The Worst Jobs In History 1of6 Roman Anglo Saxon

Such a soothing friendly voice. I go back in time with Tony whenever the madness of today's world gets overpowering. I wish there could be more programs made.

Hope it doesn't sound cruel, but it was refreshing to see a presenter being real. His terror with the egg hunt really brought home the hardships of life then. This is a great vid, genius idea, and very well written n presented. Thank you for uploading it, I'm now going to binge on tge rest of the series.

This show takes me back :) Natural presenter, and this just beats anything made today.

I did the whole oxen till thing on my grandparents land in Kenya. It was so hard. But that's what my relatives use on their land. Utterly amazed at the work they do to live.

Who would know better about dirty thankless job if not Baldric who labored for Blackadder FOR CENTURIES! Thank you very much, guys, what a genius idea that was to make a series of presentation on this topic. I always wondered what everyday's life would be like for an average person of Dark Age.

Tony Robinson, I love you. You're one of the greatest presenters in the world.

It is amazing how much hunger can be a motivator. You'll do ANYTHING to get fed.

This was fun. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it!

You know its gonna be a good one when the first thing you hear Tony say is, "Oh Jesus Christ"! LMAOOOOO LOVE YOU Tony

I do really feel for Tony over that cliff. He was NOT happy. I can't believe his shoe came off! Watching that fall all that distance made my insides turn to water, and I'm not even afraid of heights!

18:22 "SLAAAP IT ON, SLIDEE IT... AWW YE SPLASH'D ME WIT YER DOLLOP" As an American this sounds hilarious and awesome to me haha

Great series, and Tony makes history quite fun.

Thanks for uploading this.

27:38 Back out in the woods, Dave has been awake for 48 hours solid... Slowly nightmarish visions of his tours of duty as a Black-Ops specialist flash before his eyes. "So much blood," he thinks, as a wave of emotion engulfs him with savage intensity. With both dull glaze and a weary heart, to himself he ponders the question that has dogged him ever since those days: "what the fuck am I doing here?"

WONDERFUL!!👍🏻😀 l say if you are going to watch a lot of tv, treat yourself to something that's not just entertaining but really educational as well! Fantastic shate, thank❤️ you Reijer!👍🏻🐾🌈☮️🇨🇦

I find it fascinating how many of these Anglo Saxon techniques were revived by early colonists in the Americas in the 17th & 18th centuries. Wattle and daub, wood plank making, charcoal making, and rough plowing were all used until the 1800s on the frontier.

33:05. Watching Tony run into the surf made my day! Bravo!

very interesting and thank you for posting this.

9:07 - Saxon peasant = "churl" = jack-of-all-trades = farmer/woodsman/builder/baker/etc. 10:29 - #ETYMOLOGY - "acre" = old saxon word meaning the amount of land one could expect to plow in a day. 13:47 - #COBHOUSE - Wattle & daub = water, mud, straw, and manure. 23:33 - How to make charcoal #LOSTSKILLS. 28:38 - Saxon-era English monk life. Monks had to pray 8 times daily (similar to muslims today); they didn't live in cloisters, but instead built their own wattle and daub hut houses; the did pain by wading in ice cold water for hours. 35:00 - Viking rowing ships were tighly cramped and smelly, then fish guts were used to lubricate horizontal rolling poles which were used to slide the ships across land in what is termed "portage" 42:00 - Guniea Mott Egg-collector 42:37 - People believed chickens were sacred (WHY?), so you couldn't eat their eggs, but you COULD eat eggs of other birds.

This is a common theme with Tony. He's so afraid of heights it's adorable.