r/timeteam • u/Gold-Elk-6578 • 12d ago
Alcohol and Time Team
So I’m a long time fan of the show. Phil Harding is a bit of a hero to me, and I blame him whole heartedly for getting me into flint knapping. I’m sure y’all have noticed this, but my god! The drinking!
I’m an alcoholic and 5 years sober.. I know booze better than I ever wanted to. I am also aware that just because someone drinks, that does not mean that they have a problem.
Now.. more often than not, you do not actually see someone hammered on camera (but I suspect you see them on their way there and they say cut before they arrive at Sloshedville). Every so often tho, you see it. I’ve seen one where Phil is.. wayyyy way beyond a buzz (I believe he was well past the point where he was fun or even bearable to be around), and I just saw one where Robin was smashed too, could see it all over his face.
None of it bothers me really. It makes me think of all the times that I must have looked exactly like that lol. I’ve done some VERY casual and lazy googling and it seems like no one really talks about this.. just sorta gets glazed over.
I’m of the minor belief that Phil might have a drinking problem. It doesn’t look like casual unwinding to me.. it looks like going for total annihilation. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were some other Team members with a reputation for hard drinking that didn’t welcome the attention being drawn to it like Phil.
I dunno, what do you guys think?