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 ! 2021 CURRENT PUBLISHING LTD - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. In February 2012, Prof Aston, writing in the Western Daily Press, explained his decision to quit Time Team a year earlier, saying it was because Channel 4 had altered its format and the show had . 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. There are DVDs, some available on Amazon uk. It would be remiss of me not to mention that I was so sorry to read of the passing of Mick Aston. This has been one of our few favourite programs; not only has it been informative, but it has been entertaining in the best-possible sense. What are the 7 ways of measuring pain and pleasure according to Bentham? RIP Time Team. 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/. I know more today of English history and Roman occupation than I ever did before. [emailprotected]. Mick Aston is a damn good archaeologist and his departure was a serious loss to the programme. Close friend and former colleague Phil Harding, who also. Even after its star began to wane Time Team remained popular. He also keeps it especially sharp in order to better pierce into hard soil. 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 .. Mr . Hopefully some other channel will take up the format eventually. He brought a wonderful empathy to Time Team.. his kind detailed replies to Tonys frustration always impressed me ! Please BBC take this show under your wings ! I have always enjoyed TT but the latest series seems to have lost its spark! I loved every member of the cast and crew. 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! Some of the regulars have retired, some have moved on to other things, a few have departed for Tr nan g or the Field of Reeds. We cannot wait to share this magic with you! Is Tony Robinson a vegetarian? It lost its way because of the producers. For how many years were John Gater and Stuart Ainsworths technical expertise presented as a pat cliche when the work of either could have been expanded? I used to go into a hole with a size 9 shovel and spent nearly 33 years digging around obstacles like gas, electric, sewers, to name a few and I can assure you that I did not have the patience of some of this team. Was it her sultry beauty, or easy going attitude that rubs some the wrong way ? All I can tell u is that I was hooked. CHANNEL 4, YOU ARE A COMPLETE BUNCH OF IDIOTS!!!. Whats wrong with cozy? I too am upset that this has been axed. We, Yahoo, are part of the Yahoo family of brands. Since changing his diet, hes lost about 50 pounds! Regards Peter Mulready Australia. Created by television producer Tim Taylor and presented by actor Tony Robinson, each episode featured a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig over a period of three days, with Robinson . I would be very happy, if it was revived. I found her to be frightening and tedious at the same time, and to this day I fast forward through the segments where she is featured. Therefore, Phil Harding's lucky days are Sundays and Saturdays and lucky numbers are: 4, 8, 13, 17, 22 and 26 . And as for the Ooh.. Ah, that be cer monial, that be in the dialect of a village idiot just about summed up the whole package. Pity arise Sir Phil???? Enough said. It is no wonder that the viewing figures are lower.Matters had appeared to have come to a head when Mary-Ann Ochota was hired as a presenter in 2012, a former model (see below) - albeit a former model with a degree in Archaeology and Anthropology from Cambridge. I was digging my veg patch yesterday and I found a napped piece of flint. I learned a lot about my British roots by watching and have shared the knowledge with my family. Disgusted, Mick walked out, explaining later For some reason they didnt think oh, wed better run that past Mick. Hes the archaeological consultant, he might have an opinion about that (see CA 271). Hi Serena, you can find a complete episode and series guide of all 230 programmes plus the specials on this website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Time_Team_episodes Plenty more to come for you yet, if only More 4 would stop repeating the same episodes over and over again and show some of the others they could keep you (and the rest of us) happy for years to come. I can honestly say that what you saw on the television was what you got in real life. That a TV show as ostensibly mild-mannered as Time Team should have ended so acrimoniously, as it did in 2013, was a bit of a shock to its many fans. Here we chart the highs and lows of a revolutionary format that aimed to bring archaeology to the people. Cancellation. I found TR irritating at times but accepted him as part of the show. Jim Mower (development producer, see his opinion piece here) believes that Phil Harding's material was among the most innovative. Come on BBC, take up where C4 left off PLEASE!! 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. What better way of introducing archaeology to young people than for them to see it on a Sunday afternoon? Im an Englishman, came to Australia as a 12yo in 1970. He continues to work for Wessex Archaeology when not filming. I owe a debt of gratitude to the wonderful Time Team ensemble. Thank God for my Saturday morning lie-in watching four episodes in a row on More 4. International teams of archaeologists embark on a season of . Will miss the team, at least we have more 4. Very very sad. The comment by Peter Thomas is excellent and is a very eloquent summation. So we manage to get something enjoyable, which at the same time is also useful. It has become a staple in our family, even with the ABC running older series in high-rotation it beats the rest of the 6pm options hands down, even in repeat mode. The fact that TT was the only programme I regularly watched on Channel 4 I am very sad to see it go. My enduring memory of Tony Robinson during Time Team filming is him spending several hours of every day asleep in a massive American car with the engine running. Buggering about with scheduling times has buggered many a decent tv series. Ive watched TT for years now and thoroughly enjoyed it. How many people can look back on a twenty years span of such a masterful contribution to human culture? The medal is awarded once in every three years for work on the Prehistory of Man. Just a thought/ John. Totally gutted Time Team is going. Maybe the finding of Richard III might encourage a change of heart. Try Dig Ventures, an online crowd-funded Archaeology site. Your sorrow will be eased by the sight of a few old, friendly faces. will take it on. Phil Abramson . It was wonderful stuff and it was so great to be able to sit on the informed and incredibly interesting conversations between the archaeologists and the repartee with Tony Robinson. In 2011 the production centre for the programme moved from London to Cardiff. Taylor says, It would have been great to show Basil Brown the new technology, which enables us to see 3D images of the archaeology underground, allowing us to precisely target our excavation., Taylor continues: This dig signals the start of a fascinating new chapter for Time Team. Aston died unexpectedly at his home in the summer of that same year. I entirely agree with the article it was definately the loss of Mick and the two new ones that ryined it for me and I have always loved it!! irritating but he was a part of a recipe that worked for a long time. Im in my mid 40s. Born 1957. On the other hand, all good things come to an end. 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 learned so much, as many others have, and admired the way it brought archaeology to everyone. I now live in Australia and love watching shows on my homeland. Shattered. R.I.P. T-shirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more, designed and sold by independent artists around the world. The same has been witnessed with the BBC. True, Tony Robinson did tend to upstage and steal a scene or two, but those of us who enjoyed one of the best programmes to ever hit TV, expected and accepted that. It may be in fifteen or so years a new Time Team will go digging in the archives of the defunct Channel 4 to explain how with the audience Channel 4 had for an entertaining and informative programme Which bright go ahead executive (IDIOT) came up with the Idea, if its not broken we must fix it. It is to the Channels credit that it did this despite much of that outlay being channelled into post-excavation work that never appeared onscreen. It is absolutely fantastic to see the amount of people who have followed this programme and the comments above are pretty amazing. I also never felt patronised by Tony Robinson, and loved the way he frequently asked questions that the audience would have wanted to know themselves. 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. Phil Harding (archaeologist) : biography 25 January 1950 - Philip 'Phil' Harding, FSA (born 25 January 1950) is a British field archaeologist. I will miss my bit of kulcha. Best wishes, good luck and Gods speed to the lot of you! My own thoughts are this, why should we allow channel 4 to take this away from us, are the Team ready to call it a day or do they feel like me that there are another thousand potential sites out there to dig. Joining you at your virtual pyre and raising a glass to Mick Aston! Learning? They have been saying for some years that the viewing figures have been going down and thats partly why they engineered this. 20 years is a long time in television. I once heard Mr Harding say Oh arr. do they ever have reunions whereby you could meet the surviving characters.. i hate computers these days, they act up. One of our students is well into his 70s, hes been in the field with us both on our formal field school and in a volunteering capacity. Jim Mower (development producer, see his opinion piece here) believes that Phil Hardings material was among the most innovative. I have watched Time Team since day one, and until the last two or three series have always enjoyed it. Such mass-production was only possible with more rigorous processes guiding filming. the cast were so friendly to each other and the show was so intresting and made you think off our past . Ive enjoyed watching all the archeologists old and new & think Tony Robinson is a great presenter. Hundreds of pounds would be spent on scientific dating such as C14, with the results only coming back in time for a line of dialogue to be dubbed on months after filming had concluded. As late as season 18 the programme was pulling in a respectable audience of 1.1 million, partly because it had built up a loyal following, and partly because the team were still digging great sites. An absolute feast of mind, interest and the ever curiosity of young and old alike about What lie underneath that humble plot of soil?.TIme Team approached that humble plot we would all like to delve into.they bring that knowledge of how with them and together unveal little glimspes of anothers past which we back bring here, to today.as a reflection and connection.like a mirror between centuries and timesand sunrises and pleasant breezes of a long ago Sunday afternoon, I thought it was the Bi..o presenter the doomed it for sure, brought in because we are all suddenly dumb. Chronicle. It was supposed to be about archaeology. archaeology..is what my 11 year old gran daughter is looking into training for..shows like these are needed more. Margie, NZ I wonder if some young Channel 4 TV executive is proud of his/her decisions. (3 different history channels, Discovery channel, Travel channel, Military channel, National Geographic channel the list goes on and on. Interested in keeping up to date with the latest archaeological finds across Britain? I generally watch one episode a night, but on weekends I sometimes binge watch until my eyeballs beg for mercy. Ive learnt so much and enjoying every minuteo. Having been a loyal fan for 20 years it beggars belief at the changes made in series 19 without any reference to Mick. TIME Team favourite Phil Harding has revealed he no longer carries a knife because "you almost feel like a thug". In terms of Cotswolds villas Time Team has probably covered more of them than anyone else. Were not archaeologists but were not stupid either it really did feel like they had decided the audience was unintelligent. If you had to justify the value of television as a medium that can inform as well as entertain, Time Team would be the perfect example. Yes very sorry to see TT go, Sky at night still going both are just as important to us here on Earth and I think it will be missed in the future though the recordings are still available to evertbody but the forum is lost, Grrrr channel 4. Well said and one hundred per cent agree. I am signing up to the campaign to keep Time Team! I am looking forward to last series and specials over the next 2 years.The end of an era. I loved it. That is, the irritating new team members, the irritating clanging noise when Tony narrates and the increasingly less time spent in the trenches. 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. It seems we cant find what youre looking for. 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. This was highlighted by having a member of the public read out a letter of invitation at the beginning, posing the question they wanted answered. 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.. Time Team's Phil Harding explains why Waterloo Uncovered is such an important project, during our first excavation at Hougoumont Farm in 2015. R.i.P. Like Concorde, should be rescued by someone BBC and revamped ASAP. When I signed there were 1,600 names. there was total outrage and ABC picked it up with the two oldies . Time Team repeats on You Tube are helping to keep me sane during the Covid19 lockdown. []. My 100year old mother started,me on T.T.years ago & in turn my children and now the grandchildren watch ,ask questions and research . There are only about a thousand signatures so far.Personally, although I have signed, I dont think it will do much good. My second eldest is 18, and we only watch one program together as our interests are so different (that would be Time Team). It will be sad for it to end, but theres still a few epsiodes I havent seen. The UK has always been relied on for quality productions and Time Team epitomised these values, but obviously, some young Turk in a rented tux has been allowed to jazz it up. And key graphic purporting to show the significant shift in building alignments between two phases did not actually do that but simply repeated the original layout! Phil Harding is Time Team's resident trench-excavator. Unfortunately my DVD recording did not work. Gutted that Time Team has ended! BRING BACK TIME TEAM PLEASE!!!! Schooled in observational documentaries, Graham followed the digs as they evolved. Not any more. Waterloo Uncov. I never made any money out of it, but a lot of my soul went into it. I remember John Gater and his long beard. Since 2015, Harding has been an archaeological supervisor for the veteran support charity Waterloo Uncovered, which conducts archaeology on the battlefield of Waterloo alongside veterans and serving personnel. The writing was on the wall when it regularly began featuring cleavage shots of diggers and the dreaded re-enactments. The Team had a comradery like that of an elite military unit. Philip Harding DL FSA (born 25 January 1950) is a British field archaeologist. Time Team was the best program I have ever seen or hope to see. The fun gone out of Sunday teatime! Our investigation of the villa and the landscape it occupies will aim to preserve and enrich our understanding of the past and the people who inhabited it. It was actually only revived this year on YouTube (via Patreon backing), after being axed from Channel 4 in 2014. The above link is a petition which was put together by Lee Brady. 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. Phil Harding is a 72 year old British Scientist. Sounds as though short sighted suits are at work. Phil. His role translating archaeology into laymens terms was pure genius. So sad to see the demise of TT. Harding trained on various excavations with the Bristol University Extra Mural Department and other bodies from 1966; he has been a professional archaeologist since 1971. Thanks Guys! Time team is irreplaceable. what fools these youngsters are. I enjoy his style of presentation. Mary-Ann Ochota caused the Time Teams slow demise as she and the behind the scene executives strangled a Team that had worked played and laughed together over so many years making not good but great viewing. Tony was constantly disagreeing with the archaeologists, and for some unexplained reason there was loud ballet music all but obliterating the commentary. Are any available at the moment does anyone know? I got fed up with running and prancing, daring to contradict real aercheologists. What do we all enjoy about it? In South africa we have seen so few TT programs and when in the UK on holiday I imediately check for surren programs to watch. Born in Oxford on 25 January 1950 and brought up in Wexcombe,[1] Wiltshire, Harding was educated at Marlborough Royal Free Grammar School in Marlborough. Time Team cancelled by Channel 4? Such speed was certainly not ideally suited to showcase all of the techniques available to modern archaeologists. Please use the Phil Harding & Ian Curnow entry when applicable. All Phil Harding - 107 Master Street Ext, Erwin, TN 37650 with phone (423) 743-5355 background info. There is nothing else like it on TV. 19891997. 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. It encouraged me to study the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages. If it doesnt involve foul-mouthed yobs eating too much, drinking too much or better still both, they arent bovvered. I guess the nearest feeling to learning of its ending was like being told that your solid mates of the past twenty years are all splitting up and moving abroad. The 2006 audience survey also identified that Time Teams core audience consisted of families and people aged over 45 / 50. Phil annoys me at times, by always stealing the limelight when lesser mortals had done the hard graft,but, the highlights were when lesser mortals (IE Raksha, Matt or Ian) had exciting finds and were allowed to show.Victors drawings were more lively and thought provoking than the boring computer graphics.I will start to miss the programme in two years time, when we finally complete seies 20. 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. I AM SO UPSET AT THE ENDING OF TIME TEAM ! You always felt a relationship with the team, they appeared friendly, very enthusiastic and appeared to be there for the love of archaeology. Just watched the first instalment of Time Team America (H2,Thursdays,9pm). And now it has been pulled, left to the re-marketing of DVD, and the Internet. It was a perfunctory end for a television institution that, over two decades, made British archaeology more accessible and popular than ever. He made his first archaeological finds digging up his parents' garden, much to the annoyance of his mother, Elsie. People came and went, such as my favourite Robin Bush, but those two remained, as did their stamina and zeal for the show. Mick Aston, 65, quits historical show after it hires Cambridge graduate Mary-Ann Ochota, 30. I was introduced to Time Team when visiting relatives in Selby and have loved this family of buffs who presented the UK to the world at large. For years I had little interest in any of it but as time went by this programme made me interested. Despite the Ancient Monuments Laboratory having drawn a blank the year before, Johns state-of-the-art kit revealed the monastic complex in startling clarity. Thank you. Speak for your self! With Mick in his amazing technicolor jumpers playing father and patient teacher, fielding Tonys laymans questions, Phil as the eccentric uncle who could dig with the instincts of a terrier after a bone, John and his whiz-bang geo-phys, and all the other children hard at work in their specialties, the programme wasnt merely TIME TEAM it was TIME FAMILY. Cheers. 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 began . I also helped out at two hisoric sites with two different groups of 11-13 uear old kids who spent half a day five days in a row learning what archeology is. Yes, that was a great one. Carenza Lewis, Tony Robinson and Phil Harding from Time Team . Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Emmys Hispanic & Latino Voices STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events. Geophysics gives you that instant picture you can then evaluate. What a great show. 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. The breathtaking 3D model it produced of the buried structures persuaded English Heritage to commission a complete survey on the spot. . Indeed, the only affectation on Time Team was Micks famous stripy jumper. Probably just as well this is the last series, but as many have suggested, a move to BB4 sounds a great idea. The thing that should be axed is the TV exec that made that decision. Tony used the rest of the Teams expertise to bring to life what was often regarded as a crusty subject before Time Teams arrival. I agree with you . The technology now at our disposal, and a new generation of archaeologists joining the team, is a fantastic prospect. The producers screwed it with the inevitable dumbing down and trying to make it a show for the 20 to 30 year olds. During that time he deduced the towns Medieval layout. I loved Mick and Phil and Stuart et all, picking on Matt for any rotton job. Yes as convicts and bloody proud of it. Also I dont know how many episodes Ive got left to watch and am dreading the day I realise Im rewatching episodes Ive seen before, though thats still better than pretty much anything else on TV at the moment. Why is it that when you get a winning format, which TT clearly is, you get the morons in suits, who obviously havent a clue what the audience want, having to justify their existence by changing things. There is more than enough rubbish shown on tv so why axe a good item that entertains, explains and raises more questions. And so disappointed in ch4. 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