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I was 20 when time team started, and 40 ish when it finished. I looked forward to the Sundays when it was on. Nothing interrupted that hour. I felt like I'd lost something important when it finished. It had, after all, been there half my life, watching these people. It was a happy time.
It was on during the week in Ireland, Wednesday and Thursday in the afternoon about 3pm. Work stopped for a hour. The advantages of being self employed. Time Team was great and exciting and educational
@@whoarewe7515 Haha, I have no idea! But on the bright side, they were lucky that they didn't know pizza with cheese, otherwise they would have been very sorry.😂
I always appreciate how Sir Tony on TT speaks (in my mind) something like the show viewer, asking the questions like "what's so important about X?'" or "why are you wanting to dig here rather than there?" or "are you sure these geophys results show something; I just see a few spots and wiggles?" etc. I think that helps so much, to me, to watch the show more actively, than be passively entertained. Thank you to Tony, and all the rest of the gang who makes for such an informative and engaging.
First time response. I love you. The questions he posits draw us all in, regardless of our lives direction. I can see my face in his, so I suspect in yours as well.
Tony was the ideal host in TOS. He had excitement, passion, inquisitiveness and gave as good as he got. Loved it when he wound the Team up in his effort to understand why they were forever NOT digging unexplored features because "digging is destruction". AND it took him several seasons to NOT get in the trench. Mick finally "learned him". 😆😂🤣 So many more reasons!
Haha, I watched that "We'll learn him" episode (S5,Ep2) just the other day, it really made me laugh. That was a great episode at Somerset, one of my top 10 favourites.
He was the everyday man’s viewpoint. He was the curiosity of the layman who is educated during the seasons to appreciate history like an archaeologist.
I only recently discovered Time Team on TH-cam, and I love it! But what has made it extra special is Tony Robinson! Gus is a nice man, but I do miss Tony’s wit and knowledge, and his great enthusiasm. Will he be back at all in future episodes? Was it his choice not to be involved or was it forced upon him? I’ve subscribed to Time Team Official, but will not be a Patron at this time until I am sure the new episodes are just as entertaining as the old - bring back Tony!!
i think the metal detectorist finding that golden coin is my favorite episode too, just watching the guy's face that beam and how he was still holding his hand out after they took it off him, it was still shaking , i watched the searies from when it started and have enjoyed the new content but it's not the same without Tony. Thanks to every one involved.
Love this guy. How fortunate I am that he has been telling his stories and those of others for as long as he has. Thank you Time Team and Thank You Sir Tony.
Me holding my breath while watching Tony uncover that tiny dimpled beaker from a grave, his nervousness mixed with excitement was precious.... You did a fine job. 👍
Being from Canada, I never got a chance to see Time Team on TV. I'm enjoying it on TH-cam. Thank you for making this great show available to the world on TH-cam.
I recently worked with someone that worked on time team, and he said though that shoots were chaotic they were all wonderful and Tony is as fantastic as people think. ❤
its good to see tony as part of time team remenising ..have some fantastic memories of time team at its peak , where perhaps the whole of the household gathered around to have their dinner and watch the effort of history being bought back to life ..fantastic..thank you tony :)
Aw, Sir Tony, you're a bonafide national treasure. Let's see you back on Time Time in a dig. You inspired generations of diggers. Have another go, for the fans. :D Godspeed, Sir Tony.
Time Team was my religion for its entire run in my house in Australia. No children or husband were to speak or interrupt me while I was watching it. Ended up my children became devotees as well. 😅 they used to think that you could just dig a hole anywhere in England and find something thousands of years old. Loved time team and still watch the re-runs when I can. Tony, Mick, John the cranky one 😂, Stewart, Phil, Henry, Raksha, Brigid (go the Kiwis!) Helen, Alice, Victor….. all legends.
All hail, Sir Tony! What a great guy! I hope that he’ll show up in future TT videos. (A cameo appearance by Phil Harding would be the icing on the cake!)
Tony's transition from knowing almost nothing at all about archaeology to talking about Mycaenaen culture is huge. I've been rewatching old episodes and the really early ones are lessons for Tony on archaeology, archaeological terminology, geophysics, dendrochronology. The various specialist departments such as archaeobiology, pottery specialists, brick work, Roman jewellery etc were all as fascinating to him as they were to me, and Us. Geez I loved Time Team.
We love you Baldrick! I'll be in England doing a dig this summer and I attribute this success to you and the whole Time Team! Your work has encouraged me to chase my dreams.
This guy is what kept the show engaging . You could tell he was angling for typical story elements in how he spoke with the other people. Even if the other people didn't really like it.
I grew up with Time Team, love the show and have always enjoyed watching Tony. This is one show i never grew out of, much love and appreciation from a 40yr old living in Australia .
Love you, sir Tony, and all of your time team crew archaeologists or not you are a true archaeologist in your heart. Just absolutely glad that I found time team I can’t stop watching. God bless keith cooper
Tony was always so animated and fun to watch... sort of the spindle that each episode weaves around... or is he the weaver? Heh, will have to think about if any of that makes sense.. wonderful to see him and Tim talk with such enthusiasm... it's all positivity.
Tony made my Saturday worth tv watching Time team would come on at 7 pm and I watched it faithfully every weekend I miss that valuable, informative, and enjoyable time Thank you Sir Tony
I am so impressed that you would go to Tiryns. I have been there once, and it was impressive - and little fragments of pottery still just littered the ground on the surface. You could probably find something interesting there! Thank you both (and the team!) for the series.
@@snesguy9176 Agree! And today they have three hosts but not even half as good as sir Tony is/was. You would think three hosts is two to many when they have to save money but no, they seems to have to much money...
What Tony brought to the show was representing us, the average person. He asked the questions that we might ask and got the answers from the experts. This is what the American version lacked and the newer versions lack. I want someone like me there not just a bunch of archeologists talking patronizingly to me. Phil also brought that average guy aspect, who obviously knows his stuff, but not posh. That is what made Time Team different and special.
Tony mentioned we don't still know whereabouts the Anglo-Saxons came from...well good news! There's a genetics study published in September 2022 that studied just that. You can find it in Nature or Pubmed, its title is "The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the English gene pool", I hope Tony gets to read it. Enjoy
Tony's passion for archaeology is palpable. The new presenter is alright but it feels to me like he's just doing a job. You don't feel the excitement Tony brought. I'm not saying you can't do TT without him but you really need someone who is just as excited by it. To be "us" on the site asking questions for us.
I have always wondered if Sir Robinson had an interest in archeology when Time Team first started; and if not, how long it took to find his passion for it.
I watched this with my dad every Sunday after a lunch shift waitressing,we have tea,sit down and watch it. One of the last episodes I remember watching with him was when they were looking for a Georgian mansion and they were in totally the wrong place!
After Black Adder, my first encounter with the great Sir Tony was his Discworld audiobook recordings. Most I bought were in their cassette tape formats; a few are on audio CD. And much later I saw a couple of his TV specials, e.g. his special about Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. It wasn't until Time Team started showing up on YT that I discovered that show and his extensive, wonderful relationship with that incredible series. I'm so happy to see he is back in the fold now. Btw- Tony, any luck with finding historical evidence for Percy's "Green"?
My choice would be submerged prehistoric sites and landscapes in Ireland. A vast database of seabed surveys exist which haven't been studied from an archaeological perspective. I feel sure new sites could be identified and dug before they are forever lost to the sea.
I'm with Tony, Britian is rich in history just waiting to be found, but Greece is something else. It's what the layman thinks of when imagining the ancient world, because it's so often what we see on the silver screen. it's weirdly both alien to us yet totally relatable.
And it could help Time team increase their viewers! The Bronze Age collapse is huge online, with dozens of videos on YT, and they could launch TT franchises so other countries can enjoy active archaeology the community can get involved in.
Our favorite episode is shen carenza n a fellow co worker were dangling over a cliff to preserve the human bones falling into the ocean n was very dangerous n bad weather kudos to u all n ghe plank didnt break under them again
Join us for a special interview with Sir Tony Robinson. If you'd like to dig deeper into archaeology, sign up to Patreon to access Tony's exclusive 'Presenting the Past' Masterclass: www.patreon.com/TimeTeamOfficial
Is the Time Team trowel guaranteed to dig up gold?
Yes, but only if there is some there to be dug up! 😂 😊
I was 20 when time team started, and 40 ish when it finished. I looked forward to the Sundays when it was on. Nothing interrupted that hour. I felt like I'd lost something important when it finished. It had, after all, been there half my life, watching these people. It was a happy time.
It was on during the week in Ireland, Wednesday and Thursday in the afternoon about 3pm. Work stopped for a hour. The advantages of being self employed. Time Team was great and exciting and educational
It has started again, being crowd funded.
Tony always puts a smile on my face. It's so good to see him still involved in Time Team.
I was a bit worried at first but he had such a passion for archaeology that vanished within the first few episodes.
Why does Tony fit Time Team so well, there's no one else that comes close to him.
I am so happy to have Sir Tony back on the Time Team. A few issues without him - it was like pizza without cheese.
How the Egyptians used to eat it before the Romans put cheese on it.
@@whoarewe7515 Haha, I have no idea! But on the bright side, they were lucky that they didn't know pizza with cheese, otherwise they would have been very sorry.😂
I always appreciate how Sir Tony on TT speaks (in my mind) something like the show viewer, asking the questions like "what's so important about X?'" or "why are you wanting to dig here rather than there?" or "are you sure these geophys results show something; I just see a few spots and wiggles?" etc. I think that helps so much, to me, to watch the show more actively, than be passively entertained. Thank you to Tony, and all the rest of the gang who makes for such an informative and engaging.
First time response. I love you. The questions he posits draw us all in, regardless of our lives direction. I can see my face in his, so I suspect in yours as well.
How has this man remained so delightful for so long?
He is an actor.
@@Rose-jz6ixand a talented knowledgeable un 👏
Tony was the ideal host in TOS. He had excitement, passion, inquisitiveness and gave as good as he got. Loved it when he wound the Team up in his effort to understand why they were forever NOT digging unexplored features because "digging is destruction". AND it took him several seasons to NOT get in the trench. Mick finally "learned him". 😆😂🤣 So many more reasons!
His undeniable talent is being a great communicator.
Haha, I watched that "We'll learn him" episode (S5,Ep2) just the other day, it really made me laugh. That was a great episode at Somerset, one of my top 10 favourites.
He was the everyday man’s viewpoint.
He was the curiosity of the layman who is educated during the seasons to appreciate history like an archaeologist.
I only recently discovered Time Team on TH-cam, and I love it! But what has made it extra special is Tony Robinson! Gus is a nice man, but I do miss Tony’s wit and knowledge, and his great enthusiasm. Will he be back at all in future episodes? Was it his choice not to be involved or was it forced upon him? I’ve subscribed to Time Team Official, but will not be a Patron at this time until I am sure the new episodes are just as entertaining as the old - bring back Tony!!
i think the metal detectorist finding that golden coin is my favorite episode too, just watching the guy's face that beam and how he was still holding his hand out after they took it off him, it was still shaking , i watched the searies from when it started and have enjoyed the new content but it's not the same without Tony. Thanks to every one involved.
Love this guy. How fortunate I am that he has been telling his stories and those of others for as long as he has. Thank you Time Team and Thank You Sir Tony.
😁 I'd like to see Sir Tony interviewing the other cast members.
As a primary school teacher it has been great to notice children fall in love with history through Tony's books
Me holding my breath while watching Tony uncover that tiny dimpled beaker from a grave, his nervousness mixed with excitement was precious.... You did a fine job. 👍
Being from Canada, I never got a chance to see Time Team on TV. I'm enjoying it on TH-cam. Thank you for making this great show available to the world on TH-cam.
I recently worked with someone that worked on time team, and he said though that shoots were chaotic they were all wonderful and Tony is as fantastic as people think. ❤
Thank you Tim and Tony, and welcome back to Tony.
its good to see tony as part of time team remenising ..have some fantastic memories of time team at its peak , where perhaps the whole of the household gathered around to have their dinner and watch the effort of history being bought back to life ..fantastic..thank you tony :)
He really adds a certain sparkle to Time Team. You can tell how much he loves history!
Aw, Sir Tony, you're a bonafide national treasure. Let's see you back on Time Time in a dig. You inspired generations of diggers. Have another go, for the fans. :D Godspeed, Sir Tony.
I find Sir Tony to be just mesmerising
Its good to see Sir Tony again!
This was awesome thanks everyone at time team!
Time Team was my religion for its entire run in my house in Australia. No children or husband were to speak or interrupt me while I was watching it. Ended up my children became devotees as well. 😅 they used to think that you could just dig a hole anywhere in England and find something thousands of years old.
Loved time team and still watch the re-runs when I can.
Tony, Mick, John the cranky one 😂, Stewart, Phil, Henry, Raksha, Brigid (go the Kiwis!) Helen, Alice, Victor….. all legends.
Lovely to see Tony again.
All hail, Sir Tony! What a great guy! I hope that he’ll show up in future TT videos. (A cameo appearance by Phil Harding would be the icing on the cake!)
Loved seeing Tony reminiscing 👏
Great to have Tony back. I love his stories and how he ties things together.
Just to hear his voice..... And the passion.
Tony's transition from knowing almost nothing at all about archaeology to talking about Mycaenaen culture is huge.
I've been rewatching old episodes and the really early ones are lessons for Tony on archaeology, archaeological terminology, geophysics, dendrochronology. The various specialist departments such as archaeobiology, pottery specialists, brick work, Roman jewellery etc were all as fascinating to him as they were to me, and Us.
Geez I loved Time Team.
I've been watching Sir Tony since "Tales from Fat Tulip's Garden"; thankyou for this treat!
We love you Baldrick! I'll be in England doing a dig this summer and I attribute this success to you and the whole Time Team! Your work has encouraged me to chase my dreams.
Found this show on you tube.i wish we had one in the US, love it. Hello from Utah
Love Tony’s enthusiasm and real interest in archeology, looking forward to his involvement in TT’s productions. Woo hoo.
I wish all of Time Team was available on DVD.
Tony looks better and better as time goes by - must live a healthy life and, I hope, a happy one.
I miss the days of time team on a Sunday evening, after football , dinner and pudding . The good days , how I miss them x
Lovely to hear Sir Tony's voice attached to TT again. ☺💙
Tony is the mortar that holds this great artistic structure together. Thank you Sir.
This guy is what kept the show engaging . You could tell he was angling for typical story elements in how he spoke with the other people. Even if the other people didn't really like it.
Always nice to see Sir Tony
I grew up with Time Team, love the show and have always enjoyed watching Tony. This is one show i never grew out of, much love and appreciation from a 40yr old living in Australia .
Love you Tony ! It was such a joy to watch you present Time Team for so many years. Hope to see and hear from you more often.
Love you, sir Tony, and all of your time team crew archaeologists or not you are a true archaeologist in your heart. Just absolutely glad that I found time team I can’t stop watching. God bless keith cooper
Great to see Tony! I wish the volume was not so extremely quiet, maybe just my tablet?
Good to have you back, Sir Tony!! I have been a fan of yours for a very long tim.
A very long Tim Taylor presumably
Looking forward to this 👍
it is greato hear Sir Tony once more!
Love Sir Tony
This was lovely! Thanks!
Tony was always so animated and fun to watch... sort of the spindle that each episode weaves around... or is he the weaver? Heh, will have to think about if any of that makes sense.. wonderful to see him and Tim talk with such enthusiasm... it's all positivity.
Enjoy this guys and this program sooo much ...only have seen it on You Tube....AMAZING TV
Great discussion! Thank you!
Tony made my Saturday worth tv watching Time team would come on at 7 pm and I watched it faithfully every weekend I miss that valuable, informative, and enjoyable time Thank you Sir Tony
A Time Team Patreon myself... so worth it, I highly recommend joining the crowd 😉
Thanks Pat, great to have you on board and we're glad you're enjoying it!
Me too! Well worth it xx
Welcome back sir Tony. We missed you so much.
This is absolutely joyous. The continued enthusiasm for the subject clearly feels really comes across. More power to the whole Time Team!
Lots of love guys from nb Canada our family loves your show what axvice do u have for familys who are starting to explore n excavate as well
Lovely to see the both of them together. Tony is so entertaining - I could watch him for hours. Plus the actor side of him is always there. Great.
MORE, MORE, MORE WITH TONY!!
Thank you for giving a hug, from all of us !
Time Team was the best.
Cant wait to have Tony back!
Yes, that mosaic floor and your excitement will long live in my memory 🙂
LOVE YOU GUYS!!
I am so impressed that you would go to Tiryns. I have been there once, and it was impressive - and little fragments of pottery still just littered the ground on the surface. You could probably find something interesting there! Thank you both (and the team!) for the series.
Please put the rest of the classic Time Team episodes on TH-cam!
I miss Tony & Phil and wish they were on the new shows
Without tony narrating it's just not the same
@@snesguy9176 Agree! And today they have three hosts but not even half as good as sir Tony is/was.
You would think three hosts is two to many when they have to save money but no, they seems to have to much money...
God I love Tony.
I love Tony. I hope he's well.
Thanks for this👍
the lead singer of the time team band.....always hits the right notes for me...i'm non religious but god bless tony robinson
Tony is a wonderful communicator
Excellent vid. Love listening to Tony
So exciting to think of exploring Tiryns with Sir Tony!
I'm glad to see Tony again. I hope his dream of an explosion of knowledge about the Anglo-Saxons comes true.
What Tony brought to the show was representing us, the average person. He asked the questions that we might ask and got the answers from the experts. This is what the American version lacked and the newer versions lack. I want someone like me there not just a bunch of archeologists talking patronizingly to me. Phil also brought that average guy aspect, who obviously knows his stuff, but not posh. That is what made Time Team different and special.
0:30 🤣 That alone made my day!
Just love Tony. That was great!
I think you should dig Hadleigh Castle in Essex 🙂
Tony mentioned we don't still know whereabouts the Anglo-Saxons came from...well good news! There's a genetics study published in September 2022 that studied just that. You can find it in Nature or Pubmed, its title is "The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the English gene pool", I hope Tony gets to read it. Enjoy
Brilliant, Thanks Tim and Tony. Have to go back and see the Codnor snot ;o)
Tony's passion for archaeology is palpable. The new presenter is alright but it feels to me like he's just doing a job. You don't feel the excitement Tony brought. I'm not saying you can't do TT without him but you really need someone who is just as excited by it. To be "us" on the site asking questions for us.
I have always wondered if Sir Robinson had an interest in archeology when Time Team first started; and if not, how long it took to find his passion for it.
Yes, he did
nice interview.
Codnor Castle i remember it well great find
missed him thank you
I watched this with my dad every Sunday after a lunch shift waitressing,we have tea,sit down and watch it. One of the last episodes I remember watching with him was when they were looking for a Georgian mansion and they were in totally the wrong place!
The best time team special for me , was when Tony told th truth about about the royal family. He worked out the TRUE time line.
And now they're doing one in Greece! Either they listen to Sir Tony or this was a hidden hint to us all.
After Black Adder, my first encounter with the great Sir Tony was his Discworld audiobook recordings. Most I bought were in their cassette tape formats; a few are on audio CD. And much later I saw a couple of his TV specials, e.g. his special about Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. It wasn't until Time Team started showing up on YT that I discovered that show and his extensive, wonderful relationship with that incredible series. I'm so happy to see he is back in the fold now. Btw- Tony, any luck with finding historical evidence for Percy's "Green"?
I agree with Tony abt digging in Greece. There are so many mysteries to discover .
My choice would be submerged prehistoric sites and landscapes in Ireland. A vast database of seabed surveys exist which haven't been studied from an archaeological perspective. I feel sure new sites could be identified and dug before they are forever lost to the sea.
My face hurts from smiling.
Tony was the only bloke who got time team he and the gang were BRILLIANT
I'm with Tony, Britian is rich in history just waiting to be found, but Greece is something else. It's what the layman thinks of when imagining the ancient world, because it's so often what we see on the silver screen. it's weirdly both alien to us yet totally relatable.
And it could help Time team increase their viewers!
The Bronze Age collapse is huge online, with dozens of videos on YT, and they could launch TT franchises so other countries can enjoy active archaeology the community can get involved in.
@@man.inblack Yes, sort out the Bronze Age Collapse in 3 days, brilliant
I love these interviews, please do some more. I would love to know what Mike The Dig likes most, and Matt, and the rest of the team too.
Glad you liked it. We have lots more interviews with the team on this channel, including both Matt and Mick the Dig...
Matt interview: th-cam.com/video/Vq95lzsgnGo/w-d-xo.html
Mick the Dig: th-cam.com/video/Xio1zCOiVCo/w-d-xo.html
Tony Robinson Legend
The dream part of life!
I love tony plz bring him back to host
i would love to see tony back on a new dig .
Great series
Loved the progression of Tony asking permission to enter a trench.
Compared to the early days of just getting in there. 😂
Our favorite episode is shen carenza n a fellow co worker were dangling over a cliff to preserve the human bones falling into the ocean n was very dangerous n bad weather kudos to u all n ghe plank didnt break under them again