Its amazing. I was surfing the internet to obtain correct titles for some episodes that I recorded earlier. Were currently watching the last episodes, with the delightfully enthusiastic Francis Pryor, on ABC TV in Melbourne, and we love em, even if there arent always lots of finds. 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. Following the successful launch of a fan-led Patreon campaign in December, Time Team has now confirmed what could be the first of many digs. Pity arise Sir Phil???? Nothing lasts forever, including Time Team. Hated that they axed Mick Aston and brought in other new people!!! We, Yahoo, are part of the Yahoo family of brands. I loved it. 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). I loved every minute of it. Ive enjoyed watching all the archeologists old and new & think Tony Robinson is a great presenter. 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. In the country you have more sense of the spirit of a place. 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 ground-breaking history series presented by Tony Robinson helped to popularise the field of archaeology and has since been watched in over 40 countries worldwide! I will miss it and them dreadfully. What is Ward 41 Victoria Hospital Kirkcaldy? Who is Mary Ann & what does she bring to the table? Tony was constantly disagreeing with the archaeologists, and for some unexplained reason there was loud ballet music all but obliterating the commentary. .As always it will, I supposed be replaced by some run of the mill program, American sit com or soap. Thank you for educating and entertaining me over the years. Yes, the interest remains for the show. I am a 57 year old Aussie and I watched this program every episode I could see. I will think of you when I am digging in a field this afternoon, that you once dug, and bury a memento in your memory. I am one of the over 40s over 60 in fact. Well said, Paul! As for the rest of the Team, hats off to you for the great fun and excellent archaeology looking forward to a few TT specials. Im sorry no-ones put in a word for the lovely Raksha always good-natured, hard working and incredibly knowledgeable. Your email address will not be published. And a pint or 2 as well, EUTOPIA. Ive loved all of them (apart from the guy who placed the stones/coins/sword on his land deliberately) but that wasnt Time Teams fault and they did prove they couldnt be taken in. So disappointed to hear the show has been axed. Instead Time Teams format was radically overhauled. One only has to consider the creative arc of Channel Four itself, to have noticed that its a shadow of what it set out to be and frankly, those who run it now should be ashamed of themselves, relieved from duty, and prevented from working in TV ever again. This article is 10 years old but like a spoiler. Best wishes to everyone ever involved with the show. Time Teams genesis is a well-rehearsed story. And anyone who does not like Tony Robinson probably doesnt like Rowan Atkinson either, probably has not a read book over 30 pages in decades, and probably believes the Big Bang was what happened in their bedroom last night.. although a WONDERFUL outlet for the undoubted heroes, is not archaeology and not what I feel Time Team needs. This page was last edited on 1 January 2023, at 22:21. Here in NZ we are only now starting Series 19,in Bitterly, at present. There were times when I would have liked to see some longer digs being featured and I would still like to see that, but it seems likely that it will not be Channel 4 doing it. I have watched Time Team from day one, and now my 11 and 9 year old daughters love to watch it, in fact my youngest commented she would like to be an archaeologist when she grows up, and this is from watching Time Team, I cannot believe Time Team has been axed, its a national institution. As it was said at the start, they had to change it and then when it all went wrong blame someone else. Fabulous, thank you. This was the best educational programme that I looked forward to every week and also all the repeats that were broadcast on more 4. As others have said, lets hope that the B.B.C. Image: Wessex Archaeology. Such a great programme. Watching how the team coalesce over time and their skills mature. It should have stayed like that and people would have carried on watching. Hated that glamour woman simply the wrong feel.. Very, very sorry that management mis-handling killed it. Sounds as though short sighted suits are at work. I would also back the idea that rural people have the most interest as they can see the landscape every day and the changes on it. Harding was a regular on Time Team from the first series in 1994 until its cancellation in 2013. There is nothing else like it on TV. Thats fairly unusual.. I dont understand what purpose that serves, but there you have it. YOU HAVE JUST NOT THOUGHT THIS THROUGH! Watched it since the beginning, some great episodes and fantastic digs. I know real archaeologists are dismissive of Time Team but I loved it. From jan Marie jaser. Phil received the MBE in the Queen's 80th Birthday Honours list in 2006 in recognition of his sustainable development and climate change work in the South West region. Harding was a regular on Time Team from the first series in 1994 until its cancellation in 2013. For those too grief stricken to cope right now, subscribe to the youtube video blog of Dig Village. While Time Team unquestionably experienced problems, particularly in its final years, this much-loved show was an astonishing success, propelling modern archaeology into the public conscious as never before. I have offten mention to my husband, I wonder what the site look like after the the TT have left. And anyway, why would we want Channel 4 to keep TT? I never had any interest in my UK ancestors heritage and the conditions they must have endured until I watched the team in action. Sad that time team is no longer , they should go back to how it all started , dont mess with what is ok . Will Xbox Series X ever be in stock again? 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. 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. I watched every show, every season, and I never noticed that Tony had an obsession with Romans. Mick Aston. It lost its way because of the producers. The comment by Peter Thomas is excellent and is a very eloquent summation. (a bit of eye candy maybe if your of that age) Sad to see this very good program going down the pan. I still watch the series on U-tube. I was disappointed with the change in format, it was like losing family. Southern Gaulish Samian ware, or Green Glaze, 14th Century. Observing how so many, different, recondite specialty fields come together paleopalynography. This show has been a wonderful joy to follow over the years, and I shall so miss it. It is practically unheard of for a factual, specialist programme to spend two decades as the public face of its subject and become a national institution along the way. I am totally gutted to learn of the demise of TT. Now I will be stuck with overproduced, watered down supposedly historically accurate twaddle , We held a bit of a poll a few years ago with the Pagan Federation as to what the favourite TV programme was. Your email address will not be published. Ridiculous. To an incredible all round team we thank you and to Phil damn we will miss you! http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/time-team-should-continue-on-tv.html. 2003Michelle Johnsonm. Its disadvantage was that it had no scope to include z-list celebrities to manufacture controversy around, and so it was killed. 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 regards to a few folks comments about Tony Robinson. Yes/No? Philip Harding DL FSA (born 25 January 1950) is a British field archaeologist. Which one is the highest mountain in the world? It is hardly surprising that I rarely watch TV these days apart from repeats of old favourites thank goodness we still have 20 years worth of repeats. Bring them back ! 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. Gutted that Time Team has ended! Your email address will not be published. For me Time Team was a cultural oasis in a desert of dumb and lazy TV. The last series was disappointing without Helen and Stuart who were replaced by people without half their expertise. I now look forward to watching as many individual shows as I can in the future. 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. Please bring back Time Team with Tony Robinson. I just can not believe we will not see his fabulous jumpers again.. ( except in repeats of course ). 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. Time Team return, Time Team is coming back, Following the successful launch of a fan-led Patreon campaign in December, Time Team has now confirmed what could be the first of many digs. I have only recently discovered TT and am currently watching 4 episodes a day, courtesy of More 4 and Discovery History channels, and am utterly devastated to learn that it has been axed. Like Philip Lethbridge I would be happy to watch TT for ever. I got fed up with running and prancing, daring to contradict real aercheologists. All I can tell u is that I was hooked. Thank you all at Time Team for a wonderful 20 years. Well said and one hundred per cent agree. Schooled in observational documentaries, Graham followed the digs as they evolved. One of the best programmes on television. Philip 'Phil' Harding, FSA (born 25 January 1950) is a British field archaeologist. Vale Time Team, you will be missed. My eldest son is now 19 and guess what he is studying at University (say no more) thank you Time Team. My favourite show. How many people can look back on a twenty years span of such a masterful contribution to human culture? Our family enjoyed Tony Robinsons performance, but what made Time Team great was Mick and Phil and Carenza and Matt and Stewart and Raksha and Mick the Twig and Bridget and Raysan and Victor the artist and the geophysicists and Robin the historian and all the others whose contributions brought together a cohesive story for a site from a range of disciplines. Most of what I feel about the demise of TT has already been said here. Apart from the marvellous people who made up the Time Team over the years, the way they used the magic of television to highlight features of the dig, overlay geophys visualisations onto the site, extend a fragment of a pot into a full representation, and so on, made this program an exemplar of how to produce truly educational television; and the way the passion of the Team members and their expertise was allowed to shine, coupled with a witty front man, showed that educational does not have to mean dull or dumbed down. Closed minds achieve nothing in life. [] One of best, very passionate three part on geology of Great Britain was filmed with Mr Tony Robinson who is/was excellent presenter. Time Team is shown in the U.S. on the History Channel as "History Explorer" or something like that. While I mourn the loss of Time Team, I think its death is a natural, organic thing that was simply going to happen sooner or later. Hope it returns anne from Ontario Canada. [emailprotected]. Time Team has sometimes been accused of peddling stereotypes to the public, but anyone who has met the archaeologists will know that they are not cynical media-savvy operators adopting false personas for the camera. This is true Reallity Television. Dont think that the U.K. has the monopoly on scrapping popular shows it happens here in N.Z. Born 1957. Im the guy who set it up, iv got the page on Facebook, Twitter and the main website that i run. I have been in awe of the items the team dig up and the re-constructions. He brought archeaology to the public domain and helped us discover where our nation began, how it grew and how it is still changing. NON of these corporations do they think we are all idiots who will do as they as told like little children in school!!!!! I was thinking, isnt it about time Time Team was on? Ive binge watched Time Team on YouTube and up to S17. 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