If I were an enterprising producer on another channel, I would start a new series that build on the fascinating skills of Stuart A. And anyway, why would we want Channel 4 to keep TT? Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over 25. A) Time Team's still going; B) Tony Robinson left; C) Tony Robinson's returning. My politics are not Tony Robinsons or Mick Astons, but both deserve warm congratulations for what they did for archaeology and viewers over two decades.Tony Robinson seems to be largely responsible for the successful populist formula, the zest and the humourand the succinct resumes to stop viewers getting flummoxed., He deserves a knighthood but presumably he would just wrinkle his nose. The old team are the best Mick, Phil, Tony et al.. think Channel 4 have made a HUGE mistake bet they wont listen to the public.. I will watch Time Team episodes as long as I last. PATREON XMAS OFFER For a limited time only, enjoy 16% off Patreon membership (equivalent of 2 months free) if you sign up for annual membership by Sunday 1st January 2023, 12pm (GMT). I share your sentiments totally. I take my hat off to them. Tony used the rest of the Teams expertise to bring to life what was often regarded as a crusty subject before Time Teams arrival. The site is of national importance and we couldnt hope for a better team to help uncover its secrets., Time Teams return has had the backing of many celebrity fans, from Sir Michael Morpurgo and Bernard Cornwell to Philippa Gregory, Kate Mosse and Ken Follett. So, Ch4 why did you do away with this gem of a program? If it doesnt involve foul-mouthed yobs eating too much, drinking too much or better still both, they arent bovvered. 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. But when he returned to Britain, Tony found the studios equally intransient. Ace Custom: Phil Harding uses a personal shovel that he's modified to suit his needs. 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. True, Tony Robinson did tend to upstage and steal a scene or two, but those of us who enjoyed one of the best programmes to ever hit TV, expected and accepted that. I used to love all the research that they put into it. Managing Change Guide. Just a thought If anyone knows how to get up an on line partition, perhaps we could get enough signatures to make Ch4 sit up and take notice? Matt has dressed up and lived the life of a Roman soldier, Medieval lay-brother and even home-guard infantry, to name a few. So sad to see my favourite programme on Channel 4 being axed. I was digging my veg patch yesterday and I found a napped piece of flint. Will miss them! Most of these posts hope that the Beeb could resurrect TT somehow, but AN ENORMOUS THANK YOU TO THE CAST AND CREW FOR THE FABULOUS YEARS THEY HAVE GIVEN US. Why cant these so-called clever people just leave things alone. 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. Imagine Harrison Ford as an ageing hippy with a Wessex burr after several pints of real ale . Channel 4 obviously think we are all brain dead morons who need to watch the endless mind numbing soaps or the even more pathetic American rubbish that now dominates our screens. Time Team announces historic comeback with 2021 dig at huge Oxfordshire Roman villa that may be 'almost the size of Buckingham Palace'. There is definitly an opportunity for BBC2 together with The Open University to take over when Time Team ceases. A number of archaeological old hands were sacrificed in favour of more youthful presenters. We range in age from 8yrs to 82yrs and have loved Tony, Mick, Phil, Carenza, Helen, Faye, geophys John and most of all Stuart. The time had come to leave. Perhaps we can come up with a crew of our own with Ronald Hutton replacing Tony Robinson and I do know of a great film crew that would take up the filming. Gutted that Time Team has ended! I love watching the old episodes, the ones where there was fantastic camaraderie between the team, excellent and atmospheric music in the background which always complemented the era of the dig and the extravagant clothing worn by the team. Harding trained on various excavations with the Bristol University Extra Mural Department and other bodies from 1966; he has been a professional archaeologist since 1971. 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. In other words, archaelogy, teamwork, and interaction in that order. (Then, of course, it goes straight to Hell). How amazing to see the history of England being unearthed. Who made the decision to axe time team but it is a mistake they will regret. and Im so grateful to all the Time Team members for a wonderful 20 seasons. You are going to be missed more than most of us realise. Your email address will not be published. Most of what I feel about the demise of TT has already been said here. It is amazing to contemplate the staggering amount of archaeology lurking beneath the surface of the whole of the British Isles. I feel like i know all of the presenters personally they had that effect on people.I watched it evolve over the years and couldnt wait for each knew series. I found TR irritating at times but accepted him as part of the show. 19891997. Harding. I had no idea it was finishing until yesterday and I missed the last viewing as I have flu and have been sleeping a lot.. OH DEAR ! How many programmes can a entertain a whole family at the same time, not many. if only someone could afford too get all thecast back and go on channel 2 or 5 any ware but not on 4 .. who ever made up there minds to get rid off TT I HOPE there bosses can see the error they are makeing.very sad to see it go. 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. 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? It wasnt perfect but the catty remarks are uncalled for. 4 April 2012. Phil had never sought or anticipated recognition for his public service and this was a family first. I guess I will have to plan a trip to the UK to get my archaeology fix now. I want Time Team brought back. The first show of 1994 featured a young, dark, long-haired Tony The Wildman Baldric Robinson, with a equally younger long haired Mick Aston, some of which was not quite all grey. Is Phil Harding from Time Team still alive? 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. Karenza Lewis archaeological sex on legs. Whats wrong with a passing reference to global warming unless you are an eccentric climate change denier? Phil Harding is Time Teams resident trench-excavator. If an episode costs 200,000 and average 1.5 million viewers, would 1 million be willing to pay 20p via mobile phone or subscription towards making it, or 400,000 willing to pay 50p per episode? However BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is a state-owned institution from inter-war origins. Thank you,Mick, for all that you gave us.and thanks to Micks family for sharing him with us. - The most complained about X Factor moments- The Forgotten presenters of Top Gear- 10 films that really got science wrong. Sad to hear the show is coming to an end but hopefully repeat episodes will frequent our screens for a long time to come. 2003Michelle Johnsonm. That has gone now, so im going to just have to watch all the reruns on Discovery history ( and there are quite a few of them) and be happy. I have several friends who are serious archaeologists who have been dismissive of this program over the years, some of their comments about the lack of time for each dig are valid. Refreshing to see non-Brits find our history/heritage of great interest. Im the guy who set it up, iv got the page on Facebook, Twitter and the main website that i run. A long-time member of Channel 4s Time Team, Raksha Dave is one of the countrys best loved archaeologists. Time Teams genesis is a well-rehearsed story. Right now, there's no reason for Guardiola not to select him in the starting XI, though. I am looking forward to the Village Dig series, when it eventually comes to the small screen. 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. 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. Time Team brought archaeology to the publics attention (including mine) and will be sorely missed. Come on BBC . Without any doubt whatsoever Time Team was the best show on TV and a giant amongst the crappy stuff we have to put up with these days such as reality TV shows. Cancellation. 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. Thanks Guys! 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. Hope it returns anne from Ontario Canada. TT has inspired me to take up the challenge of retraining at the age of 67 for a second career in Heritage and Museum studies. And there is much yet to dig and poke at historically in the world, let alone Great Britain. In February 2012, Prof Aston, writing in the Western Daily Press, explained his decision to quit Time Team a year earlier, saying it was because Channel 4 had altered its format and the show had . Years earlier, Sir Mortimer Wheeler did some Archaeology pgms on TV and they were always popular. x. Condolences to Micks family, his friends and his colleagues. With Channel 4 keen to attract more supposedly affluent viewers in their 20s and 30s, season 19 also tinkered with the format. So apart from discovering the female cleavage (along with Kleenex tissues) looking for Saxon pottery designed to hold bovine waste, expanding your knowledge of Saxon tea services as well as teaching both Vivian Westwood and Tony & Guy a thing or twowhat other skills have you learned since watching Time Team? Channel 4 you need looking at!!! 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. Do 5 day digs instead. It is made up of real people and I have learnt so much from it. 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. ! I too wonder why they stopped it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Totally agree. He has become a familiar face on the Channel 4 television series Time Team. If you had to justify the value of television as a medium that can inform as well as entertain, Time Team would be the perfect example. And now it has been pulled, left to the re-marketing of DVD, and the Internet. & has never been more pi**ed off 2 here that its being pain this is all I can say in thinking that the single most important program ever to put PASSION in archaeology has been culled for giving more profit$ in adverts to run of the mill crap so long TimeTeam but rest assured you have YOUR place in history now! But once the old hands started to disappear the magic went too. 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. 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. but our family loves Phil. The Aussie fans are disappointed too that T T will be finishing up. Tim confirmed they have not found a new presenter yet, however many of the . the cast were so friendly to each other and the show was so intresting and made you think off our past . 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). Well said and one hundred per cent agree. An episode where a workplace expert was on stand by for structural shoring when common sense would have not wasted this kind of expense. Not a Tony Robinson fan myself but he is part of the show. The team also included the likes of surveyors Stewart Ainsworth and Henry Chapman, illustrator Victor Ambrus, and fellow archaeologists Helen Geake and Phil Harding, and gradually the show began to grow its following, introducing a whole new audience to archaeology. Cheers. Will Xbox Series X ever be in stock again? Some of the regulars have retired, some have moved on to other things, a few have departed for Tr nan g or the Field of Reeds. That way we still get our fix when we want to remind ourselves how good this series was. You wonder what kind of palsy comes over TV programers when they occasionally axe the best shows, shows with strong, solid substance!!! 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! 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