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Helen Geake and Martyn Williams bring you more from the world of archaeology. In this episode of the podcast Derek Pitman shares some of the results from a geophysical survey of the Mapperton Estate. Could the grainy blobs on the data be a lost Roman building? As Suzannah Lipscomb takes you behind the scenes at Broughton Castle, our chief metal detectorist, Keith Westcott, reveals how he discovere...

Helen Geake and Martyn Williams are in conversation with linguist, writer and broadcaster Danny Bate. His new book, 'Why Q Needs U', invites you to get to grips with the complexities of language and how tracing its roots can help us discover more about the past. You can get much more from Time Team and the podcast by becoming a Time Team member. Get ad-free and bonus episodes as well as 3D models,...

Time Team's expedition crew have been on the Mapperton estate in Dorset where they've been excavating a mysterious structure in a field. Helen Geake and Martyn Williams take you to the heart of the dig and wonder whether the discovery could be a long-forgotten Roman building. There's also exciting news from Time Team's Jackie McKinley who's received some remarkable information about the bodies of...

Time Team have just finished a three day excavation of the Roman fort at Brancaster in Norfolk. On the evening of our second day on site the team headed to the local village hall where people in the community gathered to hear about some of the discoveries archaeologists had made. Recorded in front of a live audience you'll hear from the podcast's own Helen Geake, Angus Wainwright from the National...

Helen Geake and Martyn Williams are on site with Time Team in Brancaster, Norfolk. Archaeologists are excavating the Roman fort of Branodunum following some amazing geophysics results, whilst filming a new Time Team episode. Helen and Martyn will take you behind the scenes as the dig takes place. You'll meet the team of experts and volunteers who are all working hard on a very cold and windy site....

In a special edition of the podcast, Helen Geake and Martyn Williams sit down with John Waddell, author and former Professor of Archaeology in the University of Galway. He's just released 'The Celtic World: A History', which looks at what life was really like for The Celts of Europe. John helps to dispel myths and tells you things you never knew about their culture, language and lifestyle. You'll...

We're at Current Archaeology Live at UCL in London. Guest speakers from the world of archaeology are presenting to a packed audience. Helen and Martyn have been chatting to some of them. You'll hear from the event's keynote speaker, David Breeze, who knows all there is to know about Hadrian's Wall. There's also a conversation with the winner of the Archaeologist of the Year award at the Current Ar...

Helen and Martyn are back with another questions episode. Archaeologist Helen Geake is answering queries sent in by Time Team members on Patreon. They include the furniture you might find in a roundhouse, why the Iron Age didn't come before the Bronze Age and what Time Team archaeologist do when they're not filming episodes of the show. There's also Helen's Find, which looks at an interesting obje...

Join archaeologist Helen Geake and co-host Martyn Williams as they guide you through the world of archaeology. In this episode you'll learn about the 2,000-year-old footprints found on a beach in Scotland, the battle to save Ukraine's archaeology from destruction, Giselle Király is on the lookout for rock art on Ilkley Moor and there's an update on the Dorset shipwreck which appeared on a beach. Y...

Helen Geake answers questions from Time Team members on this episode of the podcast. She'll ponder if time periods like the Iron Age, Bronze Age and Stone Age happen at the same time in different parts of the world. There are also questions about what archaeologists might have got wrong, whether people looking at the past are being respectful and how you can get a job as an archaeologist. You'll a...

Helen Geake and Martyn Williams hear about shipwreck timbers, buried for hundreds of years on a Dorset beach, that have been uncovered during a storm. Maritime archaeologist Tom Cousins from Bournemouth University explains how they got there. Time Team's Henry Chapman is explaining how the work he's doing at Stonehenge is revealing new secrets about the landscape the monument is set in. Also, Hele...

You're invited to a special meet-up at the pub where the whole Time Team gang gathered to celebrate five years of the show's return. We say thank you to the fans who brought us back with an episode recorded at The George Inn, London. Helen Geake and Martyn Williams chat to Sir Tony Robinson, John Gater, Gus Casely-Hayford, Jackie McKinley, Derek Pitman, Lawrence Shaw and many more. They reminisce...

Archaeologist Dr Helen Geake and co-host Martyn Williams explore the world of archaeology. In this episode Richard Osgood, from Operation Nightingale, reveals what it was really like to excavate at Time Team's latest dig; the princely burial at Cherington. You'll also meet the conservator tasked with bringing an Anglo-Saxon sword back to life. Time Team's environmental archaeologist, Naomi Sewpaul...

Archaeologist Helen Geake and co-host Martyn Williams speak to Richard Osgood ahead of Time Team's return to the village of Cherington, where excavation of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery continues. You'll also meet some of the military veterans working on the site who are part of Operation Nightingale, an organisation which uses archaeology to help former and serving military personnel recover from psych...

Time Team archaeologist Helen Geake answers questions from Time Team members in this episode of the podcast. There's a discussion about Purbeck marble, a question about the everyday household items that are lost to archaeology, thoughts on patriarchal societies and whether Helen would ever write a novel. In Helen's Find you discover more about an ancient item. This time it's a musical instrument....

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...