Mary Ann Ochota qualified or not added nothing substantive unless the viewer was starved for gratuitous cleavage shots and huge white beaverish teeth. Brought up 3 kids on it. After graduation she did some modelling, including shoots for Special K. She was the anthropologist on the BBCs Castaway Exposed and has presented a number of other programmes using her expertise. I never had any interest in my UK ancestors heritage and the conditions they must have endured until I watched the team in action. As an aside seeing your label Non-Richardian Yorkist what are your feelings about the parking lot discovery? C4 what are you doing timeteam is a great show now u r going to put more rubbish on like big brother I know it not on your channel no more what a shame timeteam will b missed go on bbc take it on, Timeteam what a great show now we got to put up with shows like splash and x factor what is going on with tv now god help. Just a thought/ John. Anyone who visited one of their digs while shooting was underway will have seen the devotion it inspired in members of the public. Time Team has left a legacy that few TV programs can match and im sure that generations to come will enjoy. I cant believe how much I have learned during Covid lock down because of Time Team. Chronicle. 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. What an absolutely stupid decision to ax Time Team! Coincidentally, digging within a tight timeframe echoed contemporary changes underway in the profession. My wife was not well for several years & she found Time Team to be one of the few programs worth watching. Its a wonder one isnt constantly tripping over roman floor tiles and Anglo-Saxon wine jugs every time one steps out of ones door. Time Teams legacy leaves much to celebrate. 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. It is absolutely fantastic to see the amount of people who have followed this programme and the comments above are pretty amazing. As is the case with so many entertainment channels, these days the focus is on the younger generation. Not a Tony Robinson fan myself but he is part of the show. It is that dull and droll science of Archeology, which when one attends a lecture on the subject, or a program on television normally results in boredom, numbness, squirming, or easy sleep. And so disappointed in ch4. 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! The programme certainly triggered my interest and my wifes interest in Archaeology. What screwed up Time Time was poor scheduling two years ago and an attempt to sex up the show and this failed miserably. swinging camera booms. Time Team's Stewart Ainsworth on How To See Time In The Landscape. (Bog Latin). I am gutted Time Team is for the chop, I love it!!! So thank you time team I hope someone with a brain brings it back. (3 different history channels, Discovery channel, Travel channel, Military channel, National Geographic channel the list goes on and on. Little surprise she became a history teacher. Real shame its leaving our screens but it did give us so many hours of pleasure along with the odd glimpse of a young Alice Roberts and the occasional grumpiness of Mick. In 2011 the production centre for the programme moved from London to Cardiff. Watching the archaeologists and seeing their enthusiasm at even the smallest find,is to me infectious. my gosh, I am from Chula Vista Ca. xx. Congratulations to all concerned on a great program. That some suburban folks welcomed the Team to pull up their patio, knock down their potting shed, and bore holes in their rafters, used to amaze me. Time team is one of the programs I love to watch. 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. And so agree with all here who say that C4 is very sadly dumbed down from its early days and mission. How many people can look back on a twenty years span of such a masterful contribution to human culture? Whats wrong with a passing reference to global warming unless you are an eccentric climate change denier? Envisioned as a quiz show in the vein of Challenge Anneka running on BBC 1 from 1989 to 1995 the team were called on to solve archaeological mysteries while racing against the clock. RIP Time Team. Condolences on your chronic issue with clever people. Really gutted TT has finished, and shame on Channel 4 for this decision! The lesson is that if you have a slightly faded masterpiece, dont try and touch it up with the aid of novices. John and his team must have walked miles. (Then, of course, it goes straight to Hell). This is true I dont go to bed without at least watching one episode I would too love to get involved but at 67 a bit too old. This is not the present series I wonder where you are watching? Will miss the team, at least we have more 4. We are headed to the UK in May from the US to see some of the TT sites. There can be little doubt that part of the shows early success stems from the audience warming to the groups genuine passion for teasing out the past. i never knew the show existed until last year 2021. any chance for reunions and a chance to interact as like conventions do here in the usa? 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. 20 years is a great run for any show on TV. I record episodes that I cannot watch on the day. Take up the mantel!! But thanks guys and I am pretty sure that someone somewhere will pick up the baton. I for one will not watch any new episodes. He trained as a surveyor before entering the archaeology section of the Ordnance Survey. 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. there must be a law t Tim Taylor devised the name Time Team, and in 1992 a pilot episode was filmed in Dorchester-on-Thames. time team was one of the best progs ever. They tried an American version but it didnt have the natural chemistry that the original had. So thank you TT, you helped rekindle my interest in history and if Id been 40 years younger you would probably have been instrumental in a career change! The two new presenters just did not fit. Regards, Paul Tressel [emailprotected], Time Team was a massive part of my life, Im still watching it even now on more 4 :O. I have only lately discovered time team and I love it I record as many episodes as I can and I think all of the cast make the show I was never interested in archeology but I am addicted now just watchedthe Salisbury plain one with the soldiers who are coping with life and one said that watching TT helped hime to relax and began to enjoy life again But would be top stuff if BBC 4 could pick it up and get things back on track. I know real archaeologists are dismissive of Time Team but I loved it. My youngest daughter honed her love of history sitting with me on a Sunday evening watching Mick and Tony et al. 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). Yes, it was a great show, but its over now. It worked before, if you think about it. 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. I loved it. People came and went, such as my favourite Robin Bush, but those two remained, as did their stamina and zeal for the show. My second eldest is 18, and we only watch one program together as our interests are so different (that would be Time Team). Hopefully some other channel will take up the format eventually. Just recently I saw a show about Egypt using satellite infra red survey archaeology that could reveal all the subsurface features accross a whole landscape. ! I cannot believe that Mick Aston has died, so very young, I thought he would go on forever. My absolute favorite TV program! What a shame to see TT let go. Recently went to Jamestown where the 1st Time Team America was tapedthat was amazing. It makes me chief superfan and supporter all armoury in our shared desire to inspire and stimulate interest in archaeology at all levels., Its great to be back! says Taylor. Prof Mick, great bloke and always so calm, Carensa made a lot of episodes more entertaining and TR a god of comedy and history. Also, a Presenter is not supposed to insult the experts he is reporting on. But its also the fact that they didnt just impart accumulated knowledge, they made new discoveries as we watched. Phil is fantastic as he has always been. 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. 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 do we all enjoy about it? . Tony was very good at being the non-archeologist and I salute him! My dad worked for the National Park Service and I was born quite near Chaco Canyon[(a universally important archeological site) in a Navajo mission(Christian) hospital]. Just heard about the axing of Time Team what a shame! IT DID NOT NEED JAZZING UP. We, Yahoo, are part of the Yahoo family of brands. What happened to Stewart Ainsworth? How many programmes can a entertain a whole family at the same time, not many. People seem to enjoy them. I would just like to thank Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding and all of the crew at Time Team for many years of fascinating TV. Rather than targeting the palaces and castles of the rich and famous, individual episodes modestly sought to solve simple, local questions. I still enjoy my archaeology despite my age not being able to take part in the reality. I am still quite happy to watch repeats on Sky. She completely ruined it, and led to Mick Aston walking out on the show. 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. Mick, can I come work for you? 2023. Thank you to everyone who made this such a wonderful programme. It announced that after 20 seasons and over 230 episodes the programme was being axed by Channel 4. The utterly ridiculous Dig by Wire (S19E01) would have put me off permanently had it been the first episode I had seen (What, helicopters dont work on Gateholm?). 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. Ridiculous. Like you, I find nothing more pleasant than to end a hard day in a Free House with a cold one and a good conversation. Because of Time Team I now want to become an archeologist. The enthusiasm shown by the crews, the information, the chance to get a flavour of what made our country and the historical influences in each area. [emailprotected]. 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. Lee, viewer outrage worked in Australia with The Movie Show. Carenza Lewis, Stewart Ainsworth, Helen Geake and geophys genius John Gater will all be returning and are excited about the new sites. I think he was a lovely man SO SAD ! Channel 4s loss their gain :) I will miss it & Sunday afternoons will not be the same-Im all for a petition -there arent many programs on now that are educational & family viewing with no risk whatsoever of offending anyone, there are too many reality programs these days & that seems to be what the young people are watching. Whatever happened, wed all thought, well complete the 20th series. The fact that TT was the only programme I regularly watched on Channel 4 I am very sad to see it go. With my boys now being 8, 6 and 4 years old, we are still watching the episodes and in our holidays we try out some of the things weve seen on TT. Still, we liked to watch something online every now and than rather than read a book, play a game or just talk to each other and thats when my husband showed me the first episodes of Time Team, which he remember from his youth. BBCs own channels will have BBC prefixing the number and anything not by the BBC will obviously by without this prefix. British Television just one more nail in your coffin. Ive enjoyed watching all the archeologists old and new & think Tony Robinson is a great presenter. Unlike many here, I think Mary Anne Ochota was a qualified addition to evolve and maintain the momentum of the series. 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. You only have to look at the great interest shown over Richard III to realise that yes there is a market for a programme of this nature. Here in NZ we are only now starting Series 19,in Bitterly, at present. We now need a new champion of archaeology at a time when budget cuts in public service have resulted in the shedding of many jobs in the profession and the threats from a new phase of building construction looming large. On the other hand, all good things come to an end. Hear, hear! Teatime 26: Stewart Ainsworth - Return to Nevis 14,215 views Premiered Oct 11, 2020 Time Team Teatime: Session 26 - As Black History Month continues in the UK, we catch up with Stewart. Just been reading all the comments, and a lot of sensible thinhs have been said, and a few stupid ignorant ones as well. Please sign fans: Twelve months on and I still miss it. She was replaced by Helen Geake, Anglo-Saxon specialist. Robinson has been a superb presenter and long may he continue on historical based series . 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. The presenters never got enough credit for me, Phil, a hero and when can I share a pint with you? Sunday afternoons will never be the same, a wonderful programme. A brief history of Time Team Time Team 's genesis is a well-rehearsed story. Archeology isnt aloof anymoreTT built a bridge between laymen and pros! (all good things must come to an end). Tim Team has finally brought British history into focus for me. I am an American who did real dirt archeology thirty years ago.I dug at at three historic sites and one protohistoric site in East Central Illinois. When not filming, Stewart also works as an investigator and project manager for English Heritage. I have just found out about the decision by C4 to axe Time Team, which was surely one of the best programmes on any television station anywhere. I enjoy his style of presentation. Thank you Time Team for all those wonderful hours of thoroughly enjoyable entertainment. Log in or sign up to leave a comment. 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. very sad day for us and the time team cast. May be he could be a Lord? And the team. Start a letter writing campaign to bring it back. I agree entirely. Ive loved all of them (apart from the guy who placed the stones/coins/sword on his land deliberately) but that wasnt Time Teams fault and they did prove they couldnt be taken in. It was over when Mick went AWOL. I have enjoyed Tony Robinsons commentaries. We are saddened to hear that a great T.V show which entertained and informed is being axed. 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. Having the great pleasure to work in the UK for an Engineering firm, I was able to watch the early years of this program, up to the end. Perhaps we can come up with a crew of our own with Ronald Hutton replacing Tony Robinson and I do know of a great film crew that would take up the filming. Perhaps if TT had included a Big Brother style segment of drunken, debauched university students or only dug up the gardens of minor celebrity reality tv show contestants theyd still be on the air. So sad to see my favourite programme on Channel 4 being axed. Ive watched TT for years now and thoroughly enjoyed it. 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