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Archaeologist Helen Geake and co-host Martyn Williams discuss an amazing find from a dig in Norfolk. They also get more information about two of the excavations Time Team's embarking on this year; one at The Ness of Brodgar in Orkney and the other in Brancaster on the Norfolk coast. Nick Card from The Ness of Brodgar explains the site's significance and The National Trust's Angus Wainwright sets t...

Helen Geake and Martyn Williams look back at more of their favourites from the Time Team podcast in 2025. This time Stewart Ainsworth makes a discovery at Bodbury Ring, John Gater's revisiting a Roman site, Francis Pryor has a warning about Flag Fen, Jackie McKinley's on site at Sutton Hoo, Giselle Király's walking in the footsteps of Otzi The Iceman and Martyn's getting up close and personal wit...

It's part one of our look back at some of the best bits from the Time Team podcast in 2025. Helen Geake and Martyn Williams remember time spent at Sutton Hoo, investigating the landscape with Stewart Ainsworth, exploring the ancient city of Pompeii with Dr Sophie Hay, test pitting in Norton Disney and using a floatation tank with Naomi Sewpaul. What were your favourite bits from the podcast this y...

Merry Christmas from the Time Team podcast. The rematch is here! Time Team archaeologists Helen Geake and Derek Pitman go head to head in this year's Time Team Christmas quiz. With questions from archaeologists, crew and our Time Team members, will Helen take the title again or will Derek manage to secure his first victory? How did you get on? Play along at home to test your archaeological and Tim...

Most of this episode was recorded before we learned about the death of Kerry Ely, Time Team's 'Mr Logistics'. Helen's answering questions from Time Team members. We'll discuss when a buried body becomes archaeology, if it's possible to go on an archaeology digging holiday, the archaeologists that run in the family and whether it's possible for new technology to unroll ancient scrolls. There's also...

In this special edition of the Time Team podcast, archaeologist Helen Geake speaks to the man who's been at the heart of Time Team since the very beginning, Sir Tony Robinson! Tony reveals how he came to present the show, discusses his love of archaeology and talks about his new book, The House of Wolf. You can buy Tony's book in the Time Team shop. Go to https://shop.timeteamdigital.com To get mo...

In February 2024 a wooden shipwreck was revealed on a beach in Orkney. People on the island of Sanday originally believed it might’ve been dislodged from the seabed in violent storms. What was it and how did it get there? Archaeologists have been piecing together the mystery of the Sanday Wreck. In this special edition of the Time Team podcast, Helen Geake and Martyn Williams speak to Ben Saunders...

Time Team archaeologist Dr Helen Geake and co-host Martyn Williams take you to the north of the British isles. Time Team's geophysicist John Gater has an exciting announcement to bring you about a remarkable neolithic site in Orkney, The Ness of Brodgar. You'll also hear about a site first investigated by Time Team in 1994. Finlaggen was the heart of a powerful community centuries ago. You'll meet...

Archaeologist Dr Helen Geake and co-host Martyn Williams are back for another edition of the Time Team podcast. This week Helen's answers questions from Time Team members. She'll discuss archaeologist arguments, what you might find in a first world war trench and she'll ponder if archaeology could become obsolete. There's also another round of Helen's Find, when Helen explores an object or item fo...

This episode of the Time Team podcast is being published on Armistice Day, when those who've served are honoured and remembered. Helen Geake and Martyn Williams speak to one veteran whose life has been changed through Operation Nightingale, a project which uses archaeology to veterans and serving military personnel suffering with their mental health. Following the release of our film about Cerne A...

Time Team archaeologist Dr Helen Geake is answering questions from Time Team members in this edition of the podcast. Helen's pondering the benefits AI might bring to archaeologists and geophysicists in the field, exploring how Mick Aston used his camera and discussing the benefits of drawing over photography. The item mentioned in Helen's Find this week can be seen here: https://finds.org.uk/datab...

Helen Geake and Martyn Williams chat to Time Team's landscape archaeologist Stewart Ainsworth. He's working with Cheshire Police to tackle so-called heritage crime. With the help of PC Jono Lightfoot he'll explain how techniques used by archaeologists could be the key to catching the criminals. Martyn visits Professor Henry Chapman at The University of Birmingham to find out more about his work on...

Helen Geake answers more questions from Time Team members. She also has a remarkable story to tell as part of Helen's Find. You can see the object being discussed here: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1129918 You'll learn all about Sir Clement Higham, a fairly unlikeable character, through the silver vervel. If you've got a question for Helen to answer on a future episode then wh...

43 years since it rose from the seabed the Time Team podcast has made a special visit to the Mary Rose. Find out how a team of archaeologists and other experts are preserving Henry VIII's flagship at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Martyn Williams gets up close to the ship, going behind the scenes at the Mary Rose Museum, whilst Helen Geake interviews some of the people who know it best. Dr Alex Hil...

In this question and answers edition of the podcast Helen Geake and Martyn Williams reflect on Mick Aston's legacy on Time Team. There are also questions on the rules around metal detecting and the benefits of LiDAR technology. Helen's Find returns. This time Helen's talking about a very simple item, the humble pencil. Here's a link to the Portable Antiquities Scheme website so you can take a long...

Time Team have returned to the Roman fort at Brancaster in Norfolk. The geophysics team, lead by John Gater, have unfinished business at the site. In this episode Helen Geake and Martyn Williams take you behind the scenes of the filming of a brand new Time Team programme. John and his team fire up their magnetrometry and GPR equipment to discover so much more about this amazing site. You'll hear c...

Time Team members are an inquisitive bunch. We've devoted the whole of this episode to answering more of your questions. Archaeologist Dr Helen Geake will be pondering whether special vaccinations are needed to dig up ancient human remains, how necessary it is to cut down vegetation to conduct a geophysical survey and how the outlines of long forgotten buildings show up in hot weather. Helen's Fin...

On this week's Time Team podcast with archaeologist Dr Helen Geake and co-host Martyn Williams; Helen gives us the low down from Sir Tony Robinson's book launch in London. Lawrence Shaw takes you to Cerne Abbas where a dig to rediscover a lost abbey just metres from the famous chalk giant has been taking place. That's part of a new film coming to Time Team's YouTube channel very soon. Time Team's...

Time Team archaeologist Dr Helen Geake answers questions from Time Team members. In this episode you'll hear Helen's thoughts on mysterious stones in Cornwall, diversity in Anglo-Saxon society and how much British influence might there have been on the European continent? There's also a great question about the digs on Helen's bucket list. Helen also introduces you to another item from the Portabl...

Archaeologist Helen Geake and co-host Martyn Williams get you ready for Time Team's next three day dig, which took place in the village of Norton Disney. You'll hear from Time Team's own Carenza Lewis who got the whole community involved in digging their own past at test pits in gardens and fields across the local area. Time Team members have been able to see an exclusive preview, so Helen and Mar...

Helen Geake and Martyn Williams are back at Flag Fen to answer questions from Time Team members. This time they tackle how much an occupying Roman force might've mingled with the locals, the newest find Helen's come across, myth-busting a tall tale about Hadrian's Wall and doing archaeology in your later years. Helen's Find returns. You can see the object Helen's discussing here: https://finds.org...

Dr Helen Geake and Martyn Williams are at Flag Fen where a fire has destroyed a volunteer-built roundhouse on the ancient archaeological site. Helen sees the damage for herself. Jacq Barnard from The Sutton Hoo Ship's Company has an update on the work that's underway to reconstruct the Anglo-Saxon ship buried in the mounds at Sutton Hoo. With the Bayeux Tapestry coming to the UK, Helen and Martyn...

Helen Geake and Martyn Williams are back with some of the questions Time Team members have been asking. From discussing advances in archaeological technology to the cost of running a dig, Helen does her best to bring you answers. Martyn also has a go at asking a question, putting forward the silurian hypothesis for Helen to consider. There's also another edition of Helen's Find. The object Helen's...

Time Team's Francis Pryor appears on this episode of the podcast to discuss the damage to one of Flag Fen's reconstructed roundhouses. You'll hear from Derek Pitman and Lawrence Shaw who've been at the Festival of Archaeology's launch event near Belfast in Northern Ireland. The Operation Nightingale military veterans and serving members of the armed forces talk about their experience digging for a...

It's another question and answer session this week. Archaeologist Dr Helen Geake is taking the questions you've been asking on Patreon. She'll discuss how rich Romans heated their villas in chilly northern Europe, whether archaeologists behave different around human remains depending on the religion the deceased person might've been from; and just how do you date pottery? There's also Helen's Find...