Time Team! We shall mourn the loss of TT in Australia, although the episodes arrive on our screens years after they are made, which means well be watching them long after the series ends were still with the old format so I cant comment on the new look TT. Shattered. I am a 57 year old Aussie and I watched this program every episode I could see. of Tonys and Phils hair. I was surfing the internet to obtain correct titles for some episodes that I recorded earlier. It lost its way because of the producers. Thank you time team, one and all, I constantly watch the reruns on the history channel here is oz. 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. Do specials instead of a series. I dont understand what purpose that serves, but there you have it. Ive enjoyed watching all the archeologists old and new & think Tony Robinson is a great presenter. There are some of us who actually enjoy watching interesting, factual, historic programs. 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. Oh well, TV is doomed. 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. We are pleased to share the winners of years CA Awards, announced on 25 February at Current Archaeology Live! Time Team's Stewart Ainsworth on How To See Time In The Landscape. 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. You only have to look at the demographic to see that a model was not going to be an asset to TT. When discussing the latest TT episode at work/with friends sadly there doesnt seem to be many others who watch it, Ive always been interested in history so maybe its just me & maybe the young people of today arent being taught that history can be exciting/interesting. He should have stuck to presenting instead of trying to take command. Without Mick Aston it will not be the same, but as such it will be a fitting tribute to a great forward thinking man. 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. Posted by 27 days ago. I completely agree with you Lauren. We are a large audience. I thoroughly enjoyed learning about the digs and finds discovered by the crew. Last night (17 June 2014), they had a prominent, crude cartoon of a mans sexual equipment inserted into this highly humorous clip. 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. Lets hope that BBC4 takes up the genre. This once innovative and ground breaking channel has started to descent to almost ITV 1 depths of dumbing down in recent years, it certainly isnt the channel that Jeremy Isaccs created anymore. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Victor is a great artist and bought sites to life. Very disappointing. They have onbly made a couple of mistakes, 1 was letting Mick go and the other was axing Time Team. I dont know. Not a Tony Robinson fan myself but he is part of the show. Will there ever be a time when I wouldnt watch Time Team repeats? And of course who can ever forget Helen Geakes dress sense and haircuts ! Much better than most of the rubbish we get now that there are so many channels chasing adverts & broadcasting ever increasing repeats. I wish I could study with Mick Ashton. 2023. In mid October 2012 an all-points bulletin was emailed to Time Team staff. Tony, Mick,and Phil will be missed. and which would be the best way to alienate the people working on the programme. Seasons 9-12 are often seen as Time Teams golden age. I saw the same program, Justin, and I agree entirely! And to lose Mick Aston well, that was it for us. Although I partly agree with Geoff Stelling regarding both the departure of Mick and sidelining Phil somewhat, I do think that the young archaeologists in this the last series show a great deal of promise (Jimmy, Tracey, Susannah, for example) and we are being unfair to their input to be so critical. To all the people who wrote nasty comments on this forum about it, I leave you with this question why are you on this site at all if you didnt love it like the rest of us? ABC altered the format marginally and called it At the Movies. His role translating archaeology into laymens terms was pure genius. Shame I can now only watch it at 5am on the History channel. I suppose I will have to go back to Dads Army for a bit of sanity then, Robyn Australia If Channel Four thinks TT too expensive there is mileage in the Return To format for some digs showing some of the original programmes and then updating on subsequent research. The dig is important because the whole are is soon to be developed as a tourist complex with golf course. I too wonder why they stopped it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Goodbye, Time Team, and thank you. Such an approach was perfectly realised by Graham Dixon, the director of the first few seasons. Nevis, West Indies: Part 1: Directed by Graham Dixon. My wife Ida & I never missed a program for years. Unfortunately my DVD recording did not work. Here in NZ we are only now starting Series 19,in Bitterly, at present. there was total outrage and ABC picked it up with the two oldies . Sounds as though short sighted suits are at work. Executive producer Philip Clarke said the current series had introduced Miss Ochota and archaeologist Alex Langlands. 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. Out of interest, Time Team fans, how many of you would be willing to pay directly to watch new programs? do they ever have reunions whereby you could meet the surviving characters.. i hate computers these days, they act up. He has since appeared in over two hundred episodes. 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. It was an intelligent, thought provoking, and entertaining program. Is Phil Harding a Phd? That some suburban folks welcomed the Team to pull up their patio, knock down their potting shed, and bore holes in their rafters, used to amaze me. How about a petition to Channel 4 demanding its continuation? This is in no doubt as a direct result of the post production. What do we all enjoy about it? Can anyone help us with the contact? time team has over the years discovered great things. Time Team was the product (exclusively) of Channel 4 a commercial TV-only company that was created in the early 80s. BBC4 seems to have picked up the baton, thank goodness.!! The technology now at our disposal, and a new generation of archaeologists joining the team, is a fantastic prospect. Were not archaeologists but were not stupid either it really did feel like they had decided the audience was unintelligent. I cannot think why! Have to admit they are probably the main reason I now spend a lot of my spare time out on the Thames foreshore with the Thames Discovery Programme- enjoying it hugely, and probably have them to thank, they showed us that anyone can get involved. Learning? The show ran on the chemistry among the original team, and failed to work as they left or lost interest. Incidentally, to my British friends & fellow TT fans I have to say that I agree with the comments in this thread that the American shows that BBC chooses to air in the UK are garbage, but what a shame the excellent documentaries and history-related productions are not offered in your part of the world. 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!) Because of Time Team I now want to become an archeologist. Stewart Ainswort. 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. Possibly my favourite television programme. I am sure there are more sites for them to investigate. Best wishes to everyone ever involved with the show. I have always loved history but the subjects in school were dull. If an episode costs 200,000 and average 1.5 million viewers, would 1 million be willing to pay 20p via mobile phone or subscription towards making it, or 400,000 willing to pay 50p per episode? What are you going to replace it with? Series Producer and creator of Time Team, Tim Taylor says, They did it! Time team has been a part of tv watching since its beginning . 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. Like Concorde, should be rescued by someone BBC and revamped ASAP. They seem to have replaced alot of the original cast for more easy on the eye team members, the new historian was a prime example. Time Team announces historic comeback with 2021 dig at huge Oxfordshire Roman villa that may be 'almost the size of Buckingham Palace'. I read a number of the same comments over and over here, and some are quite valid. How amazing to see the history of England being unearthed. 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 ! 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. It was broadcast over TVO Toronto Canada. TT was an utter revelation. RIP Time Team. 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. It works when the product and the people who are involved are so good. There is more than enough rubbish shown on tv so why axe a good item that entertains, explains and raises more questions. 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. Without any doubt whatsoever Time Team was the best show on TV and a giant amongst the crappy stuff we have to put up with these days such as reality TV shows. Yes, the original core team with Carenza, and then Helen Geake, were great. Thanks to all who were involved in Time Team in any way. If there had been a mission statement for the show during those early days, it would have been the democratisation of archaeology. They will be joined by new faces representing the breadth of experts practising archaeology today. Now I have no reason what ever to watch ch 4 now or in the future . I therefore conclude that the program is enjoyed by audiences of all ages. To me time team brought all facets of history alive to the ordinary person. Thank you, thank you, Ive loved the passion, warmth, fun, humour and absolute professionalism that you all have brought to history. We wish Phil, Mick, Helen, Sir Tony and the team well for the future and thank them for the pleasure they have brought us. Only a fool would get rid of an engaging program like TT. Cliche good looking, middle-class presenters who appear somewhat dull in enthusiasm. Special thanks also to the fantastic people behind the research, graphics, computer animation that added so much to each episode. Official website also launched: http://www.TimeTeamFans.com Thanks everyone. Enough said. We cannot wait to share this magic with you! Find out more here. Sir Tony I salute you and the team,its been a good innings! He was an outstanding presenter for the show. Sadly,she passed away 2 years ago but before she went, she told me not to forget to watch TT. Southern Gaulish Samian ware, or Green Glaze, 14th Century. Observing how so many, different, recondite specialty fields come together paleopalynography. People came and went, such as my favourite Robin Bush, but those two remained, as did their stamina and zeal for the show. Carenza Lewis, Stewart Ainsworth, Helen Geake and geophys genius John Gater will all be returning and are excited about the new sites. Telly Tubbies. What Time Team once was in the beginning will never be reproduced. But for me the real genius is Stewart who can look at a landscape and tell you what it was like hundreds of years ago. Time to leave! Placing viewers at the heart of the action would become a Time Team hallmark. Stewart has always been my top hero too, although I loved everyone without exception till the changes happened. Innit? Carenza Lewis, Stewart Ainsworth, Helen Geake and geophys genius John Gater will all be returning and are excited about the new sites. Such a shame its being axed at a time its claimed the viewing figures are at its highest make little sense to me. 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. 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? Yet despite bringing the past to life using the familiar ingredients of excavation, landscape survey and reconstructions including Phil felling a tree with a flint axe Timesigns is a very different beast. 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