A month after his death, a 'tribute night to Aston was broadcast on More4, showing some of his best moments and most important discoveries. Regards, Paul Tressel [emailprotected], Time Team was a massive part of my life, Im still watching it even now on more 4 :O. The format was being refreshed in a bid to stem slowly falling ratings. Meet the Ancestors was also a good programme we need more Archaelogy programmes on TV. Its a wonder one isnt constantly tripping over roman floor tiles and Anglo-Saxon wine jugs every time one steps out of ones door. His father, Ralph, died of a heart attack in 1977 at the age of 57.[2]. Season 1, aired in 1994, had four episodes, while season 2 followed with five, and season 3 boasted six. The implementation of Planning Policy Guidance 16 in 1990 enshrined archaeology within the development process and paved the way for todays professional units. My wife was unwell for many years but TT was one of the few TV Shows that she got pleasure from. , Cant we have Phil once a week digging a hole in a pub garden, please?xxxx. DREADFUL ! So sad to see the demise of TT. We are a large audience. Explore books by Phil Harding with our selection at Waterstones.com. You can find her message at https://digventures.com/2013/03/tools-down-for-time-team-raksha-dave-on-the-end-of-an-era-and-her-new-adventure/. Thank you to everyone who made this such a wonderful programme. Spoilt in the end by Fixing something that want bust. I love the show, and I have also fallen in love wit Faye Simpson. There were live episodes and an American spin-off for PBS. 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. 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. Good bye Mick. My husband said I bet you want to get Phill round now. Whilst on holiday, I was very keen to spend a day or so, if possible, with the Time Team crew wherever they might be shooting. I regularly tape the programmes as it is shown on a variety of stations, history,yesterday, and channel 4 being some. The team of Tony, Mick, Phil, Stuart, John, Carenza, Brigid, Guy, etc etc filled me with warmth and satisfaction. Phil annoys me at times, by always stealing the limelight when lesser mortals had done the hard graft,but, the highlights were when lesser mortals (IE Raksha, Matt or Ian) had exciting finds and were allowed to show.Victors drawings were more lively and thought provoking than the boring computer graphics.I will start to miss the programme in two years time, when we finally complete seies 20. Please use the Phil Harding & Ian Curnow entry when applicable. Full Name at Birth. It enabled a local group to secure Historic Lottery Fund money to dig the site. will take it on. It was so pathetic, TT definitely doesnt need to have its memory sullied by association with the puerile crassness of the modern C4. I am team Ainsworth, so he would have to be brought back. Without time team on the television the world of tv is going to be a poorer place. With 1.5 million views a month on the Time Team Classics YouTube channel in 41 countries worldwide, the new programs will premiere on YouTube, with additional behind-the-scenes content on the platform Patreon. I am not sure who set it up, but you can find it by searching for Time Team FB page. Big Thanks Time Team,will never get tired of watching the shows,fingers crossed you can make some more. Perhaps in gthe future we may have a project for a future Time Team, Channel 4 where did it all go wrong? channel 4 needs to take a look at the BBC they cut and brought back Dr Who look at how its made a great comeback. I really didnt like that nasty dendrochronologist who wouldnt show his results though idiot! And I really enjoy watching I am sure there are more sites for them to investigate. Time Team was on television, but not of it. irritating but he was a part of a recipe that worked for a long time. I assume it will be more imported American rubbish or so called comedy. Jim describes this miscalculation as a death blow, which cost the show almost all of its behind the scenes staff. I have offten mention to my husband, I wonder what the site look like after the the TT have left. You wonder what kind of palsy comes over TV programers when they occasionally axe the best shows, shows with strong, solid substance!!! There are some of us who actually enjoy watching interesting, factual, historic programs. Afterall SA is used to watching loads of rubbish repeats every day!!! 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. Lee, viewer outrage worked in Australia with The Movie Show. 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. When I signed there were 1,600 names. It was a formula that worked for the target audience and trying to attract a different audience by dumbing down the content was like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. What on earth is going on and who is in charge of these moronic decisions! Perhaps there were too many Roman sites with their predictable layouts. I think Tony is a good fit for this program. Lois & Tara, Australia Id like to know where. and the entire bunch breathed fresh life into the sometimes boring subject of Archaeology. 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. 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. 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. Strata indeed! Gutted that Time Team has ended! Lets not overlook Public Broadcastng with its excellent programming, either). Will Xbox Series X ever be in stock again? Such a shame a beautiful show as this is axed and they show such dribble as reality tv shows blah yuk. Most of what I feel about the demise of TT has already been said here. Time Team went out of fashion because the rest of us got sick of being patronised by Tony Robinson, who seemed incapable of letting an entire episode pass without a snide comment or a sermon about man-made global warming. I am signing up to the campaign to keep Time Team! Some episodes Ive seen over three times each. I have watched TT for the last 20 years from my mid 20s. 2017, My husband and I decided to get rid of our tv when we had 2 young sons. and I just came across the time team on my tablet in November 2019. I hugely regret the demise of the series and sincerely hope that it will resume or that a similar, archaeology-based series will take its place. 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. these idiots decide to change it.i hope they are happy boring peaple.please bring it back. Jim Mower (development producer, see his opinion piece here) believes that Phil Hardings material was among the most innovative. Oh Dear. The key participants deserve a rest at their age, and the joy obviously just wasnt there. Admittedly, in the last year or so I have found myself increasingly disinterested in the programme. He has become a familiar face on the Channel 4 television series Time Team . You only have to look at the great interest shown over Richard III to realise that yes there is a market for a programme of this nature. Thank you, thank you, Ive loved the passion, warmth, fun, humour and absolute professionalism that you all have brought to history. I didnt always like the reenactments but it was interesting when they dealt with diet and medical issues. 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. Well said, Paul! And Ive always thought tony was perfectly great as the show presenter, interested and fun, a joy to watch. Trained on excavations with the Bristol University Extra Mural Department and other bodies from 1966, he has been a [] In terms of Cotswolds villas Time Team has probably covered more of them than anyone else. Channel 4 you need looking at!!! It will be sad for it to end, but theres still a few epsiodes I havent seen. Thank goodness for DVDs of past episodes. Thank you,Mick, for all that you gave us.and thanks to Micks family for sharing him with us. It was this show that gave me the inspiration to study history and I will really miss it. I think weve brought it into the forefront of peoples attention. This is not the present series I wonder where you are watching? It's understandable that he should wish to protect a talent of such a tender age, but most expected . The 67-year-old, best known for playing Baldrick in the BBC comedy series, was knighted in the Birthday Honours list in recognition of his public and political service. Close friend and former colleague Phil Harding, who also. I am very sorry to see it go. what fools these youngsters are. But, as always with Time Team, the adventure is in the discovery of the secrets of the past, whatever they are!, Landowner Martin Fiennes a cousin of actors Ralph and Joseph Fiennes, and explorer Sir Ranulph says: Were delighted to welcome Time Team to Broughton. 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. What lies under the ground of the countrys past. Leave it to an insular management team to screw it up. His role translating archaeology into laymens terms was pure genius. 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. It all got too big, too ambitious. It brings together entire families and to my mind, is of huge importance, in that it makes us aware of who we are and where we came from and the way it was presented to us was magical. Mick Aston, 65, quits historical show after it hires Cambridge graduate Mary-Ann Ochota, 30. C4 has descended to abysmal levels. Very very sad. This program has opened up so much of Great Britain to me and I am in love with suach a picturesque landscape and such a rich history. International teams of archaeologists embark on a season of . From Phils glee over Stone Age flints, Tonys wisely playful and challenging banter, Micks sage hand on the digs tiller, Johns gentle determination to get the best cartography the technology can provide, Franciss round house fireside mussing on an Iron Age mans joys in life and Stuart goes walk about so we can get the lay of the land and know our place in it was amazing, every bit of it. 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. I share your sentiments totally. 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 is without doubt, the best offering in British television. too, although not often. Just been reading all the comments, and a lot of sensible thinhs have been said, and a few stupid ignorant ones as well. look forward to some more american rubbish or more twits in big brother type of rubbish. Thank goodness there is a myriad of viewers who appreciate the achievement of Time Team. As well as an arresting demonstration of the power of teamwork, Athelney showed how geophysics could be the heart of the programme. In all fairness thank you C4 for having the foresight to do the programme in the first place but put the money saved back into culture, dont invest it in any more fly on the wall or the only way is type of programmes or you may just lose any of the credibility youve gained. and have watched it since the begining. Like Concorde, should be rescued by someone BBC and revamped ASAP. I WONDER what rubbish they will put on instead. 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. Available to view on 4oD (www.channel4.com/programmes/timesigns/4oD), watching it now provides a salutatory lesson in just how revolutionary the Time Team format was. I will miss Mick and Phil and Tony. I learned a lot about my British roots by watching and have shared the knowledge with my family. The medal is awarded once in every three years for work on the Prehistory of Man. What happened to the Time Team crew? Its brilliant and helps this Singapore based Brit to feel less far away. Little surprise she became a history teacher. 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. Start a letter writing campaign to bring it back. perhaps they could do a show that showed what happens as the sites are put back to their natural state. In relation to earlier comments concerning Mr Robinson, all I can say is that if he was patronising us then it must have been a residual echo of Baldrics most cunning plan. I love archeology, and it was so educational seeing how it is done. A number of archaeological old hands were sacrificed in favour of more youthful presenters. A good friend of mine was a guest archaeologist on several T.T programmes and it was my good fortune to go along on production. Robinson said his decision to stop drinking last January inspired him to find other ways to improve his health. All Phil Harding - 107 Master Street Ext, Erwin, TN 37650 with phone (423) 743-5355 background info. Time Team Specials. A long-time member of Channel 4s Time Team, Raksha Dave is one of the countrys best loved archaeologists. It was over when Mick went AWOL. Its like having a child grow up and leave home The cast felt like family that I would visit each weekend and even my 11 year old daughter enjoyed it so much she joined a young archaeologists club. (But not, ever, I would agree, grinning totty!) Too bad for the changes they made, these new guys tried hard, but you cant replace what the old team had, the magic, the small things, Still, Im grateful for what they achieved and for what it has meant to me and still does.
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