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In 2006 Archaeologist & Historian James Balme invited Time Team to join him for three days to help him solve a Roman Mystery in Cheshire. Following many meetings and site visits Time Team accepted the invitation to join James to try to resolve why so many wonderful Roman metal objects from brooches to silver coinage had been recovered by James during his 10 years of research. But James who is also the director and producer of 'Historic Media Productions' took his video cameras along to the ...
For over 11 years Archaeologist and Historian James Balme has been researching and investigating the Cheshire village of Warburton where he has uncovered evidence and artefacts dating from the Prehistoric, Early Bronze Age and Roman period of the history of the village. At last it seems that James has uncovered an amazing stone carved artefact weighing over 30 kg and almost 2 feet in length. The object seems to represent a child or young adult in death resting its head on a stone block or ...
Join Archaeologist and Historian James Balme in this unique short feature filmed way back on the 2nd October 2002 during his 2nd excavation of the Roman settlement at Warburton in Cheshire. Meet James in Trench 6 where he describes the features within the trench. The feature opens with James talking to Granada TV's Fred Talbot about future excavations at the settlement. The site was to be revisited by James and accompanied by Channel 4's Time Team in 2006....
A short film by Archaeologist & Historian James Balme featuring the Roman Gardens and Amphitheatre in Chester (DEVA). James has found important evidence and artefacts left behind by the Romans in Cheshire during his many years of research and he is proud that he was himself born in the Heart of Chester (DEVA) back in 1964. James said ' It is quite possible that i could be a descendant from many generations stretching right back as far as the settlement and Fortress of Roman Chester. The ...
In 1998 Archaeologist & Historian James Balme wrote, presented and produced his very 1st film documentary about the history that surrounds him. This was the seed that was to lead to James becoming a prolific writer and producer of archaeological and heritage features and documentaries. James was commissioned by Middlewich Town Council to write and produce three documentaries covering the now world famous Middlewich Roman and Norman festivals, and each one was a great success. The films far ...
As the bleak winter of 2009 finally subsides Archaeologist and Historian James Balme prepares for his return to the ancient settlement that he discovered some eleven years ago near his home in Cheshire. With finds dating from the Neolithic, Early Bronze Age and Roman periods James will be pursuing further evidence left behind by our ancient ancestors who once lived on the land and carved out their existence whilst influencing and shaping the landcape of this small Cheshire village. It is ...
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...Jimmy Bartel, Joel Selwood, Paul Chapman, Corey Enright and James Kelly. Cats general manager of football operations, Neil Balme, said yesterday that Cameron Mooney would miss his third NAB Cup match in succession following a restricted pre-season program....
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In 1998 Archaeologist and Historian James Balme began his research into what he believed was a previously unknown Roman settlement lost in the mists of time in a small village in Cheshire. His hunch was to prove correct and as can be seen in this very early film made by James during the first year of his research he began to recover vital evidence left behind by the Romano British people who had once lived on the land that James has dedicated the last 11 years of his life to further research....
Back in 1998 Presenter & Historian James Balme decided to film and record his early days of archaeological and historical work in the area to build an archive of footage that would one day be made available to a much wider audience when technology allowed. With the progress in video and internet technology it is now possible for James to share much of the early footage that was shot over 10 years ago with people around the world. This short clip is an insight into the ancient church of St ...
Since 1998 Archaeologist & Presenter James Balme has been researching and recovering vital evidence of an early settlement dating back to Roman times in a small Cheshire village. Now for the first time James has released previously unseen footage shot during the earliest days of his research. The film was written & produced in 1999 by James himself and he has since gone on to feature on TV with various features and programmes that have highlighted the work and discoveries that he has made ...
Stockton Heath Primary School in Stockton Heath, Warrington is built on top of an ancient Roman landscape close to the Roman industrial centre of Wilderspool. Well known for the major Roman discoveries made during previous investigations during the 19th & 20th centuries, this site was given special significance due to a project to demolish the original school buildings in preparation for a new school to be built on the site. As the playground was cleared in preparation for the new buildings ...
Presenter and Historian James Balme has been making numerous important archaeological discoveries in England for over twenty years many of which have featured on television and radio in the United Kingdom. 2009 promises to be an important year for James as he expands his television presenting career with various projects in the pipeline. Media representation is handled by his agent Dave Warwick of David Anthony Promotions and James can be contacted via his agent, details of which can be ...
Producer James Balme as he meets 'Britain's got Talent' winner George Sampson as he prepares to switch on the Warrington Christmas Lights for the 1st time. George talks about his hectic Life since winning Britain's biggest talent show on ITV1. George is also launching his first double AA side single that promises to be a massive UK hit !!!! Filmed and produced by James Balme who is himself heading for his own TV series in the near future...... ... james balme george sampson producer ...
For the past 10 years archaeologist James Balme has been researching what he believes is an ancient Roman settlement. With many exciting discoveries made by James and numerous tv appearences covering his work to date James continues his research and discoveries in the area.
An exclusive new trailer for the continued quest of Archaeologist and Presenter James Balme as he prepares for a long Autumn and Winter throughout 2008 & 2009 searching for further evidence and artefacts left behind at the ancient settlement of Warburton by the ancestors who once occupied the land. Despite Time Team failing to uncover evidence of Roman military activity in the village James continues his work and has since uncovered rare Roman silver coins used as military pay and proving ...
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...be well enough to play this week or he may not. But we really won't know for a while until he actually tries to train." Balme said James Kelly, who was a late withdrawal against the Dockers with a calf injury, was expected to return this week. "He should...
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Part three of a series of six films to be uploaded by presenter & producer James Balme, these were all shot in Warrington in 1937. Warrington Walking day is now in its 174th year but now journey back to 1937 to see for yourself actual footage from the 103rd Warrington Walking Day. Thanks go to Warrington Cine & Video Society for supplying the raw footage. Digitally remastered and soundtrack added by James Balme ... james balme presenter producer warrington walking day Filmmaker Reel ...
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Presenter and Producer James Balme meets up with Conservative Shadow Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt to film an interview on his visit to Warrington Town AFC to discuss what help can be offered to football clubs in the lower divisions to help them to grow. Recognised as the foundation for the grass roots in football Jeremy outlines his beliefs in supporting local football teams to achieve more within the community and in particular schools in the area. ... james balme jeremy hunt conservative ...
Since 1998 Archaeologist & Presenter James Balme has been investigating ancient activity in the village of Warburton in Cheshire. Throughout that time Granada TV Presenter Fred Talbot has shown great interest in the discoveries that James has made during his research and has reported from Warburton on the discoveries that James has made on several occasions for Granada reports. Fred also presented a documentary with James way back in 2000 when the site was excavated by James and an ...
In 2001 Archaeologist & Presenter James Balme Co-presented a documentary entitled 'The King's Grave' about his discoveries at that time in the village of Warburton. He was joined for the programme by Granada Tv's very own Fred Talbot. In this preview feature James and Fred discuss the events that took place at the site almost 2000 years ago. This was the first archeological documentary that James took part in and it was filmed and produced by Paul Walker.
interest from television, radio and various publications and in September 2006 James carried out a three day excavation in the village with cult archaeological programme Time Team presented by Tony Robinson. following the making of the programme which was screened on Channel 4 James decided to take a break during 2007 following almost ten years of solid research. Well now after almost twelve months rest James is back to launch a further and even more intense research programme to pinpoint the ...
Join warrington.tv Producer James Balme as he attends the exclusive press conference to introduce the Wolves latest signings to the world. Exclusive interviews with both Monaghan & Hicks are captured on film for the 1st time. ... james balme warrington wolves cullen hicks monaghan halliwell jones stadium
Join Archaeologist James Balme in this short video profile of some of his television work. James has appeared in many TV features and continues to produce more material now and in the future
In 2002 archaeologist & presenter James Balme launched an initial investigation into the sandstone caves that are to be found around Lymm village centre. Due to major Roman discoveries in nearby Warburton made by James the investigation was put on ice - that is until now & in 2008 James will be launching a major project to explore these caves in order to shed new light on their origins and use in ancient times. This film was written & produced by James back in 2002 at the original launch of ...
On the 15th & 16th September 2007 Middlewich held its 3rd Roman Festival in the town at the site of the original Roman fort.Presenter & producer James Balme was commissioned to produce an official documentary charting the weekend and all its activities as they happened. Now for the first time you can see highlights of that weekend filmed and produced by James. The documentary will be officially released shortly. ... james balme roman middlewich 2007 festival presenter producer ...
Team to join him in Warburton, Cheshire to search for evidence to explain why James had uncovered so many rare and exciting Roman artefacts from fields across the village. The Time team were happy to oblige and spent three days in the village making a programme for the 2007 series first Broadcast on Sunday 4th march 2007 on Channel 4. Now for the first time the programme is availbale to download for free online. Simply watch this promotional trailer and log on to the website featured in the ...
Presenter & Producer James Balme brings us exclusive footage of the Gladiators at the 2007 Roman Middlewich Festival. James who has written and produced all of the documentaries covering the historic festivals in Middlewich gives us an exclusive preview from the forthcoming documentary about the 2007 Middlewich Festival. ... james balme festival middlewich 2007 gladiators roman tours archaeologist presenter producer
Presenter and Producer James Balme makes hundreds of films for warrington.tv. But have you ever wondered what happens when things go wrong??? watch this space for the first in a series of hilarious outakes provided from the studios of James Balme. ... james balme warrington.tv bloopers funny clips presenter producer
Join Presenter & Producer James Balme at the official opening of the new Golden Square shopping complex in Warrington. James speaks to shoppers and takes a look around at the new stores. He also interviews Miss Warrington Holly Ikin who was greeting customers to the new Flagship Debenham's store.
Join Presenter James Balme as he attends the first ever MAFTA awards to be made in Warrington. James made the 1st presentation of the evening followed by various other celebrities who attended the amazing glamorous evening. A huge success and a unique event for Warrington. The event was organised By Steve Pickering who features in this feature.
Join Archaeologist & Presenter James Balme at the 2007 Roman Middlewich Festival. This is the opening film in a series of features to be produced by James as he takes in the atmosphere of Roman Middlewich for this the 3rd Roman Middlewich Festival to take place in the town. More exclusive films shot at the festival will appear her shortly.
James Balme plays the part of a burgler in this reconstuction of a crime filmed in 1996 for the BBC1 series Hearts of Gold.
Promo trailer for St Werburghs Church in Warburton, Cheshire and produced by Archaeologist and Presenter James Balme. A church once occupied by the Norbertine Monks as far back as 1187AD. ... james balme warburton st werburgh church history archaeology
Join Archaeologist and Presenter James Balme as he takes part in the 1st archaeological excavation of the ancient settlement of Warburton at the end of 1999. This was an evaluation excavation revealing Roman Punic Military ditches. See the profile of the ditches as they were revealed including what is believed to this day to be the inclusion of 'Ankle Breakers. James continues to research into the ancient history of this small Cheshire village now and in the future....
Join Archaeologist and Presenter James Balme back in 1999 shortly before the 1st major excavation of the Roman settlement that he discovered. The site also produced an amazing Bronze Axe from the Early Bronze Age period circa 1900BC. This film is one of the first films that James ever made about the site ... james balme archaeologist presenter warburton ancient roman bronze age
Presenter and Producer James Balme was witness to a major blockage of the Bridgewater canal at Lymm in Cheshire. James interviewed well known television presenter Peter (Matthew) Corbett famous for Sooty & Sweep, he was heavily involved in the blockade and James recorded the interview aboard a canal boat involved in the protest aimed at stopping Peel Holdings from increasing mooring fees along the canal.
Archaeologist and Presenter James Balme is also the Producer and Presenter for warrington.tv. This is just one of over a hundred news video stories that James has presented and produced. For more information visit www.warrington.tv. In this story James reports on blizzard conditions that struck Warrington during the winter of 2006.
It was back in 1999 when archaeologist and presenter James Balme made his first appearance on television to talk about his discoveries that he made at that time at the ancient settlement that he had uncovered.Since that time James has continued to unearth further important artefacts left behind in the fields of Cheshire by our ancestors proving beyond all doubt that people were farming the land since prehistoric times. During this live interview that was broadcast from his home James shows ...
Following the discovery of a hoard of ancient tomb goods found in a loft in Cheshire dating back to Bronze Age and Roman times by archaeologist and presenter James Balme he went on to reseach the collection and confirmed that they had come from the island of Cyprus. After the collection was examined by a representative of the Cypriot authorities James returned the collection to the owner of the house where the collection was uncovered. The artefacts were recorded by James for posterity on ...
In 2004 BBC1 filmed a feature for the Inside Out series about the archaeological work and discoveries that James had made through his research into a lost Roman settlement in the village of Warburton in Cheshire. At this time James was working as a finance officer, a career that he had been employed in for almost twenty years. Shortly after this programme was made James changed his career and became a full time Journalist and Presenter in his own right. He has since featured in many TV ...
commissioned to write & produce the latest documentary for the 2007 Middlewich Roman Festival. James has written and produced three documentaries previously for Middlewich and it's well known festivals. This virtual reality film was written and produced by Take27 in 2003 for Middlewich Town Council and Gifford and Partners to celebrate the Roman festival of that year. It has recently been updated with a voice-over by eminent archaeologist Tim Strickland MBE. ... james balme tim strickland ...
with Rugby Legend Andrew Johns just days before his arrest in London for the possession of ecstasy. He talks about his career and his future activities over the coming months and years not knowing that what was about to happen in London would see his career and reputation torn to shreds. The interview was fronted by Gary Skentelbery editor of Orbit News. The final statement was ironic in wishing Andrew Johns the very best for his future career and whatever that might be !! ... andrew johns ...
Archaeologist and Presenter James Balme was joined by Time Team in 2006 to dig a site in Cheshire that James had been investigating for many years. During the making of the programme Phil Harding gave an exclusive interview about the site and the results of investigations over the three days. Listen to this interview and see some of the footage of Phil shot by James during the three day dig. ... phil harding time team james balme archaeologist presenter warburton romans no stone unturned ...
joined by Tony Robinson and the Time Team to excavate a Roman site that James had discovered over many years of field walking and metal detecting. During the making of the programme Tony gave an exclusive interview recorded by Jim Jefferies of Radio General about his work and career in television. Now for the 1st time listen to this exclusive interview never before broadcast. Also during excavations an interview with Phil Harding was also recorded and will be available here shortly ...
Join Archaeologist and Presenter James Balme at the Middlewich Community Excavation that took place just off King Street near to Harbutt's field in 2005.Evidence and artefacts from the Roman settlement were uncovered as well as pits and a Roman road surface. Even Roman cremations were uncovered. This excerpt is taken from the official documentary ' The Normans at Middlewich ' written and produced by James Balme ... james balme middlewich festival; community dig 2005 presenter producer ...
Join archaeologist and presenter James Balme at St Werburgh church in Warburton. James explains about the history of the church and the evidence for earlier settlement in the village. This film was made in 1999 and was one of the 1st films to be made in the village. Since that time James has gone on to present further features for BBC, ITV and local radio. This culminated in a vist by Tony Robinson and the Time Team in 2006 to excavate an area of the village for the 2007 series....
Since 1998 Archaeologist James Balme has been researching and excavating parts of Warburton in Cheshire where he has recovered vital evidence of prehistoric and Roman activity in the village. So exciting was his research that BBC, ITV and local radio soon became interested in his achievements and featured his work on the television and radio network. In 2006 Channel 4's cult series Time Team contacted James and asked if they could come and excavate the site with him as part of the new Time ...
Archaeologist & Presenter James Balme takes on a challenge of a different kind. Despite being the 2nd strongest link of the round the other contestants decided to remove James as he was a threat for subsequent rounds in the game. An experience not to be forgotten in a hurry.
Presenter and Archaeologist James Balme discovered a rare Roman silver snake bracelet in a field in Cheshire and it was so rare that it was declared Treasure Trove by Coroner John Pollard at Stockport County Court. The bracelet that is now being purchased by Manchester Museum will hopefully go on display in the future. James explains why so many rare Roman artefacts have been recovered during his research. ... james balme coroner silver snake bracelet cheshire roman treasure trove ...
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