Were not archaeologists but were not stupid either it really did feel like they had decided the audience was unintelligent. It was a formula that worked for the target audience and trying to attract a different audience by dumbing down the content was like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. 2017, My husband and I decided to get rid of our tv when we had 2 young sons. Admittedly, in the last year or so I have found myself increasingly disinterested in the programme. Discovered Time Team after visiting U.K. Many episode are available free on veehd.com. Incidentally, to my British friends & fellow TT fans I have to say that I agree with the comments in this thread that the American shows that BBC chooses to air in the UK are garbage, but what a shame the excellent documentaries and history-related productions are not offered in your part of the world. Weve also done the landscapes around them, so if you want additional information then the Time Team reports contain that.. The huge plus for archaeology in general has been the raising of the profile of a branch of science that prior to this program was the province of a fairly small group of people. When Time Team came along, I got absolutely hooked on it. The Twitter page has been great up to now. I have watched the episode from Barra several times. Tags: I was so sad to find out that it is finishedCould we bring it back? When SBS decided to bring new hip young presenters in to replace the two experienced, knowledgeable and popular presenters who had made it from 1986 to 2004, and made it an institution, the ratings plummeted, and the new format was canned after 2 years. He brought a wonderful empathy to Time Team.. his kind detailed replies to Tonys frustration always impressed me ! Im sitting here on the sofa watching the usual More 4 showing on a Saturday morning. I dont understand what purpose that serves, but there you have it. I have loved it from the first episode and who cares if Tony is a little OTT sometimes, he keeps it entertaining and all together. Self - Downpatrick, County Down (1998) . Promotion of family values good natured banter and above all a love of the past which TT has shared with us over the years is disposed of Shame, Shame, Shame. Your Upper Classes have been re-inventing themselves as New Romans and Empire builders for some time now, particularly in the last few centuries.They lost touch with who they ACTUALLY were and their own people. Screening 13 episodes a year, as well as live digs and specials the programme was ubiquitous. With Channel 4 keen to attract more supposedly affluent viewers in their 20s and 30s, season 19 also tinkered with the format. British Television just one more nail in your coffin. Now everyone knows the word geophys. Time Team first appeared on British television in early 1994, lasting two whole decades until it was cancelled in 2014. . And this program had run its course several years ago. Yet time and time again they did it with grace, charm, humor and knowledge. These are absolutely awesome! I will miss my bit of kulcha. Its a shame yet highlights the offensively patronizing view metro-based TV people have of the general public. I am gutted Time Team is for the chop, I love it!!! 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. Jim Mower (development producer, see his opinion piece here) believes that Phil Hardings material was among the most innovative. 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. The last series was disappointing without Helen and Stuart who were replaced by people without half their expertise. The ABC in Australia invariably saw fit to show very, very few episodes of Time Team, although numerous repeats were televised, and like a good book, they were enjoyed by a public that is hungry for family value in TV productions. Big Thanks Time Team,will never get tired of watching the shows,fingers crossed you can make some more. It was one of the most brilliant Programmes ever on TV. 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? This biography article of a United Kingdom academic is a stub. Like others I would like to see somebody else either bringing it back or developing the format. People seem to enjoy them. 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. With Phil Harding also on board, three members of the future Time Team core were in place. Refreshing to see non-Brits find our history/heritage of great interest. 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. During that time he deduced the towns Medieval layout. 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. The students became instant converts to the program. Poor. We are pleased to share the winners of years CA Awards, announced on 25 February at Current Archaeology Live! I cannot believe that there will be no more Time Team, I hope the idiots at channel 4 read this site. Try Dig Ventures, an online crowd-funded Archaeology site. 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. The major players seem tired and cranky, and while they are all professionals and are trying very hard to be positive and upbeat, its obvious that they are trying, and that ruins it. Time Team cancelled by Channel 4? When not filming, Stewart also works as an investigator and project manager for English Heritage. It was season 19 that changed everything. I am still quite happy to watch repeats on Sky. while the Facebook page is slowly building! If it doesnt involve foul-mouthed yobs eating too much, drinking too much or better still both, they arent bovvered. This biographical article about a British archaeologist is a stub. The 2013 series is so much better, very like the old times. 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. Though Professor Aston appears with the new recruits in the current series, he will not join the 20th series, which starts filming in April and is due to be shown this year. Tony was the right man to present, no doubt about that. I have watched Time Team over the years. I loved every minute of it. Didnt like the changes either to the team it change the dynamics of the program but kept watching anyway. I love Time Team and regularly binge watch have seen many episodes several times. 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? quite a lot of the programmes are available on Veehd.com. 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! I am watching repeats on Yesterday but hate the constant adverts. This comment by Peter Thomas is an excellent precis of all that has been said. Ive learned that anything classed as experimental Is just filler as theyve found nothing. The result was a previously unknown 5th-century monastic enclosure linked to St Columba. I have offten mention to my husband, I wonder what the site look like after the the TT have left. Far too many highlights to choose a favourite, but Ill always have a soft spot for the tone of Tony Robinsons voice when he explained that the sash-cum-swordbelt worn by Saxon fighters was called a baldric. 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. My nana came from England in 1901. TV is going downhill faster & faster. With its awkwardly embarassing reality programming and multitude of dream come true talent shows American television is NOTHING to emulate. If ch4 wanted to save money why not repeat them from programme 1 . I enjoy his style of presentation. there was total outrage and ABC picked it up with the two oldies . Time Team brought archaeology to the publics attention (including mine) and will be sorely missed. Sad days. We have watched it form the start and enjoyed it on various level hugely. What do we all enjoy about it? I found TR irritating at times but accepted him as part of the show. They were like a 70s open university program with their hairstyles and clothes. I remember John Gater and his long beard. I watched every show, every season, and I never noticed that Tony had an obsession with Romans. The roman barge in Utrect was particularly interesting and my son in Holland wished to see it. Its our favoite show. RESURRECT THE PAST! There was a youthful energy to them back them, which was part of the attraction. I loved the banter between Tony, Phil and Mick and anyone could see they enjoyed their jobs. It is located on the Broughton Estate in Oxfordshire, belonging to the Fiennes family. I do not know he was pretty good towards the end at his archeology. It makes me want to poke nyy head in and see the Geophys, operate the diggers to open a trench and pick up a trowel and start digging! They cant bring it back. He was an inspiration to me and to so many others. Above all we learned something new in each programme , not the usual rehashed information served up in other one -off programmes on popular periods. Very sad that all great things have to come to an end one day. 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. She studied at University College London and University of York, specialising in Anglo-Saxon cemeteries. The format changed and little was really seen of the dig. This series is in my opinion (and hubbys) a satisfying end. This is just swell. What happened to Stewart Ainsworth? although a WONDERFUL outlet for the undoubted heroes, is not archaeology and not what I feel Time Team needs. Ozzy John has it right, Anne Marie put a wall in to TT and it showed in every show afterwards, when you see the fun they all had prior to he joining, she should be ashamed of her achievement in dissolving a great show. It would be remiss of me not to mention that I was so sorry to read of the passing of Mick Aston. Only a fool would get rid of an engaging program like TT. For years I had little interest in any of it but as time went by this programme made me interested. If this were a BBC programme, then this alone would be worth the license fee. 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. This is a project in its preliminary stages, run by Tim Taylor. Ive binge watched Time Team on YouTube and up to S17. Surely a revamp, no helicopters, fewer paid staff, smaller archaeological objectives, involve communities more hence free labour would help. Despite their varied talents and backgrounds it quickly became apparent that the team had a natural chemistry. Stewart surveys, records and investigates archaeological sites. The attempted dumbing down of Time Team smacks of dim executives meeting to dish corporate cliches out to one another. I sincerely hope this will be remedied. Brilliant. It remains my all time favourite reality TV show and I really miss it. Lets hope that somebody in control is also a fan and a compromise can be reached. I wish! I AM SO UPSET AT THE ENDING OF TIME TEAM ! Still, we liked to watch something online every now and than rather than read a book, play a game or just talk to each other and thats when my husband showed me the first episodes of Time Team, which he remember from his youth. Innit? This informative, interesting program has long been a favourite amongst all ages of our family. there must be a law t 17:30 EST 07 Feb 2012 This will give viewers the chance to engage as the shows are researched and developed, see live blogs during filming, watch virtual reality landscape data at home and join in Q&As with the team. It was responsible for me going on a dig and having a great time. He trained as a surveyor before entering the archaeology section of the Ordnance Survey. BRING BACK TIME TEAM PLEASE!!!! Many bad decisions for all the wrong reasons. Is Phil Harding a Phd? Stewart Ainswort. 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! What a wonderful 20 years we/they had. certainly helped to fill a lot of university places, even if many of those gaining degrees have gone on to other careers. I think Tony is a good fit for this program. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This was a fresh ongoing series with a warm and positive vibe, an interesting treat on TV. As a teacher of Ancient and Modern History in Australia, I found the T.T programs a wonderful way to back up the various topics I taught. If Channel 4 wish to cancel TT why not take it to another channel If jonathon Ross, Parky and Graham Norton can do it why not TT, No more Phil! The villa is a tantalising prospect - a grand building almost as big as Buckingham Palace. Mick, can I come work for you? Perhaps if Chanel 4 had stuck to the old adage of if it aint broke, dont fix it we would still have had this gem of a program to look forward to enjoying for many years to come.. with shows like Strictly Come Dancing, X Factor, Dancing on Ice, Big Brother etc etc etc all being aired every week, Time Team was an oasis of entertainment and education in a vast desert of mundane TV programming. The dig is important because the whole are is soon to be developed as a tourist complex with golf course. I owe a debt of gratitude to the wonderful Time Team ensemble. Excellent show. 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. In 2014. I hugely regret the demise of the series and sincerely hope that it will resume or that a similar, archaeology-based series will take its place. I will miss it desperately and want to say thank you to them all.. What a fantastic 20 years Bye bye Tme TeamI will care for Phils hat .. I am devastated ! i never knew this show was available as the colonies never mentioned it. We have several equally exciting sites lined up that we hope to investigate with support from our fans on Patreon., Already Patreon supporters have rallied behind another fantastic site a mysterious Iron Age settlement with underground passages in Cornwall. Back in the olden days(late 70s) I was accused of being an anglophile by the University of New Mexico professor who was trying to recruit me, an English Major, into his new American Studies department. 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. Whats wrong with a passing reference to global warming unless you are an eccentric climate change denier? Carenzas missing as is Helen, I see Mick walked out as I also presume Stewart has too. DREADFUL ! Yeah. I KNOW i keep on saying it but i cannot get my head around channel 4 is getting rid off such a great programme it is seen all over the world. And the team. By the way I am 52, so I guess I am too old for channel 4, but tell my kids that. Dont let it stop you Margaret. will take time, i was successfull on a Campaign on another show before so i know what i have to do, The Campaign is to have a new lease of life on another tv channel. of Tonys and Phils hair. Channel 4 can go to where it rightly belongs confined to History. We range in age from 8yrs to 82yrs and have loved Tony, Mick, Phil, Carenza, Helen, Faye, geophys John and most of all Stuart. So sad to hear that it came to an end. It is absolutely fantastic to see the amount of people who have followed this programme and the comments above are pretty amazing. ARE THEY NUTS? I guess I will have to plan a trip to the UK to get my archaeology fix now. Maybe the finding of Richard III might encourage a change of heart. What idiot made this particular decision to cancel such an interesting and educational series! 32. 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. Rest in peace, Mick, you added more to peoples lives than you probably ever realised. It was supposed to be about archaeology. My parents watch it. Please bring Time Team back. To me time team brought all facets of history alive to the ordinary person. A thoroughly good bunch of people with a true PASSION for their subject ! I was surfing the internet to obtain correct titles for some episodes that I recorded earlier. I will miss TT more than any other show I have ever watched and Im extremely disappointed that C4 have decided to axe a show that brought History into the hearts of so many people. Not any more. I have not been watching the show for very long because it was not aired in the US as far as I know. 200k an episode? What is wrong with older viewers? Too bad for the changes they made, these new guys tried hard, but you cant replace what the old team had, the magic, the small things, Still, Im grateful for what they achieved and for what it has meant to me and still does. On the other hand, all good things come to an end. Their intention is to uncover the remains of a number of plantation houses that now are no more than ruins. Most of what I feel about the demise of TT has already been said here. It will be sad for it to end, but theres still a few epsiodes I havent seen. The focus groups of today, the council chambers of yesteryear; all determined to make their mark, put their talent on show. And thank you Mick, R.I.P. What a lot we learned. YOU HAVE JUST NOT THOUGHT THIS THROUGH! 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. It must have been amazingly hard to pull together the locations, permits, and logistics, add the art, historical research, music and local involvement, let alone process the dig sites. If Channel Four thinks TT too expensive there is mileage in the Return To format for some digs showing some of the original programmes and then updating on subsequent research. 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 just can not believe we will not see his fabulous jumpers again.. ( except in repeats of course ). The programme certainly triggered my interest and my wifes interest in Archaeology. The fact that TT was the only programme I regularly watched on Channel 4 I am very sad to see it go. Eat umble pie you are having a laff. Really gutted TT has finished, and shame on Channel 4 for this decision! Time Team's Stewart Ainsworth on How To See Time In The Landscape. 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