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Helen Geake

Helen Mary Geake FSA (born 1967) is a British archaeologist and small finds specialist. She was one of the key members of Channel 4's long-running archaeology series Time Team.

After university she worked as assistant keeper of archaeology at Norwich Castle Museum before joining the Portable Antiquities Scheme, first as their Finds Liaison Officer for Suffolk and then as Finds Adviser for post-Roman objects, based at Cambridge University In 2014 she became the PAS's adviser to its voluntary finds recorders, based at the British Museum.

Geake is a member of the Department of Archaeology Advisory Board at the University of York and previously acted as a regional member of the Council of Rescue: The British Archaeological Trust.

In January 2003, she was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.

She first worked for Time Team in 1998 as a digger, and took part occasionally thereafter as an Anglo-Saxon specialist. She joined the frontline team of presenters, for the 2006 series and continued until 2010. She returned to the frontline team when the show returned to the airwaves in 2022.

In 2012 Geake appeared in three episodes of Britain's Secret Treasures having previously appeared as an Anglo-Saxon specialist in National Geographic specials titled Saxon Gold: New Secrets Revealed (2011) and 'Saxon Gold: Finding the Hoard' (2010).

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Mystic Britain (2019)
Guest starring as British Museum (3 episodes)
Britain's Secret Treasures (2012)
Guest starring as Archaeologist (3 episodes)
Christmas University Challenge (2011)
Guest starring as Helen Geake
  • Episode 2014-12-29: Episode 6 (Dec 29, 2014)
Time Team (1994)
Starring as Small Finds Expert / Anglo-Saxon Expert (67 episodes)
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