Please bring Time Team back. 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. That a pile of random rubble is a wall, a stain in the ground is a ditch and Tony Robinson is a supercilious pot bellied bore. I think Phil is a genius at being able to read the ground he is digging up. Click Manage settings for more information and to manage your choices. I really didnt like that nasty dendrochronologist who wouldnt show his results though idiot! The more who sign it the better, I have and so have my family. A terrible mistake in the cancellation of Time Team one the most educational series on T V I and my friend in Canada cant wait each Monday evening to watch the show we both being amateur Archaeologists and worked for many years with the Ontario Archaeology Soc and find the show captivating and extremely educational and will be sorry to see it end. I am going to miss the show. I have watched and enjoyed Time Team for many years I am one of the oldies watching but my children grandchildren and great grandchildren are all avid viewers I feel the makers of this program had no perception of its impact on different generations when they set out to close the program down. I was disappointed with the change in format, it was like losing family. Despite his sore loss, he did the right thing to walk out. On the other hand, all good things come to an end. Obliged to cut evaluation trenches to meet the deadlines of multi-million pound construction projects, the 1990s saw a surge in short-term excavation projects. How amazing to see the history of England being unearthed. What screwed up Time Time was poor scheduling two years ago and an attempt to sex up the show and this failed miserably. British Television just one more nail in your coffin. Youve said it all, I totally agree! His presentation throughout all of the series, which I have almost finished running though for the second time, is stellar. Sad Time Team series being finished. 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 do not think that the British tourism board and channel 4 realize how much interest world wide their is in British history. While filming Timesigns, Tim and Mick regularly discussed other ways to bring archaeology to a television audience. My parents watch it. The meeting was followed by an email to archaeologists last year from Wildfire Television, which makes the programme. He has since appeared in over two hundred episodes. Off now to have a quick dig in my garden then on to Salisbury to stalk Phil Harding.intelligence soooo sexy. now I rely on repeats. Most of what I feel about the demise of TT has already been said here. Joining you at your virtual pyre and raising a glass to Mick Aston! Self - Downpatrick, County Down (1998) . Its interesting that Ch 4 is dropping a program on history and education, are they really dumbing down to suit a younger age group whose programs contain bad language smut and sex, bad attitudes and a large sense of self. This did happen in fact, but the show kept going with Mick Aston and (Sir) Tony Robinson always at the helm. Hello from the US. You clearly have no idea what youve done. Coincidentally, digging within a tight timeframe echoed contemporary changes underway in the profession. I dread to think just where the Television industry is looking for its viewers In the Night Garden. Shattered. NEVER. What is wrong with older viewers? The presenters never got enough credit for me, Phil, a hero and when can I share a pint with you? I am looking forward to the Village Dig series, when it eventually comes to the small screen. 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. For those people who wish to view old episodes back to day 1 surely all you need to do is put channel 4, possibly you may need to add UK.com, if overseas, into your search engine,register on line,confirm e mail address and then enter Time Team in the search box.You can even view Time Signs the original pilot series. It will be interesting to see how the new Village Dig series comes across on TV. They included a new presenter to join Tony Robinson and decisions to drop some archaeologists and cut down the informative stuff about the archaeology. Great format, educational safe family viewing. and long may you show them PLEASE pauline x, I am trying to get a contact e-mail address for Tim Taylor (IV) because a group of archeologists in Canada would like to see a Time Team Canada started and we need advice and any other help from the expert. I just love the way English history came alive & feel like the team must have lots of fun doing this job.I was hopeing to find them on a dig when I come over to visit .Lets hope the powers that be decide to bring it back or make a new show similar to it. I learned so much, as many others have, and admired the way it brought archaeology to everyone. And of course who can ever forget Helen Geakes dress sense and haircuts ! Sounds as though short sighted suits are at work. (a bit of eye candy maybe if your of that age) Sad to see this very good program going down the pan. It brings together entire families and to my mind, is of huge importance, in that it makes us aware of who we are and where we came from and the way it was presented to us was magical. People seem to enjoy them. Certainly the revamp for the 2012 programmes didnt do the programme any favours but another reason for the loss of viewers even before that must have been the lack of a fixed time in the schedules. We have watched it form the start and enjoyed it on various level hugely. What on earth is going on and who is in charge of these moronic decisions! The pair bonded on the idyllic Greek island, where Micks aptitude for breathing life into the past convinced Tony that archaeology had untapped television potential. Lee, viewer outrage worked in Australia with The Movie Show. So my husband looked for more info. The programme certainly triggered my interest and my wifes interest in Archaeology. Thank goodness for DVDs of past episodes. Channel Four seem to be missing a trick that gthe BBC would have undoubtedly have profited from by issuing DVDs of the most important digs over the years. The beginnings of Time Team: season 1 stalwarts (from left to right) Mick Aston, Victor Ambrus, Phil Harding, Geraldine Barber, Carenza Lewis, Tony Robinson, and Robin Bush. & has never been more pi**ed off 2 here that its being It encouraged me to study the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages. Ridiculous. It would be remiss of me not to mention that I was so sorry to read of the passing of Mick Aston. Tony Robinson seems an entirely likeable guy and does his presenting job with good humour and humility. axed is their a petition running ????? document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a3c3c528f5d4ab9be4dd73fd43d71409" );document.getElementById("ac59ec51d8").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Latest news from our sister site, the-past.com. One of the people she missed was Carenza Lewis. Im an Englishman, came to Australia as a 12yo in 1970. 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. The writing was on the wall when it regularly began featuring cleavage shots of diggers and the dreaded re-enactments. I agree entirely. It was an intelligent, thought provoking, and entertaining program. Many bad decisions for all the wrong reasons. [] One of best, very passionate three part on geology of Great Britain was filmed with Mr Tony Robinson who is/was excellent presenter. This photograph was taken at a recent catch-up with some of the Team: John Gater, Helen Geake, Carenza Lewis, Tim Taylor, Dani Wootton, Jim Mower, and Stewart Ainsworth, all of whom are . Somehow I feel her nearness when I watched it after she was gone. Axing time team is a huge mistake. Maybe one day she will say sorry to us all. Stick to Postman Pat, Time Team is too intellectual for you. You are going to be missed more than most of us realise. 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. 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? I am team Ainsworth, so he would have to be brought back. Sir Tony I salute you and the team,its been a good innings! 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 .. There may be mosaics, a bathhouse and perhaps even temples. Time Team repeats on You Tube are helping to keep me sane during the Covid19 lockdown. There is such a thing as going on too long with any endeavor, and in watching this series the definition of too long is clear. People came and went, such as my favourite Robin Bush, but those two remained, as did their stamina and zeal for the show. Log in or sign up to leave a comment. I want to salute everyone involved in this show! 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 !!! Channel 4 you need looking at!!! Tony Robinson is proud of the programmes success in making archaeology accessible. Thank you time team, one and all, I constantly watch the reruns on the history channel here is oz. ! There was a youthful energy to them back them, which was part of the attraction. Somehow they know that the user is in the US and access is denied. Failing that I can recommend looking at Google Maps satellite pictures of your local area looking for earthworks hours of fun! i never knew this show was available as the colonies never mentioned it. I am sooooo sad that it is going and so is my family and friends..I would like to know what every one is going to do now our friends we see every week,I love the banter between everyone but no more. Meet the Ancestors was also a good programme we need more Archaelogy programmes on TV. It would be nice if Channel 4 admitted its error and reinstated Time Team in its proper format. We are saddened to hear that a great T.V show which entertained and informed is being axed. What a bore YOU are! 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. Time Teams status as a staple of the television schedule also wrought changes behind the scenes. He said: We were very sorry to see Mick go, and he leaves an extraordinary legacy. I am Canadian-born but living near Atlanta, Geogia, and travel to the UK often. Very sad that all great things have to come to an end one day. Time Teams legacy leaves much to celebrate. I record episodes that I cannot watch on the day. 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. 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. i am disappoited time team is to end after its next series a lot of people learnt more about the history of the uk.My grandchildren learnt more about roman history medieval times and other periods in our countries history than at school, http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/tv_time_team_to_reveal_secrets_of_ancient_norfolk_fort_1_1783360. 03:12 EST 08 Feb 2012. 7 comments. It is hardly surprising that I rarely watch TV these days apart from repeats of old favourites thank goodness we still have 20 years worth of repeats. With its awkwardly embarassing reality programming and multitude of dream come true talent shows American television is NOTHING to emulate. TT was an outstanding program. What about the number of times they were wrong? Please BBC take this show under your wings ! 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