Time Team To Be Reinstated! What a bore YOU are! I sincerely hope this will be remedied. Time Team! I owe a debt of gratitude to the wonderful Time Team ensemble. He became a familiar face on the Channel 4 television series Time Team. Can anyone help us with the contact? People seem to enjoy them. First Name. This is a disaster in t.v programming where currently all you get is the banal reality of the likes of Toddlers in Tiaras .The Time Team over the years became like welcome friends into your home and you wished you could join them in the pub at the end for a beer. [] One of best, very passionate three part on geology of Great Britain was filmed with Mr Tony Robinson who is/was excellent presenter. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); 2023 FAQS Clear - All Rights Reserved When he took this pitch to various studios, however, no one wanted to know. And key graphic purporting to show the significant shift in building alignments between two phases did not actually do that but simply repeated the original layout! Just a thought If anyone knows how to get up an on line partition, perhaps we could get enough signatures to make Ch4 sit up and take notice? There is definitly an opportunity for BBC2 together with The Open University to take over when Time Team ceases. True, Tony Robinson did tend to upstage and steal a scene or two, but those of us who enjoyed one of the best programmes to ever hit TV, expected and accepted that. Wasnt TT the only reason to watch Channel 4 ? Aston died unexpectedly at his home in the summer of that same year. WellRay Watters has voiced my opinions exactlywatched every show many timeslearnt a vast amountlaughed aloudcried for Robin Bush.visited many siteswatched live digs on the internetfavourite themes are Saxon/Medievil so the latest episode at Oakham was superbWhat can we doCan we get our own website or freeview channel or satelite channelTHE TIME TEAM CHANNELwowendless repeats and a vast back catalougei have every episode on a hard drivedont tellsssshhhh.I would be very happy to subscribei am currently paying over 20 a month for Sky Sports and only watch it about 5 times a weekPlease let me know what you think and lets hear which are your favouritesmine is Hartlepool as this is where i am and my mother was born on the site of the Ancient AbbeyHeres hoping. The more who sign it the better, I have and so have my family. Rather than targeting the palaces and castles of the rich and famous, individual episodes modestly sought to solve simple, local questions. Gutted! 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? The money was well spent, and today only five Time Team sites remain unpublished a record that shames many UK units and academics. There are some of us who actually enjoy watching interesting, factual, historic programs. 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. I wonder if channel programmers read these blogs? Surely, the way forward would have been to dig deeper into the technical aspects of the archaeology and to speak to the intelligent audience that made the program in the first place whether the sites themselves or the techniques being employed. ** TIME TEAM HAS JOINED PATREON! This is true I dont go to bed without at least watching one episode I would too love to get involved but at 67 a bit too old. In April 2017, Dave married Nigel Jeffries, who is a medieval and post-medieval pottery expert at the Museum of London. The programme has been an inspiration to me and I am sure to many people and for me has kindled an interest in history via archaeology that we can find all around us in our everyday lives. Time Team is shown in the U.S. on the History Channel as "History Explorer" or something like that. Disgusted, Mick walked out, explaining later For some reason they didnt think oh, wed better run that past Mick. Hes the archaeological consultant, he might have an opinion about that (see CA 271). Since then, he has dug every year, though at first his archaeological activities had to be fitted into holidays and any spare time. He brought archeaology to the public domain and helped us discover where our nation began, how it grew and how it is still changing. I hope its not the end of Time Team. Phil shares his views in his own unique way!For our website, head to:https://timeteamdigital.comGive us a follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timeteamdigTweet us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thetimeteamShop our merch if you like:https://shop.timeteamdigital.com It brought the money and expertise to investigate sites that would otherwise never have been touched. What Time Team once was in the beginning will never be reproduced. Maybe it was better to end the show before they replaced the entire cast with celebrities from TOWIE. Who was the idiot that canceled it??? I would be very interested in acquiring DVDs of the whole series to watch at my leaisure. BBC4 seems to have picked up the baton, thank goodness.!! My children are 13 and 12, and we all like to sit down as a family and watch this programme together and learn something. At the time, Taylor said that things were being done to ensure Aston stayed on, adding 'youve not heard the last of Mick on Time Team. Time Team was the best program I have ever seen or hope to see. Closed minds achieve nothing in life. With regards to a few folks comments about Tony Robinson. Finding it was to completely end, not, as Id hoped, to revert to its more successful format I was quite heart broken. Most of what I feel about the demise of TT has already been said here. Time Team is a British television programme that originally aired on Channel 4 from 16 January 1994 to 7 September 2014. September 7, 2014Time Team / Final episode date. We also use content and scripts from third parties that may use tracking technologies. Bring them back ! I always made sure be there watching when it was on. Shame I can now only watch it at 5am on the History channel. Time Team brought so much into my life, being bed ridden, television being a large part of my life now. Some of them are dead, and the rest have moved on. I dont think I could stand watching Phils grotty hat for one more season. Yes, the original core team with Carenza, and then Helen Geake, were great. I enjoyed the later seasons in HD quality quite a lot, and I wish they would keep going for 20 more years. Mick, Tony Phil, Carenza Lewis, etc bring it back as there are no current programs that come close. Now everyone knows the word geophys. time team is the best progamme on tv. Lewis, who holds the. The 67-year-old, best known for playing Baldrick in the BBC comedy series, was knighted in the Birthday Honours list in recognition of his public and political service. TV is a wasteland and TT was an oasis in it. Sadly, this was not the case. My youngest daughter honed her love of history sitting with me on a Sunday evening watching Mick and Tony et al. The thrill of time running out also engaged viewers, and Time Teams popularity was rewarded with increasingly longer series. I dont think a Presenter is supposed to be a devils advocate. But they never advertised Time Team in between other programmes as they do with some other programmes, and they are always mucking about with the times it is shown. Karenza Lewis archaeological sex on legs. ! A) Time Team's still going; B) Tony Robinson left; C) Tony Robinson's returning. Yes as convicts and bloody proud of it. Envelopes hidden at strategic points would set challenges along the lines of find the Medieval high street in two hours. Victor Ambrus peerless ability to bring the past to life on the fly, for example, was harnassed after his artwork caught Tim Taylors eye in Readers Digest. Dr Phil Harding is a Music Producer and Engineer, Author, Academic and co-chair of advisory body to music education, JAMES. It is located on the Broughton Estate in Oxfordshire, belonging to the Fiennes family. I am a 57 year old Aussie and I watched this program every episode I could see. It may be in fifteen or so years a new Time Team will go digging in the archives of the defunct Channel 4 to explain how with the audience Channel 4 had for an entertaining and informative programme Which bright go ahead executive (IDIOT) came up with the Idea, if its not broken we must fix it. Born Philip Harding on 25th January, 1950 in Oxford, England, he is famous for Time Team in a career that spans 1971-Present. Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over 25. I entirely agree with the article it was definately the loss of Mick and the two new ones that ryined it for me and I have always loved it!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVRe_gMtXNo. It was an opening into a different world that gave me hope that THIS one can be sorted out ! Tony was constantly disagreeing with the archaeologists, and for some unexplained reason there was loud ballet music all but obliterating the commentary. Bring back 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! My parents watch it. TT had a great following here in Canada. There is a focus on interesting, previously discovered, artefacts, while pipe music lends an almost mystical air to proceedings. Yes/No? Carenza Lewis, Tony Robinson and Phil Harding from Time Team . I have been fascinated by archaeology since reading Golden Books Lost Cities and Vanished Civilizations, at the age of nine, but only recently stumbled across TIME TEAM quite by accident one night. This is the sort of Programme that would thrive on BBC 2 in conjunction with The Open University. I am an ex water board worker and I still don t know where they obtained the patience to go into a hole in the ground and dig with a trowel. How amazing to see the history of England being unearthed. For me Time Team was a cultural oasis in a desert of dumb and lazy TV. They managed against terrific odds.and that gave me a good feeling ! Time Team did a superb job and has an excellent track record of quality archaeology, bringing the subject to millions via TV and publishing the results! How many clicks are you allowed on hazard perception test? age is no barrier in archaeology and many of us dont start until our 40s and 50s. I am still quite happy to watch repeats on Sky. As others have said, lets hope that the B.B.C. Will you still be able to buy Godiva chocolate? What about the good time team has done? Can you use an induction pan on a regular stove? If you are using our Services via a browser you can restrict, block or remove cookies through your web browser settings. I too am upset that this has been axed. Philip 'Phil' Harding, FSA (born 25 January 1950) is a British field archaeologist. Yes very sorry to see TT go, Sky at night still going both are just as important to us here on Earth and I think it will be missed in the future though the recordings are still available to evertbody but the forum is lost, Grrrr channel 4. Always will be in my heart! It works when the product and the people who are involved are so good. Thank you to all of Time Team for 20 wonderful years. 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. Im an Englishman, came to Australia as a 12yo in 1970. You should be ashamed of yourselves, especially the way you have treated Mick Aston after all those years of dedicated service. As well as an arresting demonstration of the power of teamwork, Athelney showed how geophysics could be the heart of the programme. What better way of introducing archaeology to young people than for them to see it on a Sunday afternoon? Speaking to Express.co.uk, Tony said he won't be. 1999Tracie Duncanm. CHANNEL 4, YOU ARE A COMPLETE BUNCH OF IDIOTS!!!. I learn so much. Why is it that when you get a winning format, which TT clearly is, you get the morons in suits, who obviously havent a clue what the audience want, having to justify their existence by changing things. Filmed at Athelney, site of Alfred the Greats apocraphal burnt cakes, the site was scheduled, precluding excavation. Select 'Manage settings' to manage your choices. Will miss the team, at least we have more 4. Channel 4s loss their gain :) We have watched it form the start and enjoyed it on various level hugely. I have always enjoyed TT but the latest series seems to have lost its spark! Carenzas missing as is Helen, I see Mick walked out as I also presume Stewart has too. He became a familiar face on the Channel 4 television series Time Team . Good quality programmes do cost a little extra.Have watched the programme from the start and my 6 year old daughter did also and was entertained by TRs presentation, she can still imitate that enthusiastic burst of speed across a field whilst talking to camera. Harding trained on various excavations with the Bristol University Extra Mural Department and other bodies from 1966; he has been a professional archaeologist since 1971. The thing that should be axed is the TV exec that made that decision. Yet time and time again they did it with grace, charm, humor and knowledge. I loved the banter between Tony, Phil and Mick and anyone could see they enjoyed their jobs. This article is 10 years old but like a spoiler. I have only lately discovered time team and I love it I record as many episodes as I can and I think all of the cast make the show I was never interested in archeology but I am addicted now just watchedthe Salisbury plain one with the soldiers who are coping with life and one said that watching TT helped hime to relax and began to enjoy life again Apparently, there was plenty of dirt being dug off camera, thanks largely to the people up top. Discovered Time Team after visiting U.K. And anyway, why would we want Channel 4 to keep TT? It was a perfunctory end for a television institution that, over two decades, made British archaeology more accessible and popular than ever. Thank you channel 4 Thank you very very much . The team of Tony, Mick, Phil, Stuart, John, Carenza, Brigid, Guy, etc etc filled me with warmth and satisfaction. Phil Abramson . It presented an intellectually enjoyable show to the many mature aged citizens of planet Earth and COULD continue to do so if someone with an gram of sense would realise that this show still has enormous appeal for the right demographic. 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 lost my job recently due to illness.time team made my days. Which terminal does Virgin Atlantic fly from at Heathrow? Tony Robinson is proud of the programmes success in making archaeology accessible. People like myself really appreciate history coming to life as Time Team presented it. Big Bang (repeat), Simpsons (repeat), Simpsons (another repeat), Maid in Manhattan (good grief!). With Phil Harding also on board, three members of the future Time Team core were in place. Blackadder star Sir Tony Robinson has received his knighthood from Prince William in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. R.I.P. 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. I thought the programmes inspiring and my grief was genuine at its loss of experts like Mick Aston and the programmes ending.The occasional sighting of a long lost member like Carenza Lewis in a published Report makes me wish for the experience as it unfolded once again. Mick mentioned that he had recently missed a train and, having a couple of hours to kill, decided to explore. 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. Sadly, my wife passed away in January 2012 but I carried on watching it until it ended. It was just a ridiculous Channel 4 attempt to appeal to younger viewers, and failed dismally. ** TIME TEAM HAS JOINED PATREON! Fortunately, it wasnt. T.T. 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. It led to an appreciation of just how much information could be quickly gleaned from comparatively modest trenching. I met Phil Harding a few years ago at old sarum castle, Salisbury, we had a lovely chat, hes a fab bloke. Start a letter writing campaign to bring it back. How right Mick Aston was. On the other hand, all good things come to an end. You wonder what kind of palsy comes over TV programers when they occasionally axe the best shows, shows with strong, solid substance!!! Great news that it is ending now we can have even more programs about yobs drinking abroad, crappy makeovers, the life of white van drivers and buying houses that cost 250,000 or more. We will miss Tony, Mick and Phil and the team. The New Town of a Norman Prince: In Much Wenlock, the Team examine the early development of a medieval town . I love the show, and I have also fallen in love wit Faye Simpson. . here was atransfixing series, turning elitist subject into everyday knowledge for the ordinary man. It has taught and shown me so much, I have a wonderful interest in archaeology thanks to this show, and loved hearing and seeing our past. He also took part in the various spin-off series such as Time Team Extra (1998), Time Team Digs (2002) and Time Team Live. Tim Taylor recalls that some archaeologists were initially, quite fairly, a bit sceptical. One aspect that some treated with suspicion was the three-day deadline. Phil Harding is Time Team's resident trench-excavator. I recommend Current Archaeology to young and old as a way of covering all eras and defining ones particular interests in the subject. This would be the only way of successfully reincarnating Time Team and fixing your pathetic and ignorant and unsuccessful changes. Tony Robinsons role seems to one of a viewer who does not completely understand what is going on although logic says he must have a reasonable knowledge of the subject. We always joke about that, but I think its indicative of how people understand archaeology is a process. 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. I suppose theres nothing wrong with her per se, but her presence is utterly unnecessary. I learned a lot about my British roots by watching and have shared the knowledge with my family. 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! In terms of Cotswolds villas Time Team has probably covered more of them than anyone else.

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