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 am sure there are more sites for them to investigate. Time Team was the product (exclusively) of Channel 4 a commercial TV-only company that was created in the early 80s. Time Team was on television, but not of it. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. I have watched Time Team over the years. 1951. Hi. Are any available at the moment does anyone know? Series Producer and creator of Time Team, Tim Taylor says, They did it! I am looking forward to the Village Dig series, when it eventually comes to the small screen. No, I didnt ever notice that, was I watching the right show? 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. I loved every member of the cast and crew. By the summer of 2012 Channel 4 no longer wanted old Time Team. Hopefully, but unlikely, someone will gather the real TT people and give it a rebirth. But in this, as in so many other ways, Time Team bucks the trend. I have enjoyed Tony Robinsons commentaries. 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. I hope its not the end of Time Team. I now live in Australia and love watching shows on my homeland. Bring them back ! Inspiring stuff. I loved watching time team I want it to come back on the tv I miss watching it on Sunday afternoon. What is wrong with older viewers? My eldest son is now 19 and guess what he is studying at University (say no more) thank you Time Team. I started looking to find more information about the history of Henham park & was so sad to see the show has been axed. Not a Tony Robinson fan myself but he is part of the show. A monumental row and walk out, one would guess. I still enjoy my archaeology despite my age not being able to take part in the reality. 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! RIP Time Team. The fun gone out of Sunday teatime! It was an intelligent, thought provoking, and entertaining program. Our family love TT and watch it together. Despite their varied talents and backgrounds it quickly became apparent that the team had a natural chemistry. I will be saddened to see Time Team go, but I agree that the production costs could realistically be reduced. Well Done Time Team, sad to hear you are soon to be no more. As others have said, lets hope that the B.B.C. Posted by 27 days ago. pain this is all I can say in thinking that the single most important program ever to put PASSION in archaeology has been culled for giving more profit$ in adverts to run of the mill crap so long TimeTeam but rest assured you have YOUR place in history now! Stewart Ainswort. Such a shame a beautiful show as this is axed and they show such dribble as reality tv shows blah yuk. Time Team brought so much into my life, being bed ridden, television being a large part of my life now. Stewart Ainsworth (born 26 June 1951) is a British archaeological investigator who was regularly seen on Time Team, the Channel 4 archaeological television series. 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. And we have just recently lost Mick Aston, the Rock of Gibraltar of the show. I am still watching episodes on Yesterday that Id somehow missed. I have been fascinated by archaeology since reading Golden Books Lost Cities and Vanished Civilizations, at the age of nine, but only recently stumbled across TIME TEAM quite by accident one night. When not filming, Stewart also works as an investigator and project manager for English Heritage. i never knew the show existed until last year 2021. any chance for reunions and a chance to interact as like conventions do here in the usa? Thank you to all of Time Team for 20 wonderful years. DREADFUL ! Im sure it was meant to interest younger viewers in Archeology, a noble enough concept. Now, instead of honest archeology, we are going to be swamped with American hystorical programming, in which they assume we all have a 1 second attention span, need constant recaps (at least 4 per 10 minute part) and need it all (badly) acted out by ridiculous, cheap, and hugely inaccurate costumes, backgrounds and language. Yes, that was a great one. One of our students is well into his 70s, hes been in the field with us both on our formal field school and in a volunteering capacity. And what lies behind the strange decision to give us two rehashes of old material at the end of the 19th season? Tony was the right man to present, no doubt about that. my point in this is, why try to fix it if it aint broke change is not always as good as a rest. 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. It makes me chief superfan and supporter all armoury in our shared desire to inspire and stimulate interest in archaeology at all levels., Its great to be back! says Taylor. There is nothing else like it on TV. Who knows,but hopefully in years to come we might all see a reunion? Special thanks also to the fantastic people behind the research, graphics, computer animation that added so much to each episode. What a pity we had to endure that young lady fashion model who merely read her script for a couple of episodes. Anyone who visited one of their digs while shooting was underway will have seen the devotion it inspired in members of the public. For years I had little interest in any of it but as time went by this programme made me interested. 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. I enjoyed the later seasons in HD quality quite a lot, and I wish they would keep going for 20 more years. The cast and crew were pretty obviously seriously digging their roles, (bad pun semi-intended sorry about that sort of). Have watched 8 seasons and enjoying them all. And so agree with all here who say that C4 is very sadly dumbed down from its early days and mission. But for me the real genius is Stewart who can look at a landscape and tell you what it was like hundreds of years ago. 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. It is just so sad to read all of these comments, like a requiem for a friend. 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. The programme certainly triggered my interest and my wifes interest in Archaeology. How amazing to see the history of England being unearthed. 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. It is the ONLY program I think worth watching in all the rubbish put on these days ! Said no-one, ever. x. Condolences to Micks family, his friends and his colleagues. The cast will be sorely missed. There are only about a thousand signatures so far.Personally, although I have signed, I dont think it will do much good. Log in or sign up to leave a comment. Self Show all 7 episodes Lytham St Annes. That executive was not recruited from the intellectual highbrow Channel 5 was he? It is a great shame it is finishing and I am very sad!! Us all. Gutted that Time Team has ended! Channel 4s loss their gain :) I loved it. From the fall of TT on the minuscule scale, to the fall of a Royal house; loss of a battle; collapse of an empire. As is the case with so many entertainment channels, these days the focus is on the younger generation. these idiots decide to change it.i hope they are happy boring peaple.please bring it back. I know more today of English history and Roman occupation than I ever did before. Also, a Presenter is not supposed to insult the experts he is reporting on. I agree. Just imagine all our Patreon subscribers sitting down to watch Time Team and thinking: We made this happen!. Ive always adored darling Tony Robinson since his days as Baldric, and Mick (RIP), Phil (gotta love him!) Like Paul said (June 23 comment) you wished you could join them in the pub at the end for a beer . Very sad that all great things have to come to an end one day. Without time team on the television the world of tv is going to be a poorer place. Incidentally, Mr Harding, this flygirl will gladly buy you a pint, any day and would love to hear stories about years of pulling history out of the ground one piece, one bone, and one shard at a time. He has worked on a number of archaeological sites in Britain and abroad. Hopefully it will be picked up by another channel. IT WILL WORK, IT WILL BE SUPPORTED. Oh so true. Arrr! Piss-up and brewery certainly spring to mind. Please BBC take this show under your wings ! 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. Stewart Ainsworth was born on 26 June, 1951 in Yorkshire, United Kingdom, is a British archaeological investigator. Best wishes, good luck and Gods speed to the lot of you! Shades of the quiz-show concept do survive into early episodes of Time Team proper. well done on ending one of the best programs on tele. Lets not overlook Public Broadcastng with its excellent programming, either). For me Time Team was a cultural oasis in a desert of dumb and lazy TV. quite a lot of the programmes are available on Veehd.com. The Mick Aston informative, involving wide range of age and expertise-or students out in the field working version, not the americanised teenybopper version as touted by c4 accountants. Loved the history of U.K. 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. The lesson is that if you have a slightly faded masterpiece, dont try and touch it up with the aid of novices. Such speed was certainly not ideally suited to showcase all of the techniques available to modern archaeologists. Thanks to all the past & present members of the crew and cast. The regular team also included: [6] Stewart Ainsworth, landscape investigator; John Gater and Chris Gaffney, archaeological geophysicists; Henry Chapman, surveyor; and Victor Ambrus, illustrator . Channel 4 can go to where it rightly belongs confined to History. Yes, really hope so! He was an outstanding presenter for the show. GOOD LUCK TO THEM ALL. I was sad to see Carenza leave and sad to hear of the death of Robin Bush. 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. I generally watch one episode a night, but on weekends I sometimes binge watch until my eyeballs beg for mercy. 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. Channel 4 has just axed the best show on tv wont be watching channel 4 again, There will always be someone who knows what we like we to watch. In fact, I actually struggle to watch any anyway, as I made clear at the beginning the post production is irritating. I once heard Mr Harding say Oh arr. This is a disaster in t.v programming where currently all you get is the banal reality of the likes of Toddlers in Tiaras .The Time Team over the years became like welcome friends into your home and you wished you could join them in the pub at the end for a beer. Their ethos has been propagated through the educational system and I feel that its still there (though fading) Im not proud of Time Team, it hasnt worked.. 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. Gutted! His technique fostered a sense of immediacy for viewers, placing them on the trench edge when discoveries happened and making them privy to key discussions. The only thing that surprises me is that they didnt include a so called comedian. 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!) It was just a ridiculous Channel 4 attempt to appeal to younger viewers, and failed dismally. Hopefully some other channel will take up the format eventually. Obviously I am not the only Australian (albeit English-born) to miss Time Team. RESURRECT THE PAST! Its prototype was Timesigns, a four-part series that aired in 1991. Eat umble pie you are having a laff. 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. Would love to see a new Time Team series up and running again especially now theyve found King Richard llls body, also instead of 3 days to uncover make it a 5-7 days to uncover maybe Geo-physics could find out a lot more information so here is a challenge to all the mainstream TV channels bring back Time Team! Speak for your self! They have onbly made a couple of mistakes, 1 was letting Mick go and the other was axing Time Team. Ive enjoyed watching all the archeologists old and new & think Tony Robinson is a great presenter. My cable TV subscription gives us awesome selections for history, science, and information buffs! 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. It has also helped me find out more about my own history that goes back to U.K. Have caught onto Time Team on the History Channel. 2012 was a very low point and i half expected it to end right then. TV is going downhill faster & faster. 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. Lets hope that BBC4 takes up the genre. I was disappointed with the change in format, it was like losing family. 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. Mick Aston is a damn good archaeologist and his departure was a serious loss to the programme. Series Producer and creator of Time Team, Tim Taylor says . if there is a petition please let me know.i would like to put our names down. age is no barrier in archaeology and many of us dont start until our 40s and 50s. . 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. That they were able to achieve what very few others were able to achieve and give a thirst to the man-in-the-street in what could be classed as a dry subject only adds weight to what they were able to achieve in such a fantastic way. I always made sure be there watching when it was on. What a great detective. A known anthropologist and archeologist ( Emmanuel College, Cambridge ), to describe and dismiss her as a former model is a bit unfair. Ok BBC4, its time for you to take Time Team. Will there ever be a time when I wouldnt watch Time Team repeats? I am a 57 year old Aussie and I watched this program every episode I could see. How very sad. 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. 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. However, as a viewer I hugely enjoyed the opportunity to share in the Teams excitement. I loved it and speaking as an Hibernian, the only thing I found mildly irritating was Tonys obsession with all things Roman. I have been in awe of the items the team dig up and the re-constructions. It will be sorely missed. I didnt always like the reenactments but it was interesting when they dealt with diet and medical issues. Having the great pleasure to work in the UK for an Engineering firm, I was able to watch the early years of this program, up to the end. Hope it returns anne from Ontario Canada. I loved Mick and Phil and Stuart et all, picking on Matt for any rotton job. This has to be one of the biggest tragedies of modern television times. I have loved Time Team for years and wish that there were not so many bone heads in Channel 4. I do not think that the British tourism board and channel 4 realize how much interest world wide their is in British history. ARE THEY NUTS? There are many pagan archeologists too. You have left us wanting more which of course is the best way to end a show. 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. My wife and I are from the States and discovered Time Team on Amazon Prime after watching/ loving other British shows- Rick Steins culinary travels, Timothy Wests canal cruising, etc. Sunday afternoons will never be the same, a wonderful programme. I have watched the episode from Barra several times. NEVER. And to lose Mick Aston well, that was it for us. with the Amazonian co-presenter with the huge bonded teeth. I speculate that Mr Bushs rant is based upon nothing more than jealousy over the fact that Mr Harding has obviously learned one more word than him whilst digging those big holes! What a bore YOU are! He has worked on a number of archaeological sites in Britain and abroad. xx. 2023 CURRENT PUBLISHING LTD - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Quod erat demonstrandum. It was over when Mick went AWOL. What an absolutely stupid decision to ax Time Team! What a lot we learned. I often wish you could all come to my back yard 1 acre) and help me find the many many pairs of secateurs buried therein. Is Phil Harding a Phd? Its a shame we didnt see you and the team doing more international locations. The format changed and little was really seen of the dig. The focus groups of today, the council chambers of yesteryear; all determined to make their mark, put their talent on show. Perhaps if Chanel 4 had stuck to the old adage of if it aint broke, dont fix it we would still have had this gem of a program to look forward to enjoying for many years to come.. with shows like Strictly Come Dancing, X Factor, Dancing on Ice, Big Brother etc etc etc all being aired every week, Time Team was an oasis of entertainment and education in a vast desert of mundane TV programming. does anybody really care what those idiots say surely it is what the public want that matters but no channel 4 has a foolllll running it.. heavan forbid we should have a great program T T ware we think and enjoy it plus it is great family veiwing and may i say also very interresting. The writing was on the wall though poor scheduling . Try Dig Ventures, an online crowd-funded Archaeology site. So sad. Time Time could go on indefinitely as long as it found a sympathetic home, and BBC Four would be ideal, their audience demographic would fit far far better than the current Channel 4 one, which is increasingly to try and chase the Reality/Makeover show market at the expense of original programming, and attract audiences that the advertisers prefer to exploit, rather than those with brain.

Kevin Brown Morgan Mcleod, Funeral Notices Mooroopna, Articles S