Time Team Special: The Real Vikings | Classic Special (Full Episode) - 2010

FULL EPISODE | CLASSIC TIME TEAM SPECIAL

In our latest Special from the archives, Sir Tony Robinson and Time Team seek recent evidence that supports a new and more complex understanding of the Vikings. Starting at Lindisfarne, Robinson explains how the record of the raid in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle cemented a reputation of the marauding berserker. However, the following 250 years now represent a significant Anglo-Scandinavian cultural legacy. Excavations, for instance in York and Orkney, paint a picture of settlers, farmers, merchants, and craftsmen, integrating into the local culture and religion. The Team spend time at the dig in Hungate in inner-city York, where finds similar to nearby Coppergate are found. They explore other aspects of Norse culture, such as sword metallurgy, jewellery, stone carving, bone tools, and extensive trade networks.

Original broadcast date: 11th October 2010.

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[garethphipps]

I want to extend an enormous thanks to the entire crew at Time Team. I've grown up with your shows, they were my dad and my 'go to' programme when we'd have a day of just father-son bonding time. There's always a nostalgia for me and still bringing out quality content all these years later is something I will cherish and share with my future children too. I now live in the historic city of Norwich on a hill overlooking the great Norman built cathedral and am surrounded by history I couldn't have appreciated without the seeds you guys planted years ago. You've been there through some rough times when I needed a bit of 'home' and I can't thank you enough for all the hard work, time and effort that goes into giving us these wonderfully enthralling shows. Long live Time Team!

[dataroger]

Do not forget that the Normans was of Viking heritage, so the Viking age in Britain did not end in 1066, it was just new Viking rulers that took over. Greetings from Norway. 🇧🇻

[ChristineKane-onbf]

I have notes on 20 seasons of Time Team. Handwritten because I'm 73😊. Grandma 🤗 hugs

[Sarge]

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[ChristaFree]

Tony is a true storyteller! He's more than a host.

[maggiebrinkley]

Stewart has such beautiful hands! My children adored Time Team when they were young and now are introducing the programme to their own children. Time Team will never grow old. Thank you to everyone involved.

[mfliswn]

My dad was stationed in England(early 1950s. He noticed that many English surnames were of Norse origin. Our people are Norse.we love the English. My cousin started a furniture making operation. Olaf Brentwood.

[lpeterman]

Speaking as a loathsome American, (who, coincidentally, has both Scandanavian and Norman blood) I appreciate these programs in/on the history of Britain.
Cheers, from loathsome American in the Willamette Valley of Oregon.

[JulianneTure]

One of the cool things about the Kirkdale inscription (the church featured at the end of this program) is that every word of it, except for the Scandinavian proper names, is still used in everyday English.

[zapfanzapfan]

I have seen 20 seasons of Time Team, is that enough for a degree in archeology? 🙂

[bardo]

I haven't watched this in 10 years or something, amazing episode! Greetings from a Norwegian Viking.

[Klara-Hvar]

Oh my word... this episode brought me to tears. How much they are missed!

[JohnMelka]

I started archeology as an advocate when I was 10. I'm now 76 and can spend some time digging it! I spent weeks, visiting relatives in Chicago and exploring the Egyptology section of the Field museum. Over the years I have touched many areas of ancient history and discovered that as a kid I had sledded down hills in a local park that were actually mounds of the Mississippian civilization the greatest of which is Cahokia outside of St. Louis. It was in mediaeval times larger than Paris or London with huge geological constructs, mounds, along waterways in the Midwest! My hometown monuments were only documented by History Signs at that time and later by one monograph on Aztalan near Madison, Wi. Cahokia is over plowed and only recently being geophys-ed. I'd love to see Time Team tackle parts of these sites, Cahokia, Cutler Park, and Aztalan with their unique mix of tech, acute observation and camaraderie to explore more of these sites.

[belltextu]

The Vikings thought it was strange and not least ridiculous to worship a twisted crucified man hanging on a cross. How could they worship such pathetic weakness? They always had Odin and Thor in mind, these most powerful and honorable men of all.

[lorrainemorris]

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[gyyxoth]

You should come to Newfoundland, Canada and visit the Viking settlement.

[garmo]

In the opening moments Sir Tony points to the falicy that the vikings wore horned helmets. Then every artistic depiction shown of a viking continues the horned helmet myth.

[bobbarron]

I'm an American from Minnesota, a Midwesterner, and by ancestry I am related to these people. Thank you for bringing them to life for me.

[Wheelgauge-btox]

Thank You for keeping my ancestors alive today♥️

[sauntor]

Love this show. Especially for seeing the digsites and the people who work in them!