Watched it since the beginning, some great episodes and fantastic digs. 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. INCREDIBLE ! Cliche good looking, middle-class presenters who appear somewhat dull in enthusiasm. I have watched and enjoyed Time Team for many years I am one of the oldies watching but my children grandchildren and great grandchildren are all avid viewers I feel the makers of this program had no perception of its impact on different generations when they set out to close the program down. We cannot wait to share this magic with you! It was responsible for me going on a dig and having a great time. After university, he worked as Somerset's first County Archaeologist before returning to university as a lecturer. The team was supplemented by experts appropriate for the period and type of site. What do we all enjoy about it? Started watching British TV while on exchange with the RAF. Margie, NZ Thank God for my Saturday morning lie-in watching four episodes in a row on More 4. Ive watched TT since it began & never missed an episode, I was in the 20s age group that they are now trying to attract when it started. This comment by Peter Thomas is an excellent precis of all that has been said. and long may you show them PLEASE pauline x, I am trying to get a contact e-mail address for Tim Taylor (IV) because a group of archeologists in Canada would like to see a Time Team Canada started and we need advice and any other help from the expert. I assume it will be more imported American rubbish or so called comedy. BBCs own channels will have BBC prefixing the number and anything not by the BBC will obviously by without this prefix. 2017, My husband and I decided to get rid of our tv when we had 2 young sons. Time team came back as a clear favourite, so for one of the national conferences we decided to contact Time Team so that Tony or one of the team could come along and give a talk. What will Ch4 spend its money on now, even more American imports? The dig is important because the whole are is soon to be developed as a tourist complex with golf course. I am a mega fan of the show. 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 a disappointment that BBC4 chose to cancel the series! 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. TV is a wasteland and TT was an oasis in it. Though Professor Aston appears with the new recruits in the current series, he will not join the 20th series, which starts filming in April and is due to be shown this year. Certainly the revamp for the 2012 programmes didnt do the programme any favours but another reason for the loss of viewers even before that must have been the lack of a fixed time in the schedules. Dues have been paid, so get Sir Tony back, along with some younger faces and writing talent, and get cracking on a new TIME TEAM !!! Bring back Time Team. My youngest is 10 and has been a fan from as early as I can remember, he has his own dig at the bottom of our garden and a massive fossil collection. There is such a thing as going on too long with any endeavor, and in watching this series the definition of too long is clear. The UK is lucky that it has such a long history. do they ever have reunions whereby you could meet the surviving characters.. i hate computers these days, they act up. what fools these youngsters are. The big step-change in output came between series 5 and 6 in 1998 and 1999 when the annual number of episodes leapt from 8 to 13. He is president of the Friends of Epiacum, also known as Whitley Castle, the Roman fort on the southern edge of Northumberland which he has surveyed and studied in depth. age is no barrier in archaeology and many of us dont start until our 40s and 50s. Is this why some of the Adverts are much better than most of the currant programmes. 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. Time Team was on television, but not of it. Was it one persons requirements that brought extras into the show, persons not wanted nor needed, also not as talented as a walnut. Speak for your self! WHY? Hope it returns anne from Ontario Canada. I will be saddened to see Time Team go, but I agree that the production costs could realistically be reduced. Its put me very on edge not to know where Im up to and I think Channel 4 should be funding my medication for hypertension, blurred vision (tears I think) and severe withdrawal already before its ended. Thanks to all the past & present members of the crew and cast. After graduation she did some modelling, including shoots for Special K. She was the anthropologist on the BBCs Castaway Exposed and has presented a number of other programmes using her expertise. perhaps they could do a show that showed what happens as the sites are put back to their natural state. Stewart Ainsworth (born 26 June 1951) is a British archaeological investigator who was regularly seen on Time Team, the Channel 4 archaeological television series. The time team has brought history, archaeology, geophys and a devoted team of professionals into my life. Admittedly, in the last year or so I have found myself increasingly disinterested in the programme. Love the show and all the characters especially Phil! I read a number of the same comments over and over here, and some are quite valid. The cast will be sorely missed. He asks the questions that some people must be sat in front of their TV asking. Whatever happened, wed all thought, well complete the 20th series. Filmed at Athelney, site of Alfred the Greats apocraphal burnt cakes, the site was scheduled, precluding excavation. We will suffer forever without the seasonal hours of archaeology, in all its forms. Spot on. Well said, Paul! Start a letter writing campaign to bring it back. I remember John Gater and his long beard. He worked for several commercial units including Oxford Archaeology and MoLAS (as was), until he started a career at L-P Archaeology. We are saddened to hear that a great T.V show which entertained and informed is being axed. Time Team was the product (exclusively) of Channel 4 a commercial TV-only company that was created in the early 80s. As Francis Pryor observed on his blog, in many ways the real question is what went right?. As a teacher of Ancient and Modern History in Australia, I found the T.T programs a wonderful way to back up the various topics I taught. Mick, and Phil, and even Tony all made a significant contribution to our understanding archaeology and they way in which it can inform us of our past. The programme certainly triggered my interest and my wifes interest in Archaeology. 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. I agree the lady they brought in for Series 19 was disappointing and that it does show how far C4 has come in the last 20 years. Tony Robinson, global warming? DigNation 20 tickets are now on sale: https://digventures.com/projects/dignation-2020/ Can archaeologist see time depth, just by looking? 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!) I wish! There is nothing else like it on TV. IT DID NOT NEED JAZZING UP. 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. We will miss his humour, his knowledge and his warmth. It brought the money and expertise to investigate sites that would otherwise never have been touched. Towards the end of its run an average episode would cost around 200,000 a budget more on the scale of a small drama show in the eyes of television insiders but over 20 years Channel 4 pumped 4 million directly into British archaeology. TT was an outstanding program. Some episodes Ive seen over three times each. Hi Serena, you can find a complete episode and series guide of all 230 programmes plus the specials on this website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Time_Team_episodes Plenty more to come for you yet, if only More 4 would stop repeating the same episodes over and over again and show some of the others they could keep you (and the rest of us) happy for years to come. RIP MICK ASTON. I owe a debt of gratitude to the wonderful Time Team ensemble. This did happen in fact, but the show kept going with Mick Aston and (Sir) Tony Robinson always at the helm. and Im so grateful to all the Time Team members for a wonderful 20 seasons. Raksha Dave from Time Team is part of it. Sadly, my wife passed away in January 2012 but I carried on watching it until it ended. I have four sons we have been Time Team fans for years. Thank you time team, one and all, I constantly watch the reruns on the history channel here is oz. Many bad decisions for all the wrong reasons. Lee, viewer outrage worked in Australia with The Movie Show. and use my iPad to follow through my own enquirers. Im an Englishman, came to Australia as a 12yo in 1970. No, I didnt ever notice that, was I watching the right show? The more TV appeal execs tried to inject, the less people wanted to watch. 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)? If this were a BBC programme, then this alone would be worth the license fee. I have not been watching the show for very long because it was not aired in the US as far as I know. Last night (17 June 2014), they had a prominent, crude cartoon of a mans sexual equipment inserted into this highly humorous clip. Also it being on an increasingly miserable Channel (4) did it no favours whatsoever. It excited the viewers, gave a good history of The United Kingdom, and made one waiting for the next episode, all due to the enthusiasm and clever programming of the show. 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 hope more episodes are made available on video! One of the people she missed was Carenza Lewis. They should have known how appealing it would be. Completely unable to absorb and assimilate well presented information in an entertaining style, and you completely misread the ironic style of Tony Robinson. Now British television can be as dumbed down and offensive as American television has become. Tony used the rest of the Teams expertise to bring to life what was often regarded as a crusty subject before Time Teams arrival. 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 love Time Team and regularly binge watch have seen many episodes several times. Gutted that Time Team has ended! Just did the same as Leigh trying to find out when the next series is due to start. Miss TT so much. I agree entirely. 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. She was replaced by Helen Geake, Anglo-Saxon specialist. Time Team - Phil Harding Phil Harding Field Archaeologist Phil Harding is Time Team's resident trench-excavator. Mick, can I come work for you? report. The writing was on the wall though poor scheduling . What about the number of times they were wrong? Through understanding and helping to preserve the past, and sharing it with a worldwide audience, we hope to re-engage with the enthusiasm that so many of our fans have shown over the years., Many of the original team are already involved, both on and off screen. Dont let it stop you Margaret. I am an American who did real dirt archeology thirty years ago.I dug at at three historic sites and one protohistoric site in East Central Illinois. Time Team! The students became instant converts to the program. This article is 10 years old but like a spoiler. With Channel 4 keen to attract more supposedly affluent viewers in their 20s and 30s, season 19 also tinkered with the format. He said: The time had come to leave. I enjoy his style of presentation. I liked the pictures Victor did on several shows which showed the principals in historical costumes. Tim Taylor explains because weve involved Wessex Archaeology in our work for the last 10 or so years the reports are really good quality. Channel 4s loss their gain :) My absolute favorite TV program! This feature was published in Current Archaeology issue274. People who had their gardens dug up were very brave once Phil got digging, were their gardens reland scaped. How amazing to see the history of England being unearthed. I dont understand what purpose that serves, but there you have it. Time Teams legacy leaves much to celebrate. There are some of us who actually enjoy watching interesting, factual, historic programs. 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. time team was one of the best progs ever. He has worked on a number of archaeological sites in Britain and abroad. Not everyone takes change happily., The comments below have not been moderated, By Nothing lasts forever, including Time Team. It enabled a local group to secure Historic Lottery Fund money to dig the site. Tony was very good at being the non-archeologist and I salute him! It was so pathetic, TT definitely doesnt need to have its memory sullied by association with the puerile crassness of the modern C4. Schooled in observational documentaries, Graham followed the digs as they evolved. My oldest son and my husband dream of being as good in tapping flint as 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. My own thoughts are this, why should we allow channel 4 to take this away from us, are the Team ready to call it a day or do they feel like me that there are another thousand potential sites out there to dig. He is 10. Time to leave! 20 years is a long time in television. Its a shame yet highlights the offensively patronizing view metro-based TV people have of the general public. But the influence of Time Team reaches well beyond the British Isles. I will miss it and them dreadfully. Mick the Dig joined Time Team early on as our resident excavation supervisor and was personally responsible for Time Team's biggest ever hole - at Blaenavon, Wales (an honour that looks unlikely to be beaten any time soon!). It was the highlight of my life ! Hmm, lets take a show that works, tinker with it, decide the audience is wrong, treat the intelligent people in the cast and crew with disdain and see what happens. Great work mate, youre a champion. Apparently, there was plenty of dirt being dug off camera, thanks largely to the people up top. 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?). Spoilt in the end by Fixing something that want bust. My children are 13 and 12, and we all like to sit down as a family and watch this programme together and learn something. Tony was constantly disagreeing with the archaeologists, and for some unexplained reason there was loud ballet music all but obliterating the commentary. To anyone who loves the Sunday afternoon history fix as much as I do PLEASE sign! How outrageous to think that the 45s are not a worthy audience. But maybe it is time and we need to move on. I wish that ABC in Aus would start at the beginning and replay them all. The meeting was followed by an email to archaeologists last year from Wildfire Television, which makes the programme. I have just found out about the decision by C4 to axe Time Team, which was surely one of the best programmes on any television station anywhere. Screening 13 episodes a year, as well as live digs and specials the programme was ubiquitous. It should have stayed like that and people would have carried on watching. I entirely agree with the article it was definately the loss of Mick and the two new ones that ryined it for me and I have always loved it!! RIP Time Team. TT is very fun to watch after nearly 30 years from the first episodes; watching the GeoPhysics change from season to season (week to week for me as I binge) is great for this engineer. As an amateur digger, I envied TTs resources a JCB on call, geophysics, dendrochronology, C14 dating, DNA analysis. T.T. Anyone who visited one of their digs while shooting was underway will have seen the devotion it inspired in members of the public. There are quite a few of us down here watching repeats ( up to 5 times) but even so they are still interesting. Have watched 8 seasons and enjoying them all. Will miss the team, at least we have more 4. Bring them back ! 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? My heart goes out to his family. This informative, interesting program has long been a favourite amongst all ages of our family. Ive watched TT for years now and thoroughly enjoyed it. We love Time Team and are astonished at its demise. Thanks Guys! 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. 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Thank you, thank you, Ive loved the passion, warmth, fun, humour and absolute professionalism that you all have brought to history. My own favourite was Stuart, to see him on his bike or wandering around looking at the landscape with his ability to fit any site into its landscape. With a fantastic team backed by Keith Westcott and Martin Fiennes, local community support, the possibility of an ongoing legacy, and the guarantee of great archaeology, Broughton Castle ticks all the boxes!, Taylor continues: The Broughton villa promises to be one of the finest examples in Britain. irritating but he was a part of a recipe that worked for a long time. It presented an intellectually enjoyable show to the many mature aged citizens of planet Earth and COULD continue to do so if someone with an gram of sense would realise that this show still has enormous appeal for the right demographic. (a bit of eye candy maybe if your of that age) Sad to see this very good program going down the pan. Thank you all for giving us years of delight and thank God for DVDs. All the others as far back as 1828 from Ireland and Scotland. Here in NZ we are only now starting Series 19,in Bitterly, at present. Please bring Time Team back. Ive watched since episode 1 as well and yet Im not gutted because these days you see a lot more archaeology programmes on tv as a result of their achievement. I have several friends who are serious archaeologists who have been dismissive of this program over the years, some of their comments about the lack of time for each dig are valid. Instead Time Teams format was radically overhauled. I really loved the show and learned so much. Also, a Presenter is not supposed to insult the experts he is reporting on. There may be mosaics, a bathhouse and perhaps even temples. I have only recently discovered TT and am currently watching 4 episodes a day, courtesy of More 4 and Discovery History channels, and am utterly devastated to learn that it has been axed. 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