As our first dig back, we were keen on a site that would produce amazing evidence, showcase the very best that Time Team can offer, and allows us to demonstrate to the full the latest technology like LiDAR and GPR, says Taylor. I could have watched it for another 20 years. He has since appeared in over two hundred episodes. I still enjoy my archaeology despite my age not being able to take part in the reality. I continue to be in awe of the fantastic skill and enthusiasm of the presenters.May TT be always available to us. Although I partly agree with Geoff Stelling regarding both the departure of Mick and sidelining Phil somewhat, I do think that the young archaeologists in this the last series show a great deal of promise (Jimmy, Tracey, Susannah, for example) and we are being unfair to their input to be so critical. Such an approach was perfectly realised by Graham Dixon, the director of the first few seasons. A few days later news of Time Teams demise broke in the Guardian. I guess it was always going to happen when TV administrators who, judging by the few Ive seen interviewed, are challenged by words of more than two syllables come into contact with educated professionals. There are quite a few of us down here watching repeats ( up to 5 times) but even so they are still interesting. He has worked on a number of archaeological sites in Britain and abroad. Please ressurect it someone soon. Time team came back as a clear favourite, so for one of the national conferences we decided to contact Time Team so that Tony or one of the team could come along and give a talk. This was a fresh ongoing series with a warm and positive vibe, an interesting treat on TV. It makes me want to poke nyy head in and see the Geophys, operate the diggers to open a trench and pick up a trowel and start digging! I am watching as many of the daily episodes as I can on New Zealands History Channel.It makes me nostalgic for the British history and archeological sites. I record episodes that I cannot watch on the day. It is always the same, if it works change it, No offense Lizbeth, I really like Tony, but I still think my observation is accurate. Please, please would someone bring the show back, This is just another example of Managements old adage: Its perfect; lets New and Improve it 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. Stewart surveys, records and investigates archaeological sites. What a wonderful 20 years we/they had. My youngest daughter honed her love of history sitting with me on a Sunday evening watching Mick and Tony et al. 20 years is a great run for any show on TV. I have watched Time Team since day one, and until the last two or three series have always enjoyed it. There is a petition already, on Facebook, which is not the ideal place. I will be saddened to see Time Team go, but I agree that the production costs could realistically be reduced. Yes, we all love the longtime archaelogists (sorry, cant do stars I would say they wouldnt like it either it is rather derogatory of their abilities!) It is just so sad to read all of these comments, like a requiem for a friend. Promotion of family values good natured banter and above all a love of the past which TT has shared with us over the years is disposed of Shame, Shame, Shame. Inspiring stuff. His technique fostered a sense of immediacy for viewers, placing them on the trench edge when discoveries happened and making them privy to key discussions. Less time looking at the scrapping away of mud from a piece of skull. Think again C4, as someone who is 40 years outside your target audience, all axing this program has done is make me switch channels, so demographically relevant or not you have simply lost another viewer and surely viewer numbers are more important than some misguided attempt to only appeal to a certain age group? An episode where a workplace expert was on stand by for structural shoring when common sense would have not wasted this kind of expense. The writing was on the wall though poor scheduling . Will miss the team, at least we have more 4. i never knew the show existed until last year 2021. any chance for reunions and a chance to interact as like conventions do here in the usa? For those too grief stricken to cope right now, subscribe to the youtube video blog of Dig Village. What is wrong with older viewers? I note that none of them ever received a gong. Despite their varied talents and backgrounds it quickly became apparent that the team had a natural chemistry. Bring them back ! My grandson is a budding archeologist and watches it over and over again. And as for the Ooh.. Ah, that be cer monial, that be in the dialect of a village idiot just about summed up the whole package. Learned lots of the history of the show from these posts but I dont know whether Ive seen the cleavage or whether Micks absence from a dig is because hes doing something else, on hols etc or because hes gone. I am devastated to hear about Mick Aston.. Time Teams genesis is a well-rehearsed story. Without Mick Aston it will not be the same, but as such it will be a fitting tribute to a great forward thinking man. I was disappointed with the change in format, it was like losing family. In fact, I actually struggle to watch any anyway, as I made clear at the beginning the post production is irritating. Im not proud of Time Team, it hasnt worked.. I used to love all the research that they put into it. I love the show, and I have also fallen in love wit Faye Simpson. No other archaeology programmes on any channels tackle the wide range of sites and periods that TT did or inspired many to become keen amateurs or to start a career in archaeology. It should have stayed like that and people would have carried on watching. 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. The programme has no need for eye candy, no need to try to attract yuppies: archaeology is like genealogy interest grows (although not exclusively) with age. Not a surprise really when you consider the presence of the suits through all the times that Time Team and others have explored and documented. Miss Ochota, 30, holds a masters degree in archaeology and anthropology from Cambridge University. Mary-Ann Ochota caused the Time Teams slow demise as she and the behind the scene executives strangled a Team that had worked played and laughed together over so many years making not good but great viewing. The team of Tony, Mick, Phil, Stuart, John, Carenza, Brigid, Guy, etc etc filled me with warmth and satisfaction. And now it has been pulled, left to the re-marketing of DVD, and the Internet. Watching how the team coalesce over time and their skills mature. Obliged to cut evaluation trenches to meet the deadlines of multi-million pound construction projects, the 1990s saw a surge in short-term excavation projects. While the allure of such sites created a powerful television spectacle, it also marked a move away from the programmes humble local archaeology origins. It seems there was no need for one before Womens Studies and all those other nonwhite studies. Now everyone knows the word geophys. Sir Tony Robinson, who is an honorary patron, says: I was delighted to hear about the plans for the next chapter in Time Teams story. Through understanding and helping to preserve the past, and sharing it with a worldwide audience, we hope to re-engage with the enthusiasm that so many of our fans have shown over the years., Many of the original team are already involved, both on and off screen. Tamara Cohen for the Daily Mail What idiot made this particular decision to cancel such an interesting and educational series! Time team has been a part of tv watching since its beginning . Why cant these so-called clever people just leave things alone. We are saddened to hear that a great T.V show which entertained and informed is being axed. Fret not, the programs will haunt the repeats channels until they become their own archaeology as a worked example of how the medium started to dictate the content. Not a Tony Robinson fan myself but he is part of the show. Just a thought/ John. Lee, viewer outrage worked in Australia with The Movie Show. The explanation for the end of Time Team is that the people who run Channel 4 are all about 12 years old. I will miss it desperately and want to say thank you to them all.. What a fantastic 20 years Bye bye Tme TeamI will care for Phils hat .. Yet time and time again they did it with grace, charm, humor and knowledge. Information about your device and internet connection, like your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Yahoo websites and apps. Thanks to all who were involved in Time Team in any way. Time Team excavations at Binchesters Roman fort also helped kickstart a research project that is still in rude health (see CA 263). I am thrilled that TT is returning in 2022, but saddened that Phil, Raksha and Tony will not be participating. We hope that someone our there will take them under their wing and continue the shows its been great,you have shown us so much interesting archaeology of our past from all the corner;s of our beautiful planet,and its hard work doing all that digging and trying to preserve it for our future children. When . share. He has since appeared in over two hundred episodes. I completely agree with you Lauren. 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. I watch Time Team on Amazon Prime here in Phoenix, AZ USA every day!! I assume it will be more imported American rubbish or so called comedy. Out of interest, Time Team fans, how many of you would be willing to pay directly to watch new programs? i record all the T T i can i have brought T t dvd. 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. Coincidentally, digging within a tight timeframe echoed contemporary changes underway in the profession. There was a youthful energy to them back them, which was part of the attraction. The Time Team go to the West Indies and the island of Nevis. [emailprotected]. (Bog Latin). Despite some great new people who learnt fast, expecting them to produce the same calibre of product immediately was just too big a demand. Tony Robinson is proud of the programmes success in making archaeology accessible. It is sad to read the mechanics of its demise and, worse, to see it played out on screen. Perhaps the question should be not what went wrong with Time Team, but what went wrong with Channel 4. Its always sad when a long running and reputable series ends. I agree the lady they brought in for Series 19 was disappointing and that it does show how far C4 has come in the last 20 years. Just recently I saw a show about Egypt using satellite infra red survey archaeology that could reveal all the subsurface features accross a whole landscape. The first show of 1994 featured a young, dark, long-haired Tony The Wildman Baldric Robinson, with a equally younger long haired Mick Aston, some of which was not quite all grey. He was affectionately known as Time Team's "lumps and bumps" man, working with the team alongside his day job, travelling the country surveying, recording and investigating archaeological sites. With regards to a few folks comments about Tony Robinson. I often wish you could all come to my back yard 1 acre) and help me find the many many pairs of secateurs buried therein. What can replace the jovial banter of all the dedicated team that gave us an insight to what was going on thousands of years ago. I have watched this program over the life of its showing and as a saturday morning archaeologist I was challenged to dig deeper (pun intended) by reading more into the theory and practice of archaeology. Im tired of the idiots that run TV and Im ready for revolution.whos with me!!! So sad to see my favourite programme on Channel 4 being axed. Time Team brought so much into my life, being bed ridden, television being a large part of my life now. You were apparently watching a different show than we were. I never had any interest in my UK ancestors heritage and the conditions they must have endured until I watched the team in action. Meet the Ancestors was also a good programme we need more Archaelogy programmes on TV. ABC altered the format marginally and called it At the Movies. With the archaeologists at the height of their game, by now the team was so confident of the three-day regime that development producer Jim Mower describes their appearance on site as like getting the A Team in. I thought the 2013 series was an improvement on the 2012 series, but tonights episode was disappointing. As it was said at the start, they had to change it and then when it all went wrong blame someone else. Stewart Ainsworth (born 26 June 1951) is a British archaeological investigator who was regularly seen on Time Team, the Channel 4 archaeological television series. Always worked so hard and made sense of sites that could have remained a mystery. Here we chart the highs and lows of a revolutionary format that aimed to bring archaeology to the people. I am very sorry to see it go. Keep the show going its fantastic Ive been watching it as long as I can remember Here in South Africa we ahave been treated to some series and odd programs which I really enjoyed. Gutted! Bringing history to life is far from an easy task but the combination of the experts knowledge, Tony Robinsons ability to act as the interested layman asking questions that the audience wanted to know the answers to, as well as the interaction and camaraderie between the members of the team I felt worked really well. Channel 4 should never have discarded such a treasure. What is the matter not retro enough for you ! Failing that I can recommend looking at Google Maps satellite pictures of your local area looking for earthworks hours of fun! I guess the nearest feeling to learning of its ending was like being told that your solid mates of the past twenty years are all splitting up and moving abroad. tony and all made history come to life to the public and we {as a family] looked forward to the one great programme aweek but know more,,,,how old are the producers ,if they watched t t perhapes they could learn that life does not always mean MONEY MORE MONEY , What a bummer! How amazing to see the history of England being unearthed. Hopefully some other channel will take up the format eventually. !I have just retired and it would be perfect NOW. Instead John Gater, the programmes geophys wizard (see CA 252), surveyed the field. I cannot believe that there will be no more Time Team, I hope the idiots at channel 4 read this site. 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. Yes, it was a great show, but its over now. They managed against terrific odds.and that gave me a good feeling ! The money was well spent, and today only five Time Team sites remain unpublished a record that shames many UK units and academics. How DARE they axe Time Team, it has been one of my few regular watches for a long time. This photograph was taken at a recent catch-up with some of the Team: John Gater, Helen Geake, Carenza Lewis, Tim Taylor, Dani Wootton, Jim Mower, and Stewart Ainsworth, all of whom are . xx. They were like a 70s open university program with their hairstyles and clothes. Interested in keeping up to date with the latest archaeological finds across Britain? I generally watch one episode a night, but on weekends I sometimes binge watch until my eyeballs beg for mercy. It used to be on in the early evening at a specific time every week, but in recent years it has been moved to late afternoon with the start time changing by 5, 10, 15 minutes over the weeks making watching and even recording it more problematic. the cast were so friendly to each other and the show was so intresting and made you think off our past . That they were able to achieve what very few others were able to achieve and give a thirst to the man-in-the-street in what could be classed as a dry subject only adds weight to what they were able to achieve in such a fantastic way. 2017, My husband and I decided to get rid of our tv when we had 2 young sons. Time Team RIP Good job I have the internet to log onto. This biographical article about a British archaeologist is a stub. I now live in Australia and love watching shows on my homeland. The enthusiasm shown by the crews, the information, the chance to get a flavour of what made our country and the historical influences in each area. In mid October 2012 an all-points bulletin was emailed to Time Team staff. I was thinking, isnt it about time Time Team was on? As an aside seeing your label Non-Richardian Yorkist what are your feelings about the parking lot discovery? My 100year old mother started,me on T.T.years ago & in turn my children and now the grandchildren watch ,ask questions and research . Channel 4s loss their gain :) I think weve brought it into the forefront of peoples attention. I cannot believe that Mick Aston has died, so very young, I thought he would go on forever. I can honestly say that what you saw on the television was what you got in real life. We are shocked to read that Time Team is finished. It will be sorely missed. However, they added: Intelligence, natural curiosity and a passion for archaeology is a must.. Possibly my favourite television programme. The new series is getting nearer to the original format, I think, except for the one featuring the soldiers, which, dare I say it and risk castigation (?) Ive learned that anything classed as experimental Is just filler as theyve found nothing. But, as always with Time Team, the adventure is in the discovery of the secrets of the past, whatever they are!, Landowner Martin Fiennes a cousin of actors Ralph and Joseph Fiennes, and explorer Sir Ranulph says: Were delighted to welcome Time Team to Broughton. Ive loved Time Team since day one, but recently Ive found it becoming a little too cozy. It is made up of real people and I have learnt so much from it. To anyone who loves the Sunday afternoon history fix as much as I do PLEASE sign! He joined the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (now part of English Heritage) in 1985, and is now head of its Landscape Investigation Team based in York, England. Season 1, aired in 1994, had four episodes, while season 2 followed with five, and season 3 boasted six. What a bore YOU are! C4 what are you doing timeteam is a great show now u r going to put more rubbish on like big brother I know it not on your channel no more what a shame timeteam will b missed go on bbc take it on, Timeteam what a great show now we got to put up with shows like splash and x factor what is going on with tv now god help. John Gater, Francis Pryor, Stewart Ainsworth, and Phil Harding. Only problem is the core members are getting on a bit, so no chance of it going another 20 years. It follows so much what has been prevallent in recent years on Brittish TV and thats dumbing down. Am now in the process of buying the DVDs. I want to salute everyone involved in this show! I am shattered by this news. Team Team gang were so funny with their understanding of each other and professional approach to their subject, their knowledge of it all and portrayal to the audience was so entertaining, and Tony added an open view to a usually flat subject, with his level headed approach to academics and gave it life. 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. (now part of English Heritage) in 1985, and is now head of its Landscape Investigation Team based in York, England. The huge plus for archaeology in general has been the raising of the profile of a branch of science that prior to this program was the province of a fairly small group of people. As of 2010 Ainsworth has been affiliated with the History and Archaeology department at the University of Chester, where he is a visiting professor. x. 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