Digging For Fossils In The Dinosaur Capital Of America | Dinosaur Hunt: A Time Team Special

Robinson and Harding travel to the Rocky Mountains in Montana, USA, for this special programme on dinosaurs and the professional and private 'dinosaur hunters' who seek and recover fossil remains. Accompanying several digs, they soon learn that the methods used by the dinosaur hunters turn out to be similar to those employed by archaeologists. After joining a museum dig to excavate the bones of various tyrannosauroids, they discover the profitable tourist industry that dinosaur hunting has spawned in the US. Their journey culminates in a trip to the Badlands, where they help dinosaur hunter Jack Horner dig up the remains of a tyrannosaurus.

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[BrookeMonfort]

Original airdate 2001, if anyone is wondering. But Tony and Phil are timeless. It's nice they had fun this side of the pond.

[babs]

Just two British blokes driving on the right side of the road through "Mon-tawn-na" and having "a go" recovering dinosaur fossils! Love it!!

[cphrpunk]

Phil digging dinos? How fricking cool is this gonna be.

The next Jurassic Park movie needs to star Phil and Tony.

[destinyssister]

I'm not sure what I love more, Phil's passion for his work, or the Phil/Tony dynamic

[maggiel]

The way Tony pronounces Montana is hilarious... I'm surprised no one corrected him while he was there.

[DontFeedTheTrolls]

I'm from Utah and I find the way he pronounces "Montana" hilarious!

[evansmcnerney]

“We haven’t passed a turn for 75 miles” 😂

[hatendiscontent]

"We're here in Mawntawna"
I love Tony Robinson

[gurugurukuma]

"Why have you got mustard? There's no meat left on that bone." - classic Baldrick.

[DragonQuicksilver]

"Have you ever handled a fossil?"
"Does Mick Aston count?"
😂😂😂😂😂😂

[johannaholmgren]

Love Tony's absolute confidence in Phil's navigating, lol. "We haven't seen a turning for 75 miles!" Reminds me of the time we were flying back home to Vancouver, BC from England some years ago. Right next to us were 2 young English guys, bicyclists, who were planning on biking from Vancouver to Mexico along the coastline highway and they figured it would only take a few days ....we asked if they'd ever been to North America before. "Nope, but we biked in France!" They figured they'd be okay because they biked the Pyrenees....by the time we arrived in Vancouver, and they'd seen the size of Canada, they weren't quite so sure they'd make it to Mexico in the timeline they'd planned for themselves....

[susancady]

As an American I got so excited when I saw Time Team were in the USA! I’m only disappointed I didn’t know at the time that they were here. I absolutely love this show, and am glad they were able to do some excavating on ‘our’ soil.

[jeffaltier]

It was really fun to see Tony and Phil out of their elements and have to rely on someone else to be the experts. Really interesting special.

[kimjung-un]

This is like what the history Channel used to be

[Javaman]

Having the Time Team here in the US was great fun. I know it was a long time ago, but I've only now seen this for the first time. I had to laugh at the music they decided on for this show.

[andreperrault]

Hearing Tony/Baldrick/Sir Anthony (good on you, you deserve the honor), and any or all of the Time Team brings a smile to me and learning something new. Thanks!

[cdfdesantis]

Love the "Time Team". They always seem like they have fun with their important work, & don't take themselves too seriously. Good Tony & Phil got their hands on some REALLY ancient history.

[nolasmith]

I’d love you boys to do a similar special in outback Queensland where they are digging out huge and very Australian dinosaurs. I’m pretty sure that would be a good enough excuse to book a ticket to come and see us in Oz.

[danididit]

Oh boy - I love the English Pronunciation "Mon-Tahna" LOL!

[gonefishing]

Used to love the old Time Team. I remember we pulled into somewhere near Lake Powell in the USA and outside was a huge dinosaur 🦕 footprint. It was a wow moment. That was 2005 🦕🦕👵👵🇦🇺🇦🇺