It's been destroyed by fire. What can we still learn from it?

Season 1Episode 2136 minAug 19, 2025
It's been destroyed by fire. What can we still learn from it?

Time Team archaeologist Dr Helen Geake and co-host Martyn Williams are at Flag Fen in Cambridgeshire to see how useful science can be done on a replica roundhouse that's recently burnt down.

Jacq Barnard from The Sutton Hoo Ship's Company has an update on the work that's underway to reconstruct the Anglo-Saxon ship buried in the mounds at Sutton Hoo.

With the Bayeux Tapestry coming to the UK, Helen and Martyn speak to Dr Alexandra Makin, a medieval embroidery expert.

Dani Wootton has Time Team News and Helen's answering more questions from Time Team members.

It's been destroyed by fire. What can we still learn from it? has aired on Aug 19, 2025
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