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Miss Ochota, 30, holds a masters degree in archaeology and anthropology from Cambridge University. Sad days. Speak for your self! It was my highlight of the week especially now i am disabled and dont leave the house very often. Please bring it back with all the original cast the new ones where good but I preferred the old cast and format. fingers crossed, The show never recovered from the loss of Faye Simpson in my opinion. 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. I started looking to find more information about the history of Henham park & was so sad to see the show has been axed. Do 5 day digs instead. Off now to have a quick dig in my garden then on to Salisbury to stalk Phil Harding.intelligence soooo sexy. All the best shows are taken off and all we are left with is the boring and so untrue Archers. It excited the viewers, gave a good history of The United Kingdom, and made one waiting for the next episode, all due to the enthusiasm and clever programming of the show. I was so sad to find out that it is finishedCould we bring it back? Pity arise Sir Phil???? Time Team To Be Reinstated! All of the team can be proud of 20 years of quality television and the many lives touched and informed. | Phoenix the Dreamer, https://digventures.com/2013/03/tools-down-for-time-team-raksha-dave-on-the-end-of-an-era-and-her-new-adventure/, Current Archaeology Award Winners for 2023 announced, The peaceful Neolithic is dead: the dawn of agriculture coincided with rising violence, Scars of early Civil War battle found at Coleshill Manor. Its a shame we didnt see you and the team doing more international locations. He has worked on a number of archaeological sites in Britain and abroad. I just love this programme and am very sad to hear that there will be no more. TT would be ideal on BBC4, which is a very good channel, and it would be great to see a full hour. Their participation and enthusiasm clear for all to see. I am appalled. We didnt do much history at school and we have all learned so much from TT. Great format, educational safe family viewing. The more TV appeal execs tried to inject, the less people wanted to watch. 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. This biographical article about a British archaeologist is a stub. I loved every member of the cast and crew. Some episodes Ive seen over three times each. Unfortunately my DVD recording did not work. I know more today of English history and Roman occupation than I ever did before. I have watched Time Team over the years. You are going to be missed more than most of us realise. I am watching repeats on Yesterday but hate the constant adverts. 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. While the TV producers have obviously ruined a formula that entertained and educated millions of people worldwide for a couple of decades, I assume it is now beyond recall. We do have money too you know. Poor second best but something is better than nothing. I wish that ABC in Aus would start at the beginning and replay them all. When I signed there were 1,600 names. I loved the banter between Tony, Phil and Mick and anyone could see they enjoyed their jobs. So why could it not continue on and evolve in 2013 ? Shots of him in woodland seeking out raw materials for a reconstructed axe allowed the audience to witness the hands-on practical process. Good quality programmes do cost a little extra.Have watched the programme from the start and my 6 year old daughter did also and was entertained by TRs presentation, she can still imitate that enthusiastic burst of speed across a field whilst talking to camera. You were apparently watching a different show than we were. You know they say the difference between Americans and the British is that the British think 250 miles is a long distance and Americans believe 250 years is a lot of history. His passion for digging up relics, come rain or shine, is unparalleled. I suppose I will have to go back to Dads Army for a bit of sanity then, Robyn Australia I can honestly say that what you saw on the television was what you got in real life. So, Ch4 why did you do away with this gem of a program? I dread to think just where the Television industry is looking for its viewers In the Night Garden. There was a youthful energy to them back them, which was part of the attraction. 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. I agree entirely. time team is the best progamme on tv. 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. However I would contact Channel Four to find out when they will be repeating it again and maybe arrange to record the programmes. A monumental row and walk out, one would guess. Im tired of the idiots that run TV and Im ready for revolution.whos with me!!! Excellent show. Why cant these so-called clever people just leave things alone. He completed his undergraduate and Master's degrees at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London before embarking on a career in commercial archaeology. The banter between him and the otherwise notoriously stuffy academics was legendary. I cant believe how much I have learned during Covid lock down because of Time Team. Im sure it was meant to interest younger viewers in Archeology, a noble enough concept. []. Time Team is a victim of Channel 4s misguided quest for progress, and we hope that, in some form, the programme may rise like the phoenix from the ashes and take on a persona not far removed from the popular format. He has worked on a number of archaeological sites in Britain and abroad. Information about your device and internet connection, like your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Yahoo websites and apps. For me Time Team was a cultural oasis in a desert of dumb and lazy TV. You always felt a relationship with the team, they appeared friendly, very enthusiastic and appeared to be there for the love of archaeology. If ch4 wanted to save money why not repeat them from programme 1 . 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. You can watch some TT episodes on YouTube, you know-that one included. and the entire bunch breathed fresh life into the sometimes boring subject of Archaeology. Very very sad. We wish Phil, Mick, Helen, Sir Tony and the team well for the future and thank them for the pleasure they have brought us. I have watched every episode from season 1, some many times. It has also helped me find out more about my own history that goes back to U.K. Have caught onto Time Team on the History Channel. I cannot believe that Mick Aston has died, so very young, I thought he would go on forever. Or are we all to turn off our televisions once we reach 40? Beautifully expressed, Andrew. Time Team cancelled by Channel 4? R.i.P. I have always wondered what happens to all the dirt that the Time Team dig out of their sites after the 3 days of digging? Its an opportunity to find new voices and should help launch a new generation of archaeologists, under the guidance and watchful eye of Mr Taylor! It is just so sad to read all of these comments, like a requiem for a friend. Hear, hear! That has gone now, so im going to just have to watch all the reruns on Discovery history ( and there are quite a few of them) and be happy. This article is 10 years old but like a spoiler. Subscribe to Current Archaeology the UKs favourite archaeology magazine and like thousands of other people you too can get details of all the latest digs and discoveries delivered to your door, every month. Whilst not filming Phil still works as a field archaeologist with Wessex Archaeology, and has been involved in a project listing all known Palaeolithic sites in Britain. ABC altered the format marginally and called it At the Movies. Think what we learned. The above link is a petition which was put together by Lee Brady. with the Amazonian co-presenter with the huge bonded teeth. My son in his early 20s always likes to watch it. I always look forward to it when I get chance and to know that it is finishing is both shocking and disappointing. 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. Tony R told us that the fort was not connected by road What???? He only lives about 10 miles away. Without time team on the television the world of tv is going to be a poorer place. He said: 'We were very sorry to see Mick go, and he leaves an extraordinary legacy. Good job I have the internet to log onto. Unlike many here, I think Mary Anne Ochota was a qualified addition to evolve and maintain the momentum of the series. It announced that after 20 seasons and over 230 episodes the programme was being axed by Channel 4. I THINK THIS IS A SHOCKING DECISION AND CAN ONLY HOPE THAT IT IS REVERSED!!! A brief history of Time Team Time Team 's genesis is a well-rehearsed story. How right Mick Aston was. The Isle of Mull episode in season 17 is a great example of what could be discovered. I hate that its producers felt the need to change its face to meet the modern idea of glamour! In fact, since Tony had no input at all into what digs were scheduled, I dont see how that could even begin to be true. This series is in my opinion (and hubbys) a satisfying end. If Tim Taylor or anyone at Channel 4 ever got the itch in their pants to dig it all up again (pun intended) it would be so awesome. PLEASE bring it back. Buggering about with scheduling times has buggered many a decent tv series. Thank you Time Team for all those wonderful hours of thoroughly enjoyable entertainment. But once the old hands started to disappear the magic went too. He joined the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (now part of English Heritage) in 1985, and is now head of its Landscape Investigation Team based in York, England. I suppose theres nothing wrong with her per se, but her presence is utterly unnecessary. Although Channel 4 is due the recognition it deserves for its faith and investment in archaeology over the years its decisions over the last couple of years will be a media studies case study How to destroy a successful programme and alienate millions of viewers. 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). 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