Bush first became involved with the Time Team series through his friend Mick Aston, Somerset’s first county field archaeologist. What’s on at this afternoon? Meanwhile Tony’s role transformed from a quiz master to translator of all things archaeological for a general audience. Your contribution to TV and Archeology is now history itself! Like Concorde, should be rescued by someone – BBC and revamped ASAP. 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. So so sad, the only one of its kind and ‘they’ axe it. Hello from the US. I watched all but episode 1. I am very sorry to see it go. Shame on Chanel 4! Oh dear what a shame as it’s such a great program especially with Phil & ALL the team.I think their sense of humour is almost worth a show on it’s own.Anyway a big thank you for many interesting hours as a an armchair archeologist. I used to tape the shows & send the tapes to my sister in Winnipeg who enjoyed them as much as as we did Phil & Tony were our Favourites . Fabulous, thank you. The time team has brought history, archaeology, geophys and a devoted team of professionals into my life. 24 June 2010 • 17:29 pm An Oxford History graduate, he appeared in … Without Time Team I would not have known how much I could enjoy archaeology and I’m pretty sure it’s why my 7 year old wants to be an archaeologist when she grows up. I completely agree with you Lauren. But it’s also the fact that they didn’t just impart accumulated knowledge, they made new discoveries as we watched. age is no barrier in archaeology and many of us don’t start until our 40s and 50s. Gee I feel gutted. Regards Peter Mulready Australia. This programme could have run and run with the younger people such as Helen Geake, Brigid, Matt and Raksha taking it into the next 20 years. 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 wonder if some young Channel 4 TV executive is proud of his/her decisions. Time team has been a part of tv watching since its beginning . How about a petition to Channel 4 demanding it’s continuation? However I would contact Channel Four to find out when they will be repeating it again and maybe arrange to record the programmes. I had drawn him into the subject a few years after we married but I had the privilege of degree training. What Time Team once was in the beginning will never be reproduced. True, Tony Robinson did tend to upstage and steal a scene or two, but those of us who enjoyed one of the best programmes to ever hit TV, expected and accepted that. My heart goes out to his family. No, sadly… when it comes to TV, viewers don’t get what they want, they get what they are given… Trouble is, the people who make these decisions can be misguided, and very stupid. Fond regards to everyone from the past on TT. I found TR irritating at times but accepted him as part of the show. I will miss it & Sunday afternoons will not be the same-I’m all for a petition -there aren’t 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. 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. Yes, it became a bit formulaic – probably inevitable when dullard TV producers are involved. Hope it returns… anne from Ontario Canada. Brought up 3 kids on it. Season 1, aired in 1994, had four episodes, while season 2 followed with five, and season 3 boasted six. Alarm bells began to ring for us when Mary-Anne appeared – it seemed to coincide with a dumbing-down of the show. archaeology..is what my 11 year old gran daughter is looking into training for…..shows like these are needed more. Thanks. It led to an appreciation of just how much information could be quickly gleaned from comparatively modest trenching. (especially phil, that crazy bloke,lol).I hope channel 4 regret the decision to axe the show. Nov 10, 2017 - Taunton historian Robin Bush, 67, died yesterday after a long illness. I am wondering how many viewers watch the Time Team now. I share your sentiments totally. Now I have no reason what ever to watch ch 4 now or in the future . Channel 4 you need looking at!!! Maybe it was better to end the show before they replaced the entire cast with ‘celebrities’ from TOWIE. I’m sorry to see that TT is folding though. I am 81 & have watched & enjoyed TT for many years. We live in USA. The only thing that surprises me is that they didn’t include a so called comedian. It may also be heresy to say so, but I think many people who were interested more in the archaeology than the banter, found the relationship between Phil and Tony, to be past it’s sell by date. I didn’t always like the reenactments but it was interesting when they dealt with diet and medical issues. I would joke with my kids when doing some gardening that I might unearth a roman soldier or a roman coin. ! ABC altered the format marginally and called it ‘At the Movies’. What a lot we learned. And anyone who does not like Tony Robinson probably doesn’t 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…….. In 1994 January 16th until 2012.rip time team along with mick Aston 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. And really, TT changed my life! Time Team's official Facebook and Twitter accounts also paid tribute to the retired academic: "It is with a very heavy heart that we've been informed … and have watched it since the begining. A number of archaeological old hands were sacrificed in favour of more youthful presenters. The major players seem tired and cranky, and while they are all professionals and are trying very hard to be positive and upbeat, it’s obvious that they are trying, and that ruins it. Only a fool would get rid of an engaging program like TT. The money was well spent, and today only five Time Team sites remain unpublished — a record that shames many UK units and academics. just found TT on Acorn streaming. I dread to think just where the Television industry is looking for its viewers ” In the Night Garden. very sad day in T V HISTORY. The writing was on the wall though poor scheduling . One of the best programs EVER. Lets hope that somebody in control is also a fan and a compromise can be reached. Crazy. My 100year old mother started,me on T.T.years ago & in turn my children and now the grandchildren watch ,ask questions and research . I wish that ABC in Aus would start at the beginning and replay them all. It is the ONLY program I think worth watching in all the rubbish put on these days ! And anyway, why would we want Channel 4 to keep TT? Oh! I KNOW i keep on saying it but i cannot get my head around channel 4 is getting rid off such a great programme it is seen all over the world. One of the people she missed was Carenza Lewis. There are quite a few of us down here watching repeats ( up to 5 times) but even so they are still interesting. Here we chart the highs and lows of a revolutionary format that aimed to bring archaeology to the people. Well it seems the bean counters got their way. Stranger things have happened! I’ve watched since episode 1 as well and yet I’m not gutted because these days you see a lot more archaeology programmes on tv as a result of their achievement. Dec 26, 2017 - West Country historian best known for the TV show Time Team. 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. IT WILL WORK, IT WILL BE SUPPORTED. 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. Think what we learned. Pity – arise Sir Phil???? This comment by Peter Thomas is an excellent precis of all that has been said. This 1988 comic was written by Jim Starlin. Find out more here. Stewart has always been my top hero too, although I loved everyone without exception till the changes happened. Or are we all to turn off our televisions once we reach 40? Headed by D Macall. But maybe it is time and we need to move on. Never having been colonized by them I guess we in Ireland may have a slightly less reverential view of their “civilizing” effect on the native culture. This was the best educational programme that I looked forward to every week and also all the repeats that were broadcast on more 4. 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. Fortunately, it wasn’t. Most of what I feel about the demise of TT has already been said here. Not on the Live I dug at. Explore. It wasn’t perfect but the catty remarks are uncalled for. violent, infamous scene from Under the Red Hood in which The Joker murders Robin. Yet despite bringing the past to life using the familiar ingredients of  excavation, landscape survey and reconstructions — including Phil felling a tree with a flint axe —  Timesigns is a very different beast. The dig has only found old bits of pipe and 1950’s china, but it really does not matter, what matters is the program has inspired my children. There are DVD’s, some available on Amazon uk. An episode where a workplace expert was on stand by for structural shoring when common sense would have not wasted this kind of expense. So my husband looked for more info. It may be in fifteen or so years a new Time Team will go digging in the archives of the defunct Channel 4 to explain how with the audience Channel 4 had for an entertaining and informative programme Which bright go ahead executive (IDIOT) came up with the Idea, if its not broken we must fix it. I am still quite happy to watch repeats on Sky. I can honestly say that what you saw on the television was what you got in real life. There are some of us who actually enjoy watching interesting, factual, historic programs. Years earlier, Sir Mortimer Wheeler did some Archaeology pgms on TV and they were always popular. Great news that it is ending – now we can have even more programs about yobs drinking abroad, crappy makeovers, the life of white van drivers and buying houses that cost £250,000 or more. I still watch the series on U-tube. He brought archeaology to the public domain and helped us discover where our nation began, how it grew and how it is still changing. Gifted in many areas. George and Barbara Bush never stopped agonizing over the death of their 3-year-old, Robin Robin Bush in Greenwich, Conn., in June 1953. Your sorrow will be eased by the sight of a few old, friendly faces. Very sad that all great things have to come to an end one day. while the Facebook page is slowly building! Oh Dear. Certainly the revamp for the 2012 programmes didn’t 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. I’m in my mid 40s. (But not, ever, I would agree, grinning totty!) With only some strange earthworks exciting the curiosity of local amateur archaeologists to go on, the programme was flexible enough to be able to take a gamble. We’ve also done the landscapes around them, so if you want additional information then the Time Team reports contain that.’. Best wishes, good luck and God’s speed to the lot of you! It was this show that gave me the inspiration to study history and I will really miss it. Thanks to all the past & present members of the crew and cast. My husband said I bet you want to get Phill round now. ‘I think we’ve brought it into the forefront of people’s attention. I am appalled. I have watched most episodes many times and it is a joy to come across one I have never seen before. It is amazing to contemplate the staggering amount of archaeology lurking beneath the surface of the whole of the British Isles. I will miss Matt and Bridgit and all the others – especially Phil. A thoroughly good bunch of people with a true PASSION for their subject ! Who knows,but hopefully in years to come we might all see a reunion? 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]. The cast and crew were pretty obviously seriously “digging their roles”, (bad pun semi-intended sorry about that sort of). I have four sons we have been Time Team fans for years. On the other hand, all good things come to an end. Bravo to your remaks. I enjoyed all the archaeologists and presenter Tony Robinson. I dont know. Many bad decisions for all the wrong reasons. Time Team has sometimes been accused of peddling stereotypes to the public, but anyone who has met the archaeologists will know that they are not cynical media-savvy operators adopting false personas for the camera. Rest in peace, Mick, you added more to people’s lives than you probably ever realised. I am signing up to the campaign to keep Time Team! Time Team cancelled by Channel 4? Now a female Bush Tucker Man then you'd be talking. HATE all the crap American shows taking over the tv. I cannot believe that there will be no more Time Team, I hope the idiots at channel 4 read this site. Do 5 day digs instead. Sad Time Team series being finished. We only recently discovered the Time Team show and rush to ensure we don’t miss a show. & has never been more pi**ed off 2 here that it’s being It encouraged me to study the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages. How outrageous to think that the 45s are not a worthy audience. A known anthropologist and archeologist ( Emmanuel College, Cambridge ), to describe and dismiss her as a ” former model ” is a bit unfair. The Mick Aston informative, involving wide range of age and expertise-or students out in the field working version, not the americanised teenybopper version as touted by c4 accountants. Channel 4 has just axed the best show on tv won’t be watching channel 4 again, There will always be someone who knows what we like we to watch. Yes, Phil can still shift the muck but check out his work on lithics studies and you might change your opinion. axed is their a petition running ????? 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. it had a profound effect on him." 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. I am a mega fan of the show. My eldest son is now 19 and guess what he is studying at University (say no more) thank you Time Team. The worst thing they did was sex it up. Because of Time Team I now want to become an archeologist. Formerly an archivist, Robin was a well-respected historian, whose career led him to rub shoulders with both the Queen and the sitting President in the White House. Bush, who died on Nov. 30, 2018 at the age of 94, lived a long and remarkable life, serving as the nation’s 41st president and raising its 43rd. The changes proved too much, too fast, and viewing figures crashed to 700,000. Speak for your self! There are many pagan archeologists too. Long gone are the back garden digs. Time Team's Mick Aston dies This article is more than 7 years old The archaeologist and broadcaster, who found fame with the Channel 4 series, has passed away aged 66 As an amateur digger, I envied TT’s resources – a JCB on call, geophysics, dendrochronology, C14 dating, DNA analysis. Very sorry to see Time Team being finished. 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. One of our students is well into his 70s, he’s been in the field with us both on our formal field school and in a volunteering capacity. Perhaps the question should be not what went wrong with Time Team, but what went wrong with Channel 4. The implementation of Planning Policy Guidance 16 in 1990 enshrined archaeology within the development process and paved the way for today’s professional units. We’re currently watching the last episodes, with the delightfully enthusiastic Francis Pryor, on ABC TV in Melbourne, and we love ’em, even if there aren’t always lots of finds. It will be sad for it to end, but theres still a few epsiodes I havent seen. Apparently, there was plenty of dirt being dug off camera, thanks largely to the people up top. As Francis Pryor observed on his blog, in many ways the real question is ‘what went right?’. Maybe it will work with time team too. It all got too big, too ambitious. Bush was wired into high level American politics, a candidate for US Senate, and staying at the Dallas Sheraton on 11/22/63 although he decided to fly back to Houston that night. Unfortunately my DVD recording did not work. Thank you time team, one and all, I constantly watch the reruns on the history channel here is oz. What’s wrong with a passing reference to global warming – unless you are an eccentric climate change denier? Charlie’s comments would carry more weight if the spelling was correct. (all good things must come to an end). My youngest daughter honed her love of history sitting with me on a Sunday evening watching Mick and Tony et al. The more ‘TV appeal’ execs tried to inject, the less people wanted to watch. It has become a staple in our family, even with the ABC running older series in high-rotation – it beats the rest of the 6pm options hands down, even in repeat mode. Time team is currently repeated on more-4 each midweek day and sometimes Saturdays, but I still miss fresh episodes and the original presenters and everyone should put pressure on c4 for more episodes even if it were one a month ! My cable TV subscription gives us awesome selections for history, science, and information buffs! Yes, speak for yourself! We are headed to the UK in May from the US to see some of the TT sites. Hopefully it will be picked up by another channel. It is to bad that the show was cut, there are so much more to find, discover and educate us all. Can anyone help us with the contact? I note that none of them ever received a gong. Please bring Time Team back. Inever felt patronised and loved the interation beteen Tony, Phil and Mick. John and his team must have walked miles. You always felt a relationship with the team, they appeared friendly, very enthusiastic and appeared to be there for the love of archaeology. In 2014. Mick, can I come work for you? I am still watching episodes on Yesterday that I’d somehow missed. In between programmes, E4 these days uses short clips of things like hillwalking and narrow boats to ridicule the interests of “old” people. I could have watched it for another 20 years. I AM SO UPSET AT THE ENDING OF TIME TEAM ! A terrible loss to the worlds of broadcasting and archaeology alike, with luck a pheonix will rise from the ashes. Channel Four seem to be missing a trick that gthe BBC would have undoubtedly have profited from by issuing DVDs of the most important digs over the years. Jim summed up their approach as ‘messing with something perfectly fine, and when it wasn’t a success, blaming the people trying to make it work.’, Time Team‘s cost also made it vulnerable. Re-assemble the team ! I’m 78 years old. Completely unable to absorb and assimilate well presented information in an entertaining style, and you completely misread the ironic style of Tony Robinson. I love time team because it is filled with such enthusiasm and love for its subject. I guess I will have to plan a trip to the UK to get my archaeology fix now. The format changed and little was really seen of the dig. I know we have no Roman history, but there are thousands of of places that date back thousands of years. C4, please bring back the previous and successful formatting of Time Team. The alternate story begins with Jonathan and Martha Kent … The whole catering & accommodation aspect could have been trimmed, without loss of such a wonderful program. It follows so much what has been prevallent in recent years on Brittish TV and thats “dumbing down”. He died on June 22, 2010 in Taunton, Somerset, England. I agree. Always worked so hard and made sense of sites that could have remained a mystery. SAVE TIME TEAM, Closing in on 4,000 signatures already: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/time-team-should-continue-on-tv.html, Hey guys just a quick update of a Article we have got up promoting the ‘SAVE TIME TEAM’ Campaign. Cliche good looking, middle-class presenters who appear somewhat dull in enthusiasm. I learned a lot about my British roots by watching and have shared the knowledge with my family. It’s interesting that Ch 4 is dropping a program on history and education, are they really dumbing down to suit a younger age group whose programs contain bad language smut and sex, bad attitudes and a large sense of self. Surely, the way forward would have been to dig deeper into the technical aspects of the archaeology and to speak to the intelligent audience that made the program in the first place – whether the sites themselves or the techniques being employed. fingers crossed, The show never recovered from the loss of Faye Simpson in my opinion. Yes, the interest remains for the show. time team has over the years discovered great things. 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. And now our children and grandchildren watch the programme but not for long now. Lee. Just been reading all the comments, and a lot of sensible thinhs have been said, and a few stupid ignorant ones as well. The 2013 series is so much better, very like the old times. Just did the same as Leigh trying to find out when the next series is due to start. I have watched the episode from Barra several times. Any girl who could debark a tree without killing it and then build a canoe from the bark, hunt fish from it, … Incidentally, Mr Harding, this “flygirl” will gladly buy you a pint, any day – and would love to hear stories about years of pulling history out of the ground one piece, one bone, and one shard at a time. I think he was a lovely man… SO SAD ! 2012 was a very low point and i half expected it to end right then. Barbara Bush, American first lady (1989–93), wife of George H.W. Thanks Guys! I was disappointed with the change in format, it was like losing family. And as others have said, perhaps it could be resurrected on BBC4??? 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. You only have to look at the demographic to see that a model was not going to be an asset to TT. If Channel Four thinks TT too expensive there is mileage in the “Return To” format for some digs showing some of the original programmes and then updating on subsequent research. I was glued to the screen.. Thankyou for what we have ! quite a lot of the programmes are available on Veehd.com. It is about time ABC Australia got there act together and started to replay ALL the episodes, from the first, so that we don’t all go crazy from withdrawal symptoms. She was noted for her charitable and humanitarian efforts. Too bad for the changes they made, these new guys tried hard, but you can’t replace what the “old” team had, the magic, the small things,… Still, I’m grateful for what they achieved and for what it has meant to me and still does. Have only just found out that Time Team has been axed after 20 years and I am gutted. You wonder what kind of palsy comes over TV programers when they occasionally axe the best shows, shows with strong, solid substance!!! I am sure the essence of archeology would be attractive to a core audience once again. Let’s not overlook Public Broadcastng with its excellent programming, either). 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 have been planning to return for several years now for a holiday and to catch up with friends and relatives. I loved watching Time Team in Australia, way better than the American version. All the repeats are still amazing, I also watch ime team every day without fail. I loved Mick and Phil and Stuart et all, picking on Matt for any rotton job. Without Mick Aston it will not be the same, but as such it will be a fitting tribute to a great forward thinking man. It was supposed to be about archaeology. Don’t let it stop you Margaret. My oldest son and my husband dream of being as good in tapping flint as Phil! As it was said at the start, they had to change it and then when it all went wrong blame someone else. His Uncle, my brother, has to dig up a dig with him when he comes on holiday and he is in there like a professional. certainly helped to fill a lot of university places, even if many of those gaining degrees have gone on to other careers.
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