With regards to a few folks comments about Tony Robinson. A monumental row and walk out, one would guess. I THINK THIS IS A SHOCKING DECISION AND CAN ONLY HOPE THAT IT IS REVERSED!!! He only lives about 10 miles away. Always worked so hard and made sense of sites that could have remained a mystery. The old team are the best Mick, Phil, Tony et al.. think Channel 4 have made a HUGE mistake bet they wont listen to the public.. I recommend Current Archaeology to young and old as a way of covering all eras and defining ones particular interests in the subject. Shame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are going to be missed more than most of us realise. The collection of grave goods dubbed the Harpole Treasure after the name of the local parish has been dated to AD 630-670. And the journey is not quite over yet. 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). It has made the subject of archaeology interesting and accessible for everyone and if they were still activetheres an interesting mound that desperately needs investigating at the end of our road. Although I partly agree with Geoff Stelling regarding both the departure of Mick and sidelining Phil somewhat, I do think that the young archaeologists in this the last series show a great deal of promise (Jimmy, Tracey, Susannah, for example) and we are being unfair to their input to be so critical. In terms of Cotswolds villas Time Team has probably covered more of them than anyone else. In 2003, Matt was recruited as an archaeologist and presenter on Time Team. Do 5 day digs instead. Many episode are available free on veehd.com. He also took part in the various spin-off series such as Time Team Extra (1998), Time Team Digs (2002) and Time Team Live. I wonder if channel 4 realise how far T.Ts popularity stretches and how informative it is for all ages. If those of us who have never met him mourn today, how much more must his friends and family be feeling his passing? My grandson is a budding archeologist and watches it over and over again. It returned online in 2022 for two episodes released on YouTube. Very disappointing. He worked his sox off. I will have to content myself with watching the 4OD repeats for ever now. He made his first archaeological finds digging up his parents' garden, much to the annoyance of his mother, Elsie. I am sure there are more sites for them to investigate. Unlike many here, I think Mary Anne Ochota was a qualified addition to evolve and maintain the momentum of the series. 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. I hate that its producers felt the need to change its face to meet the modern idea of glamour! 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/. Anyone who visited one of their digs while shooting was underway will have seen the devotion it inspired in members of the public. TT was an outstanding program. Now everyone knows the word geophys. I note that none of them ever received a gong. Im writing this having just had my daily lunchtime fix of a Tiime Team repeat on More 4. Perhaps the question should be not what went wrong with Time Team, but what went wrong with Channel 4. But after well over a decade on screen, and 20 series (comprising some 280 shows in all), things began to change. 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. channel 4 needs to take a look at the BBC they cut and brought back Dr Who look at how its made a great comeback. While the allure of such sites created a powerful television spectacle, it also marked a move away from the programmes humble local archaeology origins. You always felt a relationship with the team, they appeared friendly, very enthusiastic and appeared to be there for the love of archaeology. 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. UK engineer, producer, songwriter, musician and author. In the immediate aftermath of a programmes cancellation it is traditional to attempt a post-mortem of what went wrong. Show creator Tim Taylor has since confirmed they will begin work on two new YouTube episodes, with two more in the pipeline, last month. time team r.i.p. Phil Harding (archaeologist) : biography 25 January 1950 - Philip 'Phil' Harding, FSA (born 25 January 1950) is a British field archaeologist. In fact, I actually struggle to watch any anyway, as I made clear at the beginning the post production is irritating. The money was well spent, and today only five Time Team sites remain unpublished a record that shames many UK units and academics. the cast were so friendly to each other and the show was so intresting and made you think off our past . But thanks guys and I am pretty sure that someone somewhere will pick up the baton. Your email address will not be published. Now British television can be as dumbed down and offensive as American television has become. While I wont be involved in the new sites, I was delighted to accept the role of honorary patron of the Time Team project. Its the best show! Restructuring, avoiding dumbing down, possibly making it a shorter programme all could help. Time Team went out of fashion because the rest of us got sick of being patronised by Tony Robinson, who seemed incapable of letting an entire episode pass without a snide comment or a sermon about man-made global warming. Who Can Benefit From Diaphragmatic Breathing? He was an inspiration to me and to so many others. Thank you,Mick, for all that you gave us.and thanks to Micks family for sharing him with us. TT had a great following here in Canada. The Isle of Mull episode in season 17 is a great example of what could be discovered. Just did the same as Leigh trying to find out when the next series is due to start. Maybe it was better to end the show before they replaced the entire cast with celebrities from TOWIE. If there had been a mission statement for the show during those early days, it would have been the democratisation of archaeology. It remains my all time favourite reality TV show and I really miss it. Tony Robinsons role seems to one of a viewer who does not completely understand what is going on although logic says he must have a reasonable knowledge of the subject. The team of Tony, Mick, Phil, Stuart, John, Carenza, Brigid, Guy, etc etc filled me with warmth and satisfaction. Brought up 3 kids on it. I got fed up with running and prancing, daring to contradict real aercheologists. Contents 1 Life and career 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. 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. Ive learnt so much and enjoying every minuteo. Failing that I can recommend looking at Google Maps satellite pictures of your local area looking for earthworks hours of fun! Indeed, the only affectation on Time Team was Micks famous stripy jumper. With Channel 4 keen to attract more supposedly affluent viewers in their 20s and 30s, season 19 also tinkered with the format. People came and went, such as my favourite Robin Bush, but those two remained, as did their stamina and zeal for the show. Phil's appointment follows an extensive search and interviews with a very strong field of candidates. On the other hand, all good things come to an end. Apart from the marvellous people who made up the Time Team over the years, the way they used the magic of television to highlight features of the dig, overlay geophys visualisations onto the site, extend a fragment of a pot into a full representation, and so on, made this program an exemplar of how to produce truly educational television; and the way the passion of the Team members and their expertise was allowed to shine, coupled with a witty front man, showed that educational does not have to mean dull or dumbed down. Channel 4 obviously think we are all brain dead morons who need to watch the endless mind numbing soaps or the even more pathetic American rubbish that now dominates our screens. Phil Harding is Time Team's resident trench-excavator. I have only recently discovered TT and am currently watching 4 episodes a day, courtesy of More 4 and Discovery History channels, and am utterly devastated to learn that it has been axed. This article is 10 years old but like a spoiler. It will be sad for it to end, but theres still a few epsiodes I havent seen. I want to salute everyone involved in this show! It is always the same, if it works change it, No offense Lizbeth, I really like Tony, but I still think my observation is accurate. First Name. I love time team because it is filled with such enthusiasm and love for its subject. My wife was not well for several years & she found Time Team to be one of the few programs worth watching. Tony Robinson, global warming? RIP Time Team. It enabled a local group to secure Historic Lottery Fund money to dig the site. I record episodes that I cannot watch on the day. It led to an appreciation of just how much information could be quickly gleaned from comparatively modest trenching. Yes, the original core team with Carenza, and then Helen Geake, were great. anyone want to correspond about this i would like for them to write me. I loved watching Time Team in Australia, way better than the American version. swinging camera booms. As someone who used to be obsessed with the show, I've been shamefully out of the loop. From Phils glee over Stone Age flints, Tonys wisely playful and challenging banter, Micks sage hand on the digs tiller, Johns gentle determination to get the best cartography the technology can provide, Franciss round house fireside mussing on an Iron Age mans joys in life and Stuart goes walk about so we can get the lay of the land and know our place in it was amazing, every bit of it. HATE all the crap American shows taking over the tv. I would joke with my kids when doing some gardening that I might unearth a roman soldier or a roman coin. 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. When I get a chance I watch the repeats on More 4. Placing viewers at the heart of the action would become a Time Team hallmark. 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. The breakthrough came when Timesigns proved an unexpected hit. 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. So, Ch4 why did you do away with this gem of a program? All the members of the team are keen to promote archaeology, I once witnessed Phil Harding rushing from trench to trench when TT were in York, stopping, turning off his radio and spending time talking to some enthusiastic kids about what he was doing, how he was doing it and why, the kids were transfixed by his enthusiasm, his ability to communicate his subject at many different levels being an inspiring sight. Home | About | Contact | Copyright | Privacy | Cookie Policy | Terms & Conditions | Sitemap. 20 years is a great run for any show on TV. 19891997, Who is Matt Williams wife?Erika Monroe Williamsm. Phil Harding and family at Buckingham Palace, 12 December 2006. 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. Time Team announces historic comeback with 2021 dig at huge Oxfordshire Roman villa that may be 'almost the size of Buckingham Palace'. Eat umble pie you are having a laff. Tim Team has finally brought British history into focus for me. Its a wonder one isnt constantly tripping over roman floor tiles and Anglo-Saxon wine jugs every time one steps out of ones door. We will miss Tony, Mick and Phil and the team. Geophysics gives you that instant picture you can then evaluate. 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