So sad to hear that it came to an end. Here in NZ we are only now starting Series 19,in Bitterly, at present. Struck by how much could be learnt in a few hours, Tim wondered what could be achieved in a few days. Have watched 8 seasons and enjoying them all. There are quite a few of us down here watching repeats ( up to 5 times) but even so they are still interesting. Apparently, there was plenty of dirt being dug off camera, thanks largely to the people up top. I loved the camaraderie.. the discoveries.. the wonderful feeling of how people not only survived in early times..but were every bit as capable and inventive as WE think we are ! Pity arise Sir Phil???? His technique fostered a sense of immediacy for viewers, placing them on the trench edge when discoveries happened and making them privy to key discussions. Never too late to register shock and disgust at the decision to axe Time Team which has opened up the hidden world of archaeology to generations. This is the sort of Programme that would thrive on BBC 2 in conjunction with The Open University. I have always loved history but the subjects in school were dull. Please bring Time Team back. and have watched it since the begining. 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. On the other hand, all good things come to an end. We live in USA. time team has over the years discovered great things. The villa is a tantalising prospect a grand building almost as big as Buckingham Palace. What a great detective. Thank you, thank you, Ive loved the passion, warmth, fun, humour and absolute professionalism that you all have brought to history. For me Time Team was a cultural oasis in a desert of dumb and lazy TV. No, I didnt ever notice that, was I watching the right show? 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. By the summer of 2012 Channel 4 no longer wanted old Time Team. I learn so much. TT is very fun to watch after nearly 30 years from the first episodes; watching the GeoPhysics change from season to season (week to week for me as I binge) is great for this engineer. By the way I am 52, so I guess I am too old for channel 4, but tell my kids that. In 2005, Carenza Lewis left to pursue other interests. I guess I will have to plan a trip to the UK to get my archaeology fix now. Little surprise she became a history teacher. Mick the Dig joined Time Team early on as our resident excavation supervisor and was personally responsible for Time Team's biggest ever hole - at Blaenavon, Wales (an honour that looks unlikely to be beaten any time soon!). Try Dig Ventures, an online crowd-funded Archaeology site. Shame I can now only watch it at 5am on the History channel. 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. Margie, NZ Sorry I dont know how to do this! 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. The thing that should be axed is the TV exec that made that decision. 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. Tim Taylor explains because weve involved Wessex Archaeology in our work for the last 10 or so years the reports are really good quality. Time Team has left a legacy that few TV programs can match and im sure that generations to come will enjoy. I think Phil is a genius at being able to read the ground he is digging up. Wasnt TT the only reason to watch Channel 4 ? 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. A thoroughly good bunch of people with a true PASSION for their subject ! We are aiming to reach our target of at least 5,000 patrons by the end of March and well then be in position to dig at least one other site the Iron Age settlement this year and carry out preliminary research on others., Our goal is to create a legacy for these sites, says Taylor, building ongoing relationships with local communities and archaeologists that continue to yield fresh insights. 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). Dues have been paid, so get Sir Tony back, along with some younger faces and writing talent, and get cracking on a new TIME TEAM !!! I wonder if channel programmers read these blogs? I am watching as many of the daily episodes as I can on New Zealands History Channel.It makes me nostalgic for the British history and archeological sites. too, although not often. Seasons 9-12 are often seen as Time Teams golden age. Telly Tubbies. His Uncle, my brother, has to dig up a dig with him when he comes on holiday and he is in there like a professional. thank god for the repeats. Not blaming her particularly, but her entry seemed to also disturb the group dynamics of the cast, which was one of the things that made it so enjoyable. My youngest daughter honed her love of history sitting with me on a Sunday evening watching Mick and Tony et al. Thank you, Time Team!!! Time Team - Helen Geake Helen Geake Small Finds Specialist and Anglo-Saxon Expert Helen's interest in archaeology was sparked partly by attending lecturers by Time Team's Mick. I loved watching time team I want it to come back on the tv I miss watching it on Sunday afternoon. Self - Sanday, Orkney (1998) . Shame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate that its producers felt the need to change its face to meet the modern idea of glamour! I would make just one more: yes, we love the established contributors, our well loved favourites, but what about the good new talent being seen in this present series (2013)? "[3], As of 2010, Ainsworth has been affiliated with the history and archaeology department at the University of Chester, where he is a visiting professor.[4]. What do other TT viewers think? Whats wrong with cozy? Now, many dislike Tony as he is renowned to be a woke leftist with an attitude, but as a presenter, I thought he did magnificently well. . I am so sad and gutted Time Team has been axed. Teatime 26: Stewart Ainsworth - Return to Nevis 14,215 views Premiered Oct 11, 2020 Time Team Teatime: Session 26 - As Black History Month continues in the UK, we catch up with Stewart. 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. A former academic at Bristol and Oxford universities, he has worked tirelessly to bring archaeology to a wider audience. 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. Carenza Lewis, Stewart Ainsworth, Helen Geake and geophys genius John Gater will all be returning and are excited about the new sites. 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? In this months Science Notes, we will explore the evidence for this hypothesis, and examine how violence-related injuries are distinguished in archaeological human remains. 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. I think Tony is a good fit for this program. Much better than most of the rubbish we get now that there are so many channels chasing adverts & broadcasting ever increasing repeats. Phil is fantastic as he has always been. And what lies behind the strange decision to give us two rehashes of old material at the end of the 19th season? I watched all but episode 1. I will be saddened to see Time Team go, but I agree that the production costs could realistically be reduced. RIP Channel 4. I agree with you . It was supposed to be about archaeology. It is obvious to me that they were always working on their format and that Tony was the TV guy while the others were the science folks. I learned a lot about my British roots by watching and have shared the knowledge with my family. I didnt always like the reenactments but it was interesting when they dealt with diet and medical issues. Poor. I loved Mick and Phil and Stuart et all, picking on Matt for any rotton job. I think he was a lovely man SO SAD ! Big Thanks Time Team,will never get tired of watching the shows,fingers crossed you can make some more. As Francis Pryor observed on his blog, in many ways the real question is what went right?. Time team came back as a clear favourite, so for one of the national conferences we decided to contact Time Team so that Tony or one of the team could come along and give a talk. I speculate that Mr Bushs rant is based upon nothing more than jealousy over the fact that Mr Harding has obviously learned one more word than him whilst digging those big holes! May be he could be a Lord? 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. All the others as far back as 1828 from Ireland and Scotland. Hated that glamour woman simply the wrong feel.. Very, very sorry that management mis-handling killed it. What is the point of Channel 4, if not to do something different? Ive watched TT for years now and thoroughly enjoyed it. Really gutted TT has finished, and shame on Channel 4 for this decision! It was Stewart who discovered the true route of the Roman road as it went through Greenwich Park. The programmes were sometimes slight and of course a three day dig is only a sketch rather than a full canvass, but Time Team enriched my life. In 2011 the production centre for the programme moved from London to Cardiff. Lois & Tara, Australia I completely agree with you Lauren. We are shocked to read that Time Team is finished. I am appalled. A group of archaeologists have 3 days to discover historical artifacts in different sites around Britain. Stewart Ainsworth FSA (born 26 June 1951) is a British archaeological investigator who is regularly seen on Time Team the Channel 4 archaeological television series he joined in 1995. along with Mick Aston, Robin Bush & Beric Morley. I wish! 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. I recommend Current Archaeology to young and old as a way of covering all eras and defining ones particular interests in the subject. DREADFUL ! youtu.be/rlKmrT. This biographical article about a British archaeologist is a stub. The marvelous experts have described items, historical facts and what could have been, may have been and what was likely to have been and possibly how the ancestors [residents and visitors alike] changed the landscape. Its disadvantage was that it had no scope to include z-list celebrities to manufacture controversy around, and so it was killed. Sir Tony can do no wrong with me. Keep the show going its fantastic Ive been watching it as long as I can remember I love archeology, and it was so educational seeing how it is done. The Isle of Mull episode in season 17 is a great example of what could be discovered. I wonder whether the viewing figures took in the worldwide audience I know lots of people watched and enjoyed it here in Australia. 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. And there is still so much they can show and teach us. 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. Maybe the finding of Richard III might encourage a change of heart. I remember John Gater and his long beard. My dad worked for the National Park Service and I was born quite near Chaco Canyon[(a universally important archeological site) in a Navajo mission(Christian) hospital]. Yes, that was a great one. So sad to see the demise of TT. Channel 4s choices are definitely a bit strange to many of us. My grandson is a budding archeologist and watches it over and over again. I absolutely agree with everything you said ! Time Team you have inspired so many people .THANK YOU. Spoilt in the end by Fixing something that want bust. Hopefully it will be picked up by another channel. Miss TT so much. I have watched time team since episode one and I am gutted . , updated I feel really, really angry about it. I often wish you could all come to my back yard 1 acre) and help me find the many many pairs of secateurs buried therein. As is the case with so many entertainment channels, these days the focus is on the younger generation. 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. It is made up of real people and I have learnt so much from it. Whats on at this afternoon? Perhaps the question should be not what went wrong with Time Team, but what went wrong with Channel 4. I will have to content myself with watching the 4OD repeats for ever now. 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. And a pint or 2 as well, EUTOPIA. Ive binge watched Time Team on YouTube and up to S17. Inspiring stuff. The 2006 audience survey also identified that Time Teams core audience consisted of families and people aged over 45 / 50. Its sad to see another worthwhile educational program going by the wayside. The Aussie fans are disappointed too that T T will be finishing up. Now the format was safely established the programme was increasingly able to capitalise on its fame and access big name sites ultimately even Buckingham Palace. I cannot think why! If ch4 wanted to save money why not repeat them from programme 1 . Regards Peter Mulready Australia. 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