Sounds like a bargain to me, how much do the BBC spend on the series presented by David Attenborough? just found TT on Acorn streaming. Time Team - Mick Aston (1946-2013) Mick Aston (1946-2013) Archaeological Consultant Professor Michael Antony 'Mick' Aston was Time Team's much-loved Archaeological Consultant. Hi Alan, thanks a lot for your reply very helpful. Seeing an entire brigade of scientists down at the pub for lunch made the show so human and readily acceptable. Tony R told us that the fort was not connected by road What???? Tamara Cohen for the Daily Mail, Mick Aston, 65, quits historical show after it hires Cambridge graduate Mary-Ann Ochota, 30, Prof Aston was on long-running show for 19 years, DAN WOOTTON: Too old for TV? Tony Robinsons role seems to one of a viewer who does not completely understand what is going on although logic says he must have a reasonable knowledge of the subject. I found TR irritating at times but accepted him as part of the show. while the Facebook page is slowly building! Ridiculous. He has since appeared in over two hundred episodes. Thank you Time Team for all those wonderful hours of thoroughly enjoyable entertainment. Was it her sultry beauty, or easy going attitude that rubs some the wrong way ? In South africa we have seen so few TT programs and when in the UK on holiday I imediately check for surren programs to watch. What are you going to replace it with? The thrill of time running out also engaged viewers, and Time Teams popularity was rewarded with increasingly longer series. The 2013 series is so much better, very like the old times. but they wont last forever and young blood is always needed. If it doesnt involve foul-mouthed yobs eating too much, drinking too much or better still both, they arent bovvered. I now live in Australia and love watching shows on my homeland. Time Team - Helen Geake Helen Geake Small Finds Specialist and Anglo-Saxon Expert Helen's interest in archaeology was sparked partly by attending lecturers by Time Team's Mick. I have watched every episode from season 1, some many times. How right Mick Aston was. 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]. Maybe after all these replies BBC4 may approach the original team !!! The message was simple: this is local archaeology, it is your archaeology. , updated Please sign fans: Its a wonder one isnt constantly tripping over roman floor tiles and Anglo-Saxon wine jugs every time one steps out of ones door. Never too late to register shock and disgust at the decision to axe Time Team which has opened up the hidden world of archaeology to generations. While I wont be involved in the new sites, I was delighted to accept the role of honorary patron of the Time Team project. My parents watch it. Just been reading all the comments, and a lot of sensible thinhs have been said, and a few stupid ignorant ones as well. Spot on. He said: The time had come to leave. Bringing in that awful woman for the last series was the straw that broke the camels back. You always felt a relationship with the team, they appeared friendly, very enthusiastic and appeared to be there for the love of archaeology. yours MRS HILDA LESLEY CARRINGTON. TT would be ideal on BBC4, which is a very good channel, and it would be great to see a full hour. By the way, if the executives mild revamp caused viewer figures to plummet, how come it was the programme and not those executives who got the flak? I am not sure who set it up, but you can find it by searching for Time Team FB page. i believe everything has a lifespan, and that must include television shows. I feel sure we havent heard the last either. 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. 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. How many programmes can a entertain a whole family at the same time, not many. 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. Nevis, West Indies: Part 1: Directed by Graham Dixon. I know real archaeologists are dismissive of Time Team but I loved it. TV is going downhill faster & faster. Margie, NZ But would be top stuff if BBC 4 could pick it up and get things back on track. Best wishes to everyone ever involved with the show. I feel like i know all of the presenters personally they had that effect on people.I watched it evolve over the years and couldnt wait for each knew series. Its the best show! We now need a new champion of archaeology at a time when budget cuts in public service have resulted in the shedding of many jobs in the profession and the threats from a new phase of building construction looming large. 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 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 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)? Thanks Julia and Lizbeth. Oh well, TV is doomed. I love time team. THEY DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS. Just watched the first instalment of Time Team America (H2,Thursdays,9pm). Always will be in my heart! I bought a couple of the DVD sets and have just ordered a Phil Harding coffee mug from Wessex Archaeology to keep the memories alive. time team was one of the best progs ever. Channel 4 manages to produce some really rubbish reality programmes to titivate the youthful masses it hopes to attract. Just did the same as Leigh trying to find out when the next series is due to start. I and my husband have learned so much over the years (and are still learning): not only about archeaology itself, but about interpreting architecture, landscapes and social history, to name but three. I was digging my veg patch yesterday and I found a napped piece of flint. I had drawn him into the subject a few years after we married but I had the privilege of degree training. The same has been witnessed with the BBC. Who made the decision to axe time team but it is a mistake they will regret. Years earlier, Sir Mortimer Wheeler did some Archaeology pgms on TV and they were always popular. Maybe one day she will say sorry to us all. 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. After university, he worked as Somerset's first County Archaeologist before returning to university as a lecturer. Restructuring, avoiding dumbing down, possibly making it a shorter programme all could help. 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. and the entire bunch breathed fresh life into the sometimes boring subject of Archaeology. Less time looking at the scrapping away of mud from a piece of skull. There may be mosaics, a bathhouse and perhaps even temples. Like others I have loved TT right from the start and have always enjoyed it. Log in or sign up to leave a comment. The focus groups of today, the council chambers of yesteryear; all determined to make their mark, put their talent on show. IT DID NOT NEED JAZZING UP. Inspiring stuff. Such a shame a beautiful show as this is axed and they show such dribble as reality tv shows blah yuk. So thank you time team I hope someone with a brain brings it back. How outrageous to think that the 45s are not a worthy audience. What happened to Stewart Ainsworth? But the professor, 65, said that changes to the programme which have led to the introduction of co-presenter Mary-Ann Ochota and the dropping of some archaeologists had left him really angry. Sunday afternoons will never be the same, a wonderful programme. Some of the regulars have retired, some have moved on to other things, a few have departed for Tr nan g or the Field of Reeds. Sad days. What idiot made this particular decision to cancel such an interesting and educational series! Were back thanks to the overwhelming support of our fans!. 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. Yes, really hope so! The worst thing they did was sex it up. Lets hope that BBC4 takes up the genre. Id say it was as his programmes/stories Time Team were canceled by BBC (see the websites: Channel 4 Time Team and Time Team: the rise and fall of a television phenomenon). Yes, that was a great one. If this were a BBC programme, then this alone would be worth the license fee. Some single episodes already . My son in his early 20s always likes to watch it. I have watched TT for the last 20 years from my mid 20s. The meeting was followed by an email to archaeologists last year from Wildfire Television, which makes the programme. The students became instant converts to the program. Shame I can now only watch it at 5am on the History channel. 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. When I signed there were 1,600 names. Regards, Paul Tressel [emailprotected], Time Team was a massive part of my life, Im still watching it even now on more 4 :O. Come on BBC . It is the programme really. The thing that should be axed is the TV exec that made that decision. He said: We were very sorry to see Mick go, and he leaves an extraordinary legacy. 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. He was affectionately known as Time Team's "lumps and bumps" man, working with the team alongside his day job, travelling the country surveying, recording and investigating archaeological sites. Watching the archaeologists and seeing their enthusiasm at even the smallest find,is to me infectious. Envelopes hidden at strategic points would set challenges along the lines of find the Medieval high street in two hours. I will watch Time Team episodes as long as I last. . To me time team brought all facets of history alive to the ordinary person. I think the writing was on the wall when the powers that be messed about with it, moving its base to Cardiff and losing quality staff and goodwill. I agree .I have thoroughly enjoyed Time Team and was greatly disappointed when I switched on my TV at the usual time and found no sign of Time Team at that time or any other. Over the years has shown archaeology all round UK. I always look forward to it when I get chance and to know that it is finishing is both shocking and disappointing. I got fed up with running and prancing, daring to contradict real aercheologists. RIP Channel 4. Excellent show. Time Team! Time Team - Phil Harding Phil Harding Field Archaeologist Phil Harding is Time Team's resident trench-excavator. I just can not believe we will not see his fabulous jumpers again.. ( except in repeats of course ). No, sadly when it comes to TV, viewers dont get what they want, they get what they are given Trouble is, the people who make these decisions can be misguided, and very stupid. It makes me want to poke nyy head in and see the Geophys, operate the diggers to open a trench and pick up a trowel and start digging! The Isle of Mull episode in season 17 is a great example of what could be discovered. And I really enjoy watching 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. Without Time Team I would not have known how much I could enjoy archaeology and Im pretty sure its why my 7 year old wants to be an archaeologist when she grows up. of Tonys and Phils hair. He is President of the Friends Of Epiacum, the Roman fort on the southern edge of Northumberland which he has surveyed and studied in depth. Having said that, I hope this means Time Team DVDs will now be more available to those of us in the US who adore the show. It was wonderful stuff and it was so great to be able to sit on the informed and incredibly interesting conversations between the archaeologists and the repartee with Tony Robinson. He should have stuck to presenting instead of trying to take command. Stewart surveys, records and investigates archaeological sites. I guess the nearest feeling to learning of its ending was like being told that your solid mates of the past twenty years are all splitting up and moving abroad. As an aside seeing your label Non-Richardian Yorkist what are your feelings about the parking lot discovery? i have seen every episode of time team and ive never seen him mention anything like that other than one time, so you are a complete moron and need to look up what the word patronize means since i am now patronizing you. I take my hat off to them. My nineteen year old daughter has always been passionate about having a career in archaeology even more so now. It is just so sad to read all of these comments, like a requiem for a friend. do they ever have reunions whereby you could meet the surviving characters.. i hate computers these days, they act up. 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. BBCs own channels will have BBC prefixing the number and anything not by the BBC will obviously by without this prefix. I guess it was always going to happen when TV administrators who, judging by the few Ive seen interviewed, are challenged by words of more than two syllables come into contact with educated professionals. 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. Here in NZ we are only now starting Series 19,in Bitterly, at present. I loved the camaraderie.. the discoveries.. the wonderful feeling of how people not only survived in early times..but were every bit as capable and inventive as WE think we are ! but our family loves Phil. Bravo to your remaks. 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 didnt always like the reenactments but it was interesting when they dealt with diet and medical issues. Us all. TV is a wasteland and TT was an oasis in it. He is 10. What a shame to see it go, but what a swan song. You are going to be missed more than most of us realise. Many episode are available free on veehd.com. Have only just found out that Time Team has been axed after 20 years and I am gutted. Time Team: Created by Tim Taylor. It would be remiss of me not to mention that I was so sorry to read of the passing of Mick Aston. In an interview with the magazine British Archaeology, Professor Aston said he was responding to changes first proposed by producers at Channel 4 in late 2010 before the filming of the series that is currently being aired. I was glued to the screen.. Thankyou for what we have ! youtu.be/rlKmrT. Goodbye, Time Team, and thank you. Time Team RIP Lytham St Annes. 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. Tony Robinson, global warming? I also never felt patronised by Tony Robinson, and loved the way he frequently asked questions that the audience would have wanted to know themselves. Have watched 8 seasons and enjoying them all. Found Time Team on You Tube. It used to be on in the early evening at a specific time every week, but in recent years it has been moved to late afternoon with the start time changing by 5, 10, 15 minutes over the weeks making watching and even recording it more problematic. In addition, people are re-discovering the magic and history of their local areas and the wellbeing that can be derived from activities like archaeology. You can watch some TT episodes on YouTube, you know-that one included. I never saw any of these shows until a week ago when I stumbled over them on youtube. I have no idea which series I am watching, I think it must be a mixture as Tonys beer belly ebbs and falls and Phils hair waxes and wains, though Mick never seems to have changed. Great news that it is ending now we can have even more programs about yobs drinking abroad, crappy makeovers, the life of white van drivers and buying houses that cost 250,000 or more. I am signing up to the campaign to keep Time Team! too, although not often. This biographical article about a British archaeologist is a stub. I hope more episodes are made available on video! INCREDIBLE ! Hope it returns anne from Ontario Canada. 2017, My husband and I decided to get rid of our tv when we had 2 young sons. My wife Ida & I never missed a program for years. My eldest son is now 19 and guess what he is studying at University (say no more) thank you Time Team. I sincerely hope this will be remedied. Apparently, there was plenty of dirt being dug off camera, thanks largely to the people up top. You only have to look at the demographic to see that a model was not going to be an asset to TT. Karenza Lewis archaeological sex on legs. Stewart Ainsworth, Time Team member Influence beyond. It was responsible for me going on a dig and having a great time. For me Time Team was a cultural oasis in a desert of dumb and lazy TV. It is to the Channels credit that it did this despite much of that outlay being channelled into post-excavation work that never appeared onscreen. I saw the same program, Justin, and I agree entirely! Here we chart the highs and lows of a revolutionary format that aimed to bring archaeology to the people. A brief history of Time Team Time Team 's genesis is a well-rehearsed story. My wife was not well for several years & she found Time Team to be one of the few programs worth watching. The presenters never got enough credit for me, Phil, a hero and when can I share a pint with you? Please ressurect it someone soon. For those too grief stricken to cope right now, subscribe to the youtube video blog of Dig Village. 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. By the way I am 52, so I guess I am too old for channel 4, but tell my kids that. Such mass-production was only possible with more rigorous processes guiding filming. I am devastated ! ABC altered the format marginally and called it At the Movies. My husband said I bet you want to get Phill round now. I have watched time team since episode one and I am gutted . Perhaps the question should be not what went wrong with Time Team, but what went wrong with Channel 4. Yes, the original core team with Carenza, and then Helen Geake, were great. I am very sorry to see it go. People like myself really appreciate history coming to life as Time Team presented it. very sad day in T V HISTORY. I am looking forward to the Village Dig series, when it eventually comes to the small screen. axed is their a petition running ????? It remains my all time favourite reality TV show and I really miss it. Time Team's Stewart Ainsworth: Rivers & Roads | Ancient Routes - Landscape Archaeology 46,819 views Premiered Jan 29, 2022 Join us, as Time Team's Landscape Archaeologist Stewart. And thank you Mick, R.I.P. In other words, archaelogy, teamwork, and interaction in that order. My 100year old mother started,me on T.T.years ago & in turn my children and now the grandchildren watch ,ask questions and research . A terrible mistake in the cancellation of Time Team one the most educational series on T V I and my friend in Canada cant wait each Monday evening to watch the show we both being amateur Archaeologists and worked for many years with the Ontario Archaeology Soc and find the show captivating and extremely educational and will be sorry to see it end. 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. I WONDER what rubbish they will put on instead. Does Phil Harding have a PHD? I cannot believe that there will be no more Time Team, I hope the idiots at channel 4 read this site. Loved the history of U.K. I agree with you . 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