BRING IT BACK. 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. All the repeats are still amazing, I also watch ime team every day without fail. The breathtaking 3D model it produced of the buried structures persuaded English Heritage to commission a complete survey on the spot. I enjoyed the later seasons in HD quality quite a lot, and I wish they would keep going for 20 more years. What a wonderful 20 years we/they had. He asks the questions that some people must be sat in front of their TV asking. 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. Hopefully, I will be able to visit some. 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! What are you going to replace it with? Victor Ambrus peerless ability to bring the past to life on the fly, for example, was harnassed after his artwork caught Tim Taylors eye in Readers Digest. ** TIME TEAM HAS JOINED PATREON! Thank you time team, one and all, I constantly watch the reruns on the history channel here is oz. Eat umble pie you are having a laff. They seem to have replaced alot of the original cast for more easy on the eye team members, the new historian was a prime example. And lets be honest, it doesnt get any better than watching absolutely great British television presented by the all time best supporting TV character, Baldrick. Although Channel 4 is due the recognition it deserves for its faith and investment in archaeology over the years its decisions over the last couple of years will be a media studies case study How to destroy a successful programme and alienate millions of viewers. here was atransfixing series, turning elitist subject into everyday knowledge for the ordinary man. I have loved it from the first episode and who cares if Tony is a little OTT sometimes, he keeps it entertaining and all together. 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. Please read. Get Coached Into the Best Shape of Your Life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVRe_gMtXNo. When I signed there were 1,600 names. 71 years (January 25, 1950)Phil Harding / Age. He will take up the role in late June 2012. But TIME TEAM managed the impossible. Looky tha! For me, as a genealogist, an episode really takes flight when, in addition to the dig, Robin Bush, or Guy D., or Carenza bring out a mediaeval charter, the Domesday Book, or the A.S. catty remarks what catty remarks it is like every other tv program if it is not a soap opera or so called reality tv it gets brushed aside ch4 is one big yawn if you dont agree just what else is worth the price of electricity. How far after expiration date can you eat eggs. My second eldest is 18, and we only watch one program together as our interests are so different (that would be Time Team). Which one is the highest mountain in the world? Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I am incredibly disappointed at CH4 for axing a fine British programme. Dr Phil Harding is a Music Producer and Engineer, Author, Academic and co-chair of advisory body to music education, JAMES. Alarm bells began to ring for us when Mary-Anne appeared it seemed to coincide with a dumbing-down of the show. An audience study in 2006 indicated that 20 million people watched at least one show that year. Time Team! 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. Channel 4s loss their gain :) Time Team was on television, but not of it. Just imagine all our Patreon subscribers sitting down to watch Time Team and thinking: We made this happen!. I am still quite happy to watch repeats on Sky. I was disappointed with the change in format, it was like losing family. In other words, archaelogy, teamwork, and interaction in that order. But its also the fact that they didnt just impart accumulated knowledge, they made new discoveries as we watched. My enduring memory of Tony Robinson during Time Team filming is him spending several hours of every day asleep in a massive American car with the engine running. Seasons 9-12 are often seen as Time Teams golden age. Time Team is a victim of Channel 4s misguided quest for progress, and we hope that, in some form, the programme may rise like the phoenix from the ashes and take on a persona not far removed from the popular format. And now it has been pulled, left to the re-marketing of DVD, and the Internet. Ive watched TT since it began & never missed an episode, I was in the 20s age group that they are now trying to attract when it started. We have watched it form the start and enjoyed it on various level hugely. Its always sad when a long running and reputable series ends. My cable TV subscription gives us awesome selections for history, science, and information buffs! Your email address will not be published. I feel really, really angry about it, he told British Archeology magazine. Robinson said his decision to stop drinking last January inspired him to find other ways to improve his health. what fools these youngsters are. Just watched a poor programme on Brancaster digfull of errors and poor production. But it just goes to show how Time Team in ingrained in our family! Is Phil Harding from Time Team still alive? I so agree. Although I partly agree with Geoff Stelling regarding both the departure of Mick and sidelining Phil somewhat, I do think that the young archaeologists in this the last series show a great deal of promise (Jimmy, Tracey, Susannah, for example) and we are being unfair to their input to be so critical. There is a huge following in Australia and after the debacle with the producers bringing in you know who as a co-presenter (of cleavage), the show started its slow path to division. I love time team. The New Town of a Norman Prince: In Much Wenlock, the Team examine the early development of a medieval town . Coincidentally, digging within a tight timeframe echoed contemporary changes underway in the profession. It worked before, if you think about it. My favourite show. How many programmes can a entertain a whole family at the same time, not many. Channel 4 subsequently announced that the final Time Team series would be broadcast in 2013. TV is a wasteland and TT was an oasis in it. Time Teams status as a staple of the television schedule also wrought changes behind the scenes. You were apparently watching a different show than we were. Surely this cant really be the end?? What is wrong with older viewers? Sadly, this was not the case. I am off to channel four to ask them what is wrong with audiences that are over 40, 50 or even 60, what is wrong with older peoples programmes? 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. Research digs usually ran for weeks if not months, and it was questioned whether anything approaching responsible archaeology could be achieved in a mere three days. Indeed, the only affectation on Time Team was Micks famous stripy jumper. Watching how the team coalesce over time and their skills mature. It took on all manner of projects, from the bronze age right through to World War II. 2021 CURRENT PUBLISHING LTD - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. It was a perfunctory end for a television institution that, over two decades, made British archaeology more accessible and popular than ever. 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Information about your device and internet connection, like your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Yahoo websites and apps. I now watch with complete interest in what is going on in the world of Archaeology and love everything about our great nations past. R.i.P. But would be top stuff if BBC 4 could pick it up and get things back on track. Cutting some excellent TV and radio presenters in favor of younger ones. I THINK THIS IS A SHOCKING DECISION AND CAN ONLY HOPE THAT IT IS REVERSED!!! The money was well spent, and today only five Time Team sites remain unpublished a record that shames many UK units and academics. I download everything I can from the internet and watch on American PBS stations when I can find it. He joined the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (now part of English Heritage) in 1985, and is now head of its Landscape Investigation Team based in York, England. 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. What happened to the Time Team crew? Just did the same as Leigh trying to find out when the next series is due to start. Very sad that all great things have to come to an end one day. Tony Robinson is proud of the programmes success in making archaeology accessible. All I can tell u is that I was hooked. . It has taught and shown me so much, I have a wonderful interest in archaeology thanks to this show, and loved hearing and seeing our past. Tapped into the national zeitgeist, its stars were household names and at its zenith Time Team was pulling in audiences of 3 3.5 million viewers. A group of archaeologists have 3 days to discover historical artifacts in different sites around Britain. Francis Pryor and Phil Harding filming a classic episode at Brancaster (Photo: Time Team Digital) It appears that the programme has unexpected healing properties. This is not the present series I wonder where you are watching? and long may you show them PLEASE pauline x, I am trying to get a contact e-mail address for Tim Taylor (IV) because a group of archeologists in Canada would like to see a Time Team Canada started and we need advice and any other help from the expert. The whole catering & accommodation aspect could have been trimmed, without loss of such a wonderful program. There is a petition already, on Facebook, which is not the ideal place. And key graphic purporting to show the significant shift in building alignments between two phases did not actually do that but simply repeated the original layout! We also use content and scripts from third parties that may use tracking technologies. How amazing to see the history of England being unearthed. Just discovered that this had been axed. If those of us who have never met him mourn today, how much more must his friends and family be feeling his passing? Instead John Gater, the programmes geophys wizard (see CA 252), surveyed the field. There is a focus on interesting, previously discovered, artefacts, while pipe music lends an almost mystical air to proceedings. Slower paced, Timesigns has Mick talking directly to the camera in a style more akin to a history documentary or Open University broadcast. I now live in Australia and love watching shows on my homeland. Just a thought/ John. [3] On 24 July 2008, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Southampton in archaeology. Yes please BBC4 or anyone sensible Time Team will always be popular if you listen to Tony (yes I am a fan) Mick and Phil and Helen (yes I am an even bigger fan of these guys). 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. And a pint or 2 as well, EUTOPIA. Stewart has always been my top hero too, although I loved everyone without exception till the changes happened. From jan Marie jaser. RESURRECT THE PAST! In 2003, I joined the amateur Biggar Archaeology Group which, among other achievements, discovered the oldest known archaeological site in Scotland. Shots of him in woodland seeking out raw materials for a reconstructed axe allowed the audience to witness the hands-on practical process. Reason: we hardly spoke to each other and what we were watching on tv was hardly worthwhile. Written by Phil Harding and John Pooley (of The John Pooley Consultancy) the guide 'Resource Efficiency and Corporate Responsibility - Managing Change' was first produced by the Government Office for the South West (Sustainability & Environmental Technologies Team . The more who sign it the better, I have and so have my family. Over the years has shown archaeology all round UK. Excellent show. 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. Thank you channel 4 Thank you very very much . The last series was disappointing without Helen and Stuart who were replaced by people without half their expertise. The students became instant converts to the program. I have four sons we have been Time Team fans for years. Its December 2016, My Hubby and I live in Queensland Australia,we have Foxtel and have the old shows on a series link and never get tired of watching the Time Team. document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "aef75bd6fa7bfa0cebb4e51d4d2b7451" );document.getElementById("ac59ec51d8").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Latest news from our sister site, the-past.com. I have watched most episodes many times and it is a joy to come across one I have never seen before. Wasnt TT the only reason to watch Channel 4 ? If this were a BBC programme, then this alone would be worth the license fee. 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. Shades of the quiz-show concept do survive into early episodes of Time Team proper. He has an excellent track record in a range of organisations in the . When Time Team came along, I got absolutely hooked on it. I am gutted Time Team is for the chop, I love it!!! Time Team, the highly successful archaeology tv program on Channel 4 has announced a possible return to the trenches with a crowdfunding Patreon campaign to relaunch the show. Much better than most of the rubbish we get now that there are so many channels chasing adverts & broadcasting ever increasing repeats. Inspiring stuff. 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. 2012 was a very low point and i half expected it to end right then. Its our favoite show. He has become a familiar face on the Channel 4 television series Time Team. Would hydrogen chloride be a gas at room temperature? One of the people she missed was Carenza Lewis. This is in no doubt as a direct result of the post production. Sounds ageism to me, isnt that against the law now? This was the best educational programme that looked forward to every week and also all the repeats that were broadcast on more 4. | Waterloo Uncovered", "Deputy Lieutenant Commissions LIEUTENANCY OF WILTSHIRE", "New deputy lieutenants include TV archaeologist and Wiltshire College chairman", "University looks forward to Graduation 2008", "Time Team archaeologist Phil Harding wins Current Archaeology's prestigious Archaeologist of the Year award for 2013", Lectures by Phil Harding for Waterloo Uncovered Project, Interview with Phil Harding during Salisbury 2020:Digital Big Weekend, Salisbury Sites Blog and Salisbury Uncovered film, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phil_Harding_(archaeologist)&oldid=1130968750. In most places over here there are literally hundreds of channels with endless variety. irritating but he was a part of a recipe that worked for a long time. A brilliant series has been lost to the older viewer. Suddenly Channel 4 was receptive to the idea of a major archaeology programme. It would be remiss of me not to mention that I was so sorry to read of the passing of Mick Aston. As Francis Pryor observed on his blog, in many ways the real question is what went right?. He was an inspiration to me and to so many others. We have it so easy in this day and age to compare to others in the past and we so loved it when Tony came to Australia and did some shows about our ancestral heritage,we all walk past so much and never notice whats in front of us,we miss so much rich knowledge right under our feet. The result was a previously unknown 5th-century monastic enclosure linked to St Columba. Channel 4 you need looking at!!! 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. Enjoyed Tony and the whole crew, felt like u were part of the dig and part of the crew, they were all like family. Phew! UK engineer, producer, songwriter, musician and author. Yes, speak for yourself! Carenza Lewis, Tony Robinson and Phil Harding from Time Team . Most days, I have been watching the TT repeats on More Four in the afternoons. Also, the most recent posters may not have heard of Mick Astons premature death. 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. It is the programme really. I thought the 2013 series was an improvement on the 2012 series, but tonights episode was disappointing. very sad day in T V HISTORY. As Mick Aston observed the geophys and Time Team have always gone hand in hand. these idiots decide to change it.i hope they are happy boring peaple.please bring it back. With Tony Robinson, Phil Harding, John Gater, Stewart Ainsworth. The programme certainly triggered my interest and my wifes interest in Archaeology. The dig has only found old bits of pipe and 1950s china, but it really does not matter, what matters is the program has inspired my children. When did time team end? 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. Ive loved Time Team since day one, but recently Ive found it becoming a little too cozy. It wasnt perfect but the catty remarks are uncalled for. 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. and have watched it since the begining. Much as I still love watching them (though, annoyingly, More 4 often shows the same programme a week later), I can hardly bear to think there will be no more new ones. [] One of best, very passionate three part on geology of Great Britain was filmed with Mr Tony Robinson who is/was excellent presenter. Agree 100%, they should have left it well alone. Ive enjoyed watching all the archeologists old and new & think Tony Robinson is a great presenter. [8], In 1991, Harding took part in the series Time Signs, which was produced by Tim Taylor, who went on to create Channel 4's popular archaeology series Time Team. By the summer of 2012 Channel 4 no longer wanted old Time Team. Thank you all so verymuch for what you have accomplished. 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