I agree Shiela, a long read but entertaining, and an indication of TTs popularity. I am incredibly disappointed at CH4 for axing a fine British programme. Who is Matt Williams married to?Erika Monroe Williamsm. What idiot made this particular decision to cancel such an interesting and educational series! Phew! 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. My absolute favorite TV program! They will be joined by new faces representing the breadth of experts practising archaeology today. This is not the present series I wonder where you are watching? [8], In 1991, Harding took part in the series Time Signs, which was produced by Tim Taylor, who went on to create Channel 4's popular archaeology series Time Team. There is definitly an opportunity for BBC2 together with The Open University to take over when Time Team ceases. Didnt like the changes either to the team it change the dynamics of the program but kept watching anyway. Some episodes Ive seen over three times each. Fortunately, it wasnt. Would hydrogen chloride be a gas at room temperature? x. Condolences to Micks family, his friends and his colleagues. Hi Alan, thanks a lot for your reply very helpful. It led to an appreciation of just how much information could be quickly gleaned from comparatively modest trenching. Thank you channel 4 Thank you very very much . Im sure it was meant to interest younger viewers in Archeology, a noble enough concept. 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 . will take time, i was successfull on a Campaign on another show before so i know what i have to do, The Campaign is to have a new lease of life on another tv channel. I am Canadian-born but living near Atlanta, Geogia, and travel to the UK often. He is 10. But they never advertised Time Team in between other programmes as they do with some other programmes, and they are always mucking about with the times it is shown. Shame on Chanel 4! I am sure there are more sites for them to investigate. Just heard about the axing of Time Team what a shame! There are only about a thousand signatures so far.Personally, although I have signed, I dont think it will do much good. maybe someone will dig you out of the tombs of c4 in time. An unrepentant Phil Harding was heard to shout as he was bundled into a police van: "I'd do 'er again!". The thing that should be axed is the TV exec that made that decision. Thanks to all who were involved in Time Team in any way. The same has been witnessed with the BBC. swinging camera booms. Always will be in my heart! I really didnt like that nasty dendrochronologist who wouldnt show his results though idiot! A group of archaeologists have 3 days to discover historical artifacts in different sites around Britain. While filming Timesigns, Tim and Mick regularly discussed other ways to bring archaeology to a television audience. I speculate that Mr Bushs rant is based upon nothing more than jealousy over the fact that Mr Harding has obviously learned one more word than him whilst digging those big holes! - The most complained about X Factor moments - The Forgotten presenters of Top Gear 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! Perhaps searching can help. Take up the mantel!! I am devastated ! As a lowyal Time Team viewer from Australia, I am devastated. You can find her message at https://digventures.com/2013/03/tools-down-for-time-team-raksha-dave-on-the-end-of-an-era-and-her-new-adventure/. Much as I still love watching them (though, annoyingly, More 4 often shows the same programme a week later), I can hardly bear to think there will be no more new ones. But maybe it is time and we need to move on. Crazy. History is a fascinating subject but In 2003, Matt was recruited as an archaeologist and presenter on Time Team. Can anyone help us with the contact? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVRe_gMtXNo. C4, please bring back the previous and successful formatting of Time Team. I hope hell receive belated recognition for that fact. Time team is one of the programs I love to watch. 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. They tried to make it edgy and the thing I loved about time team was its lack of edginess? It will be sad for it to end, but theres still a few epsiodes I havent seen. Thanks Guys! He learned flint-knapping from his uncle, Fred, and in only a few months became a skilled knapper, crafting many different hunting tools from pieces of flint. In relation to earlier comments concerning Mr Robinson, all I can say is that if he was patronising us then it must have been a residual echo of Baldrics most cunning plan. Im sitting here on the sofa watching the usual More 4 showing on a Saturday morning. The UK has always been relied on for quality productions and Time Team epitomised these values, but obviously, some young Turk in a rented tux has been allowed to jazz it up. It announced that after 20 seasons and over 230 episodes the programme was being axed by Channel 4. The implementation of Planning Policy Guidance 16 in 1990 enshrined archaeology within the development process and paved the way for todays professional units. Hopefully, I will be able to visit some. Couldnt agree more. It works when the product and the people who are involved are so good. Spot on. Apparently the formidable Matron Huppatz wasn't too fond of nurses' boyfriends coming to visit either. Lets not overlook Public Broadcastng with its excellent programming, either). Channel 4 manages to produce some really rubbish reality programmes to titivate the youthful masses it hopes to attract. Loved the history of U.K. 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. In addition, he has appeared in episodes of Meet the Ancestors (2003) and Chris Moyles' Quiz Night (2009).[9]. I think he was a lovely man SO SAD ! There are quite a few of us down here watching repeats ( up to 5 times) but even so they are still interesting. I met Phil Harding a few years ago at old sarum castle, Salisbury, we had a lovely chat, hes a fab bloke. (But not, ever, I would agree, grinning totty!) time team has over the years discovered great things. I wonder if channel programmers read these blogs? As others have said, lets hope that the B.B.C. Ive got to say I think he handled the shows well. He became a familiar face on the Channel 4 television series Time Team. We will suffer forever without the seasonal hours of archaeology, in all its forms. C4 has descended to abysmal levels. He has become a familiar face on the Channel 4 television series Time Team. Cancellation. And they have taken it off and broken up a brilliant team. I am a mega fan of the show. Phil Harding (archaeologist) : biography 25 January 1950 - Philip 'Phil' Harding, FSA (born 25 January 1950) is a British field archaeologist. The easy familiarity between the people on the programs has been such a contrast to the egos and prima donna attitudes you see in so many other programs. No, sadly when it comes to TV, viewers dont get what they want, they get what they are given Trouble is, the people who make these decisions can be misguided, and very stupid. Sir Tony can do no wrong with me. very sad. Exploring the archaeology of the Roadford Reservoir, Devon, this came about after Tim Taylor approached Mick Aston to present the series. My 100year old mother started,me on T.T.years ago & in turn my children and now the grandchildren watch ,ask questions and research . Channel 4 can go to where it rightly belongs confined to History. Channel 4 you need looking at!!! While the allure of such sites created a powerful television spectacle, it also marked a move away from the programmes humble local archaeology origins. Hundreds of pounds would be spent on scientific dating such as C14, with the results only coming back in time for a line of dialogue to be dubbed on months after filming had concluded. What a disappointment that BBC4 chose to cancel the series! 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. Good quality programmes do cost a little extra.Have watched the programme from the start and my 6 year old daughter did also and was entertained by TRs presentation, she can still imitate that enthusiastic burst of speed across a field whilst talking to camera. What about the good time team has done? The team also included the likes of surveyors Stewart Ainsworth and Henry Chapman, illustrator Victor Ambrus, and fellow archaeologists Helen Geake and Phil Harding, and gradually the show began to grow its following, introducing a whole new audience to archaeology. But when he returned to Britain, Tony found the studios equally intransient. I want Time Team brought back. Finding it was to completely end, not, as Id hoped, to revert to its more successful format I was quite heart broken. International teams of archaeologists embark on a season of . 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. Therefore, Phil Harding's lucky days are Sundays and Saturdays and lucky numbers are: 4, 8, 13, 17, 22 and 26 . The banter between him and the otherwise notoriously stuffy academics was legendary. 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. Many bad decisions for all the wrong reasons. He was an inspiration to me and to so many others. I dread to think just where the Television industry is looking for its viewers In the Night Garden. During that time he deduced the towns Medieval layout. Stewart has always been my top hero too, although I loved everyone without exception till the changes happened. I am looking forward to the Village Dig series, when it eventually comes to the small screen. 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