Leave it to an insular management team to screw it up. We NEED Time Team. It may not have been archaelogical perfection but it did make archaeology appealing to many and did digs that no one had the funds or interest to do. BBCs own channels will have BBC prefixing the number and anything not by the BBC will obviously by without this prefix. Indeed, the only affectation on Time Team was Micks famous stripy jumper. He has been a member of the Institute of Field Archaeologists since 1985, and in 2006 was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. .As always it will, I supposed be replaced by some run of the mill program, American sit com or soap. Yes, the interest remains for the show. RIP Channel 4. 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! Channel Four seem to be missing a trick that gthe BBC would have undoubtedly have profited from by issuing DVDs of the most important digs over the years. I THINK THIS IS A SHOCKING DECISION AND CAN ONLY HOPE THAT IT IS REVERSED!!! Well it seems the bean counters got their way. It is located on the Broughton Estate in Oxfordshire, belonging to the Fiennes family. I hate that its producers felt the need to change its face to meet the modern idea of glamour! Faced with the loss of a stalwart the production team then proceed to sideline the other star of the show Phil Harding for most of the airtime, and we get all that Chief Investigator nonsense, coupled with the bright young things who were the televisual equivolent of the black death for the programme. The medal is awarded once in every three years for work on the Prehistory of Man. My 100year old mother started,me on T.T.years ago & in turn my children and now the grandchildren watch ,ask questions and research . I thoroughly enjoyed learning about the digs and finds discovered by the crew. Carenzas missing as is Helen, I see Mick walked out as I also presume Stewart has too. Im sorry to see that TT is folding though. document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "aef75bd6fa7bfa0cebb4e51d4d2b7451" );document.getElementById("ac59ec51d8").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Latest news from our sister site, the-past.com. UK engineer, producer, songwriter, musician and author. Time Team is a British television programme that originally aired on Channel 4 from 16 January 1994 to 7 September 2014. Very sad to hear Time Team is ending. Time Team is a British television programme that originally aired on Channel 4 from 16 January 1994 to 7 September 2014. ABC altered the format marginally and called it At the Movies. And as for the Ooh.. Ah, that be cer monial, that be in the dialect of a village idiot just about summed up the whole package. Prior to us, by and large archaeology was something you could only really appreciate if you read books with long words in them. Because of Time Team I now want to become an archeologist. 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. 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. This made him a contentious figure among some of his contemporaries and he was deeply wounded by the vociferous attacks he suffered, particularly in the early years of Time Team. I now watch with complete interest in what is going on in the world of Archaeology and love everything about our great nations past. My husband said I bet you want to get Phill round now. Such mass-production was only possible with more rigorous processes guiding filming. On December 17, 2021, Williams was hired by the San Diego Padres to serve as the teams third base coach for the 2022 season. I just can not believe we will not see his fabulous jumpers again.. ( except in repeats of course ). I have loved Time Team for years and wish that there were not so many bone heads in Channel 4. Have watched 8 seasons and enjoying them all. The writing was on the wall when it regularly began featuring cleavage shots of diggers and the dreaded re-enactments. It will be sad for it to end, but theres still a few epsiodes I havent seen. If you are using our Services via a browser you can restrict, block or remove cookies through your web browser settings. xx. Jim Mower (development producer, see his opinion piece here) believes that Phil Harding's material was among the most innovative. Select 'Manage settings' to manage your choices. CHANNEL 4, YOU ARE A COMPLETE BUNCH OF IDIOTS!!!. It led to an appreciation of just how much information could be quickly gleaned from comparatively modest trenching. I dont think a Presenter is supposed to be a devils advocate. I cannot understand why you are axing it!!? Fortunately, it wasnt. very sad day in T V HISTORY. John and his team must have walked miles. The pair bonded on the idyllic Greek island, where Micks aptitude for breathing life into the past convinced Tony that archaeology had untapped television potential. However, as a viewer I hugely enjoyed the opportunity to share in the Teams excitement. Sounds ageism to me, isnt that against the law now? Completely unable to absorb and assimilate well presented information in an entertaining style, and you completely misread the ironic style of Tony Robinson. Therefore, Phil Harding's lucky days are Sundays and Saturdays and lucky numbers are: 4, 8, 13, 17, 22 and 26 . I watch any that come on now.. saw one yesterday about the digging our of the 2 world war planes in the bogs.. 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! I used to tape the shows & send the tapes to my sister in Winnipeg who enjoyed them as much as as we did Phil & Tony were our Favourites . And we have just recently lost Mick Aston, the Rock of Gibraltar of the show. What about the number of times they were wrong? here was atransfixing series, turning elitist subject into everyday knowledge for the ordinary man. 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 am sure there are more sites for them to investigate. Mary Ann Ochota qualified or not added nothing substantive unless the viewer was starved for gratuitous cleavage shots and huge white beaverish teeth. Time Teams genesis is a well-rehearsed story. Shots of him in woodland seeking out raw materials for a reconstructed axe allowed the audience to witness the hands-on practical process. Always will be in my heart! He has become a familiar face on the Channel 4 television series Time Team. Somehow they know that the user is in the US and access is denied. There is more than enough rubbish shown on tv so why axe a good item that entertains, explains and raises more questions. 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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. I get very claustrophobic in cities, but here its very easy to get out to the countryside, so you get the best of both worlds. Refreshing to see non-Brits find our history/heritage of great interest. We wish Phil, Mick, Helen, Sir Tony and the team well for the future and thank them for the pleasure they have brought us. It announced that after 20 seasons and over 230 episodes. PLEASE bring it back. Relatives, jobs, social network profiles - Radaris people search engine. If those of us who have never met him mourn today, how much more must his friends and family be feeling his passing? I do not know he was pretty good towards the end at his archeology. What on earth is going on and who is in charge of these moronic decisions! 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!) The enthusiasm shown by the crews, the information, the chance to get a flavour of what made our country and the historical influences in each area. 2003Michelle Johnsonm. This informative, interesting program has long been a favourite amongst all ages of our family. Far too many highlights to choose a favourite, but Ill always have a soft spot for the tone of Tony Robinsons voice when he explained that the sash-cum-swordbelt worn by Saxon fighters was called a baldric. Perhaps searching can help. 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. He has become a familiar face on the Channel 4 television series Time Team. I was surfing the internet to obtain correct titles for some episodes that I recorded earlier. Instead John Gater, the programmes geophys wizard (see CA 252), surveyed the field. 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. The time had come to leave. 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. Some of them are dead, and the rest have moved on. TT was an outstanding program. I will watch Time Team episodes as long as I last. And the team. So thank you time team I hope someone with a brain brings it back. If ch4 wanted to save money why not repeat them from programme 1 . A great series, I still watch old repeats and will enjoy them for a long time. or anyone with an IQ of 50 and below, or the attention span a bit longer than a small herring. Waterloo Uncov. Self - Local Expert 1 episode, . I have not been watching the show for very long because it was not aired in the US as far as I know. Its like having a child grow up and leave home The cast felt like family that I would visit each weekend and even my 11 year old daughter enjoyed it so much she joined a young archaeologists club. While the yet-to-air season 20 promises a return to more-traditional Time Team values, it was too late. We cannot wait to share this magic with you! 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. As a young boy, he became fascinated with the Stone Age. Mr . Phil had never sought or anticipated recognition for his public service and this was a family first. Now, many dislike Tony as he is renowned to be a woke leftist with an attitude, but as a presenter, I thought he did magnificently well. The thing that should be axed is the TV exec that made that decision. There were pivotal Roman digs, forensic archaeology, dendrochronology (thats tree-dating), elements of geophysics, all distilled into something that the viewing public could still get a handle on despite their complexities, thanks mainly to the stories that were being unearthed. Special thanks also to the fantastic people behind the research, graphics, computer animation that added so much to each episode. The banter between him and the otherwise notoriously stuffy academics was legendary. Thanks Guys! The above link is a petition which was put together by Lee Brady. . just found TT on Acorn streaming. Phil Harding is Time Team's resident trench-excavator. Whichever fool(s) cut it, perhaps they are now also, goneso please bring Time Team back it was a great staple! Not that I want to live there though am quite happy to be an Australian. Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over 25. And lets be honest, it doesnt get any better than watching absolutely great British television presented by the all time best supporting TV character, Baldrick. Wouldnt it be lovely if all teams could be like the Time Team? What idiot made this particular decision to cancel such an interesting and educational series! Cliche good looking, middle-class presenters who appear somewhat dull in enthusiasm. 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. Oh well, TV is doomed. Matt has dressed up and lived the life of a Roman soldier, Medieval lay-brother and even home-guard infantry, to name a few. The marvelous experts have described items, historical facts and what could have been, may have been and what was likely to have been and possibly how the ancestors [residents and visitors alike] changed the landscape. Why is it that when you get a winning format, which TT clearly is, you get the morons in suits, who obviously havent a clue what the audience want, having to justify their existence by changing things. They should have known how appealing it would be. With the archaeologists at the height of their game, by now the team was so confident of the three-day regime that development producer Jim Mower describes their appearance on site as like getting the A Team in. Yes, Phil can still shift the muck but check out his work on lithics studies and you might change your opinion. 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. He has an excellent track record in a range of organisations in the . , Cant we have Phil once a week digging a hole in a pub garden, please?xxxx. Like you, I find nothing more pleasant than to end a hard day in a Free House with a cold one and a good conversation. 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. 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. What a shame to see TT let go. I now look forward to watching as many individual shows as I can in the future. Channel 4 obviously think we are all brain dead morons who need to watch the endless mind numbing soaps or the even more pathetic American rubbish that now dominates our screens. My parents watch it. Bringing history to life is far from an easy task but the combination of the experts knowledge, Tony Robinsons ability to act as the interested layman asking questions that the audience wanted to know the answers to, as well as the interaction and camaraderie between the members of the team I felt worked really well. Working with the Fiennes family brought home the connection with Sutton Hoo and Ralph Fiennes character, Basil Brown in the recent Netflix film, The Dig. Partly, we all feel we are losing old friends after all this time but theres so much trash on TV that its no surprise that its loss is so keenly felt. 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. Not all of us want mindless reality TV that costs a few bob to present. I take my hat off to them. Her role, as a foil to Sir Tony, was complimentary, and never as an expert. Your contribution to TV and Archeology is now history itself! Shame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shattered. WellRay Watters has voiced my opinions exactlywatched every show many timeslearnt a vast amountlaughed aloudcried for Robin Bush.visited many siteswatched live digs on the internetfavourite themes are Saxon/Medievil so the latest episode at Oakham was superbWhat can we doCan we get our own website or freeview channel or satelite channelTHE TIME TEAM CHANNELwowendless repeats and a vast back catalougei have every episode on a hard drivedont tellsssshhhh.I would be very happy to subscribei am currently paying over 20 a month for Sky Sports and only watch it about 5 times a weekPlease let me know what you think and lets hear which are your favouritesmine is Hartlepool as this is where i am and my mother was born on the site of the Ancient AbbeyHeres hoping. The late Robin Bush brought a degree of historical expertise that would be missed almost as much as the man himself following his departure in 2003. I assume it will be more imported American rubbish or so called comedy. 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. Learning? You have left us wanting more which of course is the best way to end a show. Dont let it stop you Margaret. Envelopes hidden at strategic points would set challenges along the lines of find the Medieval high street in two hours. Shows that actually ADD something GOOD to the mix. Whether or not Aston was casting aspersions at the new host, but the timing of his comments about the show becoming 'dumbed down certainly appeared to be pointed in that general direction, or at least lumping Ochota in with what he saw as detrimental changes. 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. With Mick in his amazing technicolor jumpers playing father and patient teacher, fielding Tonys laymans questions, Phil as the eccentric uncle who could dig with the instincts of a terrier after a bone, John and his whiz-bang geo-phys, and all the other children hard at work in their specialties, the programme wasnt merely TIME TEAM it was TIME FAMILY. Whats wrong with cozy? 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. Yes as convicts and bloody proud of it. He brought archeaology to the public domain and helped us discover where our nation began, how it grew and how it is still changing. 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. And I really enjoy watching I would be very happy, if it was revived. We, Yahoo, are part of the Yahoo family of brands. 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