Home
Creators
Search Recent Random
Posts
Search DMs Popular Hash Lookup Tags Random
Importer
Import FAQ
Register Favorites Keys Review DMs Logout
Community
Telegram ThePornDude
Home Creators Posts Import Register Favorites Logout

Now available to watch: The Brancaster Geofizz Special (Ad-free) (Patreon)

Published:
2026-03-20 19:00:11
Imported:
2026-03
Tags:

Content

Our brand new Brancaster Geophysics Special is now available to watch - and as always, you’re seeing it ahead of the public release and totally ad-free!

In this episode, we return to the Roman fort of Branodunum on the Norfolk coast to take on an ambitious challenge. Without a single trench being opened, John Gater, Jimmy Adcock and the geophysics teams set out to map the entire site using the latest technology, surveying hectares of landscape to reveal what still lies hidden beneath the surface.

What emerges is extraordinary but as the picture builds, so does the complexity, and the team are faced with a familiar question: how do you interpret a site you can’t yet see?

This is a slightly different kind of Time Team story - one that focuses on the process, the technology and the decisions that shape what comes next.

You can watch the full episode now, before it get's released to the public on YouTube. However if you wish to join for the main premier event, including the live chat with other fans and some of the team, please join us tomorrow Saturday 21st March at 7pm GMT on YouTube.

As always, thank you for your continued support. It’s what allows us to explore projects like this in depth - and to keep coming back to sites like Brancaster to see what more they have to reveal.

We’d love to hear what you make of it.

Files

Time Team Brancaster Geophys Challenge | PATREON AD-FREE

** JOIN TIME TEAM MEMBERSHIP! ** Support Time Team by becoming a member and get access to exclusive behind-the-scenes content and membership benefits: https://www.patreon.com/timeteamofficial ** MERCHANDISE ** Time Team's Official Shop: https://shop.timeteamdigital.com/ Website: https://www.timeteamdigital.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/timeteamofficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timeteamofficial X: https://x.com/thetimeteam Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialtimeteam

Comments

Susan

Unbelievably detailed geofizz!

Martin Gibbs

Really great detail I can see why they are so proud with how much the technology has improved. Can't wait to see what areas they chose for trenches.

Welshboy007

That was amazing, now get your spades out!

Chris

That is always the best, at the end there are more questions than answers.

Kev E

Mind blowing....when you start digging I'd love to join in.

Richard Linley

Fantastic. Couldn't have been better.

Cheryl

Amazing. Stewart's work put the geo-fizz into context. Looking forward to the next revisit. Is the data accumulated proprietary or can it be shared in a way the public can look at the slices, too?

Greg Edmand

Geophysics alone can't tell us "The Story". As wonderful as it is, it is a tool not the finished product. What it does do is hugely eliminate a lot of the wasted time that archialogy used to have to expend in fruitless searching. It also provides an insurance policy against site destruction, by those eager to exploit without concern for what is already there.

A J Matthews

An exceptional episode, and one I've looked forward to. I grew up in Caister-on-Sea around the coast from Brancaster and have long been fascinated by the Saxon Shore forts. Brancaster's location makes it a prime location to help guard the Wash and all the waterways running off it deep into the hinterland - ideal routes for seaborne invaders. Just wondering what kind of naval component would've been stationed here, if any, or would the fleet have operated out of a fort near Skegness?

Fiona Ducrey

Wonderful episode, congratulations to the geophys' team...incredible results...and Stewart's analysis makes it all the more compelling. Lovely to see and hear Francis as well; Helen as always was great!

Pamela Langridge

I am really looking forward to this one! Question: is it better for "the algorithm" if I watch it now or wait until it's released to the public? I don't mind waiting a bit longer if it helps.

Kevin B

I enjoyed that.

Dyana Mason

So good! Thank you so much! I love how Helen is itching to pick up her trowel!

Janet Hay

Fascinating episode with so much discovered, but as Jimmy said, so many more questions to answer. The discussions throughout were great, and raised so much potential for future programmmes. The dilemma of how much to dig discussed by Helen, Francis and others is a great continuation of various items covered by the Podcast. Congratulations on a great Time Team episode. I did miss the usual captions during the episode explaining who everyone was, and I'm sure anyone watching Time Team for the first time would have appreciated them even more. I like to put names to faces, and the captions have been a great help in getting to know the team and its guest experts over the years. Thanks for an excellent programme.

Michael Rodda

Hi for the Q & A session is it possible to show the original radar transept next to the new data of the same area to show the greater resolution and what extra detail the modern equipment shows? and what happened to the circular feature in the courtyard of the principia that was possibly a well? And what are the thoughts now regarding it possibly being a well (as wet environments do preserve some material very well) or a base for a statue? And finally, the new radar showed sections of wall as a very dark line is it possible these sections are still in place and not robbed out? Which could answer the questions of if tiles were incorporated in the construction etc. Thanks and I am looking forward to seeing the dig.

Shari Mullinax

I feel as if I've spent three days with good friends! Thank you. I am a disabled old woman who hates being disabled!! To be a chairside assistant Is so refreshing. With much love from Central Illinois, US.

JanD

Exhilarating watch of Time Team at its best. Love the interplay of all involved and hoping for more dirt under fingernails in the not too far future... Thank you!

Stephanie Greene

Geo-fizz… sounds like time team’s signature cocktail! And it does sound like Helein,‘s itching to pick up her trowel… when she does, can we come too? Also, would love to see some the data overlaid go to maps with roadways and other features making the old days. Those be coming out soon? Finally, how soon will we know with the nationals trust in historical England are actually working on the next set of research questions for the site?

DIANA R NELSON

Amazing progress in geofizz over the past 13 years. The final reconstruction was awesome. Looking forward to the dig.

Alan Murdock

I am still stuck between dig it now and moore's law. I would love to see what is happening and knowing that in 10 or 15 years so much more would be learned if left alone.

Ann Wagner

In salute to Kerry! And in celebration of Jimmy, John, and the team. What an amazing story! To me, this is really what sets Time Team apart from documentaries. We don’t just see the finished information, we see the process, the technology, the people at work, the making of decisions. And the real people who make those decisions are vital! As Phil would say, dig a hole! But first, know what questions you are trying to answer, who is asking them, how they decide on the questions. I’m excited to see the next stages going forward. I love when TT follows up a previous dig that left so many questions! Thank you, Time Team!

Eggs Ackley

So many new questions to answer! Possibly a temple inside the fort which is very fascinating and are there any mausoleums nearby? Cemeteries would be vey useful toward setting timeline.

Michael Sperry

With a site as huge as Brancaster, I think it's safe to say we can do both. Dig a bit now, get a better idea of what bit is what, and then in a decade or two, with newer technology, find out even more.

Michael Sperry

It's not Geo-phys unless it's from the Géophysique region of France. Otherwise it's just sparkling ground radar, i.e. geo-fizz.

Michael Sperry

Marvelous episode! What amazing results from the new radar! SO MUCH is under the ground, there!

David Matthews

The next step is obvious: "Boreholes through the anomalies."

Terri Brown

Just incredible. I am in awe guys. Having said that, you have to ground truth. I am not sure why there is such resistance to digging now. I do understand it is destructive but where we would we be if we never dug. Is all this to stay underground waiting for a time that may never come? Judicious and planned digging is better than doing nothing I say.

Jared Obermeyer

Good vibes to those lucky patrons who are digging at this site soon.

Julianne Ture

Let’s see, what would go into a geo-fizz cocktail? I’m thinking it would be a variation on a gin and tonic. 😄

Helene

Hi Jared - thank you - I'll be there. Also wish us good weather condition. The forecast is up to now typical TT.

Carrie Hartley

What brilliant work from all of you. It's an area I know well, and to now be able to reimagine such a busy, thriving Roman settlement is just amazing.....Looking forward to the next chapter. Honestly, don't you b****y love science!!

Richard Stedall

Can I just say what an excellent presenter Helen has become, not just with this individual episode, but with her work on the Podcast too.

Peter Horsam

The best kind of result. They have more questions than they started with. I'd be interested to see what's in the vicus. Did the Saxons eventually move in?

Paul Tomblin

C’mon, you know you want to dig that oval “feature” to see what it is.

Kerry Hennigan

Fantastic...and yes, it's necessary to dig. I'm kind of relieved that the old style archaeology methods are still essential to better understand a complex site like Brancaster.

Kathy Carlson

Brilliant!! I agree that while the geophysics is amazing, I'm pleased that you still need to dig. Thanks for a really interesting video!!

James Ingram

It's genuinely fascinating to see how far geofizz can be pushed. Any plans to look at other sites in the same way?

Stephanie Greene

It would definitely have to be a bit carbonated to get a good “fizz” Maybe a very sparkling cider… or a good lager with a very foamy head??? I’m open to options🥂🍻

Kmpm

Who else is looking again, the "live"?

sheilaellen

Do you ever overlay the results from one scanning technique over another, or stack them all, even?

Chef Tess

After 3 decades of watching John Gater interpret geophys readouts, I am convinced that car keys are an essential tool of his kit!

Darryl Adams

Good work here. The only thing missing is Phil Harding disparaging the work of everyone not a digger.

Des Bowring

Excellent stuff. I would have liked to see the geophysical survey onscreen while everyone was pointing out the various features, rather than just looking at a group of people looking at a chart!

Mike and Pam G.

An excellent episode! I have always been interested in the work done by Stewart and John and it's nice to see a focus on their work. :)

Irish Smurfette

This was FANTASTIC! Watching the layered results appear on screen: magic!

P H Woodward

That was brilliant, love how there are still questions and no assumptions. You did Kerry proud, Now lets dig. If we dont dig how can we preserve as we dont know what we are preserving

Jimmy Adcock

Yes, particularly when we do the interpretation to make the final reports. Mag+GPR+Terrain model is a great combination! — Jimmy

Jimmy Adcock

That circle seen in the data from the original show was actually just an artefact of the "quick" processing we gave it. Once we got the data back to the office, it was clear this was actually an effect of one of the processing steps ("3D migration", if you're interested 🤓) acting on a bit of noise. Just another reason why it's so brilliant to be able to process data really quickly now! — Jimmy

Mike Lowndes

TT should go search for a possible Skegness shore fort!