Full Name at Birth. I cannot think why! It is practically unheard of for a factual, specialist programme to spend two decades as the public face of its subject and become a national institution along the way. Thanks to all who were involved in Time Team in any way. In the immediate aftermath of a programmes cancellation it is traditional to attempt a post-mortem of what went wrong. Tony admitted a number of times that he is not an archeologist. Whats wrong with cozy? Ive binge watched Time Team on YouTube and up to S17. And thank you Mick, R.I.P. Poor. This so Heartbreaking. Cliche good looking, middle-class presenters who appear somewhat dull in enthusiasm. It was not the first time that a chance conversation with Mick had got someone thinking about television archaeology. Taylor says, It would have been great to show Basil Brown the new technology, which enables us to see 3D images of the archaeology underground, allowing us to precisely target our excavation., Taylor continues: This dig signals the start of a fascinating new chapter for Time Team. 2003Michelle Johnsonm. paleo-osteology, finds experts, experts in the Bronze Age or Rome I am as raptured as Phil squatting in a newly opened trench exclaiming, Oooh! I loved the banter between Tony, Phil and Mick and anyone could see they enjoyed their jobs. It will be interesting to see how the new Village Dig series comes across on TV. The UK is lucky that it has such a long history. This is a project in its preliminary stages, run by Tim Taylor. 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. Yes, that was a great one. Mick Aston is a damn good archaeologist and his departure was a serious loss to the programme. Ive loved all of them (apart from the guy who placed the stones/coins/sword on his land deliberately) but that wasnt Time Teams fault and they did prove they couldnt be taken in. Not blaming her particularly, but her entry seemed to also disturb the group dynamics of the cast, which was one of the things that made it so enjoyable. We only recently discovered the Time Team show and rush to ensure we dont miss a show. Eat umble pie you are having a laff. I would be very happy, if it was revived. Telly Tubbies. Shots of him in woodland seeking out raw materials for a reconstructed axe allowed the audience to witness the hands-on practical process. You can selectively provide your consent below to allow such third party embeds. I am not sure who set it up, but you can find it by searching for Time Team FB page. Think what we learned. Totally agree. Much as I still love watching them (though, annoyingly, More 4 often shows the same programme a week later), I can hardly bear to think there will be no more new ones. He made his first archaeological finds digging up his parents' garden, much to the annoyance of his mother, Elsie. So why could it not continue on and evolve in 2013 ? Because the major players were all quite old, and as you will have heard age is the surest antidote to youthful energy. Just watched the first instalment of Time Team America (H2,Thursdays,9pm). Maybe after all these replies BBC4 may approach the original team !!! I download everything I can from the internet and watch on American PBS stations when I can find it. BRING BACK TIME TEAM PLEASE!!!! And so disappointed in ch4. I watch Time Team on Amazon Prime here in Phoenix, AZ USA every day!! . Congratulations to all concerned on a great program. HATE all the crap American shows taking over the tv. The ABC in Australia invariably saw fit to show very, very few episodes of Time Team, although numerous repeats were televised, and like a good book, they were enjoyed by a public that is hungry for family value in TV productions. It lost its way because of the producers. Interesting, in these days where we (oldies) are not responding to adverts as much as the supposed young and affluent to think of alternative crowd-sourcing models for financing programs that we like. Such an approach was perfectly realised by Graham Dixon, the director of the first few seasons. Thank you, thank you, Ive loved the passion, warmth, fun, humour and absolute professionalism that you all have brought to history. Official website also launched: http://www.TimeTeamFans.com Thanks everyone. We are saddened to hear that a great T.V show which entertained and informed is being axed. Carenzas missing as is Helen, I see Mick walked out as I also presume Stewart has too. I had no idea it was finishing until yesterday and I missed the last viewing as I have flu and have been sleeping a lot.. OH DEAR ! From Phils glee over Stone Age flints, Tonys wisely playful and challenging banter, Micks sage hand on the digs tiller, Johns gentle determination to get the best cartography the technology can provide, Franciss round house fireside mussing on an Iron Age mans joys in life and Stuart goes walk about so we can get the lay of the land and know our place in it was amazing, every bit of it. Harding was a regular on Time Team from the first series in 1994 until its cancellation in 2013. 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. Anyone who visited one of their digs while shooting was underway will have seen the devotion it inspired in members of the public. Your email address will not be published. On yesterday's episode of Dr. Phil, actor Terry Crews discussed his addiction to pornography and his relationship with his wife, Rebecca, of 28 . We are aiming to reach our target of at least 5,000 patrons by the end of March and well then be in position to dig at least one other site the Iron Age settlement this year and carry out preliminary research on others., Our goal is to create a legacy for these sites, says Taylor, building ongoing relationships with local communities and archaeologists that continue to yield fresh insights. here was atransfixing series, turning elitist subject into everyday knowledge for the ordinary man. Sounds as though short sighted suits are at work. I KNOW i keep on saying it but i cannot get my head around channel 4 is getting rid off such a great programme it is seen all over the world. As for the rest of the Team, hats off to you for the great fun and excellent archaeology looking forward to a few TT specials. The main loss will be the delight we have got shouting bullshit-ware at the screen as Paul Blinkhorn announces a small lump of stone is in reality early Anglo Saxon teaset. You have left us wanting more which of course is the best way to end a show. SAVE TIME TEAM, Closing in on 4,000 signatures already: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/time-team-should-continue-on-tv.html, Hey guys just a quick update of a Article we have got up promoting the SAVE TIME TEAM Campaign. We live in USA. It is the programme really. And to lose Mick Aston well, that was it for us. Save Time Team Campaign is taking off really fast now, over 1,500 signatures & support from celebrity. As an amateur digger, I envied TTs resources a JCB on call, geophysics, dendrochronology, C14 dating, DNA analysis. It's an interesting show, and I catch it whenever I see that it's on. Best wishes to everyone ever involved with the show. pain this is all I can say in thinking that the single most important program ever to put PASSION in archaeology has been culled for giving more profit$ in adverts to run of the mill crap so long TimeTeam but rest assured you have YOUR place in history now! British Television just one more nail in your coffin. Far too many highlights to choose a favourite, but Ill always have a soft spot for the tone of Tony Robinsons voice when he explained that the sash-cum-swordbelt worn by Saxon fighters was called a baldric. It encouraged me to study the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages. He became a familiar face on the Channel 4 television series Time Team . 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 loved it and speaking as an Hibernian, the only thing I found mildly irritating was Tonys obsession with all things Roman. What an absolutely stupid decision to ax Time Team! RIP Mick Aston And the journey is not quite over yet. Do 5 day digs instead. The explanation for the end of Time Team is that the people who run Channel 4 are all about 12 years old. If this were a BBC programme, then this alone would be worth the license fee. I hope that someone has the sense to resorect TT even if it is repeated from the beginning. All Rights Reserved, We use cookies to enhance your experience while using our website. It was an opening into a different world that gave me hope that THIS one can be sorted out ! I ask other time team regulars get writing and see if time team can be saved either by another tv station or a rethink by channel 4. While the allure of such sites created a powerful television spectacle, it also marked a move away from the programmes humble local archaeology origins. 1999Tracie Duncanm. CHANNEL 4, YOU ARE A COMPLETE BUNCH OF IDIOTS!!!. But it is not just a love-in for no reason: archaeology has benefited and received significant results out of the show. Lee, viewer outrage worked in Australia with The Movie Show. I get very claustrophobic in cities, but here its very easy to get out to the countryside, so you get the best of both worlds. Phil Harding is Time Team's resident trench-excavator. He worked his sox off. It returned online in 2022 for two episodes released on YouTube. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Emmys Hispanic & Latino Voices STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events. Hated that they axed Mick Aston and brought in other new people!!! Its a wonder one isnt constantly tripping over roman floor tiles and Anglo-Saxon wine jugs every time one steps out of ones door. very sad day that channel 4 are taking time team off the air.when time team started my husband and watch the show and we were hooked from then on. We are a large audience. I THINK THIS IS A SHOCKING DECISION AND CAN ONLY HOPE THAT IT IS REVERSED!!! Margie, NZ A good friend of mine was a guest archaeologist on several T.T programmes and it was my good fortune to go along on production. Loved Time Team and will miss it [endless repeats are not the same but I still find myself watching them anyway]. Veteran quits as Cambridge beauty joins TV's Time Team. There can be little doubt that part of the shows early success stems from the audience warming to the groups genuine passion for teasing out the past. There is more than enough rubbish shown on tv so why axe a good item that entertains, explains and raises more questions. There are DVDs, some available on Amazon uk. As is the case with so many entertainment channels, these days the focus is on the younger generation. Have a look again at the programme where Phils DNA results come in and watch Tonys reaction. Thank goodness there is a myriad of viewers who appreciate the achievement of Time Team. (Bog Latin). Now we are nearing the end of Series XX I feel a tinge of sadness that a programme which both educates and informs will be with us no more. I have offten mention to my husband, I wonder what the site look like after the the TT have left. Perhaps the BBC could take over where Channel 4 has failed and get back to grass roots like in series 4-6. Having said that, I hope this means Time Team DVDs will now be more available to those of us in the US who adore the show. 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. I used to go into a hole with a size 9 shovel and spent nearly 33 years digging around obstacles like gas, electric, sewers, to name a few and I can assure you that I did not have the patience of some of this team. They had a meeting which they didnt invite me to and said the BBCs Countryfile was the model. It needed to get back to its roots look at the early episodes to see why it was successful. NEVER. Also, the most recent posters may not have heard of Mick Astons premature death. (Supplied) Once their ABC interview finished, Margie and Phil went to a nearby cafe for a restorative cup of tea. UK engineer, producer, songwriter, musician and author. Never screened and reputedly lost in the Channel 4 vaults, this pilot captured a show that was as radically different to Timesigns as it was to later Time Team episodes. I always look forward to it when I get chance and to know that it is finishing is both shocking and disappointing. The team also included the likes of surveyors Stewart Ainsworth and Henry Chapman, illustrator Victor Ambrus, and fellow archaeologists Helen Geake and Phil Harding, and gradually the show began . 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. Regards, Paul Tressel [emailprotected], Time Team was a massive part of my life, Im still watching it even now on more 4 :O. A political gesture aimed at building up regional television, Time Team was picked because it seemed a safe pair of hands. Real shame, feels like Ive lost my friends! I am sure the essence of archeology would be attractive to a core audience once again. I am going to miss the show. I will watch Time Team episodes as long as I last. Victor is a great artist and bought sites to life. He will take up the role in late June 2012. Didnt like the changes either to the team it change the dynamics of the program but kept watching anyway. Thank you all at Time Team for a wonderful 20 years. All the members of the team are keen to promote archaeology, I once witnessed Phil Harding rushing from trench to trench when TT were in York, stopping, turning off his radio and spending time talking to some enthusiastic kids about what he was doing, how he was doing it and why, the kids were transfixed by his enthusiasm, his ability to communicate his subject at many different levels being an inspiring sight. It must have been amazingly hard to pull together the locations, permits, and logistics, add the art, historical research, music and local involvement, let alone process the dig sites. Like others I would like to see somebody else either bringing it back or developing the format. Get Coached Into the Best Shape of Your Life. I think he was a lovely man SO SAD ! Or are we all to turn off our televisions once we reach 40? Time Team creator Tim Taylor said they now have enough funds to start work on two new YouTube episodes, with two more in the pipeline. I hate that its producers felt the need to change its face to meet the modern idea of glamour! I was the archaeological consultant but they decided to get rid of half the archaeological team, without consulting me.. History is a fascinating subject but .As always it will, I supposed be replaced by some run of the mill program, American sit com or soap. What a bunch of idiots. What idiot made this particular decision to cancel such an interesting and educational series! And really, TT changed my life! Phil. What is wrong with older viewers? There is such a thing as going on too long with any endeavor, and in watching this series the definition of too long is clear. Fortunately, it wasnt. Channel 4 is a crude simulacrum of its original self and I agree that BBC 4 would be TTs natural home.Id love to see the old Time Team reunited Ill live in hope! Robinson - by then Sir Tony Robinson - paid a most touching tribute to him. Since changing his diet, hes lost about 50 pounds! Its brilliant and helps this Singapore based Brit to feel less far away. I never saw any of these shows until a week ago when I stumbled over them on youtube. Changing all the staff behind Time Team was a big mistake, but ending it is even bigger. Time Team was the product (exclusively) of Channel 4 a commercial TV-only company that was created in the early 80s. I would love to see as many of the team as posible brought together for specials or even to tell us what they are involved in now. The two new presenters just did not fit. catty remarks what catty remarks it is like every other tv program if it is not a soap opera or so called reality tv it gets brushed aside ch4 is one big yawn if you dont agree just what else is worth the price of electricity. In 2011 the production centre for the programme moved from London to Cardiff. It was just a ridiculous Channel 4 attempt to appeal to younger viewers, and failed dismally. I am! 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? My oldest son and my husband dream of being as good in tapping flint as Phil! It is amazing to contemplate the staggering amount of archaeology lurking beneath the surface of the whole of the British Isles. I found her to be frightening and tedious at the same time, and to this day I fast forward through the segments where she is featured. Slower paced, Timesigns has Mick talking directly to the camera in a style more akin to a history documentary or Open University broadcast. The dig has only found old bits of pipe and 1950s china, but it really does not matter, what matters is the program has inspired my children. I had no idea it had finished. along with Mick Aston, Robin Bush & Beric Morley. 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