perchance have revived, and after three days of prayerful care, actually survive the incident - like, miraculously (or due to some wicked woman's craftiness).
;o)
There are tales of executioners able to walk decapitated bodies several steps before they collapsed.
@@chrissmith7669 A horrid thought! ;o)
The river owns Phils trench. Boo Hoo. A pint will make things better. HA HA HA.
Apierances can be deceptive
As can appearances.
"Leo parar ouen" is a troll be careful kids.
Still got that ridiculous beard Tony!
what time is tea-time`?
Thats baldricks beard.
Actually it's the Sheriff of Nottingham.
@@scarletfluerr No. That was in the 90's. Black Adder Back and Fourth was in roughly 2004/05.
But M'lord I've been in your family since 1532 ...
They need to investigate that anomaly on his chin...
They need to investigate that anomaly in your cranium.
Anglo-Saxon vill - or manorial commercial meet.
Early Christians had such great imaginations. So many people doing some imaginary miraculous thing and get called a saint for doing the imaginary thing.
... a bit of chin scruff is of interest? rather hear 'bout Tony's heritage. Phil's a viking celt . . ! !
Not Viking, just pure Celt.
@@deborahparham3783 good on ya Deb! 💪🏻 Even after years of historical mystery folks still wonder !! 🥰
Where do these people get these ridiculous stories?
Ah, poor Tony - every ensemble requires a comic relief. Rather than straight faces, however, I'm sometimes surprised other cast members don't throttle him -- especially Phil, who often has a murderous glint in his eye following one of Tony's ignominious remarks. I suppose the show's producers feel Tony is a necessary element in keeping the show on a pedestrian level we ignorant gits in the audience will comprehend.
Yeah, well the show ran for 20 years I think didn't it? I guess we can imply from that the producers got it right.
Phil, Tony, and Mick were friends before the show ever started and Phil and Tony remain friends after Micks passing. Not close friends mind you, Mick was the close friend between them, but still friends. What you see is Phil and Mick's own plan, the experienced old professor, the experienced field archeologist, and the "viewer" role Tony filled. Tony asks dummy questions and claims not to see anything and gets it explained to the viewers who had those same questions and couldn't see anything. When Phil and Mick planned the show they didn't want a boring Archeologist talking head explaining things like all other shows, they wanted someone who didn't know anything asking questions that get explained and they asked Tony if he would do it he also helped finalize the plan before pitching it to the network.
@@JETWTF
Admirably explained!
One other little detail. Tony was also one of the shows producers.
ÅSE
You know the local atheist are responsible God forbid a card carrying atheist live in a town named after a Christian martyr!
Phils best digging tools-his fingernails....
*Phil's* best finger-picks are his nails.
No. That would be his favorite shovel. The one that he keeps under his bed so nobody can steal it.
Phil's nails are long because he is a serious guitarist. He plays classical and he plays the Blues. He plays finger style and uses his nails instead of a pick.
L Lloyd
I miss Robin Bush. He was so much better at archived history than Carenza.
16:36 I'm not really sure if Phil is pulling Tony's leg here. He's praising the "craftsmanship" of stones used to block up niches that used to hold the statues of saints. That's like praising the "craftsmanship" of someone installing a drop ceiling in the Sistine Chapel for the express purpose of preventing the paintings of Michelangelo from being seen, or the "craftsmanship" by which ISIS reduces ancient Assyrian statues to piles of rubble of a uniform size. Iconoclasm does not produce real craftsmanship.
+christosvoskresye well, phil is a flint man :3
+christosvoskresye Phil is speaking of knapped flint which is a traditional english building technique andthe expertise of the knappers is quite obvious at the regularity of the knapped flints, it is not a sign of iconoclasm as ther is quite obviously a niche for a largish statue in the wall, its quite similar to many such buildings which I've seen throughout the south.
Those aren't niches. It's a construction style of alternating panels of flint with ribs of lighter stone. There is indeed an empty niche at 16:50 but the flint work is a traditional building style and that is a beautiful example of it.
It is rather distracting.
Does "silly beard" Robinson ever pick up a trowel?
He has twice but he's not an Archeologist. He's the show presenter.
Sir Anthony took the course in archeology which is how he met Mick.
You would think with Tony's giant ego that he would have looked in the mirror and seen how badly he trimmed his little beard thingy.
Tony is an actor and his hair style and facial hair are connected to the various parts he has played during his career.
You do what you have to do to pay the bills.
14:22 Priest with an earring? Give me a break.
I love this show, but it has the Worst theme music, ever
man i don't like tony's attitude always so negative and stupid comments so annoying
Not as annoying as ignorant people who like their own comments.
So change the channel. We won't miss you.