I loved it. Good riddance to Time Team; patronising in the extreme, and as for that prat Robinson leaping about a la Baldrick, reduced the entire thing to music hall. Not everyone takes change happily., The comments below have not been moderated, By Oh Dear. Emails,from those who have just learned that TT was cancelled a year ago are still dropping into my in box. IT DID NOT NEED JAZZING UP. There is definitly an opportunity for BBC2 together with The Open University to take over when Time Team ceases. He was an inspiration to me and to so many others. Having said that, I hope this means Time Team DVDs will now be more available to those of us in the US who adore the show. What are you going to replace it with? It was my favourite show for many years and definitely, for me, left so many other scientifically accurate but boring-as-bat-poo documentaries in its dust. That doesnt work in the US. 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. It is to bad that the show was cut, there are so much more to find, discover and educate us all. And if you do, please include the adorable and hilarious Raksha Dave, dear Francis Pryor and Stewart Ainsworth, all of whom have places near and dear to my heart. They were digging Roman ruins in someones back garden and explaining in detail what they were doing and what it told them hooked then and there. I am devastated to hear about Mick Aston.. 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. Dont let it stop you Margaret. Thats fairly unusual.. I too wonder why they stopped it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This was a fresh ongoing series with a warm and positive vibe, an interesting treat on TV. There was a youthful energy to them back them, which was part of the attraction. Who is Mary Ann & what does she bring to the table? (3 different history channels, Discovery channel, Travel channel, Military channel, National Geographic channel the list goes on and on. Yes I agree I miss fresh episode aswell please come back, Yes I agree, the quality of weekend television is terrible give us back some interesting programs, Still record and watch the show love it all I can say is Bring back Time Team. . An audience study in 2006 indicated that 20 million people watched at least one show that year. Time Team Official 133K subscribers Time Team Teatime - Session 28 Wrapping up Black History Month and our exploration of North America's early European colonies, we're staying in St Mary's. It worked before, if you think about it. While the allure of such sites created a powerful television spectacle, it also marked a move away from the programmes humble local archaeology origins. How many people can look back on a twenty years span of such a masterful contribution to human culture? Completely unable to absorb and assimilate well presented information in an entertaining style, and you completely misread the ironic style of Tony Robinson. But the professor, 65, said that changes to the programme which have led to the introduction of co-presenter Mary-Ann Ochota and the dropping of some archaeologists had left him really angry. I love Time Team and regularly binge watch have seen many episodes several times. I never made any money out of it, but a lot of my soul went into it. what fools these youngsters are. Think what we learned. Tony admitted a number of times that he is not an archeologist. Tim Team has finally brought British history into focus for me. I am devastated ! However BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is a state-owned institution from inter-war origins. I have always loved history but the subjects in school were dull. Am now in the process of buying the DVDs. Jim summed up their approach as messing with something perfectly fine, and when it wasnt a success, blaming the people trying to make it work., Time Teams cost also made it vulnerable. Nevis, West Indies: Part 1: Directed by Graham Dixon. very sad day for us and the time team cast. I always made sure be there watching when it was on. 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. Unlike many here, I think Mary Anne Ochota was a qualified addition to evolve and maintain the momentum of the series. Like Paul said (June 23 comment) you wished you could join them in the pub at the end for a beer . Please BBC take this show under your wings ! T.T. Whilst on youtube, also check out dig ventures; another fantastic project with another familiar face. Shame I can now only watch it at 5am on the History channel. I have watched most episodes many times and it is a joy to come across one I have never seen before. Self - Deya, Mallorca, Spain (1998) . When I signed there were 1,600 names. I agree with Brian, a petition might make Ch4 sit up and realise that we, the viewers, have got brains and like to watch programs with interesting and informative content. I never felt patronized and certainly never notice Tony Robinson sermonizing about global warming. I wonder if channel 4 realise how far T.Ts popularity stretches and how informative it is for all ages. Time Team did a superb job and has an excellent track record of quality archaeology, bringing the subject to millions via TV and publishing the results! Now British television can be as dumbed down and offensive as American television has become. And as others have said, perhaps it could be resurrected on BBC4??? swinging camera booms. Restructuring, avoiding dumbing down, possibly making it a shorter programme all could help. Please read. Ive always adored darling Tony Robinson since his days as Baldric, and Mick (RIP), Phil (gotta love him!) Congratulations to all concerned on a great program. Channel 4s choices are definitely a bit strange to many of us. Incidentally, Mr Harding, this flygirl will gladly buy you a pint, any day and would love to hear stories about years of pulling history out of the ground one piece, one bone, and one shard at a time. Ridiculous. The idea/format needs to be revived by BBC4. We will suffer forever without the seasonal hours of archaeology, in all its forms. Working with the Fiennes family brought home the connection with Sutton Hoo and Ralph Fiennes character, Basil Brown in the recent Netflix film, The Dig. Tony Robinson is proud of the programmes success in making archaeology accessible. Requested by a commissioning editor to wear more colourful clothing Mick turned up in the most garish garment he could find as a joke, only to be told it was perfect. Well it seems the bean counters got their way. Faced with the loss of a stalwart the production team then proceed to sideline the other star of the show Phil Harding for most of the airtime, and we get all that Chief Investigator nonsense, coupled with the bright young things who were the televisual equivolent of the black death for the programme. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVRe_gMtXNo, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Time_Team_episodes, I Have Fallen In Love With Land Rover Freelander! GOOD LUCK TO THEM ALL. 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. Channel 4 can go to where it rightly belongs confined to History. Whichever fool(s) cut it, perhaps they are now also, goneso please bring Time Team back it was a great staple! What a pity we had to endure that young lady fashion model who merely read her script for a couple of episodes. I completely agree with you Lauren. I found it much preferable to the Planet Earth shows of David Attenbrough. You wonder what kind of palsy comes over TV programers when they occasionally axe the best shows, shows with strong, solid substance!!! Apparently, there was plenty of dirt being dug off camera, thanks largely to the people up top. I have no idea which series I am watching, I think it must be a mixture as Tonys beer belly ebbs and falls and Phils hair waxes and wains, though Mick never seems to have changed. It lost its way because of the producers. Just imagine all our Patreon subscribers sitting down to watch Time Team and thinking: We made this happen!. He was affectionately called Time Team's "lumps and bumps" man by Mick Aston, and works with the team alongside his day job, travelling the country surveying, recording and investigating archaeological sites. As others have said, lets hope that the B.B.C. Big Bang (repeat), Simpsons (repeat), Simpsons (another repeat), Maid in Manhattan (good grief!). Meanwhile Tonys role transformed from a quiz master to translator of all things archaeological for a general audience. But for me the real genius is Stewart who can look at a landscape and tell you what it was like hundreds of years ago. (Then, of course, it goes straight to Hell). Thank you,Mick, for all that you gave us.and thanks to Micks family for sharing him with us. Maybe it was better to end the show before they replaced the entire cast with celebrities from TOWIE. 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. So thank you TT, you helped rekindle my interest in history and if Id been 40 years younger you would probably have been instrumental in a career change! Hopefully some other channel will take up the format eventually. Some of them are dead, and the rest have moved on. By the way, if the executives mild revamp caused viewer figures to plummet, how come it was the programme and not those executives who got the flak? People who had their gardens dug up were very brave once Phil got digging, were their gardens reland scaped. A former academic at Bristol and Oxford universities, he has worked tirelessly to bring archaeology to a wider audience. I know real archaeologists are dismissive of Time Team but I loved it. I am American and Time Team is my favorite program. As a lowyal Time Team viewer from Australia, I am devastated. Refreshing to see non-Brits find our history/heritage of great interest. I have always enjoyed TT but the latest series seems to have lost its spark! A terrible loss to the worlds of broadcasting and archaeology alike, with luck a pheonix will rise from the ashes. Most days, I have been watching the TT repeats on More Four in the afternoons. It has made the subject of archaeology interesting and accessible for everyone and if they were still activetheres an interesting mound that desperately needs investigating at the end of our road. 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. With Season 20 airing next year, and a series of one-off specials running into 2014, there is still new Time Team on the way. I will miss my bit of kulcha. NON of these corporations do they think we are all idiots who will do as they as told like little children in school!!!!! Six years after the last 'three days dig' was aired, the series is unstoppably popular on youtube. very sad day in T V HISTORY. I hope more episodes are made available on video! C4, please bring back the previous and successful formatting of Time Team. Real shame, feels like Ive lost my friends! I liked the pictures Victor did on several shows which showed the principals in historical costumes. My cable TV subscription gives us awesome selections for history, science, and information buffs! Some episodes Ive seen over three times each. What is wrong with older viewers? While viewing it might be a bittersweet experience we should enjoy the moment while we can. Just been reading all the comments, and a lot of sensible thinhs have been said, and a few stupid ignorant ones as well. Thanks to all the past & present members of the crew and cast. . Youve said it all, I totally agree! Id say it was as his programmes/stories Time Team were canceled by BBC (see the websites: Channel 4 Time Team and Time Team: the rise and fall of a television phenomenon). and I just came across the time team on my tablet in November 2019. 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.. ARE THEY NUTS? I cant believe how much I have learned during Covid lock down because of Time Team. I first came across it a few years back while channel surfing Hey I know him thats Baldrick. When not filming, Stewart also works as an investigator and project manager for English Heritage. 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. Very very sad. Yes, Upton Castle was a bit of a mess in terms of style, but it held our interest. If this were a BBC programme, then this alone would be worth the license fee. Sad days. I loved watching time team I want it to come back on the tv I miss watching it on Sunday afternoon. The technology now at our disposal, and a new generation of archaeologists joining the team, is a fantastic prospect. What is the point of Channel 4, if not to do something different? time team was one of the best progs ever. Raphael, you cant have the old cast back. Surely, the way forward would have been to dig deeper into the technical aspects of the archaeology and to speak to the intelligent audience that made the program in the first place whether the sites themselves or the techniques being employed. 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? For years I had little interest in any of it but as time went by this programme made me interested. It took off instantly and has been there going from strength to strength since 2004. The late Robin Bush brought a degree of historical expertise that would be missed almost as much as the man himself following his departure in 2003. By He said: 'We were very sorry to see Mick go, and he leaves an extraordinary legacy. I found TR irritating at times but accepted him as part of the show. It was my highlight of the week especially now i am disabled and dont leave the house very often. INCREDIBLE ! I love a list and now I can tick off which ones Ive seen in a suitably anal fashion. Time Team! Like Concorde, should be rescued by someone BBC and revamped ASAP. And of course who can ever forget Helen Geakes dress sense and haircuts ! Look at Lee Bradys comment 23rd Jan. Theres a link for a petition hes got started. 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. IT WILL WORK, IT WILL BE SUPPORTED. I so agree. The roman barge in Utrect was particularly interesting and my son in Holland wished to see it. Their presentation skills are very good indeed and could develop even more if the programme continued (not with Channel 4 please); eg Tracey, Jimmy, Susannah, not to mention Raksha, Matt, Paul, Helen, John and Stuart, all of whom are young enough to take over from the elder statesmen who could still guest if they do choose to retire one day! maybe someone will dig you out of the tombs of c4 in time. Such a great programme. A known anthropologist and archeologist ( Emmanuel College, Cambridge ), to describe and dismiss her as a former model is a bit unfair. , Totally agree have enjoyed this programme since it started. I have told so many people about Time Team & my grand daughter has been trying to decide should she be an archaeologist or a geologist because of it. Nothing lasts forever, including Time Team. 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. Not any more. 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