I continue to be in awe of the fantastic skill and enthusiasm of the presenters.May TT be always available to us. Channel 4 can go to where it rightly belongs confined to History. I watch time team on more 4 Its always sad when a long running and reputable series ends. 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. . We range in age from 8yrs to 82yrs and have loved Tony, Mick, Phil, Carenza, Helen, Faye, geophys John and most of all Stuart. I think Tony is a good fit for this program. Stewart has been interested in history since the age of eleven, after reading a book about Horatio Nelson. I was introduced to Time Team when visiting relatives in Selby and have loved this family of buffs who presented the UK to the world at large. Their intention is to uncover the remains of a number of plantation houses that now are no more than ruins. Tamara Cohen for the Daily Mail, Mick Aston, 65, quits historical show after it hires Cambridge graduate Mary-Ann Ochota, 30, Prof Aston was on long-running show for 19 years, DAN WOOTTON: Too old for TV? The comment by Peter Thomas is excellent and is a very eloquent summation. I still watch the series on U-tube. I cannot understand why you are axing it!!? That is, the irritating new team members, the irritating clanging noise when Tony narrates and the increasingly less time spent in the trenches. WHY? Really gutted TT has finished, and shame on Channel 4 for this decision! I have been binge watching on YouTube whilst laid up with a medical issue. I hate that its producers felt the need to change its face to meet the modern idea of glamour! Nothing lasts forever, including Time Team. BRING BACK TIME TEAM PLEASE!!!! This is not the present series I wonder where you are watching? Love the show and all the characters especially Phil! It should have stayed like that and people would have carried on watching. Sir Tony I salute you and the team,its been a good innings! He has worked on a number of archaeological sites in Britain and abroad. One of the best programs EVER. But the influence of Time Team reaches well beyond the British Isles. He has worked on a number of archaeological sites in Britain and abroad. 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. Fond regards to everyone from the past on TT. Its prototype was Timesigns, a four-part series that aired in 1991. Im an Englishman, came to Australia as a 12yo in 1970. I feel sure we havent heard the last either. , updated Special thanks also to the fantastic people behind the research, graphics, computer animation that added so much to each episode. Despite the Ancient Monuments Laboratory having drawn a blank the year before, Johns state-of-the-art kit revealed the monastic complex in startling clarity. Have only just found out that Time Team has been axed after 20 years and I am gutted. After a career as a professional geologist I researched for a PhD at the Palace of Knossos on Crete. I studied art and have worked for the V&A, meeting many interesting historians. I have loved Time Team since episode 1, and have never, not once, missed an episode. 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. 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. I know real archaeologists are dismissive of Time Team but I loved it. I rue the fact that as a child we used encyclopaedias 20 years out of date. Eight years after the long-running archaeology series stopped filming, Time Team is set to return with two new excavations scheduled for later this year. Stewart Ainswort. I have loved it from the first episode and who cares if Tony is a little OTT sometimes, he keeps it entertaining and all together. I am looking forward to the Village Dig series, when it eventually comes to the small screen. or anyone with an IQ of 50 and below, or the attention span a bit longer than a small herring. Their presentation skills are very good indeed and could develop even more if the programme continued (not with Channel 4 please); eg Tracey, Jimmy, Susannah, not to mention Raksha, Matt, Paul, Helen, John and Stuart, all of whom are young enough to take over from the elder statesmen who could still guest if they do choose to retire one day! The Time Team go to the West Indies and the island of Nevis. It wasnt perfect but the catty remarks are uncalled for. Above all we learned something new in each programme , not the usual rehashed information served up in other one -off programmes on popular periods. Totally agree. What am I going to do now knowing there isnt an unending stream of new TTs to feed my addiction? I am gutted Time Team is for the chop, I love it!!! Without Mick Aston it will not be the same, but as such it will be a fitting tribute to a great forward thinking man. I have not been watching the show for very long because it was not aired in the US as far as I know. 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.. Come on BBC, take up where C4 left off PLEASE!! A monumental row and walk out, one would guess. I was thinking, isnt it about time Time Team was on? I love the show, and I have also fallen in love wit Faye Simpson. Come on BBC . I THINK THIS IS A SHOCKING DECISION AND CAN ONLY HOPE THAT IT IS REVERSED!!! TT had a great following here in Canada. I have watched Time Team for years as has my son and many many friends. I was sad to see Carenza leave and sad to hear of the death of Robin Bush. and use my iPad to follow through my own enquirers. My absolute favorite TV program! Whatever happened, wed all thought, well complete the 20th series. He worked his sox off. TV is going downhill faster & faster. I have watched TT for the last 20 years from my mid 20s. The late Robin Bush brought a degree of historical expertise that would be missed almost as much as the man himself following his departure in 2003. DigNation 20 tickets are now on sale: https://digventures.com/projects/dignation-2020/ Can archaeologist see time depth, just by looking? Back in the olden days(late 70s) I was accused of being an anglophile by the University of New Mexico professor who was trying to recruit me, an English Major, into his new American Studies department. We also miss Stuart very much. He was an outstanding presenter for the show. This is just swell. Hope it returns anne from Ontario Canada. Time Team you have inspired so many people .THANK YOU. The Aussie fans are disappointed too that T T will be finishing up. Mary Ann Ochota qualified or not added nothing substantive unless the viewer was starved for gratuitous cleavage shots and huge white beaverish teeth. That executive was not recruited from the intellectual highbrow Channel 5 was he? 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. You can change your choices at any time by visiting your privacy controls. The last series was disappointing without Helen and Stuart who were replaced by people without half their expertise. Shame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will miss my bit of kulcha. Ive watched TT since it began & never missed an episode, I was in the 20s age group that they are now trying to attract when it started. 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. Ive watched TT for years now and thoroughly enjoyed it. anyone want to correspond about this i would like for them to write me. I would make just one more: yes, we love the established contributors, our well loved favourites, but what about the good new talent being seen in this present series (2013)? It took off instantly and has been there going from strength to strength since 2004. Lee, viewer outrage worked in Australia with The Movie Show. My wife was not well for several years & she found Time Team to be one of the few programs worth watching. NEVER. Thank you all so verymuch for what you have accomplished. Thank you, Time Team!!! Rather than targeting the palaces and castles of the rich and famous, individual episodes modestly sought to solve simple, local questions. Interested in keeping up to date with the latest archaeological finds across Britain? This series is in my opinion (and hubbys) a satisfying end. You can watch some TT episodes on YouTube, you know-that one included. You have left us wanting more which of course is the best way to end a show. TT is very fun to watch after nearly 30 years from the first episodes; watching the GeoPhysics change from season to season (week to week for me as I binge) is great for this engineer. They cant bring it back. I had drawn him into the subject a few years after we married but I had the privilege of degree training. now I rely on repeats. Its one of those few things in life that meant so much, really looked forward to every episode. of Tonys and Phils hair. A few years earlier Tony Robinson had joined a trip Mick was leading to Santorini as part of his adult education work for Bristol University. This is a disaster in t.v programming where currently all you get is the banal reality of the likes of Toddlers in Tiaras .The Time Team over the years became like welcome friends into your home and you wished you could join them in the pub at the end for a beer. Lively interpersonal dynamics, celebratory meals and wine, inviting locals to learn more about the world around them back in time, diverse resources and approaches coordinating and appreciating each other- some reading. And we have just recently lost Mick Aston, the Rock of Gibraltar of the show. Time to leave! I take my hat off to them. Information about your device and internet connection, like your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Yahoo websites and apps. Innit? Do 5 day digs instead. I was glued to the screen.. Thankyou for what we have ! No other archaeology programmes on any channels tackle the wide range of sites and periods that TT did or inspired many to become keen amateurs or to start a career in archaeology. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! By the way, if the executives mild revamp caused viewer figures to plummet, how come it was the programme and not those executives who got the flak? The Team had a comradery like that of an elite military unit. So sad to see the demise of TT. I am still watching episodes on Yesterday that Id somehow missed. CHANNEL 4 you just do not know what you have done ! There is definitly an opportunity for BBC2 together with The Open University to take over when Time Team ceases. I enjoyed all the archaeologists and presenter Tony Robinson. time team is the best progamme on tv. Whichever fool(s) cut it, perhaps they are now also, goneso please bring Time Team back it was a great staple! i say dont be too quick to make a stupid decision. 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. It follows so much what has been prevallent in recent years on Brittish TV and thats dumbing down. I used to love all the research that they put into it. (a bit of eye candy maybe if your of that age) Sad to see this very good program going down the pan. Episode # Series # Episode Title Location Coordinates Original airdate 5: 1 "Lord of the Isles" Finlaggan, Islay: 555006N 61016W / 55.834867N 6.171225W / : 8 January 1995 (): Recorded between 24 and 26 June 1994, the team helps the National Museums of Scotland to search for the secrets of Finlaggan, the centre of the kingdom of the Lord of the Isles. Alan Gale is 100% correct. In other words, archaelogy, teamwork, and interaction in that order. It would be remiss of me not to mention that I was so sorry to read of the passing of Mick Aston. Carenzas missing as is Helen, I see Mick walked out as I also presume Stewart has too. (and its cost increases). Im sure it was meant to interest younger viewers in Archeology, a noble enough concept. Yes, Phil can still shift the muck but check out his work on lithics studies and you might change your opinion. Im in my mid 40s. You are going to be missed more than most of us realise. A brilliant series has been lost to the older viewer. I wonder how Tony felt with this introduction, as he had been doing the job for so long, and never once boring. I never saw any of these shows until a week ago when I stumbled over them on youtube. 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 !!! Yes, it became a bit formulaic probably inevitable when dullard TV producers are involved. Lytham St Annes. 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. I sincerely hope this will be remedied. What a shame to see it go, but what a swan song. Thank you, thank you, Ive loved the passion, warmth, fun, humour and absolute professionalism that you all have brought to history. My 100year old mother started,me on T.T.years ago & in turn my children and now the grandchildren watch ,ask questions and research . Very sad that all great things have to come to an end one day. I am now watching past digs being repeated on More Four. He joined the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (now part of English Heritage) in 1985, and was its Landscape Investigation Team based in York, England. With Mick in his amazing technicolor jumpers playing father and patient teacher, fielding Tonys laymans questions, Phil as the eccentric uncle who could dig with the instincts of a terrier after a bone, John and his whiz-bang geo-phys, and all the other children hard at work in their specialties, the programme wasnt merely TIME TEAM it was TIME FAMILY. It may not have been archaelogical perfection but it did make archaeology appealing to many and did digs that no one had the funds or interest to do. People came and went, such as my favourite Robin Bush, but those two remained, as did their stamina and zeal for the show. and which would be the best way to alienate the people working on the programme. Most of these posts hope that the Beeb could resurrect TT somehow, but AN ENORMOUS THANK YOU TO THE CAST AND CREW FOR THE FABULOUS YEARS THEY HAVE GIVEN US. Time Team repeats on You Tube are helping to keep me sane during the Covid19 lockdown. As Mick Aston observed the geophys and Time Team have always gone hand in hand. I dont think a Presenter is supposed to be a devils advocate. DREADFUL ! 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? Promotion of family values good natured banter and above all a love of the past which TT has shared with us over the years is disposed of Shame, Shame, Shame. Best wishes, good luck and Gods speed to the lot of you! I am still quite happy to watch repeats on Sky. And I really enjoy watching Stranger things have happened! Through understanding and helping to preserve the past, and sharing it with a worldwide audience, we hope to re-engage with the enthusiasm that so many of our fans have shown over the years., Many of the original team are already involved, both on and off screen. I loved watching time team I want it to come back on the tv I miss watching it on Sunday afternoon. Its all happening ere Tony. Time Team To Be Reinstated! YOU HAVE JUST NOT THOUGHT THIS THROUGH! I now watch with complete interest in what is going on in the world of Archaeology and love everything about our great nations past. (Then, of course, it goes straight to Hell). Incidentally, to my British friends & fellow TT fans I have to say that I agree with the comments in this thread that the American shows that BBC chooses to air in the UK are garbage, but what a shame the excellent documentaries and history-related productions are not offered in your part of the world. 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. It is the ONLY program I think worth watching in all the rubbish put on these days ! I think he was a lovely man SO SAD ! pain this is all I can say in thinking that the single most important program ever to put PASSION in archaeology has been culled for giving more profit$ in adverts to run of the mill crap so long TimeTeam but rest assured you have YOUR place in history now! Do specials instead of a series. My youngest daughter honed her love of history sitting with me on a Sunday evening watching Mick and Tony et al. I live in Minnesota and am anxious to explore sites of the indigenous people who lived and continue to live here. Time Team - Mick Aston (1946-2013) Mick Aston (1946-2013) Archaeological Consultant Professor Michael Antony 'Mick' Aston was Time Team's much-loved Archaeological Consultant. What a lot we learned. 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