He asks the questions that some people must be sat in front of their TV asking. Since 2015, Harding has been an archaeological supervisor for the veteran support charity Waterloo Uncovered, which conducts archaeology on the battlefield of Waterloo alongside veterans and serving personnel. It will be interesting to see how the new Village Dig series comes across on TV. Im getting to the point at which I can glance at a find in a diggers hand and exclaim, Oh! 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. I take my hat off to them. 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. Home | About | Contact | Copyright | Privacy | Cookie Policy | Terms & Conditions | Sitemap. Trained on excavations with the Bristol University Extra Mural Department and other bodies from 1966, he has been a [] I would echo it completely. It should have stayed like that and people would have carried on watching. My husband said I bet you want to get Phill round now. While filming Timesigns, Tim and Mick regularly discussed other ways to bring archaeology to a television audience. This informative, interesting program has long been a favourite amongst all ages of our family. Over the years has shown archaeology all round UK. He will be sorely missed by all of us who worked closely with him over the years., The most complained about X Factor moments, Polar bear kills woman, boy in remote Alaska village, Just hours before the Idaho murders, another grisly scene unfolded outside Bryan Kohberger's window, In Montecito, the Million-Dollar Views Still Come With Mudslide Risks, Channing Tatum says parenting with ex-wife Jenna Dewan made them realize they were so different, Hawaii fisherman overboard, missing after hooking large ahi, Mother of Zion Foster livid that cousin who lied to police about her, is released from prison, Start Sleeping With Soap In Your Bed Tonight, Planada residents get help with housing after losing almost everything in flooding, Failed GOP candidate arrested after series of drive-by shootings in New Mexico, Gold prices hit six-month high after tumbling in 2022. About the same time I discovered TT and became a dedicated viewer and have viewed all their programmes thanks to More Four. "Waterloo Uncovered Needs You! Incidentally, to my British friends & fellow TT fans I have to say that I agree with the comments in this thread that the American shows that BBC chooses to air in the UK are garbage, but what a shame the excellent documentaries and history-related productions are not offered in your part of the world. I have watched this program over the life of its showing and as a saturday morning archaeologist I was challenged to dig deeper (pun intended) by reading more into the theory and practice of archaeology. My eldest son is now 19 and guess what he is studying at University (say no more) thank you Time Team. Imagine Harrison Ford as an ageing hippy with a Wessex burr after several pints of real ale . His Uncle, my brother, has to dig up a dig with him when he comes on holiday and he is in there like a professional. It has an extra-long handle and additional reinforcement so that he has better leverage when moving loads of earth. I love Time Team and regularly binge watch have seen many episodes several times. There just isn't any of the stuff to dig up anymore". will take it on. I have been binge watching on YouTube whilst laid up with a medical issue. 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. But in this, as in so many other ways, Time Team bucks the trend. I guess the nearest feeling to learning of its ending was like being told that your solid mates of the past twenty years are all splitting up and moving abroad. The cast and crew were pretty obviously seriously digging their roles, (bad pun semi-intended sorry about that sort of). YOU HAVE JUST NOT THOUGHT THIS THROUGH! Fabulous, thank you. While the allure of such sites created a powerful television spectacle, it also marked a move away from the programmes humble local archaeology origins. Tony Robinson, global warming? The cast will be sorely missed. Come on BBC . Thanks Guys! ** TIME TEAM HAS JOINED PATREON! Perhaps we could have a US/Canada version? I WONDER what rubbish they will put on instead. Desperate for a good documentary to watch over a late dinner, I discovered Tony Robinsons Time Team special on the Mesolithic and Doggerland. Immediately, I was hooked. 4 April 2012. Waterloo Uncov. the only programmes on t v seems to me rubbish what are all the staff going to do as they have been on the show for so long. With my boys now being 8, 6 and 4 years old, we are still watching the episodes and in our holidays we try out some of the things weve seen on TT. Harold Bush is lying. Yes very sorry to see TT go, Sky at night still going both are just as important to us here on Earth and I think it will be missed in the future though the recordings are still available to evertbody but the forum is lost, Grrrr channel 4. Are any available at the moment does anyone know? Cliche good looking, middle-class presenters who appear somewhat dull in enthusiasm. Indeed, the only affectation on Time Team was Micks famous stripy jumper. Robinson claimed that the experts on the show published more scientific papers on excavations during the period the show aired than all Britains university archaeology departments combined. Aston, an archeologist who had lectured at Oxford and was made a professor of Landscape Archeology at Bristol University in the mid-90s, played a pivotal role in bringing archeology to the nation, after teaming up with TV producer Tim Taylor in 1988. The two new presenters just did not fit. In other words, archaelogy, teamwork, and interaction in that order. We have watched it form the start and enjoyed it on various level hugely. Closed minds achieve nothing in life. I think he was a lovely man SO SAD ! I was devastated to hear of the demise of this wonderful programme, but once they made the decision to bring in the awful Mary Ann Ochota as a co-presenter, the programme was doomed. Time Team To Be Reinstated! Please read. Best wishes to everyone ever involved with the show. Im 78 years old. Goodbye, Time Team, and thank you. We have several equally exciting sites lined up that we hope to investigate with support from our fans on Patreon., Already Patreon supporters have rallied behind another fantastic site a mysterious Iron Age settlement with underground passages in Cornwall. In the immediate aftermath of a programmes cancellation it is traditional to attempt a post-mortem of what went wrong. Trained on excavations with the Bristol University Extra Mural Department and other bodies from 1966 he has been a professional archaeologist since 1971. . Time Team announces historic comeback with 2021 dig at huge Oxfordshire Roman villa that may be 'almost the size of Buckingham Palace'. You can watch some TT episodes on YouTube, you know-that one included. I recommend Current Archaeology to young and old as a way of covering all eras and defining ones particular interests in the subject. When I get a chance I watch the repeats on More 4. I loved Time Team in its early format but over the years got fed up listening to the boffins suddenly announcing a high status (Favourite phrase of TT) building eg temple or palace had been found after unearthing a piece of stonework that would get lost in my rockery. Channel 4 announced the show would end in 2013. What a bore YOU are! 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. Keep the show going its fantastic Ive been watching it as long as I can remember Oh! The only thing that surprises me is that they didnt include a so called comedian. TIME Team favourite Phil Harding has revealed he no longer carries a knife because "you almost feel like a thug". It brought the money and expertise to investigate sites that would otherwise never have been touched. I continue to be in awe of the fantastic skill and enthusiasm of the presenters.May TT be always available to us. I suppose theres nothing wrong with her per se, but her presence is utterly unnecessary. Shades of the quiz-show concept do survive into early episodes of Time Team proper. It may be in fifteen or so years a new Time Team will go digging in the archives of the defunct Channel 4 to explain how with the audience Channel 4 had for an entertaining and informative programme Which bright go ahead executive (IDIOT) came up with the Idea, if its not broken we must fix it. Quod erat demonstrandum. I am sooooo sad that it is going and so is my family and friends..I would like to know what every one is going to do now our friends we see every week,I love the banter between everyone but no more. Cheers. There is definitly an opportunity for BBC2 together with The Open University to take over when Time Team ceases. Love the show and all the characters especially Phil! I am incredibly disappointed at CH4 for axing a fine British programme. Tony Robinsons role seems to one of a viewer who does not completely understand what is going on although logic says he must have a reasonable knowledge of the subject. As our first dig back, we were keen on a site that would produce amazing evidence, showcase the very best that Time Team can offer, and allows us to demonstrate to the full the latest technology like LiDAR and GPR, says Taylor. Have watched 8 seasons and enjoying them all. With its awkwardly embarassing reality programming and multitude of dream come true talent shows American television is NOTHING to emulate. Despite his sore loss, he did the right thing to walk out. 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. Hope it returns anne from Ontario Canada. (Then, of course, it goes straight to Hell). I was especially interested in the programme on Looe Island chapel as my grandparents once owned Looe Island and I had been there and walked over the chapel remains. How far after expiration date can you eat eggs. Channel 4 you need looking at!!! 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. They have been saying for some years that the viewing figures have been going down and thats partly why they engineered this. Ive always adored darling Tony Robinson since his days as Baldric, and Mick (RIP), Phil (gotta love him!) You were apparently watching a different show than we were. The original team brought an impressive breadth of skills to the programme. 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. 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. Now I have no reason what ever to watch ch 4 now or in the future . Thank you all at Time Team for a wonderful 20 years. I have missed Time Team SO much.. Years earlier, Sir Mortimer Wheeler did some Archaeology pgms on TV and they were always popular. As it was said at the start, they had to change it and then when it all went wrong blame someone else. There is more than enough rubbish shown on tv so why axe a good item that entertains, explains and raises more questions. You always felt a relationship with the team, they appeared friendly, very enthusiastic and appeared to be there for the love of archaeology. C4 what are you doing timeteam is a great show now u r going to put more rubbish on like big brother I know it not on your channel no more what a shame timeteam will b missed go on bbc take it on, Timeteam what a great show now we got to put up with shows like splash and x factor what is going on with tv now god help. It is located on the Broughton Estate in Oxfordshire, belonging to the Fiennes family. Please bring back Time Team with Tony Robinson. these idiots decide to change it.i hope they are happy boring peaple.please bring it back. 1999Tracie Duncanm. It has certainly opened up the world of archaeology to new generations, and has You are going to be missed more than most of us realise. although a WONDERFUL outlet for the undoubted heroes, is not archaeology and not what I feel Time Team needs. Veteran quits as Cambridge beauty joins TV's Time Team. I cant help being captivated by the digs. ARE THEY NUTS? Perhaps one of the other channels will see the folly of C4s ways and pick up the program before its too late? 20 years is a great run for any show on TV. It seems there was no need for one before Womens Studies and all those other nonwhite studies. Not all of us want mindless reality TV that costs a few bob to present. Trained on excavations with the Bristol University Extra Mural Department and other bodies from 1966, he has been a professional archaeologist since 1971. Its a shame yet highlights the offensively patronizing view metro-based TV people have of the general public. When SBS decided to bring new hip young presenters in to replace the two experienced, knowledgeable and popular presenters who had made it from 1986 to 2004, and made it an institution, the ratings plummeted, and the new format was canned after 2 years. It is no wonder that the viewing figures are lower.Matters had appeared to have come to a head when Mary-Ann Ochota was hired as a presenter in 2012, a former model (see below) - albeit a former model with a degree in Archaeology and Anthropology from Cambridge. Tony Robinson seems an entirely likeable guy and does his presenting job with good humour and humility. An absolute feast of mind, interest and the ever curiosity of young and old alike about What lie underneath that humble plot of soil?.TIme Team approached that humble plot we would all like to delve into.they bring that knowledge of how with them and together unveal little glimspes of anothers past which we back bring here, to today.as a reflection and connection.like a mirror between centuries and timesand sunrises and pleasant breezes of a long ago Sunday afternoon, I thought it was the Bi..o presenter the doomed it for sure, brought in because we are all suddenly dumb. 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? Like Paul said (June 23 comment) you wished you could join them in the pub at the end for a beer . Try local volunteering opportunities, if you can still get out in the garden and walk and talk and are willing to learn then it will be great, and you will make lots of new friends of all ages. I too wonder why they stopped it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tony used the rest of the Teams expertise to bring to life what was often regarded as a crusty subject before Time Teams arrival. He worked his sox off. The time had come to leave. Ive learned that anything classed as experimental Is just filler as theyve found nothing. Yes, the original core team with Carenza, and then Helen Geake, were great. Congrats to Lee Brady for having the knowledge to set up the petition and we must (using the current idiom) cascade to as many people that we can to sign too. Indeed, Stuart Ainsworth and Helen Geake had become increasingly sidelined, as was illustrator Ambrus, in favour of spiffy computer graphics. The same has been witnessed with the BBC. If they wont reinstate Time Team ,then why not release All episodes in a DVD BOX set . 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 hope hell receive belated recognition for that fact. The UK has always been relied on for quality productions and Time Team epitomised these values, but obviously, some young Turk in a rented tux has been allowed to jazz it up. why isn't phil harding in the new time teambt whole home disc keeps disconnecting. Full Name at Birth. By the way I am 52, so I guess I am too old for channel 4, but tell my kids that. Thats fairly unusual.. Slower paced, Timesigns has Mick talking directly to the camera in a style more akin to a history documentary or Open University broadcast. Apparently the formidable Matron Huppatz wasn't too fond of nurses' boyfriends coming to visit either. 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