I am a mega fan of the show. The pair bonded on the idyllic Greek island, where Micks aptitude for breathing life into the past convinced Tony that archaeology had untapped television potential. I was thinking, isnt it about time Time Team was on? The changes proved too much, too fast, and viewing figures crashed to 700,000. I really didnt like that nasty dendrochronologist who wouldnt show his results though idiot! I know we have no Roman history, but there are thousands of of places that date back thousands of years. And to lose Mick Aston well, that was it for us. Such mass-production was only possible with more rigorous processes guiding filming. Alarm bells began to ring for us when Mary-Anne appeared it seemed to coincide with a dumbing-down of the show. Expertise honed over 15 years was lost at a stroke, to be replaced by crew and production staff who knew neither each other nor archaeology. And the journey is not quite over yet. Hundreds of pounds would be spent on scientific dating such as C14, with the results only coming back in time for a line of dialogue to be dubbed on months after filming had concluded. I was digging my veg patch yesterday and I found a napped piece of flint. 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. He was affectionately called Time Team's "lumps and bumps" man by Mick Aston, and works with the team alongside his day job, travelling the country surveying, recording and investigating archaeological sites. Hopefully it will be picked up by another channel. Please BBC take this show under your wings ! Like others I have loved TT right from the start and have always enjoyed it. Time Team went out of fashion because the rest of us got sick of being patronised by Tony Robinson, who seemed incapable of letting an entire episode pass without a snide comment or a sermon about man-made global warming. Lets hope that somebody in control is also a fan and a compromise can be reached. what fools these youngsters are. Thank you for educating and entertaining me over the years. .As always it will, I supposed be replaced by some run of the mill program, American sit com or soap. | Phoenix the Dreamer, https://digventures.com/2013/03/tools-down-for-time-team-raksha-dave-on-the-end-of-an-era-and-her-new-adventure/, Current Archaeology Award Winners for 2023 announced, The peaceful Neolithic is dead: the dawn of agriculture coincided with rising violence, Scars of early Civil War battle found at Coleshill Manor. He has worked on a number of archaeological sites in Britain and abroad. the cast were so friendly to each other and the show was so intresting and made you think off our past . Channel 4 please think again you have made a monumental mistake! As an aside seeing your label Non-Richardian Yorkist what are your feelings about the parking lot discovery? Thank you Time Team for all those wonderful hours of thoroughly enjoyable entertainment. Thanks to all the past & present members of the crew and cast. A group of archaeologists have 3 days to discover historical artifacts in different sites around Britain. Meanwhile Tonys role transformed from a quiz master to translator of all things archaeological for a general audience. When SBS decided to bring new hip young presenters in to replace the two experienced, knowledgeable and popular presenters who had made it from 1986 to 2004, and made it an institution, the ratings plummeted, and the new format was canned after 2 years. 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. Instead Time Teams format was radically overhauled. Afterall SA is used to watching loads of rubbish repeats every day!!! Shame I can now only watch it at 5am on the History channel. To an incredible all round team we thank you and to Phil damn we will miss you! Long gone are the back garden digs. 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. So so sad, the only one of its kind and they axe it. I am 81 & have watched & enjoyed TT for many years. IT WILL WORK, IT WILL BE SUPPORTED. What is wrong with older viewers? He compared them to the reshuffle at the BBCs Countryfile in 2008, which introduced younger presenters and, he said, reduced it to clich-ridden pap. Our family enjoyed Tony Robinsons performance, but what made Time Team great was Mick and Phil and Carenza and Matt and Stewart and Raksha and Mick the Twig and Bridget and Raysan and Victor the artist and the geophysicists and Robin the historian and all the others whose contributions brought together a cohesive story for a site from a range of disciplines. I have watched Time Team for years as has my son and many many friends. As Francis Pryor observed on his blog, in many ways the real question is what went right?. My wife Ida & I never missed a program for years. 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. I dont know. Yes, the interest remains for the show. , Cant we have Phil once a week digging a hole in a pub garden, please?xxxx. I do not know he was pretty good towards the end at his archeology. Regarding Time Team's potential return, which was realised in 2022 after an eight-year hiatus, Ainsworth said: "Time Team has probably been one of the biggest things that has happened to archaeology for many years to make archaeology and history accessible, and we need to keep that profile going whatever way we can. I know real archaeologists are dismissive of Time Team but I loved it. 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. Yes, that was a great one. Jim summed up their approach as messing with something perfectly fine, and when it wasnt a success, blaming the people trying to make it work., Time Teams cost also made it vulnerable. Channel 4 has lost one viewer it wont get back. Inever felt patronised and loved the interation beteen Tony, Phil and Mick. 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Time team is one of the programs I love to watch. anyone want to correspond about this i would like for them to write me. Maybe it will work with time team too. Good job I have the internet to log onto. I am wondering how many viewers watch the Time Team now. I sincerely hope this will be remedied. The foregoing is an exhausting but entertaining read. I learn so much. Cheers. It is the programme really. but they wont last forever and young blood is always needed. 20+ years is a remarkable feat for a television program, and this isnt Dr. Who either. Subscribe to Current Archaeology the UKs favourite archaeology magazine and like thousands of other people you too can get details of all the latest digs and discoveries delivered to your door, every month. Now, instead of honest archeology, we are going to be swamped with American hystorical programming, in which they assume we all have a 1 second attention span, need constant recaps (at least 4 per 10 minute part) and need it all (badly) acted out by ridiculous, cheap, and hugely inaccurate costumes, backgrounds and language. So sad to hear that it came to an end. I note that none of them ever received a gong. Yes, the original core team with Carenza, and then Helen Geake, were great. Yes, it became a bit formulaic probably inevitable when dullard TV producers are involved. Mick, and Phil, and even Tony all made a significant contribution to our understanding archaeology and they way in which it can inform us of our past. Prof Mick, great bloke and always so calm, Carensa made a lot of episodes more entertaining and TR a god of comedy and history. The last series was disappointing without Helen and Stuart who were replaced by people without half their expertise. TV & life not the same as early 1990s but I think the format is still sound (just dont turn it into on old OU prog). Oh! 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. That is, the irritating new team members, the irritating clanging noise when Tony narrates and the increasingly less time spent in the trenches. All I can say is thank you to all at Time Team. Some episodes Ive seen over three times each. 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. Hated that glamour woman simply the wrong feel.. Very, very sorry that management mis-handling killed it. What an absolutely stupid decision to ax Time Team! Mick Aston is a damn good archaeologist and his departure was a serious loss to the programme. So sad to see my favourite programme on Channel 4 being axed. Its amazing. My dad worked for the National Park Service and I was born quite near Chaco Canyon[(a universally important archeological site) in a Navajo mission(Christian) hospital]. The show ran on the chemistry among the original team, and failed to work as they left or lost interest. Special thanks also to the fantastic people behind the research, graphics, computer animation that added so much to each episode. Oh so true. Big Thanks Time Team,will never get tired of watching the shows,fingers crossed you can make some more. Your email address will not be published. I feel sure we havent heard the last either. The writing was on the wall when it regularly began featuring cleavage shots of diggers and the dreaded re-enactments. We have it so easy in this day and age to compare to others in the past and we so loved it when Tony came to Australia and did some shows about our ancestral heritage,we all walk past so much and never notice whats in front of us,we miss so much rich knowledge right under our feet. Yes TR can be intensely irritating at times, but as the years have gone by I think his appreciation of the experts has increased and they have learned skills from him about presentation. It was my highlight of the week especially now i am disabled and dont leave the house very often. I now live in Australia and love watching shows on my homeland. I just can not believe we will not see his fabulous jumpers again.. ( except in repeats of course ). They cant bring it back. With Tony Robinson, Phil Harding, John Gater, Stewart Ainsworth. Ozzy John has it right, Anne Marie put a wall in to TT and it showed in every show afterwards, when you see the fun they all had prior to he joining, she should be ashamed of her achievement in dissolving a great show. While I wont be involved in the new sites, I was delighted to accept the role of honorary patron of the Time Team project. Stewart has always been my top hero too, although I loved everyone without exception till the changes happened. I could have watched it for another 20 years. I am very sorry to see it go. A family programe deleted. We range in age from 8yrs to 82yrs and have loved Tony, Mick, Phil, Carenza, Helen, Faye, geophys John and most of all Stuart. I read a number of the same comments over and over here, and some are quite valid. I will watch Time Team episodes as long as I last. I recommend Current Archaeology to young and old as a way of covering all eras and defining ones particular interests in the subject. I started watching TT in 1998 (2 years after leaving school) and it showed that history can be not only interesting but also fun. I have several friends who are serious archaeologists who have been dismissive of this program over the years, some of their comments about the lack of time for each dig are valid. Maybe it was better to end the show before they replaced the entire cast with celebrities from TOWIE. C4, please bring back the previous and successful formatting of Time Team. When I signed there were 1,600 names. The format was part of the problem. Its interesting that Ch 4 is dropping a program on history and education, are they really dumbing down to suit a younger age group whose programs contain bad language smut and sex, bad attitudes and a large sense of self. I enjoyed the later seasons in HD quality quite a lot, and I wish they would keep going for 20 more years. Think what we learned. They have onbly made a couple of mistakes, 1 was letting Mick go and the other was axing Time Team. Vale Time Team, you will be missed. 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 ! Were currently watching the last episodes, with the delightfully enthusiastic Francis Pryor, on ABC TV in Melbourne, and we love em, even if there arent always lots of finds. I had to think about it before I realized what he meant. So we manage to get something enjoyable, which at the same time is also useful. Time Team To Be Reinstated! I will have to content myself with watching the 4OD repeats for ever now. I hate that its producers felt the need to change its face to meet the modern idea of glamour! Have watched 8 seasons and enjoying them all. I loved it. 2012 was a very low point and i half expected it to end right then. The format changed and little was really seen of the dig. 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. We totally agree with Nick Robinson, we too will be enjoying repeats and cursing Channel 4!. i believe everything has a lifespan, and that must include television shows. I always made sure be there watching when it was on. I will miss time team I have watch all the series since it start Twelve months on and I still miss it. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Oh dear what a shame as its such a great program especially with Phil & ALL the team.I think their sense of humour is almost worth a show on its own.Anyway a big thank you for many interesting hours as a an armchair archeologist. Following the successful launch of a fan-led Patreon campaign in December, Time Team has now confirmed what could be the first of many digs. I loved Mick and Phil and Stuart et all, picking on Matt for any rotton job. I got fed up with running and prancing, daring to contradict real aercheologists. Like you, I find nothing more pleasant than to end a hard day in a Free House with a cold one and a good conversation. What a great detective. And anyway, why would we want Channel 4 to keep TT? Six years after the last 'three days dig' was aired, the series is unstoppably popular on youtube. Stewart Ainsworth (born 26 June 1951) is a British archaeological investigator who was regularly seen on . . He joined the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (now part of English Heritage) in 1985, and was its Landscape Investigation Team based in York, England. Im sorry to see that TT is folding though. With Channel 4 keen to attract more supposedly affluent viewers in their 20s and 30s, season 19 also tinkered with the format. We didnt do much history at school and we have all learned so much from TT. A brilliant series has been lost to the older viewer. 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. All the others as far back as 1828 from Ireland and Scotland. Yes, Phil can still shift the muck but check out his work on lithics studies and you might change your opinion. Nothing lasts forever, including Time Team. I want Time Team brought back. What proved to be the fateful conversation took place in a Little Chef on the Okehampton bypass. I am shattered by this news. The more who sign it the better, I have and so have my family. 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. Only problem is the core members are getting on a bit, so no chance of it going another 20 years. Looky tha! For me, as a genealogist, an episode really takes flight when, in addition to the dig, Robin Bush, or Guy D., or Carenza bring out a mediaeval charter, the Domesday Book, or the A.S. Surely a revamp, no helicopters, fewer paid staff, smaller archaeological objectives, involve communities more hence free labour would help. 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. They were like a 70s open university program with their hairstyles and clothes. We have several equally exciting sites lined up that we hope to investigate with support from our fans on Patreon., Already Patreon supporters have rallied behind another fantastic site a mysterious Iron Age settlement with underground passages in Cornwall. 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. In this months Science Notes, we will explore the evidence for this hypothesis, and examine how violence-related injuries are distinguished in archaeological human remains. Im retired now and would love to get involved in archeology at some level. The site is of national importance and we couldnt hope for a better team to help uncover its secrets., Time Teams return has had the backing of many celebrity fans, from Sir Michael Morpurgo and Bernard Cornwell to Philippa Gregory, Kate Mosse and Ken Follett. What screwed up Time Time was poor scheduling two years ago and an attempt to sex up the show and this failed miserably. It follows so much what has been prevallent in recent years on Brittish TV and thats dumbing down. What am I going to do now knowing there isnt an unending stream of new TTs to feed my addiction? if there is a petition please let me know.i would like to put our names down. When I get a chance I watch the repeats on More 4. Were not archaeologists but were not stupid either it really did feel like they had decided the audience was unintelligent. I have always wondered what happens to all the dirt that the Time Team dig out of their sites after the 3 days of digging? I was just looking for where any dig sites would be this year and discovered the program was being axed! The 2013 series is so much better, very like the old times. I learned a lot about my British roots by watching and have shared the knowledge with my family. very sad day in T V HISTORY. and use my iPad to follow through my own enquirers. In the country you have more sense of the spirit of a place. 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. They almost succeeded in ruining it until this present series.Channel 4 have betrayed the cast, crew and viewers. Stewart has been interested in history since the age of eleven, after reading a book about Horatio Nelson. Great memories sadly missed. Thanks for the many years of wonderful, intelligent, entertainment Time Team, we will really miss you. Save Time Team Campaign is taking off really fast now, over 1,500 signatures & support from celebrity. 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. An episode where a workplace expert was on stand by for structural shoring when common sense would have not wasted this kind of expense. Now British television can be as dumbed down and offensive as American television has become. thank god for the repeats. perhaps they could do a show that showed what happens as the sites are put back to their natural state. Dont think that the U.K. has the monopoly on scrapping popular shows it happens here in N.Z. Just started to watch the latest series on C4, very very sad to be losing it soon. What will Ch4 spend its money on now, even more American imports? Oh Dear. Never having been colonized by them I guess we in Ireland may have a slightly less reverential view of their civilizing effect on the native culture. A few years earlier Tony Robinson had joined a trip Mick was leading to Santorini as part of his adult education work for Bristol University. Many bad decisions for all the wrong reasons. Found Time Team on You Tube. If ch4 wanted to save money why not repeat them from programme 1 . It should have stayed like that and people would have carried on watching. Did you watch the episode of operation nightingale where the maimed ,psychologically injured soldiers from conflicts abroad found an inner peace and a feeling that they were no longer helpless in the world. Rest in peace, Mick, you added more to peoples lives than you probably ever realised. You talk rubbish mate! This will give viewers the chance to engage as the shows are researched and developed, see live blogs during filming, watch virtual reality landscape data at home and join in Q&As with the team. What happened to Stewart Ainsworth? It is that dull and droll science of Archeology, which when one attends a lecture on the subject, or a program on television normally results in boredom, numbness, squirming, or easy sleep. I am still watching episodes on Yesterday that Id somehow missed. TT was an utter revelation. Piss-up and brewery certainly spring to mind. my gosh, I am from Chula Vista Ca. With Mick in his amazing technicolor jumpers playing father and patient teacher, fielding Tonys laymans questions, Phil as the eccentric uncle who could dig with the instincts of a terrier after a bone, John and his whiz-bang geo-phys, and all the other children hard at work in their specialties, the programme wasnt merely TIME TEAM it was TIME FAMILY. NON of these corporations do they think we are all idiots who will do as they as told like little children in school!!!!! Thank you channel 4 Thank you very very much . 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. Stewart Ainsworth FSA, MCIfA is a British archaeological investigator who is regularly seen on Time Team the Channel 4 archaeological television series he joined in 1995. Thanks Julia and Lizbeth. Years earlier, Sir Mortimer Wheeler did some Archaeology pgms on TV and they were always popular. 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. We only recently discovered the Time Team show and rush to ensure we dont miss a show. 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. Time Time could go on indefinitely as long as it found a sympathetic home, and BBC Four would be ideal, their audience demographic would fit far far better than the current Channel 4 one, which is increasingly to try and chase the Reality/Makeover show market at the expense of original programming, and attract audiences that the advertisers prefer to exploit, rather than those with brain.
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