Its all happening ere Tony. 2003Michelle Johnsonm. I will be saddened to see Time Team go, but I agree that the production costs could realistically be reduced. He has worked on a number of archaeological sites in Britain and abroad. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Emmys Hispanic & Latino Voices STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events. If Channel 4 wish to cancel TT why not take it to another channel If jonathon Ross, Parky and Graham Norton can do it why not TT, No more Phil! 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. - The most complained about X Factor moments - The Forgotten presenters of Top Gear 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 . What can replace the jovial banter of all the dedicated team that gave us an insight to what was going on thousands of years ago. Please read. It will be sad for it to end, but theres still a few epsiodes I havent seen. Loved Time Team and will miss it [endless repeats are not the same but I still find myself watching them anyway]. It was my favourite show for many years and definitely, for me, left so many other scientifically accurate but boring-as-bat-poo documentaries in its dust. In 1994 January 16th until 2012.rip time team along with mick Aston Will you still be able to buy Godiva chocolate? Phil Harding - Biography. I just love this programme and am very sad to hear that there will be no more. I have just realised that time team is to be axed by c4. You only have to look at the demographic to see that a model was not going to be an asset to TT. What a bore YOU are! Mick Aston is a damn good archaeologist and his departure was a serious loss to the programme. TV is a wasteland and TT was an oasis in it. With Tony Robinson, Phil Harding, John Gater, Stewart Ainsworth. People understand it isnt treasure hunting well, we probably still have some way to go with that one! Tim points to Over 230 films that have been seen in 36 countries. Would hydrogen chloride be a gas at room temperature? Best of all, the cameras were rolling to capture the archaeologists euphoria as the geophysical plot emerged from a bulky printer in the back of the survey vehicle. The main loss will be the delight we have got shouting bullshit-ware at the screen as Paul Blinkhorn announces a small lump of stone is in reality early Anglo Saxon teaset. Born 1957. Although Channel 4 is due the recognition it deserves for its faith and investment in archaeology over the years its decisions over the last couple of years will be a media studies case study How to destroy a successful programme and alienate millions of viewers. Finding it was to completely end, not, as Id hoped, to revert to its more successful format I was quite heart broken. Perhaps searching can help. 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. !I have just retired and it would be perfect NOW. But the format changes angered Aston, and he soon quit the show. Im tired of the idiots that run TV and Im ready for revolution.whos with me!!! 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 record episodes that I cannot watch on the day. Lee. 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. Time to leave! 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. Francis Pryor and Phil Harding filming a classic episode at Brancaster (Photo: Time Team Digital) It appears that the programme has unexpected healing properties. As an amateur digger, I envied TTs resources a JCB on call, geophysics, dendrochronology, C14 dating, DNA analysis. Theyd first met during an ABC TV interview in September 2017. "Waterloo Uncovered Needs You! For years I had little interest in any of it but as time went by this programme made me interested. Slower paced, Timesigns has Mick talking directly to the camera in a style more akin to a history documentary or Open University broadcast. It lost its way because of the producers. I still enjoy my archaeology despite my age not being able to take part in the reality. Phil Harding in New York. The original team brought an impressive breadth of skills to the programme. A unique combination of expertise, enthusiasm and humour. with the Amazonian co-presenter with the huge bonded teeth. Time Team RIP Image: Wessex Archaeology. Coincidentally, digging within a tight timeframe echoed contemporary changes underway in the profession. Im 78 years old. High quality Phil Harding Time Team-inspired gifts and merchandise. The focus groups of today, the council chambers of yesteryear; all determined to make their mark, put their talent on show. This segregates the viewers and leaves fans like me stuck in the middle and slightly upset at the notion that my favorite programmes have been taken over by people who havent got a idea. Time Team creator Tim Taylor said they now have enough funds to start work on two new YouTube episodes, with two more in the pipeline. (a bit of eye candy maybe if your of that age) Sad to see this very good program going down the pan. we dont want more programmes that is rubbish there is more than i could even say. A group of archaeologists have 3 days to discover historical artifacts in different sites around Britain. Thanks. And now our children and grandchildren watch the programme but not for long now. I agree. Yes I agree I miss fresh episode aswell please come back, Yes I agree, the quality of weekend television is terrible give us back some interesting programs, Still record and watch the show love it all I can say is Bring back Time Team. 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. Here in South Africa we ahave been treated to some series and odd programs which I really enjoyed. To me that is a programme which went from being a programme presented by farmers and people who knew about the countryside to one in which there is only one farmer and is full of clich-ridden pap. Many bad decisions for all the wrong reasons. I hope that someone has the sense to resorect TT even if it is repeated from the beginning. We are saddened to hear that a great T.V show which entertained and informed is being axed. Thank you channel 4 Thank you very very much . That a pile of random rubble is a wall, a stain in the ground is a ditch and Tony Robinson is a supercilious pot bellied bore. What a great show. Lets hope that somebody in control is also a fan and a compromise can be reached. time team r.i.p. Carenza Lewis, Tony Robinson and Phil Harding from Time Team . It was this show that gave me the inspiration to study history and I will really miss it. Its a shame we didnt see you and the team doing more international locations. I found her to be frightening and tedious at the same time, and to this day I fast forward through the segments where she is featured. Hated that glamour woman simply the wrong feel.. Very, very sorry that management mis-handling killed it. We live in USA. The whole catering & accommodation aspect could have been trimmed, without loss of such a wonderful program. I know we have no Roman history, but there are thousands of of places that date back thousands of years. If they wont reinstate Time Team ,then why not release All episodes in a DVD BOX set . About the same time I discovered TT and became a dedicated viewer and have viewed all their programmes thanks to More Four. Will Xbox Series X ever be in stock again? Time Team's Phil Harding explains why Waterloo Uncovered is such an important project, during our first excavation at Hougoumont Farm in 2015. Unfortunately my DVD recording did not work. It enabled a local group to secure Historic Lottery Fund money to dig the site. 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. What happened to the Time Team crew? He joined the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (now part of English Heritage) in 1985, and is now head of its Landscape Investigation Team based in York, England. The lesson is that if you have a slightly faded masterpiece, dont try and touch it up with the aid of novices. Matt will be based at our new premises in Welshpool where he will take up the post of Business Manager, Wales. Cheers. The implementation of Planning Policy Guidance 16 in 1990 enshrined archaeology within the development process and paved the way for todays professional units. 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. It was a perfunctory end for a television institution that, over two decades, made British archaeology more accessible and popular than ever. I have scoured the Internet watching every episode I can find, some more than once. We cannot wait to share this magic with you! Biggest mistake ever! Tony was the right man to present, no doubt about that. Rather than targeting the palaces and castles of the rich and famous, individual episodes modestly sought to solve simple, local questions. Think again C4, as someone who is 40 years outside your target audience, all axing this program has done is make me switch channels, so demographically relevant or not you have simply lost another viewer and surely viewer numbers are more important than some misguided attempt to only appeal to a certain age group? Are any available at the moment does anyone know? Tags: The breakthrough came when Timesigns proved an unexpected hit. I hate that its producers felt the need to change its face to meet the modern idea of glamour! Speaking to Express.co.uk, Tony said he won't be. Plans: Tim said they now have enough funds to film two new episodes for YouTube, with another two in the pipeline. 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. Matt has dressed up and lived the life of a Roman soldier, Medieval lay-brother and even home-guard infantry, to name a few. I wonder if channel programmers read these blogs? yours MRS HILDA LESLEY CARRINGTON. Off now to have a quick dig in my garden then on to Salisbury to stalk Phil Harding.intelligence soooo sexy. In the immediate aftermath of a programmes cancellation it is traditional to attempt a post-mortem of what went wrong. How many programmes can a entertain a whole family at the same time, not many. Never mind Beagle 2's Professor Colin Pillinger - Time Team's Phil Harding is the original yokel hero. Can anyone help us with the contact? 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. Contents 1 Life and career Tim Taylor devised the name Time Team, and in 1992 a pilot episode was filmed in Dorchester-on-Thames. Were currently watching the series (2012?) He brought archeaology to the public domain and helped us discover where our nation began, how it grew and how it is still changing. swinging camera booms. 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. 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. I love time team because it is filled with such enthusiasm and love for its subject. I am sure the essence of archeology would be attractive to a core audience once again. against what channel 4 have done o no they will get a pat on the back and a good pay off for being stupid .. so sad we wont see friends like the time team on our t v screen again.,. Mick Aston was a great British eccentric; an atheist whose lifes work was medieval monasticism, an anarchist who for many decades loyally fulfilled the labyrinthine requirements of his university and British television, and a grumpy old curmudgeon with the kindest of hearts and a great capacity for friendship, he said. Series Producer and creator of Time Team, Tim Taylor says, They did it! Information about your device and internet connection, like your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Yahoo websites and apps. Time Team return, Time Team is coming back, 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. (all good things must come to an end). Meet the Ancestors was also a good programme we need more Archaelogy programmes on TV. This show has been a wonderful joy to follow over the years, and I shall so miss 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. 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. While I mourn the loss of Time Team, I think its death is a natural, organic thing that was simply going to happen sooner or later. 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. How outrageous to think that the 45s are not a worthy audience. Who is Mary Ann & what does she bring to the table? 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