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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 Trust, Dani Wootton, Matt Williams and Carenza Lewis as they answer questions put to them from people who live just a short walk from the iconic Roman site.There's lots more from Brancaster on Patreon where you can also get ad-free and bonus episodes of the podcast. Support the archaeology we do by becoming a Time Team member at patreon.com/timeteamofficial

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.Time Team members at the Project Supervisor tier and above have access to a bonus episode recorded on site. Helen and Martyn are joined in the Time Team dome by Carenza Lewis, Dani Wootton and John Gater to answer some of the questions you've been sending in via Patreon. For ad-free and bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes videos, masterclasses, 3D models and so much more visit patreon.com/timeteamofficial to find out how you can support the archaeology we do and the programmes we make.

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 finish listening to this podcast with a far deeper understanding.'The Celtic World: A History' is now available to buy in the Time Team shop at https://shop.timeteamdigital.com/collections/booksTime Team members can get even more from the podcast, including ad-free and bonus episodes. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial to find out how you can help support the archaeology we do and the programmes we make.

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 Archaeology Awards, Dr Jane Kershaw.Time Team members at Project Supervisor level and above can listen to a bonus episode recorded in the pub after the event, where more archaeologists share their research with Helen and Martyn. To find out how to access ad-free and bonus episodes of the podcast head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial

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 object from the past. You can see Spong Man here:https://www.museumscollections.norfolk.gov.uk/collections-object-page?id=NWHCM%20:%201994.192.1If you're not a Time Team member yet then you're missing out on ad-free and bonus episodes of the podcast. There's also special masterclasses, behind-the-scenes films, 3D models and the chance to join us on site. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial for all the details.

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.You can get ad-free and bonus episodes of the Time Team podcast by joining us as a Time Team member on Patreon. Your support funds the archaeology we do. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial to find out more.

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 also hear Helen describing another ancient object in Helen's Find. This time it's a belt buckle, which you can look at here:https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1226891Thank you to our Time Team members for submitting questions for the podcast. You can join them and support the archaeology we do by heading to patreon.com/timeteamofficial

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, Helen tried her hand (or arms) at rowing an ancient ship, you'll find out about this year's Current Archaeology Awards and it's all change at Cerne Abbas, the site of the huge chalk giant carved into the landscape.Time Team members can enjoy a bonus episode over on Patreon right now. Find out more at patreon.com/timeteamofficial

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 on the last five years of adventures and answer questions sent in by Time Team members.To get more from Time Team consider becoming a member. Your support allows us to make more programmes and do more archaeology. Go to patreon.com/timeteamofficial to find out more about the benefits of joining us, including exclusive videos, masterclasses, 3D models and the chance to dig on site. 

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, takes you on a tour of the lab where she analyses wood and charcoal samples and Helen answers your questions.There's also Time Team News where we discuss the amazing discoveries at Sizewell C, the site that will eventually be home to a new nuclear power station for the UK. You can read about that and the other stories we mention in the links below:Sizewell C: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2d70yder9poRoman pools in Italy: https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/roman-pools-scrapyard-baffle-historians-3hdcldxh6?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqc0alPwGvxZpa8KGBPVn7kRuaMbgy7JoLEoPkTyXGyddSOX6yjB41e3h1jVJTM%3D&gaa_ts=696fb235&gaa_sig=Af6QZj4gaO2ffLaGt8xR383Uk2eKYPOJoJ0Sq2V7dOiszOEzUhcaZSurmN8FZ_4IwVDSOBLuQdXQeA0e5lsEUQ%3D%3DRoman villa in Port Talbot: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgk8j1gkxeloYou can get more from Time Team by becoming a member. Join us now to support the work we do and get access to ad-free episodes, masterclasses, 3D models, the chance to dig with us and more. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial

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 psychological injuries. The brand new Time Team film, 'Return To The Princely Burial: The Sword In The Stones?' is released on YouTube this Saturday.There's also the remarkable story of how Time Team's logo came to be. You'll meet Jamie Wiggins, who designed it at just 18 years old. The show's current graphic artist, Neil Emmanuel, talks about how the design has evolved.Helen's also answering questions from Time Team members.Support our archaeology and the programmes we make by becoming a Time Team member. You'll get access to exclusive content, 3D models, extended interviews, masterclasses and the chance to dig with us on site. Go to patreon.com/timeteamofficial for more information.

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. You can see it here:https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/821173Become a Time Team member to support the work we do and get more from Time Team. We've got behind-the-scenes videos, masterclasses, extended interviews and the chance to ask a question on the podcast. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial for more information.

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 the Roman fort of Branodunum in its wider context.You'll also hear how other people in Time Team are getting on as 2026 begins.Helen will also be answering questions from Time Team members. To ask yours and to get loads more from Time Team, including behind-the-scenes videos, exclusive interviews, masterclasses and more, join us at patreon.com/timeteamofficial

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 with the Mary Rose. There's also a progress update from Jacq Barnard of The Sutton Hoo Ship's Company. They're building a reconstruction of an Anglo-Saxon ship using traditional techniques. You can read more about them at https://saxonship.org/ where you can also submit your suggestion for the ship's name. We're really excited to bring you more podcasts in 2026 but we can't do it without your support. Becoming a Time Team member funds the programmes we make and the archaeology we carry out here in the UK and around the world. As a member you'll also get access to behind-the-scenes footage, masterclasses, extended interview, the chance to join us on site and so much more. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial for more information.

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 year? Time Team members can tell us using our podcast chat on Patreon. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial to join in the conversation.

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 Time Team knowledge.

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 Helen's Find, which this week is moustache-themed! You can see it at the following link: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1238768 If you'd like to get involved with future podcast episodes then become a Time Team member and join our community chat. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial. Next week it's the Time Team Christmas Quiz 2025. Listen as Helen Geake and Derek Pitman battle it out with questions set by the Time Team family.

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 more from Time Team and support the work we do, consider becoming a Time Team member. Not only will you help fund the archaeology we do you'll be part of a growing community of archaeology fans. You'll get access to behind the scenes videos, extended interviews, masterclasses and the chance to join us on a future dig. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial for more information. If you go there in December 2025 you'll find a 7 day free trial.

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, senior marine archaeologist at Wessex Archaeology, who's made some remarkable discoveries about the ship's true identity and its amazing story. There's loads more about the Sanday Wreck here: https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/news/sanday-wreck

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 the man who's spent his working life trying to unravel its secrets. Dr Derek Pitman's also on the podcast with news of a Time Team film about England's oldest surviving shipwreck. Plus, Helen answers your questions. Become a Time Team member to support the archaeological work we do in the UK and around the world. You'll get all sorts of perks, including the chance to ask a question to Helen here on the podcast. Go to patreon.com/timeteamofficial to find out more.