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Time Team Special: The Boats That Made Britain (2014) - FULL EPISODE (Patreon)

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2023-12-31 12:11:36
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What better way to celebrate the turn of the New Year, than with a final Classic Special of 2023?

As it happens, this was the final Special to be broadcast during Time Team's original run, back in September 2014 - almost a decade ago!

And it's a real treat, as Tony, Phil and Francis investigate the Dover Boat, a highly sophisticated sea-going vessel from the Bronze Age.

A team of shipwrights have lovingly crafted a stunning reconstruction of the mighty boat. But will they sink or swim? There's only one way to find out...

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Time Team Special: The Boats that Made Britain | Patreon Classic (2014)

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Comments

Kerry Hennigan

Oooh! This was my favourite when it was on TV. Thank you for a great New Year gift!!!

Fiona Ducrey

Time team really have spoilt us at this festive season!

Judith Faulkner

Thanks for the revisit of this classic episode.

Pauline Purcell

Oh dear it had me shouting at the screen all over again 🤣 If you have wooden boats to launch you let them take up water so that the joints swell. It’s basic. Fill it with water for a day or two then pump out or let it sink even in the slings. I have seen both done. Next use the sawdust under the boat in the old saucepan trick. The sawdust floats up and clogs gaps. Most of the wood yards put out their sawdust for people to take. It seemed that nobody knew what was common knowledge in many boatyards. Nonetheless it was great to see it again. Happy New Year

David Cadogan-Cowper

Yippee. What a fantastic start to the New Year. An episode I have never seen. Best wishes to all for 2024.

MandyP

Absolutely brilliant! I’ve seen the Dover boat at the Discovery centre. It was wonderful to see the replica made. Thanks time team

RACHEL SNYDER

There was a War of the Roses special but I can't find the post/email.

Chris Bate

Thank you guyz & happy new year...

Kay Theriault

A perfect thing to watch today and Happy New Years to the whole Time Team crew and fandom! <3

Kate Dillingham

Happy New Year, Time Team! This was fantastic. I always learn so much from these episodes. What a gift!

vul100

So true -- I was astounded by that as well. I had a clinker-built sailboat for playing in the park (it was actually a shipwright's model), so before we took her sailing in the pond, she would spend the night in the bathtub.

Elizabeth F

how does the 'saucepan trick' work, and why is it called that?

Pauline Purcell

Sawdust/Saucepan trick Hi I called it that. Basically the boatyard where I kept my wooden boat had an old saucepan strapped to a broom handle. Once the boat had been allowed to ‘take up’ ie the water had swollen the seams and the leaks were slowing; then they would fill up the saucepan with sawdust and plunge it into the water beside the hull, giving it a twist to allow the sawdust to float up. This would then clog the last few gaps. Repeat as needed. It really worked and was/is used around the classic wooden boats in Norfolk UK. The wood yards used to put out their sawdust for people to help themselves at one time.

Elizabeth F

Thank you for explaining! That seems pretty wild to a land lubber like me!

Bede Browne

Fantastic, I've never built a boat & this was a real cracker of a build by a special group who didn't know the meaning of the word no. I'm sure that there are many who are glad they kept going. 10 yrs ago I suppose some in the group have moved on to other areas but thank you so much for doing what you have done & a special thanks to Time Team for being involved.

Christopher L Gough

I brilliant special. Phil Harding is the best! Always puts a smile on my face. Looking at that reproduction boat, it looked way too narrow to sail, let alone carry all that weight. (and Phil) What do I know... Brilliant craftsmanship gentlemen. A really interesting, well put together special. Thank you all for your continued archeological work and entertainment. Time Team is The Best. Can't wait for more in 2024!

Jenna Tomlin

I love this boat. What a fantastic special.

Lewis Davis

hats off to the remarkable people who made this replica boat it is awesome, being a new member I can't wait to see what else I can find on this remarkable channel and from the most remarkable people

Judith Singer

Fascinating! I had no idea that England's seafaring history started to long ago. I was particularly impressed by the technology, the inventive use of natural materials to sew a boat together and caulk its seams.