About this podcast
Time Team's Dr Helen Geake and Martyn Williams explore the world of archaeology. Featuring exclusive access to digs and interviews with experts to unearth the stories of the past.
We bring you a podcast here every Tuesday, with one available to watch per month on our YouTube channel.
Join our community of archaeology and history enthusiasts over on Patreon. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial to find out more.
Episodes
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- The revolutionary origins of language · 34 minThe origins of human language have always been mysterious. There have been lots of ideas, but very little evidence, and the arguments within the anthropology, sociology and…
- The search for a fallen WWII airman · 38 minHelen Geake and Martyn Williams reminisce about their time at Sutton Hoo as we publish our films about Time Team's 2025 season of digging at the Anglo-Saxon burial site. Angus…
- Time Team live in Lincoln · 39 minHelen Geake and Martyn Williams host a special live edition of the Time Team podcast from Southside Arts Centre in Lincoln where Time Team has been carrying out a three day dig…
- Medieval leprosy hospital uncovered · 36 minTime Team archaeologists have been in Lincoln looking for a medieval leprosy hospital. Helen Geake and Martyn Williams are on site to find out more. We take you behind the scenes…
- Roman Britain in Twenty Towns · 36 minHelen Geake and Martyn Williams speak to archaeologist Richard Hingley. He's Emeritus Professor of Roman Archaeology at Durham and author of ‘Roman Britain in Twenty Towns: A…
- The Royal Navy's lost shipwrecks · 39 minWith Time Team's next three day dig happening in Lincoln from Friday, Helen and Martyn speak to Time Team's Prof Carenza Lewis and Dr Samantha Tipper from Anglia Ruskin…
- The founding father of archaeology · 39 minTime Team archaeologist Helen Geake answers questions from Time Team members. You'll learn about the man widely considered to be the founding father of modern archaeology…
- Bayeux Tapestry arrives in London · 36 minThe Bayeux Tapestry has arrived at The British Museum on loan from France. Helen Geake and Martyn Williams speak to medieval embroidery expert Alex Makin who got an exclusive…
- The real legend of King Arthur · 31 minHelen Geake and Martyn Williams explore Tintagel Castle with Professor Ken Dark, Director of the Tintagel Hinterland Project and author of Tyrants and Traders: Tintagel, Arthur…
- Bronze Age DNA discovery · 37 minHelen Geake and Martyn Williams meet the team behind a new DNA discovery that changes our understanding of Bronze Age society. David Dawson from Wiltshire Museum and Tom Booth of…
- How heatwaves are revealing lost archaeology · 37 minTime Team archaeologist Dr Helen Geake answers questions sent in by Time Team members. You'll find out how recent heatwaves are exposing lost archaeology in the ground below, how…
- Digging a neolithic mystery on Orkney · 36 minMartyn Williams is at Time Team's dig on Orkney where the mysterious geophysics 'blobs' are being investigated. You'll hear from Sir Tony Robinson who's visiting the site and has…
- Is the Brodgar Butterfly really a butterfly? · 32 minWe had so many of your questions about The Ness of Brodgar that we decided to make another podcast answering them! Martyn Williams is at the neolithic site on Orkney with Anne…
- Orkney neolithic site starts to reveal its secrets · 40 minHelen Geake and Martyn Williams take you to the heart of Time Team's dig at The Ness of Brodgar on Orkney. You'll hear from inside the trench as the site finally starts to give…
- Your Ness of Brodgar questions answered · 35 minMartyn Williams speaks to Helen Geake from The Ness of Brodgar on Orkney where Time Team's been carrying out a month-long excavation. The Ness is a neolithic site where 20 years…
- Hidden Tudor tunnels at Henry VIII's palace? · 32 minIn this week's Time Team podcast you'll learn about an exciting discovery at New Hall School in Essex, home to the Palace of Beaulieu which was once owned by King Henry VIII…
- How did Romans grout their mosaics? · 38 minHelen Geake answers questions on archaeology and history submitted by Time Team members on Patreon. You'll hear about the items archaeologists take home from a site, the features…
- Orkney's hidden stone circle? · 39 minWhat could the mysterious circular anomaly be? Time Team geophysicist John Gater has scanned an area near the iconic neolithic site of The Ness of Brodgar. An intriguing circular…
- When recovering finds goes wrong · 36 minHelen Geake answers more questions from Time Team members about archaeology, history and Time Team. You'll learn about the delicate process of recovering buried finds, ponder the…
- Amazing Stonehenge discovery · 38 minPhil Harding tells the Time Team podcast about a remarkable discovery at a site just five kilometres from Stonehenge. Holes thought to have once contained huge wooden posts were…
