time team r.i.p. 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. This series is in my opinion (and hubbys) a satisfying end. But thanks guys and I am pretty sure that someone somewhere will pick up the baton. The whole catering & accommodation aspect could have been trimmed, without loss of such a wonderful program. I know real archaeologists are dismissive of Time Team but I loved it. Only problem is the core members are getting on a bit, so no chance of it going another 20 years. .As always it will, I supposed be replaced by some run of the mill program, American sit com or soap. Having been a loyal fan for 20 years it beggars belief at the changes made in series 19 without any reference to Mick. Totally gutted Time Team is going. I remember John Gater and his long beard. From the fall of TT on the minuscule scale, to the fall of a Royal house; loss of a battle; collapse of an empire. Usually clad in a loud jumper, with his white hair blowing in the wind, Professor Aston was the shows site director who chose where to dig for the next historical discovery. I lost my job recently due to illness.time team made my days. I loved it and speaking as an Hibernian, the only thing I found mildly irritating was Tonys obsession with all things Roman. 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. C4 has descended to abysmal levels. I am totally gutted to learn of the demise of TT. 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. Watching how the team coalesce over time and their skills mature. Maybe the TT should be recalled for a one off programme and instead of digging things up they could bury the CH 4 production managers and all forthcoming rubbish they plan to screen, My wife is very upset about the end of Time Team she adds its like losing and old friend Please Please channel 4 its not to late to change your mind. Yes, really hope so! 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. Enjoyed Tony and the whole crew, felt like u were part of the dig and part of the crew, they were all like family. I will think of you when I am digging in a field this afternoon, that you once dug, and bury a memento in your memory. The roman barge in Utrect was particularly interesting and my son in Holland wished to see it. T.T. You always felt a relationship with the team, they appeared friendly, very enthusiastic and appeared to be there for the love of archaeology. Why cant these so-called clever people just leave things alone. Yeah. Despite the Ancient Monuments Laboratory having drawn a blank the year before, Johns state-of-the-art kit revealed the monastic complex in startling clarity. I loved every minute of it. What is wrong with older viewers? I love time team. Please read. Its always sad when a long running and reputable series ends. Gutted! But would be top stuff if BBC 4 could pick it up and get things back on track. Also, the most recent posters may not have heard of Mick Astons premature death. Oh well, TV is doomed. The utterly ridiculous Dig by Wire (S19E01) would have put me off permanently had it been the first episode I had seen (What, helicopters dont work on Gateholm?). I have watched Time Team from day one, and now my 11 and 9 year old daughters love to watch it, in fact my youngest commented she would like to be an archaeologist when she grows up, and this is from watching Time Team, I cannot believe Time Team has been axed, its a national institution. I wonder whether the viewing figures took in the worldwide audience I know lots of people watched and enjoyed it here in Australia. While I wont be involved in the new sites, I was delighted to accept the role of honorary patron of the Time Team project. I started watching TT in 1998 (2 years after leaving school) and it showed that history can be not only interesting but also fun. It was a formula that worked for the target audience and trying to attract a different audience by dumbing down the content was like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. C4 have put money into British Archaeology, when no one else could or would presumably, and as has been pointed out, much of that money went into post excavation work, which although not good TV is absolutely vital as far as each site is concerned. 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. Strata indeed! Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, Imagine spending an entire weekend with Time Team's Stewart Ainsworth Learning How to Decode the Landscape, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stewart_Ainsworth&oldid=1140539218, People of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 20 February 2023, at 15:01. There is a petition already, on Facebook, which is not the ideal place. Its prototype was Timesigns, a four-part series that aired in 1991. Thanks Julia and Lizbeth. Tamara Cohen for the Daily Mail I wonder if channel programmers read these blogs? Found Time Team on You Tube. 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. very sad day for us and the time team cast. Hi. 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 tried to make it edgy and the thing I loved about time team was its lack of edginess? You are going to be missed more than most of us realise. 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. He has since appeared in over two hundred episodes. Jim describes this miscalculation as a death blow, which cost the show almost all of its behind the scenes staff. Channel 4s choices are definitely a bit strange to many of us. Im 77 and was taught English history at boarding school, but Time Team has made it come alive and with so much meaning. Without time team on the television the world of tv is going to be a poorer place. That way we still get our fix when we want to remind ourselves how good this series was. Envelopes hidden at strategic points would set challenges along the lines of find the Medieval high street in two hours. What that will show in Britain will start another flood of interest in archaeology with all local likely sites of archaeology being revealed.. Time team might be gone but something like it will be back pretty quick I suspect. Please bring it back with all the original cast the new ones where good but I preferred the old cast and format. Long-serving archaeologists Helen Geake and Stewart Ainsworth would appear less often. very sad. 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. 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. Its the best show! I love time team because it is filled with such enthusiasm and love for its subject. Ive enjoyed watching all the archeologists old and new & think Tony Robinson is a great presenter. Im sitting here on the sofa watching the usual More 4 showing on a Saturday morning. The implementation of Planning Policy Guidance 16 in 1990 enshrined archaeology within the development process and paved the way for todays professional units. Was it her sultry beauty, or easy going attitude that rubs some the wrong way ? Speak for your self! What are you going to replace it with? Enough said. Just did the same as Leigh trying to find out when the next series is due to start. On the other hand, all good things come to an end. I am gutted Time Team is for the chop, I love it!!! Totally agree. Last night (17 June 2014), they had a prominent, crude cartoon of a mans sexual equipment inserted into this highly humorous clip. I have scoured the Internet watching every episode I can find, some more than once. I watched all but episode 1. In other words, archaelogy, teamwork, and interaction in that order. (Then, of course, it goes straight to Hell). Re-assemble the team ! Well it seems the bean counters got their way. You can change your choices at any time by visiting your privacy controls. The only thing that surprises me is that they didnt include a so called comedian. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Its a wonder one isnt constantly tripping over roman floor tiles and Anglo-Saxon wine jugs every time one steps out of ones door. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Channel 4 can go to where it rightly belongs confined to History. 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. He has since appeared in over two hundred episodes. Alan Gale is 100% correct. Whats on at this afternoon? Time Team has sometimes been accused of peddling stereotypes to the public, but anyone who has met the archaeologists will know that they are not cynical media-savvy operators adopting false personas for the camera. 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. My wife was unwell for many years but TT was one of the few TV Shows that she got pleasure from. The programmes were sometimes slight and of course a three day dig is only a sketch rather than a full canvass, but Time Team enriched my life. Struck by how much could be learnt in a few hours, Tim wondered what could be achieved in a few days. Thank goodness there is a myriad of viewers who appreciate the achievement of Time Team. Possibly my favourite television programme. An audience study in 2006 indicated that 20 million people watched at least one show that year. The Mick Aston informative, involving wide range of age and expertise-or students out in the field working version, not the americanised teenybopper version as touted by c4 accountants. What am I going to do now knowing there isnt an unending stream of new TTs to feed my addiction? Sadly, my wife passed away in January 2012 but I carried on watching it until it ended. A thoroughly good bunch of people with a true PASSION for their subject ! I could have watched it for another 20 years. Lets hope that somebody in control is also a fan and a compromise can be reached. What is the matter not retro enough for you ! Time Team is a victim of Channel 4s misguided quest for progress, and we hope that, in some form, the programme may rise like the phoenix from the ashes and take on a persona not far removed from the popular format. 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. Thank you,Mick, for all that you gave us.and thanks to Micks family for sharing him with us. Sunday afternoons will never be the same, a wonderful programme. He is 10. Also, a Presenter is not supposed to insult the experts he is reporting on. 2012 was a very low point and i half expected it to end right then. Back in the olden days(late 70s) I was accused of being an anglophile by the University of New Mexico professor who was trying to recruit me, an English Major, into his new American Studies department. Suddenly Channel 4 was receptive to the idea of a major archaeology programme. How the team coalesce over time and their skills mature will, I supposed be replaced some... 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