And what lies behind the strange decision to give us two rehashes of old material at the end of the 19th season? Sad Time Team series being finished. I do agree, bringing the new blood in(an ex model, who I dont think was all that good looking) without consulting certain long standing experts, was wrong. Jim describes this miscalculation as a death blow, which cost the show almost all of its behind the scenes staff. Series Producer and creator of Time Team, Tim Taylor says . Whats on at this afternoon? I never felt patronized and certainly never notice Tony Robinson sermonizing about global warming. I have watched the episode from Barra several times. My second eldest is 18, and we only watch one program together as our interests are so different (that would be Time Team). I owe a debt of gratitude to the wonderful Time Team ensemble. 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. Sir Tony Robinson, who is an honorary patron, says: I was delighted to hear about the plans for the next chapter in Time Teams story. What happened to Stewart Ainsworth? Thank goodness there is a myriad of viewers who appreciate the achievement of Time Team. 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. and Im so grateful to all the Time Team members for a wonderful 20 seasons. Our family love TT and watch it together. my gosh, I am from Chula Vista Ca. There may be mosaics, a bathhouse and perhaps even temples. He has since appeared in over two hundred episodes. Cutting some excellent TV and radio presenters in favor of younger ones. I am signing up to the campaign to keep Time Team! You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. It was the highlight of my life ! I am sure the essence of archeology would be attractive to a core audience once again. I want Time Team brought back. The whole catering & accommodation aspect could have been trimmed, without loss of such a wonderful program. Hundreds of pounds would be spent on scientific dating such as C14, with the results only coming back in time for a line of dialogue to be dubbed on months after filming had concluded. Yet despite bringing the past to life using the familiar ingredients of excavation, landscape survey and reconstructions including Phil felling a tree with a flint axe Timesigns is a very different beast. Sounds ageism to me, isnt that against the law now? Now the format was safely established the programme was increasingly able to capitalise on its fame and access big name sites ultimately even Buckingham Palace. Mary-Ann Ochota caused the Time Teams slow demise as she and the behind the scene executives strangled a Team that had worked played and laughed together over so many years making not good but great viewing. It works when the product and the people who are involved are so good. Time Team excavations at Binchesters Roman fort also helped kickstart a research project that is still in rude health (see CA 263). But archaeologist Mick Aston has walked out of Time Team after 19 years after producers hired a former model as the programmes co-presenter. Please bring back Time Team with Tony Robinson. The programmes were sometimes slight and of course a three day dig is only a sketch rather than a full canvass, but Time Team enriched my life. archaeology..is what my 11 year old gran daughter is looking into training for..shows like these are needed more. I really didnt like that nasty dendrochronologist who wouldnt show his results though idiot! Six years after the last 'three days dig' was aired, the series is unstoppably popular on youtube. 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. The implementation of Planning Policy Guidance 16 in 1990 enshrined archaeology within the development process and paved the way for todays professional units. That executive was not recruited from the intellectual highbrow Channel 5 was he? 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. Thank goodness for DVDs of past episodes. There are some of us who actually enjoy watching interesting, factual, historic programs. The new series is getting nearer to the original format, I think, except for the one featuring the soldiers, which, dare I say it and risk castigation (?) Sunday afternoons will never be the same, a wonderful programme. Oh Dear. 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. 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. Shame on Chanel 4! 2023. The team was supplemented by experts appropriate for the period and type of site. Time Team brought so much into my life, being bed ridden, television being a large part of my life now. What better way of introducing archaeology to young people than for them to see it on a Sunday afternoon? They should have known how appealing it would be. Hear, hear! As Francis Pryor observed on his blog, in many ways the real question is what went right?. I loved watching Time Team in Australia, way better than the American version. with the Amazonian co-presenter with the huge bonded teeth. I have been planning to return for several years now for a holiday and to catch up with friends and relatives. Ive binge watched Time Team on YouTube and up to S17. This is not the present series I wonder where you are watching? He has worked on a number of archaeological sites in Britain and abroad. The explanation for the end of Time Team is that the people who run Channel 4 are all about 12 years old. Yes, that was a great one. My wife Ida & I never missed a program for years. i say dont be too quick to make a stupid decision. Totally gutted Time Team is going. I am a 57 year old Aussie and I watched this program every episode I could see. And this program had run its course several years ago. Telly Tubbies. I lost my job recently due to illness.time team made my days. and use my iPad to follow through my own enquirers. They were digging Roman ruins in someones back garden and explaining in detail what they were doing and what it told them hooked then and there. Reason: we hardly spoke to each other and what we were watching on tv was hardly worthwhile. And anyone who does not like Tony Robinson probably doesnt like Rowan Atkinson either, probably has not a read book over 30 pages in decades, and probably believes the Big Bang was what happened in their bedroom last night.. Also it being on an increasingly miserable Channel (4) did it no favours whatsoever. I now live in Australia and love watching shows on my homeland. if you can i would a reply.also HELEN IS ALSO VERY GOOD. Episode # Series # Episode Title Location Coordinates Original airdate 5: 1 "Lord of the Isles" Finlaggan, Islay: 555006N 61016W / 55.834867N 6.171225W / : 8 January 1995 (): Recorded between 24 and 26 June 1994, the team helps the National Museums of Scotland to search for the secrets of Finlaggan, the centre of the kingdom of the Lord of the Isles. , Cant we have Phil once a week digging a hole in a pub garden, please?xxxx. TV is going downhill faster & faster. 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. Come on BBC, take up where C4 left off PLEASE!! I learned a lot about my British roots by watching and have shared the knowledge with my family. Try Dig Ventures, an online crowd-funded Archaeology site. The programme has no need for eye candy, no need to try to attract yuppies: archaeology is like genealogy interest grows (although not exclusively) with age. I have watched Time Team from day one, and now my 11 and 9 year old daughters love to watch it, in fact my youngest commented she would like to be an archaeologist when she grows up, and this is from watching Time Team, I cannot believe Time Team has been axed, its a national institution. 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. A few days later news of Time Teams demise broke in the Guardian. I was surfing the internet to obtain correct titles for some episodes that I recorded earlier. It remains my all time favourite reality TV show and I really miss it. It is hardly surprising that I rarely watch TV these days apart from repeats of old favourites thank goodness we still have 20 years worth of repeats. I am American and Time Team is my favorite program. "[3], As of 2010, Ainsworth has been affiliated with the history and archaeology department at the University of Chester, where he is a visiting professor.[4]. Whats wrong with a passing reference to global warming unless you are an eccentric climate change denier? There are DVDs, some available on Amazon uk. I love Time Team and regularly binge watch have seen many episodes several times. Ive watched TT for years now and thoroughly enjoyed it. The Isle of Mull episode in season 17 is a great example of what could be discovered. We NEED Time Team. CHANNEL 4, YOU ARE A COMPLETE BUNCH OF IDIOTS!!!. Now I have no reason what ever to watch ch 4 now or in the future . Its brilliant and helps this Singapore based Brit to feel less far away. I thoroughly enjoyed learning about the digs and finds discovered by the crew. Your email address will not be published. I really loved the show and learned so much. Come on BBC . 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. It will be interesting to see how the new Village Dig series comes across on TV. I THINK THIS IS A SHOCKING DECISION AND CAN ONLY HOPE THAT IT IS REVERSED!!! Their ethos has been propagated through the educational system and I feel that its still there (though fading) While I wont be involved in the new sites, I was delighted to accept the role of honorary patron of the Time Team project. Shows that actually ADD something GOOD to the mix. 100% Upvoted. Are any available at the moment does anyone know? I first came across it a few years back while channel surfing Hey I know him thats Baldrick. But would be top stuff if BBC 4 could pick it up and get things back on track. . Yes TR can be intensely irritating at times, but as the years have gone by I think his appreciation of the experts has increased and they have learned skills from him about presentation. 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