HATE all the crap American shows taking over the tv. Like others I have loved TT right from the start and have always enjoyed it. I would also back the idea that rural people have the most interest as they can see the landscape every day and the changes on it. The more who sign it the better, I have and so have my family. I just can not believe we will not see his fabulous jumpers again.. ( except in repeats of course ). Thank you,Mick, for all that you gave us.and thanks to Micks family for sharing him with us. Her role, as a foil to Sir Tony, was complimentary, and never as an expert. I do not think that the British tourism board and channel 4 realize how much interest world wide their is in British history. Time Team brought archaeology to the publics attention (including mine) and will be sorely missed. http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/time-team-should-continue-on-tv.html Beautifully expressed, Andrew. I started looking to find more information about the history of Henham park & was so sad to see the show has been axed. The original team brought an impressive breadth of skills to the programme. That is, the irritating new team members, the irritating clanging noise when Tony narrates and the increasingly less time spent in the trenches. A family programe deleted. Yes, Phil can still shift the muck but check out his work on lithics studies and you might change your opinion. R.I.P. I think he was a lovely man SO SAD ! How many programmes can a entertain a whole family at the same time, not many. I have missed Time Team SO much.. 2012 was a very low point and i half expected it to end right then. Hopefully, I will be able to visit some. Sad that time team is no longer , they should go back to how it all started , dont mess with what is ok . This is a project in its preliminary stages, run by Tim Taylor. Who is Mary Ann & what does she bring to the table? During that time he deduced the towns Medieval layout. 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. My own favourite was Stuart, to see him on his bike or wandering around looking at the landscape with his ability to fit any site into its landscape. 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. Tapped into the national zeitgeist, its stars were household names and at its zenith Time Team was pulling in audiences of 3 3.5 million viewers. Surely this cant really be the end?? All of the team can be proud of 20 years of quality television and the many lives touched and informed. Time Team - Helen Geake Helen Geake Small Finds Specialist and Anglo-Saxon Expert Helen's interest in archaeology was sparked partly by attending lecturers by Time Team's Mick. I have told so many people about Time Team & my grand daughter has been trying to decide should she be an archaeologist or a geologist because of it. My heart goes out to his family. Thank you all so verymuch for what you have accomplished. Please BBC take this show under your wings ! youtu.be/rlKmrT. My grandson is a budding archeologist and watches it over and over again. Harold Bush is lying. Whilst on holiday, I was very keen to spend a day or so, if possible, with the Time Team crew wherever they might be shooting. I am sooooo sad that it is going and so is my family and friends..I would like to know what every one is going to do now our friends we see every week,I love the banter between everyone but no more. My children are 13 and 12, and we all like to sit down as a family and watch this programme together and learn something. (especially phil, that crazy bloke,lol).I hope channel 4 regret the decision to axe the show. 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. 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. This photograph was taken at a recent catch-up with some of the Team: John Gater, Helen Geake, Carenza Lewis, Tim Taylor, Dani Wootton, Jim Mower, and Stewart Ainsworth, all of whom are . But maybe it is time and we need to move on. This is the sort of Programme that would thrive on BBC 2 in conjunction with The Open University. The whole catering & accommodation aspect could have been trimmed, without loss of such a wonderful program. Time Team did a superb job and has an excellent track record of quality archaeology, bringing the subject to millions via TV and publishing the results! Completely unable to absorb and assimilate well presented information in an entertaining style, and you completely misread the ironic style of Tony Robinson. Tim Taylor recalls that some archaeologists were initially, quite fairly, a bit sceptical. One aspect that some treated with suspicion was the three-day deadline. So thank you time team I hope someone with a brain brings it back. All I can tell u is that I was hooked. Shows that actually ADD something GOOD to the mix. There are only about a thousand signatures so far.Personally, although I have signed, I dont think it will do much good. 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. Without time team on the television the world of tv is going to be a poorer place. Stewart Ainsworth was born on 26 June, 1951 in Yorkshire, United Kingdom, is a British archaeological investigator. , updated 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)? I have watched every episode from season 1, some many times. ABC altered the format marginally and called it At the Movies. anyway the technology is facinating and makes history come alive. Jim Mower (development producer, see his opinion piece here) believes that Phil Hardings material was among the most innovative. 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. Closed minds achieve nothing in life. Spot on. Yes/No? I never had any interest in my UK ancestors heritage and the conditions they must have endured until I watched the team in action. I hope more episodes are made available on video! 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. I suppose theres nothing wrong with her per se, but her presence is utterly unnecessary. My oldest son and my husband dream of being as good in tapping flint as Phil! How very sad. Long-serving archaeologists Helen Geake and Stewart Ainsworth would appear less often. Its December 2016, My Hubby and I live in Queensland Australia,we have Foxtel and have the old shows on a series link and never get tired of watching the Time Team. I have just realised that time team is to be axed by c4. 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! By the summer of 2012 Channel 4 no longer wanted old Time Team. I am team Ainsworth, so he would have to be brought back. Perhaps we could have a US/Canada version? I agree with you . I found it much preferable to the Planet Earth shows of David Attenbrough. Shame I can now only watch it at 5am on the History channel. I enjoyed Time Team and I will miss it Carenza and the later Helen Geake were the highlights for me there was always a sense of tension when you heard a shout of Tony not knowing what find theyd unearthed. i say dont be too quick to make a stupid decision. I will miss Matt and Bridgit and all the others especially Phil. perhaps they could do a show that showed what happens as the sites are put back to their natural state. I saw the same program, Justin, and I agree entirely! we dont want more programmes that is rubbish there is more than i could even say. Poor. Jim describes this miscalculation as a death blow, which cost the show almost all of its behind the scenes staff. Time Team was on television, but not of it. Please sign fans: Im getting to the point at which I can glance at a find in a diggers hand and exclaim, Oh! I will watch Time Team episodes as long as I last. When discussing the latest TT episode at work/with friends sadly there doesnt seem to be many others who watch it, Ive always been interested in history so maybe its just me & maybe the young people of today arent being taught that history can be exciting/interesting. Sad Time Team series being finished. i never knew this show was available as the colonies never mentioned it. 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. Season 1, aired in 1994, had four episodes, while season 2 followed with five, and season 3 boasted six. Perhaps one of the other channels will see the folly of C4s ways and pick up the program before its too late? 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