Most days, I have been watching the TT repeats on More Four in the afternoons. There are many pagan archeologists too. Try local volunteering opportunities, if you can still get out in the garden and walk and talk and are willing to learn then it will be great, and you will make lots of new friends of all ages. The cast and crew were pretty obviously seriously digging their roles, (bad pun semi-intended sorry about that sort of). Time Team - Phil Harding Phil Harding Field Archaeologist Phil Harding is Time Team's resident trench-excavator. Now I have no reason what ever to watch ch 4 now or in the future . As a Aussie viewer addicted to Time Team (even if we do seem to get more repeats than would seem necessary) I am amazed that this program has been axed. 200k an episode? And the team. 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. Too bad for the changes they made, these new guys tried hard, but you cant replace what the old team had, the magic, the small things, Still, Im grateful for what they achieved and for what it has meant to me and still does. do they ever have reunions whereby you could meet the surviving characters.. i hate computers these days, they act up. In a nutshell, that is the most relevant comment I have read on here. with the Amazonian co-presenter with the huge bonded teeth. Thank you all at Time Team for a wonderful 20 years. I never made any money out of it, but a lot of my soul went into it. Archaeology enthusiast from Europe and the United States have long discovered the series. 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. 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. This has been one of our few favourite programs; not only has it been informative, but it has been entertaining in the best-possible sense. thank god for the repeats. Many of my friends would love to travel to the UK because of shows like Time Team and Escape to the country. Im retired now and would love to get involved in archeology at some level. He has since appeared in over two hundred episodes. Placing viewers at the heart of the action would become a Time Team hallmark. Shots of him in woodland seeking out raw materials for a reconstructed axe allowed the audience to witness the hands-on practical process. 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. The changes proved too much, too fast, and viewing figures crashed to 700,000. Mick the Dig joined Time Team early on as our resident excavation supervisor and was personally responsible for Time Team's biggest ever hole - at Blaenavon, Wales (an honour that looks unlikely to be beaten any time soon!). There is a market here to be tapped. And there is much yet to dig and poke at historically in the world, let alone Great Britain. Save Time Team Campaign is taking off really fast now, over 1,500 signatures & support from celebrity. I am sooooo sorry the series is over. I loved Mick and Phil and Stuart et all, picking on Matt for any rotton job. Years earlier, Sir Mortimer Wheeler did some Archaeology pgms on TV and they were always popular. Victor is a great artist and bought sites to life. Ive learned that anything classed as experimental Is just filler as theyve found nothing. It brings together entire families and to my mind, is of huge importance, in that it makes us aware of who we are and where we came from and the way it was presented to us was magical. Alarm bells began to ring for us when Mary-Anne appeared it seemed to coincide with a dumbing-down of the show. My oldest son and my husband dream of being as good in tapping flint as Phil! . Above all we learned something new in each programme , not the usual rehashed information served up in other one -off programmes on popular periods. 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. I enjoy watching this program on my computer(I never knew about it 10 years ago because we have so many garbage programs here on US television, they did not show it here.). Its a wonder one isnt constantly tripping over roman floor tiles and Anglo-Saxon wine jugs every time one steps out of ones door. Off now to have a quick dig in my garden then on to Salisbury to stalk Phil Harding.intelligence soooo sexy. Shame on Chanel 4! What a great show. Find out more here. I loved it and speaking as an Hibernian, the only thing I found mildly irritating was Tonys obsession with all things Roman. 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!) Yes, Tony R was sometimes (often?) I dont know. Prof Mick, great bloke and always so calm, Carensa made a lot of episodes more entertaining and TR a god of comedy and history. So thank you TT, you helped rekindle my interest in history and if Id been 40 years younger you would probably have been instrumental in a career change! In between programmes, E4 these days uses short clips of things like hillwalking and narrow boats to ridicule the interests of old people. Time Team Official 133K subscribers Time Team Teatime - Session 28 Wrapping up Black History Month and our exploration of North America's early European colonies, we're staying in St Mary's. When . Lee, viewer outrage worked in Australia with The Movie Show. BRING IT BACK. The message was simple: this is local archaeology, it is your archaeology. 17:30 EST 07 Feb 2012 Somehow I feel her nearness when I watched it after she was gone. Raphael, you cant have the old cast back. TT is very fun to watch after nearly 30 years from the first episodes; watching the GeoPhysics change from season to season (week to week for me as I binge) is great for this engineer. Now, many dislike Tony as he is renowned to be a woke leftist with an attitude, but as a presenter, I thought he did magnificently well. Maybe the resulting reruns and you tube videos will be a template for all group endeavors. I love a list and now I can tick off which ones Ive seen in a suitably anal fashion. I agree what will replace it I can see more reality programmes cooking programmes selling houses nothing to work the mind channel 4 must be out of thier tiny mind. I was glued to the screen.. Thankyou for what we have ! i believe everything has a lifespan, and that must include television shows. Pay per view TV? During that time he deduced the towns Medieval layout. You wonder what kind of palsy comes over TV programers when they occasionally axe the best shows, shows with strong, solid substance!!! It is sad to read the mechanics of its demise and, worse, to see it played out on screen. Most of what I feel about the demise of TT has already been said here. He asks the questions that some people must be sat in front of their TV asking. Karenza Lewis archaeological sex on legs. 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. , Totally agree have enjoyed this programme since it started. Innit? Miss TT so much. This has to be one of the biggest tragedies of modern television times. 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. The money was well spent, and today only five Time Team sites remain unpublished a record that shames many UK units and academics. Surely a revamp, no helicopters, fewer paid staff, smaller archaeological objectives, involve communities more hence free labour would help. Possibly my favourite television programme. This is the sort of Programme that would thrive on BBC 2 in conjunction with The Open University. John has kept on top of technical advances, and the results of his survey of Brancaster Roman fort provide one of the outstanding moments in the forthcoming season 20. I know more today of English history and Roman occupation than I ever did before. Cheers. I am still quite happy to watch repeats on Sky. INCREDIBLE ! They were like a 70s open university program with their hairstyles and clothes. Arrr! 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. We NEED Time Team. anyway the technology is facinating and makes history come alive. Stewart Ainsworth FSA (born 26 June 1951) is a British archaeological investigator who is regularly seen on Time Team the Channel 4 archaeological television series he joined in 1995. Despite some great new people who learnt fast, expecting them to produce the same calibre of product immediately was just too big a demand. BBC4 seems to have picked up the baton, thank goodness.!! channel 4 needs to take a look at the BBC they cut and brought back Dr Who look at how its made a great comeback. Very disappointing. Our investigation of the villa and the landscape it occupies will aim to preserve and enrich our understanding of the past and the people who inhabited it. You can change your choices at any time by visiting your privacy controls. Think what we learned. I have told so many people about Time Team & my grand daughter has been trying to decide should she be an archaeologist or a geologist because of it. if you can i would a reply.also HELEN IS ALSO VERY GOOD. We wish Phil, Mick, Helen, Sir Tony and the team well for the future and thank them for the pleasure they have brought us. All of the team can be proud of 20 years of quality television and the many lives touched and informed. Time Team RIP Thanks Julia and Lizbeth. I hope more episodes are made available on video! Sir Tony can do no wrong with me. Whilst on holiday, I was very keen to spend a day or so, if possible, with the Time Team crew wherever they might be shooting. Such mass-production was only possible with more rigorous processes guiding filming. And there is still so much they can show and teach us. I have watched and enjoyed Time Team for many years I am one of the oldies watching but my children grandchildren and great grandchildren are all avid viewers I feel the makers of this program had no perception of its impact on different generations when they set out to close the program down. Well said and one hundred per cent agree. Gutted! If I were an enterprising producer on another channel, I would start a new series that build on the fascinating skills of Stuart A. Without time team on the television the world of tv is going to be a poorer place. I now live in Australia and love watching shows on my homeland. 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. PLEASE bring it back. As Francis Pryor observed on his blog, in many ways the real question is what went right?. Sad that time team is no longer , they should go back to how it all started , dont mess with what is ok . Dues have been paid, so get Sir Tony back, along with some younger faces and writing talent, and get cracking on a new TIME TEAM !!! I didnt always like the reenactments but it was interesting when they dealt with diet and medical issues. Please ressurect it someone soon. Its like having a child grow up and leave home The cast felt like family that I would visit each weekend and even my 11 year old daughter enjoyed it so much she joined a young archaeologists club. Youre right about More4 but try Discovery History which is showing what I think must be very early ones judging by the colour (and amount!) 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