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 ปีที่แล้ว +48

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

    • @vuho2075
      @vuho2075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      English mastiffs are cool...

    • @agingerbeard
      @agingerbeard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So adorable

    • @sheltonshelton8479
      @sheltonshelton8479 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @CCRob720
    @CCRob720 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

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

  • @whiteowl4097
    @whiteowl4097 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @mrmainlobster
    @mrmainlobster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @peternelson3433
    @peternelson3433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @angelapiccolella1491
    @angelapiccolella1491 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @rondifrankel
    @rondifrankel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @justneedtovent
    @justneedtovent 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    What a lovely dog!!

  • @sandrapowell4166
    @sandrapowell4166 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Hound of the Baskervilles is forever my favorite Sherlock Holmes

  • @Lily_of_the_Forest
    @Lily_of_the_Forest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Would be lovely to hike with a mastiff guard dog.

  • @borimirtheboring
    @borimirtheboring 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @willmfrank
      @willmfrank 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Stephen Frye as Mycroft and Tony Robinson as Lestrade.

  • @vuho2075
    @vuho2075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @WyattRyeSway
    @WyattRyeSway 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @aprilmcpherson-vanraalte5590
    @aprilmcpherson-vanraalte5590 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @LindaB651
    @LindaB651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

  • @julieortega4461
    @julieortega4461 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 😊

  • @Vimana11
    @Vimana11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @rainydaylady6596
    @rainydaylady6596 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

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

    • @amandaloriananimals9065
      @amandaloriananimals9065 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @MJP_985
      @MJP_985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      here he is singing it th-cam.com/video/-3L-kcB2XsU/w-d-xo.html

    • @rainydaylady6596
      @rainydaylady6596 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @TheDfarrelljr
      @TheDfarrelljr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dr. Who?

  • @marilynwoolford-chandler1161
    @marilynwoolford-chandler1161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @007vsMagua
    @007vsMagua 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @sharonkaczorowski8690
    @sharonkaczorowski8690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @bethyeary8995
    @bethyeary8995 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love how it brings history alive!

  • @lilycooper8612
    @lilycooper8612 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @changarookitty6920
    @changarookitty6920 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @pamcolechadwell1302
    @pamcolechadwell1302 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @athirajoseph8707
    @athirajoseph8707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @tricivenola8164
    @tricivenola8164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @CoffeeLover-mz7bk
    @CoffeeLover-mz7bk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

    • @resnonverba137
      @resnonverba137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      In summer at least, there's nowhere better.

    • @karenax254
      @karenax254 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes I'd love to go back in time, but with showers and hairdressers please. Lol !!

    • @chunellemariavictoriaespan8752
      @chunellemariavictoriaespan8752 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Try rural...

    • @ultraboombean
      @ultraboombean 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      History is everywhere though. Just gotta look into it

  • @humor86
    @humor86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

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

    • @crustycurmudgeon2182
      @crustycurmudgeon2182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @WyattRyeSway
      @WyattRyeSway 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88
      @Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @avd-wd9581
      @avd-wd9581 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @heathercribley1996
    @heathercribley1996 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yay!! Great new vid 👍

  • @Hx3ney
    @Hx3ney 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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 😳😱

  • @laurac8659
    @laurac8659 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful! Haunting 🧚🏻‍♂️

  • @neuron1618
    @neuron1618 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @ReclusiveMountainMan
    @ReclusiveMountainMan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tony is an amazing host.

  • @bonniebeingbonnie001
    @bonniebeingbonnie001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this channel, dream life of travel and exploration.

  • @littbitterst2328
    @littbitterst2328 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love you, Tony!!

  • @sharonkaczorowski8690
    @sharonkaczorowski8690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @littbitterst2328
    @littbitterst2328 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @blord9841
    @blord9841 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful song - and he has a lovely voice

  • @undefined40
    @undefined40 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @CrazySharp
    @CrazySharp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @Quacks0
    @Quacks0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @johnthomas7517
    @johnthomas7517 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @hmn15
    @hmn15 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My favourite place. I miss it.

  • @Tracy-xe9zu
    @Tracy-xe9zu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @freddosan3482
    @freddosan3482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @bt70a9
    @bt70a9 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @sandrapowell4166
    @sandrapowell4166 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love Absolute History

  • @rejinpaul3367
    @rejinpaul3367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @sonsiehollingsworth5342
    @sonsiehollingsworth5342 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @tonybarde2572
    @tonybarde2572 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That mastiff is adorable

  • @scottpool4777
    @scottpool4777 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful dog the hound the Baskerville scary .

  • @AnnaAnna-uc2ff
    @AnnaAnna-uc2ff ปีที่แล้ว

    Thankj.

  • @BarbaraMerryGeng
    @BarbaraMerryGeng 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @spazmonkey3815
    @spazmonkey3815 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tony Robinson is a good man.

  • @lauriepenner350
    @lauriepenner350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      Doesn't Tony like the scruffy look? Lol!

    • @karenax254
      @karenax254 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @AKRICH7
    @AKRICH7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @marigeobrien
      @marigeobrien 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @littbitterst2328
    @littbitterst2328 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh!! Those BEAUTIFUL ponies!!!!

  • @shelbreezyfebreezy7544
    @shelbreezyfebreezy7544 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @kerrywhite6720
    @kerrywhite6720 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @TheMovieUniverse
    @TheMovieUniverse 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @whiteowl4097
    @whiteowl4097 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @amysuewest3826
    @amysuewest3826 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's a beautiful land.

  • @bt70a9
    @bt70a9 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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?

  • @samanthamcgahan2066
    @samanthamcgahan2066 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @wolftickets1969
    @wolftickets1969 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @thelittleseamstress4029
    @thelittleseamstress4029 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @chunellemariavictoriaespan8752
    @chunellemariavictoriaespan8752 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @l70lover
    @l70lover 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where`s episode 3? :D

  • @sandrapowell4166
    @sandrapowell4166 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In another life, I would have been an archeologist

  • @angelitabecerra
    @angelitabecerra 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @alisonemslie-smith1217
    @alisonemslie-smith1217 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @badwolf7367
    @badwolf7367 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ♥️♥️♥️

  • @123UpNorth321
    @123UpNorth321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @laurahoward5426
    @laurahoward5426 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @scottpool4777
    @scottpool4777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @andrewk7698
    @andrewk7698 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @wayne9518
    @wayne9518 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @lindahedman3115
    @lindahedman3115 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    💜

  • @JustAllinOneResource
    @JustAllinOneResource 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    👍👍👍

  • @crystalclear6864
    @crystalclear6864 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    lovely Peter the bell ringer. hug

  • @bubblegumshrimp914
    @bubblegumshrimp914 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Quacks0
    @Quacks0 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @MsKittyGirl2010
    @MsKittyGirl2010 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @laubatt3534
    @laubatt3534 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bilbo, is it you?

  • @sternzeichenkunst5786
    @sternzeichenkunst5786 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @radarlovedr
    @radarlovedr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @professorsogol5824
      @professorsogol5824 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @k.schmidt2740
    @k.schmidt2740 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @BlueberryDragon13
    @BlueberryDragon13 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @sandrapowell4166
    @sandrapowell4166 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The ponies!

  • @mynameizanthony
    @mynameizanthony 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @Iranda_
    @Iranda_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @commandere
    @commandere 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    16:52 spoiler alert much?

  • @nowgoawayanddosomethinggoo8978
    @nowgoawayanddosomethinggoo8978 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @ultraboombean
      @ultraboombean 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is almost like stories have similar premises

  • @michellel564
    @michellel564 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    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!?

  • @samueljohnstone3028
    @samueljohnstone3028 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @wildstar1063
      @wildstar1063 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @samueljohnstone3028
      @samueljohnstone3028 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wildstar1063 are you a girl

    • @wildstar1063
      @wildstar1063 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

  • @mariaarakat8823
    @mariaarakat8823 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dr. Hayward is cute :D