New Time Team Special | Sutton Hoo Ship: Rebuilding a Legend (Part 1) with Tony Robinson (2024)
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Published 2024-06-01
We're delighted to present a brand new Time Team Special presented by Sir Tony Robinson!
In 1939, on the eve of war, a huge ship burial was discovered at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, laden with golden treasures, befitting Anglo-Saxon royalty. Now, a team of shipwrights and volunteers at The Longshed in Woodbridge are building a scale reconstruction, as acccurately as possible, using traditional methods.
Over the last few years, Time Team has been following the incredible building project, gradually watching the ship take shape. Join us for the story so far...
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Help the SHSC reconstruct the ship by supporting the project using the links below.
Donate: saxonship.org/home-page/donate-2/
Fund a fixing: saxonship.org/sponsor-a-fixing/
"Each oak tree that we have felled will be replaced with 20 new oak trees that can all be sponsored. Our policy is to use all of the waste wood for worthy causes and replace the timber that we have used so that future generations can share the same experience."
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All Comments (21)
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Join us for a BRAND NEW TIME TEAM SPECIAL with Sir Tony Robinson - 1st June @ 7pm (BST)
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You know what I love most? Seeing Tony walking across that field for Time Team, then seeing his name come up on the screen...Sir Tony Robinson.
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For historical accuracy I'm watching this on Sunday evening
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I was blown away! I loved that part when Sir Robinson was asked to back away. "We don't want a national treasure under a log." I smiled.
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Norway is building a new Stavkirke using traditional methods. It would be really cool if TimeTeam could come and make an episode.
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As a carpenter and wood worker, i just want to acknowledge how emotionally difficult it is to toss something youve been working on for a long time. And everyone involved: workers, patrons are fighting against it. It turns into a court trial or a debate. But being able to say, no, we need to do this right, lets start over. Thats a master craftsperson, who understands the end product is everything. and discipline/patience is the only way to achieve the goal in the end.
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Hearing Tony’s voice narrating feels like coming home after being away for a long time. It’s comfort food, like a big bowl of warm hearty stew on a cold winters day. Time to go back and watch the 20 seasons of Time Team for the sixth time. 😁👍
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It blows my mind how they built this ship in the 6th century.
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Welcome back, sir Tony. You were sorely missed!
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long live time team and long live sSr Tony Robinson
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This certainly makes one’s respect expand for those original craftsmen as well as these today. Simply awe inspiring and humbling.
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Time Team knocks it out of the park once again. I've been a supporter of Sutton Hoo Ship's Company for several years and this is such a well done documentary of their story. Noone does it like Time Team and noone presents like Sir Tony! Thank you so much for this, and for SHSC for being so open and willing to share this voyage with us. I will be watching this several times for sure.
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Incredible to think the saxons buried this amazing ship. All that wood, iron and labour. Really drives home they had strong belief in the need for it all in the afterlife.
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I love this! Tony and Helen... such a treat!❤
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It was great to see Sir Tony Robinson guiding us through this journey. It was impressive how much time passed in making this show. The dedication of the Sutton Hoo volunteer ship building team is remarkable. The community donating trees and the service members helping with the hard work make this project even more special. Thanks to all involved. June is Sutton Hoo month.🎉🎉🎉
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Anybody else get a tear in the eye with that opening? What a marvelous opportunity to record history in the making. Such a joy to see Tony hosting, especially with the chance to work at Sutton Hoo, which I'm sure he's excited about.
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A new Time Team presented by Sir Tony Robinson. It doesn't get any better.
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I wish that I'd known about this project years back. I have hundreds of old oak trees on my bush property in Canada and would have been happy to donate a bunch to the project. I know that old growth oak in the UK is relatively rare thanks to the RN and it's a shame to cut any of the remaining ones down. I get it that transport would be a cost, but what we have here in Canada in abundance, we'd be happy to help out. Just like we supplied the massive straight white pine logs for the masts of the RN during the 17th and 18th Centuries.
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Sutton Hoo + Sir Tony = a new Time Team classic! Well done!!! & my very grateful thanks 😊
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I have to say that I got very attached to the original cast, not to say the new cast isn't good with Rackshaw and Matt taking the lead in the trenches. Just glad to hear from Sir Tony again.
