I was so sad to find out that it is finishedCould we bring it back? 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. I want Time Team brought back. I watched every show, every season, and I never noticed that Tony had an obsession with Romans. 20 years of viewing no extra costs Faye, Bridget, Alice et al brightened my week And I learnt something Or we could watch some thick tosspot nobody acting like a tw4t and manufactured into some 3rd rate star. Start a letter writing campaign to bring it back. How many people can look back on a twenty years span of such a masterful contribution to human culture? There was a youthful energy to them back them, which was part of the attraction. TT has inspired me to take up the challenge of retraining at the age of 67 for a second career in Heritage and Museum studies. Very sad that all great things have to come to an end one day. I was especially interested in the programme on Looe Island chapel as my grandparents once owned Looe Island and I had been there and walked over the chapel remains. Sorry I dont know how to do this! And a pint or 2 as well, EUTOPIA. I WONDER what rubbish they will put on instead. Alarm bells began to ring for us when Mary-Anne appeared it seemed to coincide with a dumbing-down of the show. PLEASE bring it back. They included a new presenter to join Tony Robinson and decisions to drop some archaeologists and cut down the informative stuff about the archaeology. paleo-osteology, finds experts, experts in the Bronze Age or Rome I am as raptured as Phil squatting in a newly opened trench exclaiming, Oooh! Like others I have loved TT right from the start and have always enjoyed it. Didnt like the changes either to the team it change the dynamics of the program but kept watching anyway. We are shocked to read that Time Team is finished. I guess it was always going to happen when TV administrators who, judging by the few Ive seen interviewed, are challenged by words of more than two syllables come into contact with educated professionals. I used to love all the research that they put into it. Dont let it stop you Margaret. I THINK THIS IS A SHOCKING DECISION AND CAN ONLY HOPE THAT IT IS REVERSED!!! Lets not overlook Public Broadcastng with its excellent programming, either). You always felt a relationship with the team, they appeared friendly, very enthusiastic and appeared to be there for the love of archaeology. 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 assume it will be more imported American rubbish or so called comedy. Charlies comments would carry more weight if the spelling was correct. 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. Harold Bush is lying. 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 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. BRING BACK TIME TEAM PLEASE!!!! In 2005, Carenza Lewis left to pursue other interests. This informative, interesting program has long been a favourite amongst all ages of our family. well done on ending one of the best programs on tele. i record all the T T i can i have brought T t dvd. Mick, Tony Phil, Carenza Lewis, etc bring it back as there are no current programs that come close. I am looking forward to the Village Dig series, when it eventually comes to the small screen. quite a lot of the programmes are available on Veehd.com. I would echo it completely. I dont think a Presenter is supposed to be a devils advocate. Sadly, my wife passed away in January 2012 but I carried on watching it until it ended. I now watch with complete interest in what is going on in the world of Archaeology and love everything about our great nations past. TT is without doubt, the best offering in British television. Im sorry no-ones put in a word for the lovely Raksha always good-natured, hard working and incredibly knowledgeable. Best of all, the cameras were rolling to capture the archaeologists euphoria as the geophysical plot emerged from a bulky printer in the back of the survey vehicle. Alan Gale is 100% correct. RIP Mick Aston The team was supplemented by experts appropriate for the period and type of site. For those too grief stricken to cope right now, subscribe to the youtube video blog of Dig Village. He was an outstanding presenter for the show. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. For me Time Team was a cultural oasis in a desert of dumb and lazy TV. It feels very sad that I shant do that. Please bring back time team I do really miss watch it please please bring it back. although a WONDERFUL outlet for the undoubted heroes, is not archaeology and not what I feel Time Team needs. Am now in the process of buying the DVDs. Whats wrong with a passing reference to global warming unless you are an eccentric climate change denier? Have just watched the very last episode of my beloved Time Team And feel desperately sad.. Time Team! Speak for your self! It is made up of real people and I have learnt so much from it. The site, discovered by historian and metal detectorist Keith Westcott after years of research, could be one of the biggest villas uncovered in recent times. Bravo to your remaks. I have four sons we have been Time Team fans for years. 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. Learned lots of the history of the show from these posts but I dont know whether Ive seen the cleavage or whether Micks absence from a dig is because hes doing something else, on hols etc or because hes gone. Congratulations to all concerned on a great program. Couldnt agree more. However I would contact Channel Four to find out when they will be repeating it again and maybe arrange to record the programmes. Time Teams status as a staple of the television schedule also wrought changes behind the scenes. So sad to see the demise of TT. Instead Time Teams format was radically overhauled. Coincidentally, digging within a tight timeframe echoed contemporary changes underway in the profession. My eldest son is now 19 and guess what he is studying at University (say no more) thank you Time Team. There is a huge following in Australia and after the debacle with the producers bringing in you know who as a co-presenter (of cleavage), the show started its slow path to division. We wish Phil, Mick, Helen, Sir Tony and the team well for the future and thank them for the pleasure they have brought us. The past shows took it for granted that the viewers were intelligent and did not need someone (other than Tony I love him) to ask questions in his humorous fashion. A thoroughly good bunch of people with a true PASSION for their subject ! Well it seems the bean counters got their way. In most places over here there are literally hundreds of channels with endless variety. thank god for the repeats. It has taught and shown me so much, I have a wonderful interest in archaeology thanks to this show, and loved hearing and seeing our past. Schooled in observational documentaries, Graham followed the digs as they evolved. Time Team brought so much into my life, being bed ridden, television being a large part of my life now. and use my iPad to follow through my own enquirers. TT was an utter revelation. There were times when I would have liked to see some longer digs being featured and I would still like to see that, but it seems likely that it will not be Channel 4 doing it. Hi Alan, thanks a lot for your reply very helpful. 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. It was broadcast over TVO Toronto Canada. I can honestly say that what you saw on the television was what you got in real life. C4 have put money into British Archaeology, when no one else could or would presumably, and as has been pointed out, much of that money went into post excavation work, which although not good TV is absolutely vital as far as each site is concerned. Little surprise she became a history teacher. If Id been younger when the programme first started I would have loved to have studied archaeology to work in such a fascinating area, I had little knowledge of or interest in archaeology before. axed is their a petition running ????? Unfortunately my DVD recording did not work. When I get a chance I watch the repeats on More 4. We hope that someone our there will take them under their wing and continue the shows its been great,you have shown us so much interesting archaeology of our past from all the corner;s of our beautiful planet,and its hard work doing all that digging and trying to preserve it for our future children. Its the best show! On the other hand, all good things come to an end. One of the best programs EVER. It also produces some amazing factual programmes to expand our knowledge and it is extremely worrying that the latter are being sacrificed for moronic programmes like Big Fat Gypsy Wedding which add nothing to our cultural enlightenment. I am shattered by this news. I learned so much, as many others have, and admired the way it brought archaeology to everyone. Here we chart the highs and lows of a revolutionary format that aimed to bring archaeology to the people. Yes, that was a great one. Good riddance to Time Team; patronising in the extreme, and as for that prat Robinson leaping about a la Baldrick, reduced the entire thing to music hall. It will be sad for it to end, but theres still a few epsiodes I havent seen. An audience study in 2006 indicated that 20 million people watched at least one show that year. Weve been able to order some DVDs from Australia, but we have missed many of the series since we moved here, and there is no way to watch them online. very sad. 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. You can never run out of history in Britain. I had drawn him into the subject a few years after we married but I had the privilege of degree training. But for me the real genius is Stewart who can look at a landscape and tell you what it was like hundreds of years ago. 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. if only someone could afford too get all thecast back and go on channel 2 or 5 any ware but not on 4 .. who ever made up there minds to get rid off TT I HOPE there bosses can see the error they are makeing.very sad to see it go. The UK is lucky that it has such a long history. Inever felt patronised and loved the interation beteen Tony, Phil and Mick. Maybe one day she will say sorry to us all. The programmes were sometimes slight and of course a three day dig is only a sketch rather than a full canvass, but Time Team enriched my life. As it was said at the start, they had to change it and then when it all went wrong blame someone else. I hate the way that today producers think all people are stupid and try to dumb down TV. Give it back all the back room staff and put new life into it , a great progame killed off for no reason , Len. It was responsible for me going on a dig and having a great time. With the archaeologists at the height of their game, by now the team was so confident of the three-day regime that development producer Jim Mower describes their appearance on site as like getting the A Team in. There is a petition already, on Facebook, which is not the ideal place. 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. It enabled a local group to secure Historic Lottery Fund money to dig the site. In fact, I actually struggle to watch any anyway, as I made clear at the beginning the post production is irritating. The regular team also included: Stewart Ainsworth, landscape investigator; John Gater and Chris Gaffney, archaeological geophysicists; Henry Chapman, surveyor; and Victor Ambrus, illustrator. Started watching British TV while on exchange with the RAF. TT changed how history programmes are made for UK TV for ever. The roman barge in Utrect was particularly interesting and my son in Holland wished to see it. Watched it since the beginning, some great episodes and fantastic digs. Youre right about More4 but try Discovery History which is showing what I think must be very early ones judging by the colour (and amount!) R.I.P. Im writing this having just had my daily lunchtime fix of a Tiime Team repeat on More 4. Such speed was certainly not ideally suited to showcase all of the techniques available to modern archaeologists. What a shame to see TT let go. Im 78 years old. The meeting was followed by an email to archaeologists last year from Wildfire Television, which makes the programme. What lies under the ground of the countrys past. Cutting some excellent TV and radio presenters in favor of younger ones. Unlike many here, I think Mary Anne Ochota was a qualified addition to evolve and maintain the momentum of the series. Enough said. The producers screwed it with the inevitable dumbing down and trying to make it a show for the 20 to 30 year olds. Self - Sanday, Orkney (1998) . 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.. As others have said, lets hope that the B.B.C. Closed minds achieve nothing in life. Thanks Guys! Goodbye, Time Team, and thank you. Shades of the quiz-show concept do survive into early episodes of Time Team proper. I wish! 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. Carenza Lewis, Stewart Ainsworth, Helen Geake and geophys genius John Gater will all be returning and are excited about the new sites. There are only about a thousand signatures so far.Personally, although I have signed, I dont think it will do much good. Its prototype was Timesigns, a four-part series that aired in 1991. 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