I would be very interested in acquiring DVDs of the whole series to watch at my leaisure. Only problem is the core members are getting on a bit, so no chance of it going another 20 years. Matt has dressed up and lived the life of a Roman soldier, Medieval lay-brother and even home-guard infantry, to name a few. if you can i would a reply.also HELEN IS ALSO VERY GOOD. The implementation of Planning Policy Guidance 16 in 1990 enshrined archaeology within the development process and paved the way for todays professional units. Mick Aston is a damn good archaeologist and his departure was a serious loss to the programme. Cutting some excellent TV and radio presenters in favor of younger ones. I am deeply sisappointed that time team is now defunct its one programme thst I really love I felt that I could learn a little bit about my ancestors in the uk, C4 the tv channel run by lack of imagination. I was the archaeological consultant but they decided to get rid of half the archaeological team, without consulting me.. On yesterday's episode of Dr. Phil, actor Terry Crews discussed his addiction to pornography and his relationship with his wife, Rebecca, of 28 . Crazy. I ask other time team regulars get writing and see if time team can be saved either by another tv station or a rethink by channel 4. NEVER. paleo-osteology, finds experts, experts in the Bronze Age or Rome I am as raptured as Phil squatting in a newly opened trench exclaiming, Oooh! Meanwhile Tonys role transformed from a quiz master to translator of all things archaeological for a general audience. It seems we cant find what youre looking for. I also helped out at two hisoric sites with two different groups of 11-13 uear old kids who spent half a day five days in a row learning what archeology is. It encouraged me to study the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages. It is absolutely fantastic to see the amount of people who have followed this programme and the comments above are pretty amazing. What screwed up Time Time was poor scheduling two years ago and an attempt to sex up the show and this failed miserably. I made this ages ago and thought someone here MIGHT like it? thank god for the repeats. age is no barrier in archaeology and many of us dont start until our 40s and 50s. 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 watch Time Team on Amazon Prime here in Phoenix, AZ USA every day!! I sincerely hope this will be remedied. I dont think I could stand watching Phils grotty hat for one more season. Will there ever be a time when I wouldnt watch Time Team repeats? You are going to be missed more than most of us realise. Imagine Harrison Ford as an ageing hippy with a Wessex burr after several pints of real ale . Whichever fool(s) cut it, perhaps they are now also, goneso please bring Time Team back it was a great staple! I will watch Time Team episodes as long as I last. In fact, since Tony had no input at all into what digs were scheduled, I dont see how that could even begin to be true. It was supposed to be about archaeology. It was responsible for me going on a dig and having a great time. I hope its not the end of Time Team. Since 2015, Harding has been an archaeological supervisor for the veteran support charity Waterloo Uncovered, which conducts archaeology on the battlefield of Waterloo alongside veterans and serving personnel. They will be joined by new faces representing the breadth of experts practising archaeology today. Stewart has always been my top hero too, although I loved everyone without exception till the changes happened. Hear, hear! He also keeps it especially sharp in order to better pierce into hard soil. Its December 2016, My Hubby and I live in Queensland Australia,we have Foxtel and have the old shows on a series link and never get tired of watching the Time Team. Mick Aston, 65, quits historical show after it hires Cambridge graduate Mary-Ann Ochota, 30. It's understandable that he should wish to protect a talent of such a tender age, but most expected . This page was last edited on 1 January 2023, at 22:21. Robinson has been a superb presenter and long may he continue on historical based series . Close friend and former colleague Phil Harding, who also. Available to view on 4oD (www.channel4.com/programmes/timesigns/4oD), watching it now provides a salutatory lesson in just how revolutionary the Time Team format was. Phil annoys me at times, by always stealing the limelight when lesser mortals had done the hard graft,but, the highlights were when lesser mortals (IE Raksha, Matt or Ian) had exciting finds and were allowed to show.Victors drawings were more lively and thought provoking than the boring computer graphics.I will start to miss the programme in two years time, when we finally complete seies 20. I found TR irritating at times but accepted him as part of the show. I think weve brought it into the forefront of peoples attention. 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. Afterall SA is used to watching loads of rubbish repeats every day!!! Its one of those few things in life that meant so much, really looked forward to every episode. I am very sorry to see it go. very sad. Piss-up and brewery certainly spring to mind. Shots of him in woodland seeking out raw materials for a reconstructed axe allowed the audience to witness the hands-on practical process. Now everyone knows the word geophys. 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. The way Phil, Mick, Tony and company have made an impact on my life, you have no idea. But the format changes angered Aston, and he soon quit the show. The major players seem tired and cranky, and while they are all professionals and are trying very hard to be positive and upbeat, its obvious that they are trying, and that ruins it. Maybe after all these replies BBC4 may approach the original team !!! He has become a familiar face on the Channel 4 television series Time Team. I dont understand what purpose that serves, but there you have it. I generally watch one episode a night, but on weekends I sometimes binge watch until my eyeballs beg for mercy. Biggest mistake ever! There are some of us who actually enjoy watching interesting, factual, historic programs. I wonder how much is wasted on their wages. No other archaeology programmes on any channels tackle the wide range of sites and periods that TT did or inspired many to become keen amateurs or to start a career in archaeology. I THINK THIS IS A SHOCKING DECISION AND CAN ONLY HOPE THAT IT IS REVERSED!!! Somehow I feel her nearness when I watched it after she was gone. There was a youthful energy to them back them, which was part of the attraction. 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. There are many pagan archeologists too. The technology now at our disposal, and a new generation of archaeologists joining the team, is a fantastic prospect. Ive been living in Salisbury for about 25 years and cant see myself anywhere else. He worked his sox off. Hated that they axed Mick Aston and brought in other new people!!! People came and went, such as my favourite Robin Bush, but those two remained, as did their stamina and zeal for the show. What are the 7 ways of measuring pain and pleasure according to Bentham? I never felt patronized and certainly never notice Tony Robinson sermonizing about global warming. Meet the Ancestors was also a good programme we need more Archaelogy programmes on TV. An episode where a workplace expert was on stand by for structural shoring when common sense would have not wasted this kind of expense. I liked the pictures Victor did on several shows which showed the principals in historical costumes. On the other hand, all good things come to an end. Will miss them! C4, please bring back the previous and successful formatting of Time Team. Yes/No? Robinson claimed that the experts on the show published more scientific papers on excavations during the period the show aired than all Britains university archaeology departments combined. we dont want more programmes that is rubbish there is more than i could even say. This would be the only way of successfully reincarnating Time Team and fixing your pathetic and ignorant and unsuccessful changes. We totally agree with Nick Robinson, we too will be enjoying repeats and cursing Channel 4!. It must have been amazingly hard to pull together the locations, permits, and logistics, add the art, historical research, music and local involvement, let alone process the dig sites. TT changed how history programmes are made for UK TV for ever. A political gesture aimed at building up regional television, Time Team was picked because it seemed a safe pair of hands. 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. 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! I studied art and have worked for the V&A, meeting many interesting historians. Being well aired on the Yesterday TV Channel Monday to Friday throughout the day, Time team proved that nothing I is really lost it us just covered up soil sand and water 3 cheers for the team ron atkinson. Mick Aston was a remarkable person intelligent and well informed but still able to get complicated concepts across in an way that was accessible to all. Toni Victoria australia. Since then, he has dug every year, though at first his archaeological activities had to be fitted into holidays and any spare time. What a bore YOU are! It was Stewart who discovered the true route of the Roman road as it went through Greenwich Park. What a wonderful 20 years we/they had. Excellent show. I am thrilled that TT is returning in 2022, but saddened that Phil, Raksha and Tony will not be participating. How many programmes can a entertain a whole family at the same time, not many. Refreshing to see non-Brits find our history/heritage of great interest. Wrote letter to Time Team 1 episode, 1998 John Cloake . Tim Taylor explains because weve involved Wessex Archaeology in our work for the last 10 or so years the reports are really good quality. Time Team has left a legacy that few TV programs can match and im sure that generations to come will enjoy. Prior to us, by and large archaeology was something you could only really appreciate if you read books with long words in them. The team also included the likes of surveyors Stewart Ainsworth and Henry Chapman, illustrator Victor Ambrus, and fellow archaeologists Helen Geake and Phil Harding, and gradually the show began to grow its following, introducing a whole new audience to archaeology. I will miss TT more than any other show I have ever watched and Im extremely disappointed that C4 have decided to axe a show that brought History into the hearts of so many people. The team are irreplaceable, such a huge whole left in life once the program ended. It was a perfunctory end for a television institution that, over two decades, made British archaeology more accessible and popular than ever. What is wrong with older viewers? But, as always with Time Team, the adventure is in the discovery of the secrets of the past, whatever they are!, Landowner Martin Fiennes a cousin of actors Ralph and Joseph Fiennes, and explorer Sir Ranulph says: Were delighted to welcome Time Team to Broughton. It was not the first time that a chance conversation with Mick had got someone thinking about television archaeology. Many a critic was silenced by seeing the team in action. Personal life. They cant bring it back. I love time team because it is filled with such enthusiasm and love for its subject. [8], In 1991, Harding took part in the series Time Signs, which was produced by Tim Taylor, who went on to create Channel 4's popular archaeology series Time Team. But would be top stuff if BBC 4 could pick it up and get things back on track. I loved Time Team in its early format but over the years got fed up listening to the boffins suddenly announcing a high status (Favourite phrase of TT) building eg temple or palace had been found after unearthing a piece of stonework that would get lost in my rockery. I am totally gutted to learn of the demise of TT. . In my mind, one of the contributing factors to the programmes demise, were the increasing number of digs being done on behalf of professional bodies such as English Heritage, and local authorities. 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. If you ever wanted to check anything academically, you ran a brick wall which amply demonstrated it was seen by C4 as a Reallity show, complete with Dymock shots. At least we can watch past programmes on More 4 on on the On Demand. Not that I want to live there though am quite happy to be an Australian. Rest in peace, Mick, you added more to peoples lives than you probably ever realised. By clicking Accept all you agree that Yahoo and our partners will process your personal information, and use technologies such as cookies, to display personalised ads and content, for ad and content measurement, audience insights, and product development. Struck by how much could be learnt in a few hours, Tim wondered what could be achieved in a few days. So sad to hear that it came to an end. Learned lots of the history of the show from these posts but I dont know whether Ive seen the cleavage or whether Micks absence from a dig is because hes doing something else, on hols etc or because hes gone. Its all happening ere Tony. Tim Taylor devised the name Time Team, and in 1992 a pilot episode was filmed in Dorchester-on-Thames. certainly helped to fill a lot of university places, even if many of those gaining degrees have gone on to other careers. http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/time-team-should-continue-on-tv.html. I am team Ainsworth, so he would have to be brought back. [3] On 24 July 2008, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Southampton in archaeology. I wonder if channel 4 realise how far T.Ts popularity stretches and how informative it is for all ages. He has worked on a number of archaeological sites in Britain and abroad. Hopefully, I will be able to visit some. I still enjoy my archaeology despite my age not being able to take part in the reality. There is definitly an opportunity for BBC2 together with The Open University to take over when Time Team ceases. Now British television can be as dumbed down and offensive as American television has become. Channel 4 subsequently announced that the final Time Team series would be broadcast in 2013. Said no-one, ever. A viewers petition is probably the most difficult to achieve. Required fields are marked *. I loved every member of the cast and crew. Speak for your self! Thank you Time Team for all those wonderful hours of thoroughly enjoyable entertainment. Thank you, thank you, Ive loved the passion, warmth, fun, humour and absolute professionalism that you all have brought to history. Channel 4 manages to produce some really rubbish reality programmes to titivate the youthful masses it hopes to attract. Time team has been a part of tv watching since its beginning . ARE THEY NUTS? Show creator Tim Taylor has since confirmed they will begin work on two new YouTube episodes, with two more in . Is Phil Harding from Time Team still alive? CHANNEL 4, YOU ARE A COMPLETE BUNCH OF IDIOTS!!!. The site, discovered by historian and metal detectorist Keith Westcott after years of research, could be one of the biggest villas uncovered in recent times. After Harding left school, he worked in a puppet factory in Marlborough until he became a full-time archaeologist in 1971. Axing time team is a huge mistake. yes, I too have treasured every episode, and it has been the one programme of all channels that I never wanted to miss, even asking family to record it if I went on holiday, in the early years before I had a dvd m/c. Time Team is a British television programme that originally aired on Channel 4 from 16 January 1994 to 7 September 2014. Were currently watching the series (2012?) Its the best show! 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. I have watched TT for the last 20 years from my mid 20s. Please bring it back with all the original cast the new ones where good but I preferred the old cast and format. 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. Aston, an archeologist who had lectured at Oxford and was made a professor of Landscape Archeology at Bristol University in the mid-90s, played a pivotal role in bringing archeology to the nation, after teaming up with TV producer Tim Taylor in 1988. (and its cost increases). 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. Explore books by Phil Harding with our selection at Waterstones.com. They should have known how appealing it would be. 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. Some episodes Ive seen over three times each. They tried an American version but it didnt have the natural chemistry that the original had. but they wont last forever and young blood is always needed. Matt will be based at our new premises in Welshpool where he will take up the post of Business Manager, Wales. Later, in a blazing take down of the shows changes in the Western Daily Press, he wrote: There is a lot less archaeological content and a lot more pratting about. What a disappointment that BBC4 chose to cancel the series! He has become a familiar face on the Channel 4 television series Time Team. 20 years of viewing no extra costs Faye, Bridget, Alice et al brightened my week And I learnt something Or we could watch some thick tosspot nobody acting like a tw4t and manufactured into some 3rd rate star. You only have to look at the great interest shown over Richard III to realise that yes there is a market for a programme of this nature. I wish I could study with Mick Ashton. But archaeology is now a subject that tens of thousands of people enjoy and value, and this is almost solely down to him. (all good things must come to an end). I really loved the show and learned so much. Admittedly, in the last year or so I have found myself increasingly disinterested in the programme. Thank you, Time Team!!! I continue to be in awe of the fantastic skill and enthusiasm of the presenters.May TT be always available to us. Carenza Lewis, Tony Robinson and Phil Harding from Time Team . It returned online in 2022 for two episodes released on YouTube. Totally gutted Time Team is going. It wasn't exactly love at first sight, but it was heading there. Please read. Jim describes this miscalculation as a death blow, which cost the show almost all of its behind the scenes staff. I thought the 2013 series was an improvement on the 2012 series, but tonights episode was disappointing. Thank you to everyone who made this such a wonderful programme. Gutted that Time Team has ended! Regards Peter Mulready Australia. A great series, I still watch old repeats and will enjoy them for a long time. And if you do, please include the adorable and hilarious Raksha Dave, dear Francis Pryor and Stewart Ainsworth, all of whom have places near and dear to my heart. 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. For me Time Team was a cultural oasis in a desert of dumb and lazy TV. It was a perfunctory end for a television institution that, over two decades, made British archaeology more accessible and popular than ever. Slower paced, Timesigns has Mick talking directly to the camera in a style more akin to a history documentary or Open University broadcast. or anyone with an IQ of 50 and below, or the attention span a bit longer than a small herring. This series is hosted by Tony Robinson, and features weekly archaeological digs in locations in England. Tags:
I saw the same program, Justin, and I agree entirely! About the same time I discovered TT and became a dedicated viewer and have viewed all their programmes thanks to More Four. Your email address will not be published. Phil Harding is Time Team's resident trench-excavator. I have been planning to return for several years now for a holiday and to catch up with friends and relatives. Yeah. There was a youthful energy to them back them, which was part of the attraction. I watched every show, every season, and I never noticed that Tony had an obsession with Romans. Like Concorde, should be rescued by someone BBC and revamped ASAP. Time Team's Phil Harding explains why Waterloo Uncovered is such an important project, during our first excavation at Hougoumont Farm in 2015. Who knows,but hopefully in years to come we might all see a reunion? And we have just recently lost Mick Aston, the Rock of Gibraltar of the show. That way we still get our fix when we want to remind ourselves how good this series was. I have watched every episode from season 1, some many times. Trained on excavations with the Bristol University Extra Mural Department and other bodies from 1966, he has been a professional archaeologist since 1971. I hope hell receive belated recognition for that fact. Alan Gale is 100% correct. I will miss time team I have watch all the series since it start Her role, as a foil to Sir Tony, was complimentary, and never as an expert. Harding was a regular on Time Team from the first series in 1994 until its cancellation in 2013. swinging camera booms. TV archaeologist Phil, 69, said knives never used to be a "nasty object". And the journey is not quite over yet. Surely a revamp, no helicopters, fewer paid staff, smaller archaeological objectives, involve communities more hence free labour would help. Im sorry to see that TT is folding though. It is no wonder that the viewing figures are lower.Matters had appeared to have come to a head when Mary-Ann Ochota was hired as a presenter in 2012, a former model (see below) - albeit a former model with a degree in Archaeology and Anthropology from Cambridge. Just started to watch the latest series on C4, very very sad to be losing it soon. British Television just one more nail in your coffin. It announced that after 20 seasons and over 230 episodes the programme was being axed by Channel 4. Youve said it all, I totally agree! While Time Team unquestionably experienced problems, particularly in its final years, this much-loved show was an astonishing success, propelling modern archaeology into the public conscious as never before. 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 would make just one more: yes, we love the established contributors, our well loved favourites, but what about the good new talent being seen in this present series (2013)? So sad to see the demise of TT. I watch time team on more 4 Never mind Beagle 2's Professor Colin Pillinger - Time Team's Phil Harding is the original yokel hero. Such a shame its being axed at a time its claimed the viewing figures are at its highest make little sense to me. Real shame its leaving our screens but it did give us so many hours of pleasure along with the odd glimpse of a young Alice Roberts and the occasional grumpiness of Mick. I wish! 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?). Born Philip Harding on 25th January, 1950 in Oxford, England, he is famous for Time Team in a career that spans 1971-Present. Apparently, there was plenty of dirt being dug off camera, thanks largely to the people up top. International teams of archaeologists embark on a season of . The first show of 1994 featured a young, dark, long-haired Tony The Wildman Baldric Robinson, with a equally younger long haired Mick Aston, some of which was not quite all grey. I regularly tape the programmes as it is shown on a variety of stations, history,yesterday, and channel 4 being some. He will be sorely missed by all of us who worked closely with him over the years., The most complained about X Factor moments, Polar bear kills woman, boy in remote Alaska village, Just hours before the Idaho murders, another grisly scene unfolded outside Bryan Kohberger's window, In Montecito, the Million-Dollar Views Still Come With Mudslide Risks, Channing Tatum says parenting with ex-wife Jenna Dewan made them realize they were so different, Hawaii fisherman overboard, missing after hooking large ahi, Mother of Zion Foster livid that cousin who lied to police about her, is released from prison, Start Sleeping With Soap In Your Bed Tonight, Planada residents get help with housing after losing almost everything in flooding, Failed GOP candidate arrested after series of drive-by shootings in New Mexico, Gold prices hit six-month high after tumbling in 2022. Im in my mid 40s. 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. The 2013 series is so much better, very like the old times. I record episodes that I cannot watch on the day. I was introduced to Time Team when visiting relatives in Selby and have loved this family of buffs who presented the UK to the world at large. Sad days. He was hired as the Oakland Athletics third base coach in November 2017, staying with them through the 2019 season. And anyone who does not like Tony Robinson probably doesnt like Rowan Atkinson either, probably has not a read book over 30 pages in decades, and probably believes the Big Bang was what happened in their bedroom last night.. For how many years were John Gater and Stuart Ainsworths technical expertise presented as a pat cliche when the work of either could have been expanded? I too have enjoyed Time Team and am amazed that it has been scrapped. BBCs own channels will have BBC prefixing the number and anything not by the BBC will obviously by without this prefix. His father, Ralph, died of a heart attack in 1977 at the age of 57.[2]. BRING BACK TIME TEAM PLEASE!!!! I am shattered by this news. Perhaps we can come up with a crew of our own with Ronald Hutton replacing Tony Robinson and I do know of a great film crew that would take up the filming. You only have to look at the demographic to see that a model was not going to be an asset to TT. A unique combination of expertise, enthusiasm and humour. The format changed and little was really seen of the dig. My nana came from England in 1901. These are absolutely awesome! However over the years TT seem to have worked on sites that have been known about for a long time, but have remained unexplored for whatever reason. 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