So why could it not continue on and evolve in 2013 ? Because the major players were all quite old, and as you will have heard age is the surest antidote to youthful energy. BBCs own channels will have BBC prefixing the number and anything not by the BBC will obviously by without this prefix. Its a shame we didnt see you and the team doing more international locations. How DARE they axe Time Team, it has been one of my few regular watches for a long time. So so sad, the only one of its kind and they axe it. He trained as a surveyor before entering the archaeology section of the Ordnance Survey. I loved every minute of it. Please bring Time Team back. Screening 13 episodes a year, as well as live digs and specials the programme was ubiquitous. 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 would just like to thank Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding and all of the crew at Time Team for many years of fascinating TV. If I were an enterprising producer on another channel, I would start a new series that build on the fascinating skills of Stuart A. It was an opening into a different world that gave me hope that THIS one can be sorted out ! 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. I met Phil Harding a few years ago at old sarum castle, Salisbury, we had a lovely chat, hes a fab bloke. Just been reading all the comments, and a lot of sensible thinhs have been said, and a few stupid ignorant ones as well. Tony used the rest of the Teams expertise to bring to life what was often regarded as a crusty subject before Time Teams arrival. Goodbye, Time Team, and thank you. 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. She completely ruined it, and led to Mick Aston walking out on the show. Hear, hear! I wonder if channel programmers read these blogs? 2023. (and its cost increases). What happened to Stewart Ainsworth? So sad to see the demise of TT. Channel 4 can go to where it rightly belongs confined to History. In 224 digs, Time Team revolutionised the presentation of archaeology on TV (which before had focussed largely on the Classical world), bringing Britain's heritage into our front rooms - and, in the early series, into our back gardens. The Aussie fans are disappointed too that T T will be finishing up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVRe_gMtXNo. If ch4 wanted to save money why not repeat them from programme 1 . Shades of the quiz-show concept do survive into early episodes of Time Team proper. The result was a previously unknown 5th-century monastic enclosure linked to St Columba. 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. Stewart Ainsworth (born 26 June 1951) is a British archaeological investigator who was regularly seen on Time Team, the Channel 4 archaeological television series. So, Ch4 why did you do away with this gem of a program? Yes, that was a great one. certainly helped to fill a lot of university places, even if many of those gaining degrees have gone on to other careers. Executive producer Philip Clarke said the current series had introduced Miss Ochota and archaeologist Alex Langlands. anyone want to correspond about this i would like for them to write me. Think again C4, as someone who is 40 years outside your target audience, all axing this program has done is make me switch channels, so demographically relevant or not you have simply lost another viewer and surely viewer numbers are more important than some misguided attempt to only appeal to a certain age group? x. Condolences to Micks family, his friends and his colleagues. I have missed Time Team SO much.. Stewart Ainsworth FSA (born 26 June 1951) is a British archaeological investigator who is regularly seen on Time Team the Channel 4 archaeological television series he joined in 1995. After reading, in his youth, a book about Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, and visiting the Tower of London, he formed an interest in the history of landscapes.[2]. In this months Science Notes, we will explore the evidence for this hypothesis, and examine how violence-related injuries are distinguished in archaeological human remains. Thanks Guys! I enjoy watching this program on my computer(I never knew about it 10 years ago because we have so many garbage programs here on US television, they did not show it here.). Im writing this having just had my daily lunchtime fix of a Tiime Team repeat on More 4. It brought the money and expertise to investigate sites that would otherwise never have been touched. The obvious situation is that if it kept to the original cast ( which it did not ), then there would be a problem immediately when someone left, or passed on. 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. I would echo it completely. My idea of heaven, sitting in pub day 1, discussing what has/has not been found, what may/may not be found, Phil looking for flint, Mick not wanting Roman, Carenza keeping the peace, John anxious about the ploughed geophys, Tony querying the tentative theories, and Stuart saying its the wrong place! "[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]. too, although not often. very sad day in T V HISTORY. Many of us have watched Time Team for ages and have been educated (along with Tony) on the ins and outs of Archaeology and did not need another presenter to ask superfluous questions (nice though she was). will take it on. He said: 'We were very sorry to see Mick go, and he leaves an extraordinary legacy. 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. 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 (?) A thoroughly good bunch of people with a true PASSION for their subject ! Will miss them! Im the guy who set it up, iv got the page on Facebook, Twitter and the main website that i run. 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. Many bad decisions for all the wrong reasons. They should have known how appealing it would be. Your sorrow will be eased by the sight of a few old, friendly faces. A monumental row and walk out, one would guess. Whilst not filming Phil still works as a field archaeologist with Wessex Archaeology, and has been involved in a project listing all known Palaeolithic sites in Britain. My parents watch it. It was over when Mick went AWOL. Fret not, the programs will haunt the repeats channels until they become their own archaeology as a worked example of how the medium started to dictate the content. That a pile of random rubble is a wall, a stain in the ground is a ditch and Tony Robinson is a supercilious pot bellied bore. Restructuring, avoiding dumbing down, possibly making it a shorter programme all could help. Gutted to learn it is no more. From jan Marie jaser. (But not, ever, I would agree, grinning totty!) Totally agree. However over the years TT seem to have worked on sites that have been known about for a long time, but have remained unexplored for whatever reason. Im tired of the idiots that run TV and Im ready for revolution.whos with me!!! I completely agree with you Lauren. Time Team was the best program I have ever seen or hope to see. It was so pathetic, TT definitely doesnt need to have its memory sullied by association with the puerile crassness of the modern C4. Six years after the last 'three days dig' was aired, the series is unstoppably popular on youtube. . of Tonys and Phils hair. What lies under the ground of the countrys past. The more who sign it the better, I have and so have my family. While I wont be involved in the new sites, I was delighted to accept the role of honorary patron of the Time Team project. However, as a viewer I hugely enjoyed the opportunity to share in the Teams excitement. 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. Maybe the finding of Richard III might encourage a change of heart. What can replace the jovial banter of all the dedicated team that gave us an insight to what was going on thousands of years ago. Time Team - Phil Harding Phil Harding Field Archaeologist Phil Harding is Time Team's resident trench-excavator. All the best shows are taken off and all we are left with is the boring and so untrue Archers. CHANNEL 4, YOU ARE A COMPLETE BUNCH OF IDIOTS!!!. Please BBC take this show under your wings ! Why cant these so-called clever people just leave things alone. Stewart Ainsworth (born 26 June 1951) is a British archaeological investigator who was regularly seen on Time Team, the Channel 4 archaeological television series. Pay per view TV? Surely a revamp, no helicopters, fewer paid staff, smaller archaeological objectives, involve communities more hence free labour would help. I am now watching past digs being repeated on More Four. This is true I dont go to bed without at least watching one episode I would too love to get involved but at 67 a bit too old. Such a shame a beautiful show as this is axed and they show such dribble as reality tv shows blah yuk. Such speed was certainly not ideally suited to showcase all of the techniques available to modern archaeologists. He said: The time had come to leave. You have left us wanting more which of course is the best way to end a show. 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 ! Ive binge watched Time Team on YouTube and up to S17. I found it much preferable to the Planet Earth shows of David Attenbrough. We are aiming to reach our target of at least 5,000 patrons by the end of March and well then be in position to dig at least one other site the Iron Age settlement this year and carry out preliminary research on others., Our goal is to create a legacy for these sites, says Taylor, building ongoing relationships with local communities and archaeologists that continue to yield fresh insights. With Channel 4 keen to attract more supposedly affluent viewers in their 20s and 30s, season 19 also tinkered with the format. 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. Poor. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. 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. Im sorry no-ones put in a word for the lovely Raksha always good-natured, hard working and incredibly knowledgeable. The programme has been an inspiration to me and I am sure to many people and for me has kindled an interest in history via archaeology that we can find all around us in our everyday lives. 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 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. What a lot we learned. and which would be the best way to alienate the people working on the programme. I will miss time team I have watch all the series since it start And to lose Mick Aston well, that was it for us. So sad. The villa is a tantalising prospect a grand building almost as big as Buckingham Palace. Time team is irreplaceable. Failing that I can recommend looking at Google Maps satellite pictures of your local area looking for earthworks hours of fun! Yes as convicts and bloody proud of it. There are quite a few of us down here watching repeats ( up to 5 times) but even so they are still interesting. We are headed to the UK in May from the US to see some of the TT sites. Interested in keeping up to date with the latest archaeological finds across Britain? Yes, Tony R was sometimes (often?) 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. As is the case with so many entertainment channels, these days the focus is on the younger generation. Completely unable to absorb and assimilate well presented information in an entertaining style, and you completely misread the ironic style of Tony Robinson. My heart goes out to his family. Arrr! So we manage to get something enjoyable, which at the same time is also useful. It was a perfunctory end for a television institution that, over two decades, made British archaeology more accessible and popular than ever. Love the show and all the characters especially Phil! my point in this is, why try to fix it if it aint broke change is not always as good as a rest. It will be interesting to see how the new Village Dig series comes across on TV. Back in the olden days(late 70s) I was accused of being an anglophile by the University of New Mexico professor who was trying to recruit me, an English Major, into his new American Studies department. I am one of the over 40s over 60 in fact. As of 2010 Ainsworth has been affiliated with the History and Archaeology department at the University of Chester, where he is a visiting professor. 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? 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. What do we all enjoy about it? Hated that glamour woman simply the wrong feel.. Very, very sorry that management mis-handling killed it. The key participants deserve a rest at their age, and the joy obviously just wasnt there. or anyone with an IQ of 50 and below, or the attention span a bit longer than a small herring. It seems there was no need for one before Womens Studies and all those other nonwhite studies. Ozzy John has it right, Anne Marie put a wall in to TT and it showed in every show afterwards, when you see the fun they all had prior to he joining, she should be ashamed of her achievement in dissolving a great show. I just love this programme and am very sad to hear that there will be no more. Sadly,she passed away 2 years ago but before she went, she told me not to forget to watch TT. Nothing lasts forever, including Time Team. Tony R told us that the fort was not connected by road What???? What can replace the jovial banter of all the dedicated team that gave us an insight to what was going on thousands of years ago. I am appalled. I never saw any of these shows until a week ago when I stumbled over them on youtube. In my mind, one of the contributing factors to the programmes demise, were the increasing number of digs being done on behalf of professional bodies such as English Heritage, and local authorities. And there is still so much they can show and teach us. but they wont last forever and young blood is always needed. It is located on the Broughton Estate in Oxfordshire, belonging to the Fiennes family. 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! It is sad to read the mechanics of its demise and, worse, to see it played out on screen. It was broadcast over TVO Toronto Canada. Envelopes hidden at strategic points would set challenges along the lines of find the Medieval high street in two hours. Time team is currently repeated on more-4 each midweek day and sometimes Saturdays, but I still miss fresh episodes and the original presenters and everyone should put pressure on c4 for more episodes even if it were one a month ! Just imagine all our Patreon subscribers sitting down to watch Time Team and thinking: We made this happen!. I saw the same program, Justin, and I agree entirely! What a bore YOU are! 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. Thank you, Time Team!!! TT is without doubt, the best offering in British television. Stopping TT is just another step in the dumbing down of TV and radio. The team of Tony, Mick, Phil, Stuart, John, Carenza, Brigid, Guy, etc etc filled me with warmth and satisfaction. Sadly, my wife passed away in January 2012 but I carried on watching it until it ended. Were back thanks to the overwhelming support of our fans!. There are only about a thousand signatures so far.Personally, although I have signed, I dont think it will do much good. 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. If you ever wanted to check anything academically, you ran a brick wall which amply demonstrated it was seen by C4 as a Reallity show, complete with Dymock shots. This comment by Peter Thomas is an excellent precis of all that has been said. I love the show, and I have also fallen in love wit Faye Simpson. 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. 20+ years is a remarkable feat for a television program, and this isnt Dr. Who either. Much better than most of the rubbish we get now that there are so many channels chasing adverts & broadcasting ever increasing repeats. Oh dear what a shame as its such a great program especially with Phil & ALL the team.I think their sense of humour is almost worth a show on its own.Anyway a big thank you for many interesting hours as a an armchair archeologist. I hope its not the end of Time Team. 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. Such a shame its being axed at a time its claimed the viewing figures are at its highest make little sense to me. Despite their varied talents and backgrounds it quickly became apparent that the team had a natural chemistry. Anyone who visited one of their digs while shooting was underway will have seen the devotion it inspired in members of the public. http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/time-team-should-continue-on-tv.html Sunday afternoons will never be the same, a wonderful programme. Time Team Official 133K subscribers Time Team Teatime - Session 28 Wrapping up Black History Month and our exploration of North America's early European colonies, we're staying in St Mary's. I just can not believe we will not see his fabulous jumpers again.. ( except in repeats of course ). Inspiring stuff. 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