I wish I could study with Mick Ashton. This segregates the viewers and leaves fans like me stuck in the middle and slightly upset at the notion that my favorite programmes have been taken over by people who havent got a idea. It has become a staple in our family, even with the ABC running older series in high-rotation it beats the rest of the 6pm options hands down, even in repeat mode. They almost succeeded in ruining it until this present series.Channel 4 have betrayed the cast, crew and viewers. Like Concorde, should be rescued by someone BBC and revamped ASAP. We are headed to the UK in May from the US to see some of the TT sites. That some suburban folks welcomed the Team to pull up their patio, knock down their potting shed, and bore holes in their rafters, used to amaze me. Yes I agree I miss fresh episode aswell please come back, Yes I agree, the quality of weekend television is terrible give us back some interesting programs, Still record and watch the show love it all I can say is Bring back Time Team. John Gater, Francis Pryor, Stewart Ainsworth, and Phil Harding. Ive learnt so much and enjoying every minuteo. Ive binge watched Time Team on YouTube and up to S17. The team was supplemented by experts appropriate for the period and type of site. There are only about a thousand signatures so far.Personally, although I have signed, I dont think it will do much good. Great format, educational safe family viewing. Its always sad when a long running and reputable series ends. against what channel 4 have done o no they will get a pat on the back and a good pay off for being stupid .. so sad we wont see friends like the time team on our t v screen again.,. When . I liked the pictures Victor did on several shows which showed the principals in historical costumes. Time Team RIP What do we all enjoy about it? (Cardiff hillfort). .As always it will, I supposed be replaced by some run of the mill program, American sit com or soap. In South africa we have seen so few TT programs and when in the UK on holiday I imediately check for surren programs to watch. Their participation and enthusiasm clear for all to see. Always worked so hard and made sense of sites that could have remained a mystery. , Totally agree have enjoyed this programme since it started. The beginnings of Time Team: season 1 stalwarts (from left to right) Mick Aston, Victor Ambrus, Phil Harding, Geraldine Barber, Carenza Lewis, Tony Robinson, and Robin Bush. We also miss Stuart very much. the cast were so friendly to each other and the show was so intresting and made you think off our past . A number of archaeological old hands were sacrificed in favour of more youthful presenters. If you had to justify the value of television as a medium that can inform as well as entertain, Time Team would be the perfect example. Dont think that the U.K. has the monopoly on scrapping popular shows it happens here in N.Z. For years I had little interest in any of it but as time went by this programme made me interested. Its all happening ere Tony. She joined the frontline team of presenters, for the 2006 series and continued until 2010. No, sadly when it comes to TV, viewers dont get what they want, they get what they are given Trouble is, the people who make these decisions can be misguided, and very stupid. I too have enjoyed Time Team and am amazed that it has been scrapped. Their intention is to uncover the remains of a number of plantation houses that now are no more than ruins. Yet despite bringing the past to life using the familiar ingredients of excavation, landscape survey and reconstructions including Phil felling a tree with a flint axe Timesigns is a very different beast. My absolute favorite TV program! Tim Taylor explains because weve involved Wessex Archaeology in our work for the last 10 or so years the reports are really good quality. Time Team brought archaeology to the publics attention (including mine) and will be sorely missed. Watching the archaeologists and seeing their enthusiasm at even the smallest find,is to me infectious. Time Team announces historic comeback with 2021 dig at huge Oxfordshire Roman villa that may be 'almost the size of Buckingham Palace'. I love time team. In addition, people are re-discovering the magic and history of their local areas and the wellbeing that can be derived from activities like archaeology. I agree with the above sentiments, get the brilliant crew back. Thank goodness for DVDs of past episodes. Save Time Team Campaign is taking off really fast now, over 1,500 signatures & support from celebrity. C4, please bring back the previous and successful formatting of Time Team. So we manage to get something enjoyable, which at the same time is also useful. I have enjoyed Tony Robinsons commentaries. we dont want more programmes that is rubbish there is more than i could even say. RIP Time Team. Weve been able to order some DVDs from Australia, but we have missed many of the series since we moved here, and there is no way to watch them online. Joining you at your virtual pyre and raising a glass to Mick Aston! Self - Deya, Mallorca, Spain (1998) . Toni Victoria australia. It is a great shame it is finishing and I am very sad!! Rest in peace, Mick, you added more to peoples lives than you probably ever realised. I guess I will have to plan a trip to the UK to get my archaeology fix now. I started looking to find more information about the history of Henham park & was so sad to see the show has been axed. I am still watching episodes on Yesterday that Id somehow missed. He was an outstanding presenter for the show. Time Team turned this particular builder into a complete archaeological anorak and made one increasingly curmudgeonly old fart in a sweat stain hat the one person in the world Id most love to meet, hang out on a dig with and sink real ales with thereafter! I have watched the episode from Barra several times. My second eldest is 18, and we only watch one program together as our interests are so different (that would be Time Team). I loved the camaraderie.. the discoveries.. the wonderful feeling of how people not only survived in early times..but were every bit as capable and inventive as WE think we are ! 20 years is a great run for any show on TV. Stewart Ainsworth (born 26 June 1951) is a British archaeological investigator who was regularly seen on Time Team, the Channel 4 archaeological television series. Meanwhile Tonys role transformed from a quiz master to translator of all things archaeological for a general audience. My parents watch it. After graduation she did some modelling, including shoots for Special K. She was the anthropologist on the BBCs Castaway Exposed and has presented a number of other programmes using her expertise. It is absolutely fantastic to see the amount of people who have followed this programme and the comments above are pretty amazing. There were times when I would have liked to see some longer digs being featured and I would still like to see that, but it seems likely that it will not be Channel 4 doing it. Im retired now and would love to get involved in archeology at some level. You have left us wanting more which of course is the best way to end a show. Episode # Series # Episode Title Location Coordinates Original airdate 5: 1 "Lord of the Isles" Finlaggan, Islay: 555006N 61016W / 55.834867N 6.171225W / : 8 January 1995 (): Recorded between 24 and 26 June 1994, the team helps the National Museums of Scotland to search for the secrets of Finlaggan, the centre of the kingdom of the Lord of the Isles. People understand it isnt treasure hunting well, we probably still have some way to go with that one! Tim points to Over 230 films that have been seen in 36 countries. I would echo it completely. . This was the best educational programme that looked forward to every week and also all the repeats that were broadcast on more 4. Just heard about the axing of Time Team what a shame! My husband said I bet you want to get Phill round now. And anyway, why would we want Channel 4 to keep TT? I cannot understand why you are axing it!!? Yes, Tony R was sometimes (often?) TT had a great following here in Canada. I still enjoy my archaeology despite my age not being able to take part in the reality. The producers screwed it with the inevitable dumbing down and trying to make it a show for the 20 to 30 year olds. Little surprise she became a history teacher. In an interview with the magazine British Archaeology, Professor Aston said he was responding to changes first proposed by producers at Channel 4 in late 2010 before the filming of the series that is currently being aired. Now the format was safely established the programme was increasingly able to capitalise on its fame and access big name sites ultimately even Buckingham Palace. And the journey is not quite over yet. This article is 10 years old but like a spoiler. Available to view on 4oD (www.channel4.com/programmes/timesigns/4oD), watching it now provides a salutatory lesson in just how revolutionary the Time Team format was. Maybe after all these replies BBC4 may approach the original team !!! This program has opened up so much of Great Britain to me and I am in love with suach a picturesque landscape and such a rich history. He brought archeaology to the public domain and helped us discover where our nation began, how it grew and how it is still changing. Click Manage settings for more information and to manage your choices. I had drawn him into the subject a few years after we married but I had the privilege of degree training. Posted by 27 days ago. the only programmes on t v seems to me rubbish what are all the staff going to do as they have been on the show for so long. May be he could be a Lord? I have watched Time Team from the beginning and love the earlier episodes and although its sad that its going it has changed considerably.Not the same without Mick his enthusiasm makes for great watching. What a bore YOU are! I will be saddened to see Time Team go, but I agree that the production costs could realistically be reduced. The villa is a tantalising prospect a grand building almost as big as Buckingham Palace. Oh well, TV is doomed. Envisioned as a quiz show in the vein of Challenge Anneka running on BBC 1 from 1989 to 1995 the team were called on to solve archaeological mysteries while racing against the clock. It would be nice if Channel 4 admitted its error and reinstated Time Team in its proper format. In all fairness thank you C4 for having the foresight to do the programme in the first place but put the money saved back into culture, dont invest it in any more fly on the wall or the only way is type of programmes or you may just lose any of the credibility youve gained. INCREDIBLE ! With my boys now being 8, 6 and 4 years old, we are still watching the episodes and in our holidays we try out some of the things weve seen on TT. Please BBC take this show under your wings ! , Cant we have Phil once a week digging a hole in a pub garden, please?xxxx. I still watch the series on U-tube. Tim Team has finally brought British history into focus for me. The show ran on the chemistry among the original team, and failed to work as they left or lost interest. He trained as a surveyor before entering the archaeology section of the Ordnance Survey. Have just watched the very last episode of my beloved Time Team And feel desperately sad.. Without Mick Aston it will not be the same, but as such it will be a fitting tribute to a great forward thinking man. In the country you have more sense of the spirit of a place. , updated And this program had run its course several years ago. I am looking forward to last series and specials over the next 2 years.The end of an era. hide. I AM SO UPSET AT THE ENDING OF TIME TEAM ! Learning? 2023 CURRENT PUBLISHING LTD - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Like Philip Lethbridge I would be happy to watch TT for ever. Hello from the US. DigNation 20 tickets are now on sale: https://digventures.com/projects/dignation-2020/ Can archaeologist see time depth, just by looking? I agree entirely. Im sorry to see that TT is folding though. I hope more episodes are made available on video! A monumental row and walk out, one would guess. Thank you all so verymuch for what you have accomplished. It is about time ABC Australia got there act together and started to replay ALL the episodes, from the first, so that we dont all go crazy from withdrawal symptoms. He is president of the Friends of Epiacum, also known as Whitley Castle, the Roman fort on the southern edge of Northumberland which he has surveyed and studied in depth. He asks the questions that some people must be sat in front of their TV asking. C4 have put money into British Archaeology, when no one else could or would presumably, and as has been pointed out, much of that money went into post excavation work, which although not good TV is absolutely vital as far as each site is concerned. They tried to make it edgy and the thing I loved about time team was its lack of edginess? Your email address will not be published. Tony Robinson is proud of the programmes success in making archaeology accessible. I love Time Team and regularly binge watch have seen many episodes several times. Without Time Team I would not have known how much I could enjoy archaeology and Im pretty sure its why my 7 year old wants to be an archaeologist when she grows up. Thank you,Mick, for all that you gave us.and thanks to Micks family for sharing him with us. Self - Downpatrick, County Down (1998) . Log in or sign up to leave a comment. I am signing up to the campaign to keep Time Team! After playing a critical role in many of Time Team's digs, from the caves of Cheddar to the jungles of Nevis, Mick . . Arrr! I THINK THIS IS A SHOCKING DECISION AND CAN ONLY HOPE THAT IT IS REVERSED!!! irritating but he was a part of a recipe that worked for a long time. Hopefully it will be picked up by another channel. Apart from the marvellous people who made up the Time Team over the years, the way they used the magic of television to highlight features of the dig, overlay geophys visualisations onto the site, extend a fragment of a pot into a full representation, and so on, made this program an exemplar of how to produce truly educational television; and the way the passion of the Team members and their expertise was allowed to shine, coupled with a witty front man, showed that educational does not have to mean dull or dumbed down. We wish Phil, Mick, Helen, Sir Tony and the team well for the future and thank them for the pleasure they have brought us. I have just found out about the decision by C4 to axe Time Team, which was surely one of the best programmes on any television station anywhere. RIP Channel 4. The same has been witnessed with the BBC. Innit? Her role, as a foil to Sir Tony, was complimentary, and never as an expert. swinging camera booms. By the way, if the executives mild revamp caused viewer figures to plummet, how come it was the programme and not those executives who got the flak? Im sorry no-ones put in a word for the lovely Raksha always good-natured, hard working and incredibly knowledgeable. Very sad that all great things have to come to an end one day. Well said and one hundred per cent agree. I would just like to thank Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding and all of the crew at Time Team for many years of fascinating TV. People came and went, such as my favourite Robin Bush, but those two remained, as did their stamina and zeal for the show. Perhaps if Chanel 4 had stuck to the old adage of if it aint broke, dont fix it we would still have had this gem of a program to look forward to enjoying for many years to come.. with shows like Strictly Come Dancing, X Factor, Dancing on Ice, Big Brother etc etc etc all being aired every week, Time Team was an oasis of entertainment and education in a vast desert of mundane TV programming. Big Thanks Time Team,will never get tired of watching the shows,fingers crossed you can make some more. I so agree. Enough said. Tapped into the national zeitgeist, its stars were household names and at its zenith Time Team was pulling in audiences of 3 3.5 million viewers. I completely agree with you Lauren. I would joke with my kids when doing some gardening that I might unearth a roman soldier or a roman coin. He worked for several commercial units including Oxford Archaeology and MoLAS (as was), until he started a career at L-P Archaeology. My wife and I are from the States and discovered Time Team on Amazon Prime after watching/ loving other British shows- Rick Steins culinary travels, Timothy Wests canal cruising, etc. My wife was not well for several years & she found Time Team to be one of the few programs worth watching. I love watching the old episodes, the ones where there was fantastic camaraderie between the team, excellent and atmospheric music in the background which always complemented the era of the dig and the extravagant clothing worn by the team.
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