Surely a revamp, no helicopters, fewer paid staff, smaller archaeological objectives, involve communities more hence free labour would help. An expert in Medieval rural settlement, Carenza is currently Professor for the Public Understanding of Research at University of Lincoln. TV is going downhill faster & faster. Last night (17 June 2014), they had a prominent, crude cartoon of a mans sexual equipment inserted into this highly humorous clip. But it is not just a love-in for no reason: archaeology has benefited and received significant results out of the show. Philip Harding DL FSA (born 25 January 1950) is a British field archaeologist. It is sad to read the mechanics of its demise and, worse, to see it played out on screen. He has become a familiar face on the Channel 4 television series Time Team. Channel 4 should never have discarded such a treasure. Possibly my favourite television programme. 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. here was atransfixing series, turning elitist subject into everyday knowledge for the ordinary man. With Phil Harding also on board, three members of the future Time Team core were in place. Philip Harding DL FSA (born 25 January 1950) is a British field archaeologist. Did Time Team ever find anything? But it is not just a love-in for no reason: archaeology has benefited and received significant results out of the show. A tantalising question kept returning: what could a revived Time Team achieve with the technology and techniques now at our disposal? View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. So sad to hear that it came to an end. RESURRECT THE PAST! And so disappointed in ch4. axed is their a petition running ????? So sad. CHANNEL 4 you just do not know what you have done ! The banter between him and the otherwise notoriously stuffy academics was legendary. He has since become an acknowledged expert on flint-knapping and is skilled in lithic reduction using both percussive techniques and pressure flaking, in which instead of striking the flint with blows, pressure is exerted on the edges to shape the tool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVRe_gMtXNo. A long-time member of Channel 4s Time Team, Raksha Dave is one of the countrys best loved archaeologists. Thank you all for giving us years of delight and thank God for DVDs. What screwed up Time Time was poor scheduling two years ago and an attempt to sex up the show and this failed miserably. He has become a familiar face on the Channel 4 television series Time Team. Maybe one day she will say sorry to us all. Was it one persons requirements that brought extras into the show, persons not wanted nor needed, also not as talented as a walnut. I have 50 poems now and was sent pics of the lower part of their school. You can never run out of history in Britain. This speed did not compromise the integrity of the Teams archaeological work: more than 200 published reports produced by Wessex Archaeology highlight the considerable contribution the show made to archaeological literature, and while the programme was filming it was second only to English Heritage as a funder of archaeology in the UK. 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. And so agree with all here who say that C4 is very sadly dumbed down from its early days and mission. How amazing to see the history of England being unearthed. Such mass-production was only possible with more rigorous processes guiding filming. These are absolutely awesome! Im 78 years old. A new target has been set to reach 7,000 Patrons by 18 July, which will expand the shows accessibility to fans during filming, and in the research and development stage. But in this, as in so many other ways, Time Team bucks the trend. Innit? The last series was disappointing without Helen and Stuart who were replaced by people without half their expertise. 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. Expertise honed over 15 years was lost at a stroke, to be replaced by crew and production staff who knew neither each other nor archaeology. A great series, I still watch old repeats and will enjoy them for a long time. I think the writing was on the wall when the powers that be messed about with it, moving its base to Cardiff and losing quality staff and goodwill. I watch time team on more 4 The writing was on the wall though poor scheduling . However, as a viewer I hugely enjoyed the opportunity to share in the Teams excitement. Wasnt TT the only reason to watch Channel 4 ? In 1979 the archaeological section of the DOE for the region became Wessex Archaeology, a non-profit organisation which is one of the biggest archaeological practices in the country. It was responsible for me going on a dig and having a great time. Great format, educational safe family viewing. i believe everything has a lifespan, and that must include television shows. If those of us who have never met him mourn today, how much more must his friends and family be feeling his passing? I love Time Team and regularly binge watch have seen many episodes several times. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? 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. 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. Poor second best but something is better than nothing. How very sad. Being well aired on the Yesterday TV Channel Monday to Friday throughout the day, Time team proved that nothing I is really lost it us just covered up soil sand and water 3 cheers for the team ron atkinson. I hate that its producers felt the need to change its face to meet the modern idea of glamour! 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. I suppose I will have to go back to Dads Army for a bit of sanity then, Robyn Australia Mick Aston is a damn good archaeologist and his departure was a serious loss to the programme. Learned lots of the history of the show from these posts but I dont know whether Ive seen the cleavage or whether Micks absence from a dig is because hes doing something else, on hols etc or because hes gone. Shame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY? I am devastated ! Philip 'Phil' Harding, FSA (born 25 January 1950) is a British field archaeologist. The Isle of Mull episode in season 17 is a great example of what could be discovered. When he took this pitch to various studios, however, no one wanted to know. In April 2017, Dave married, An expert in Medieval rural settlement, Carenza is. Fans can now engage in the show in ways that were simply unimaginable when we started out, Tim Taylor says. Time Team creator Tim Taylor said they now have enough funds to start work on two new YouTube episodes, with two more in the pipeline. History is a fascinating subject but C4, please bring back the previous and successful formatting of Time Team. The fun gone out of Sunday teatime! Thank you,Mick, for all that you gave us.and thanks to Micks family for sharing him with us. I dont think I could stand watching Phils grotty hat for one more season. Very disappointing. too, although not often. Watching how the team coalesce over time and their skills mature. I am looking forward to the Village Dig series, when it eventually comes to the small screen. You were apparently watching a different show than we were. A well-known face on television through his regular appearances on Channel 4s Time Team, Phils contribution to archaeology extends well beyond his TV role. What lies under the ground of the countrys past. Please bring back Time Team with Tony Robinson. Time Team first appeared on British television in early 1994, lasting two whole decades until it was cancelled in 2014. We hope that someone our there will take them under their wing and continue the shows its been great,you have shown us so much interesting archaeology of our past from all the corner;s of our beautiful planet,and its hard work doing all that digging and trying to preserve it for our future children. The breakthrough came when Timesigns proved an unexpected hit. So, Ch4 why did you do away with this gem of a program? As Francis Pryor observed on his blog, in many ways the real question is what went right?. Dont think that the U.K. has the monopoly on scrapping popular shows it happens here in N.Z. 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 What a pity we had to endure that young lady fashion model who merely read her script for a couple of episodes. Some of them are dead, and the rest have moved on. I was disappointed with the change in format, it was like losing family. We will suffer forever without the seasonal hours of archaeology, in all its forms. My eldest son is now 19 and guess what he is studying at University (say no more) thank you Time Team. Ridiculous. I have only lately discovered time team and I love it I record as many episodes as I can and I think all of the cast make the show I was never interested in archeology but I am addicted now just watchedthe Salisbury plain one with the soldiers who are coping with life and one said that watching TT helped hime to relax and began to enjoy life again Official website also launched: http://www.TimeTeamFans.com Thanks everyone. 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. Oh well, TV is doomed. I agree the lady they brought in for Series 19 was disappointing and that it does show how far C4 has come in the last 20 years. these idiots decide to change it.i hope they are happy boring peaple.please bring it back. To me time team brought all facets of history alive to the ordinary person. In October last year Channel 4 announced that the 20th series of Time Team would be the shows last. A thoroughly good bunch of people with a true PASSION for their subject ! I have not been watching the show for very long because it was not aired in the US as far as I know. As the original show grew from an unlikely underdog to a national institution, each series in the original run was a product of its time whether evaluating a Romano-British villa or the final refuge of druids, the tussle between continuity and change was at the centre of each episode. 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. Spoilt in the end by Fixing something that want bust. Much has been said about this show on this site but I think that all of you would be best served by reading what Raksha had to say. It has certainly opened up the world of archaeology to new generations, and has Its a wonder one isnt constantly tripping over roman floor tiles and Anglo-Saxon wine jugs every time one steps out of ones door. Preliminary estimates suggest that this grand country residence could have been almost the size of Buckingham Palace, which would make it one of the largest villas discovered in Britain. 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. 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. The UK is lucky that it has such a long history. I loved it. Close friend and former Time Team colleague Phil Harding said he had received the news from Prof Astons son, James Aston. Im sorry no-ones put in a word for the lovely Raksha always good-natured, hard working and incredibly knowledgeable. Phil Harding Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth, Family If I were an enterprising producer on another channel, I would start a new series that build on the fascinating skills of Stuart A. 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. If this were a BBC programme, then this alone would be worth the license fee. Tony was constantly disagreeing with the archaeologists, and for some unexplained reason there was loud ballet music all but obliterating the commentary. The focus groups of today, the council chambers of yesteryear; all determined to make their mark, put their talent on show. Telly Tubbies. On December 17, 2021, Williams was hired by the San Diego Padres to serve as the teams third base coach for the 2022 season. 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. I would echo it completely. Theories were mooted, refuted, and sometimes rebooted. This informative, interesting program has long been a favourite amongst all ages of our family. i have seen every episode of time team and ive never seen him mention anything like that other than one time, so you are a complete moron and need to look up what the word patronize means since i am now patronizing you. 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. Who made the decision to axe time team but it is a mistake they will regret. The team of Tony, Mick, Phil, Stuart, John, Carenza, Brigid, Guy, etc etc filled me with warmth and satisfaction. Theme: Envo Blog. 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. Especially ones which dig a site. 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/. This did happen in fact, but the show kept going with Mick Aston and (Sir) Tony Robinson always at the helm. Thanks Julia and Lizbeth. Its prototype was Timesigns, a four-part series that aired in 1991. Fabulous, thank you. Many episode are available free on veehd.com. Im sitting here on the sofa watching the usual More 4 showing on a Saturday morning. He asks the questions that some people must be sat in front of their TV asking. I note that none of them ever received a gong. 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. Regards Peter Mulready Australia. This is a project in its preliminary stages, run by Tim Taylor. (Then, of course, it goes straight to Hell). DREADFUL ! Time Team brought so much into my life, being bed ridden, television being a large part of my life now. I loved watching time team I want it to come back on the tv I miss watching it on Sunday afternoon. The new series is getting nearer to the original format, I think, except for the one featuring the soldiers, which, dare I say it and risk castigation (?) Your email address will not be published. Yet despite bringing the past to life using the familiar ingredients of I have been fascinated by archaeology since reading Golden Books Lost Cities and Vanished Civilizations, at the age of nine, but only recently stumbled across TIME TEAM quite by accident one night. 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 loved Time Team for years and wish that there were not so many bone heads in Channel 4. very sad. Just a thought/ John. Very very sad. Hopefully it will be picked up by another channel. 2012 was a very low point and i half expected it to end right then. (But not, ever, I would agree, grinning totty!) But it just goes to show how Time Team in ingrained in our family! Tony admitted a number of times that he is not an archeologist. I recommend Current Archaeology to young and old as a way of covering all eras and defining ones particular interests in the subject. What is Ward 41 Victoria Hospital Kirkcaldy? If Id been younger when the programme first started I would have loved to have studied archaeology to work in such a fascinating area, I had little knowledge of or interest in archaeology before. Sir Tony I salute you and the team,its been a good innings! Completely unable to absorb and assimilate well presented information in an entertaining style, and you completely misread the ironic style of Tony Robinson. 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 now live in Australia and love watching shows on my homeland. Robinson said his decision to stop drinking last January inspired him to find other ways to improve his health. 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