Archaeologist Dr Helen Geake and co-host Martyn Williams take you deeper into the world of history and archaeology. On today's episode you'll discover the remarkable result of 10 years of research into the Picts in Scotland. Prof. Gordon Noble summarises a decade's worth of work!

There's also an update from the Guildhall in King's Lynn where it's believed William Shakespeare performed, Time Team's Naomi Sewpaul explains why snails could hold the key to understanding our past and you'll meet some Time Team members!

You can find more information on a decade of research into the Picts here:
https://www.socantscot.org/news/new-society-book-transforms-our-understanding-of-the-picts/

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Time Team archaeologist Helen Geake is answering questions from Time Team members. Where did people who lived on Iron Age hill forts get their water? Did Anglo-Saxons live in buildings vacated by the Romans and which member of Time Team is most keen to get to the pub? Helen brings you her thoughts on the things you want to know.

There's also a surprise guest in the form of Dr Michael Olsson from Uppsala University in Sweden. He's got in touch after hearing Helen and Martyn discuss a topic he knows a fair bit about!

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Dr Helen Geake and Martyn Williams are back with another edition of the Time Team podcast on YouTube. In this episode Lawrence Shaw and Stewart Ainsworth make the tricky journey to a remote part of Northumberland. Might they have come across the site of a lost medieval village, or perhaps an ancient 'shieling' site? The pair debate how suitable the site might be for a larger Time Team investigation.

Also, Time Team's Carenza Lewis gives an update on work following our dig in the village of Norton Disney and Time Team's graphics whizz, Matt 'Bear' Clark, shows us behind the scenes on some of the works of art he's creating for the programme.

In Time Team News this month you'll learn about the discovery of a site for producing illicit whiskey, the medieval notebook lost in a toilet and the doomed 19th Century expedition to discover new trade routes. Links below.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx219pg5lpxo https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/05/medieval-notebook-found-preserved-in-latrine/158064 https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/more-doomed-franklin-expedition-sailors-identified-revealing-clues-about-how-they-tried-to-find-safety

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It's a question and answer edition of the Time Team podcast. Dr Helen Geake puts on her thinking cap as Time Team members grill her on subjects such as the prevalence of ants on a dig, the relationship between archaeology and other fields, and the way to determine what an ancient roof might have been constructed from.

Helen's Find also makes a comeback. This time Helen's looking at a stylus. You can see the item for yourself here:
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/900647

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Helen Geake and Martyn Williams find out more about a crannog in a Scottish loch which has been hiding a secret about its construction. Dr Stephanie Blankshein from the University of Southampton explains the findings from exciting new research.
You'll go behind the scenes of a conservation lab at Birmingham Museum where ancient objects are restored to their former glory.
Jacq Barnard from the Sutton Hoo Ship's Company gives an update as work continues to reconstruct an Anglo-Saxon ship.
Ahead of the release of a classic episode of Time Team, you'll learn more about a stone age tsunami which could have been partly responsible for making Britain an island.

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Archaeologist Dr Helen Geake answers questions from Time Team members in this episode of the Time Team podcast. Co-host Martyn Williams shares some of the ideas the production team have been coming up with on how to mark the moment the Sutton Hoo Ship's Company launch their reconstructed Anglo-Saxon ship.

There are questions on identifying dental work on skeletal remains, the future of large scale archaeological excavations, telling a person's profession from their bones and the Time Team project Helen's most proud of.

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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 discovered a huge Roman villa nearby.
Mark Bayley from The Genealogist demonstrates how you can use maps to research your family tree.
There's also Time Team News, where you'll get Helen's thoughts on the following archaeology stories in the news this week.
Cave discoveries: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8ejjw7377jo
Homer's Iliad: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/egypt-mummy-homer-iliad-gut-b2961509.html
Red hair genetics study: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/16/red-hair-gene-favoured-natural-selection-study

Time Team members have access to a bonus podcast where osteo-archaeologist Jackie McKinley gives you an in-depth insight into research done into the double burial at Cherington. Cutting edge DNA technology has revealed a boy and girl, buried together, were brother and sister. Jackie explains why the discovery is changing what we know about Anglo-Saxon burials. That's available at patreon.com/timeteamofficial

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.

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