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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Time Team's expedition crew have been on the Mapperton estate in Dorset where they've been excavating a mysterious structure in a field. Helen Geake and Martyn Williams take you to the heart of the dig and wonder whether the discovery could be a long-forgotten Roman building.

There's also exciting news from Time Team's Jackie McKinley who's received some remarkable information about the bodies of a young boy and girl found buried together in a grave in Cherington, as featured in our 'Princely Burial' dig.

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Time Team have just finished a three day excavation of the Roman fort at Brancaster in Norfolk. On the evening of our second day on site the team headed to the local village hall where people in the community gathered to hear about some of the discoveries archaeologists had made.
Recorded in front of a live audience you'll hear from the podcast's own Helen Geake, Angus Wainwright from the National Trust, Dani Wootton, Matt Williams and Carenza Lewis as they answer questions put to them from people who live just a short walk from the iconic Roman site.

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Helen Geake and Martyn Williams are on site with Time Team in Brancaster, Norfolk. Archaeologists are excavating the Roman fort of Branodunum following some amazing geophysics results, whilst filming a new Time Team episode. Helen and Martyn will take you behind the scenes as the dig takes place. You'll meet the team of experts and volunteers who are all working hard on a very cold and windy site.

Time Team members at the Project Supervisor tier and above have access to a bonus episode recorded on site. Helen and Martyn are joined in the Time Team dome by Carenza Lewis, Dani Wootton and John Gater to answer some of the questions you've been sending in via Patreon. For ad-free and bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes videos, masterclasses, 3D models and so much more visit patreon.com/timeteamofficial to find out how you can support the archaeology we do and the programmes we make.

In a special edition of the podcast, Helen Geake and Martyn Williams sit down with John Waddell, author and former Professor of Archaeology in the University of Galway.
He's just released 'The Celtic World: A History', which looks at what life was really like for The Celts of Europe. John helps to dispel myths and tells you things you never knew about their culture, language and lifestyle. You'll finish listening to this podcast with a far deeper understanding.

'The Celtic World: A History' is now available to buy in the Time Team shop at https://shop.timeteamdigital.com/collections/books

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We're at Current Archaeology Live at UCL in London. Guest speakers from the world of archaeology are presenting to a packed audience. Helen and Martyn have been chatting to some of them.
You'll hear from the event's keynote speaker, David Breeze, who knows all there is to know about Hadrian's Wall. There's also a conversation with the winner of the Archaeologist of the Year award at the Current Archaeology Awards, Dr Jane Kershaw.

Time Team members at Project Supervisor level and above can listen to a bonus episode recorded in the pub after the event, where more archaeologists share their research with Helen and Martyn. To find out how to access ad-free and bonus episodes of the podcast head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial