stewart ainsworth leaves time team

In fact, since Tony had no input at all into what digs were scheduled, I dont see how that could even begin to be true. I love a list and now I can tick off which ones Ive seen in a suitably anal fashion. The first show of 1994 featured a young, dark, long-haired Tony The Wildman Baldric Robinson, with a equally younger long haired Mick Aston, some of which was not quite all grey. Thank you to everyone who made this such a wonderful programme. By the summer of 2012 Channel 4 no longer wanted old Time Team. Thank you, Time Team!!! Watched it since the beginning, some great episodes and fantastic digs. Loved the history of U.K. 1951. The beginnings of Time Team: season 1 stalwarts (from left to right) Mick Aston, Victor Ambrus, Phil Harding, Geraldine Barber, Carenza Lewis, Tony Robinson, and Robin Bush. I feel sure we havent heard the last either. Tony used the rest of the Teams expertise to bring to life what was often regarded as a crusty subject before Time Teams arrival. R.I.P. A relative alerted us to Time Team knowing.my husband and I were long term enthusiasts. How many programmes can a entertain a whole family at the same time, not many. The final piece of the jigsaw fell into place during the fledgling Time Teams first episode. Refreshing to see non-Brits find our history/heritage of great interest. We, Yahoo, are part of the Yahoo family of brands. His role translating archaeology into laymens terms was pure genius. This would be the only way of successfully reincarnating Time Team and fixing your pathetic and ignorant and unsuccessful changes. 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. RIP Time Team. You should be ashamed of yourselves, especially the way you have treated Mick Aston after all those years of dedicated service. Also, the most recent posters may not have heard of Mick Astons premature death. As others have said, lets hope that the B.B.C. Yes, it became a bit formulaic probably inevitable when dullard TV producers are involved. PLEASE bring it back. Close. I got fed up with running and prancing, daring to contradict real aercheologists. What a shame to see TT let go. Like others I would like to see somebody else either bringing it back or developing the format. Was it her sultry beauty, or easy going attitude that rubs some the wrong way ? I have been planning to return for several years now for a holiday and to catch up with friends and relatives. History is a fascinating subject but With Season 20 airing next year, and a series of one-off specials running into 2014, there is still new Time Team on the way. All of the team can be proud of 20 years of quality television and the many lives touched and informed. 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?). 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. The Isle of Mull episode in season 17 is a great example of what could be discovered. Shots of him in woodland seeking out raw materials for a reconstructed axe allowed the audience to witness the hands-on practical process. tony and all made history come to life to the public and we {as a family] looked forward to the one great programme aweek but know more,,,,how old are the producers ,if they watched t t perhapes they could learn that life does not always mean MONEY MORE MONEY , What a bummer! My favourite show. Its a shame we didnt see you and the team doing more international locations. Stewart Ainswort. My son in his early 20s always likes to watch it. Fond regards to everyone from the past on TT. with the Amazonian co-presenter with the huge bonded teeth. I love archeology, and it was so educational seeing how it is done. Victor Ambrus peerless ability to bring the past to life on the fly, for example, was harnassed after his artwork caught Tim Taylors eye in Readers Digest. Is Phil Harding a Phd? Cutting some excellent TV and radio presenters in favor of younger ones. Prof Mick, great bloke and always so calm, Carensa made a lot of episodes more entertaining and TR a god of comedy and history. He compared them to the reshuffle at the BBCs Countryfile in 2008, which introduced younger presenters and, he said, reduced it to clich-ridden pap. In other words, archaelogy, teamwork, and interaction in that order. If it doesnt involve foul-mouthed yobs eating too much, drinking too much or better still both, they arent bovvered. It was an opening into a different world that gave me hope that THIS one can be sorted out ! 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. and the entire bunch breathed fresh life into the sometimes boring subject of Archaeology. Tony R told us that the fort was not connected by road What???? T.T. TT is without doubt, the best offering in British television. I have watched TT for the last 20 years from my mid 20s. catty remarks what catty remarks it is like every other tv program if it is not a soap opera or so called reality tv it gets brushed aside ch4 is one big yawn if you dont agree just what else is worth the price of electricity. fingers crossed, The show never recovered from the loss of Faye Simpson in my opinion. 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. 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. 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. Mick Aston was a remarkable person intelligent and well informed but still able to get complicated concepts across in an way that was accessible to all. And as others have said, perhaps it could be resurrected on BBC4??? What about the good time team has done? I am shattered by this news. It is to bad that the show was cut, there are so much more to find, discover and educate us all. 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. My heart goes out to his family. Save Time Team Campaign is taking off really fast now, over 1,500 signatures & support from celebrity. Surely a revamp, no helicopters, fewer paid staff, smaller archaeological objectives, involve communities more hence free labour would help. 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. In all fairness thank you C4 for having the foresight to do the programme in the first place but put the money saved back into culture, dont invest it in any more fly on the wall or the only way is type of programmes or you may just lose any of the credibility youve gained. Didnt like the changes either to the team it change the dynamics of the program but kept watching anyway. My nineteen year old daughter has always been passionate about having a career in archaeology even more so now. He is President of the Friends Of Epiacum, the Roman fort on the southern edge of Northumberland which he has surveyed and studied in depth. look forward to some more american rubbish or more twits in big brother type of rubbish. Very sad to hear Time Team is ending. I hope more episodes are made available on video! Thank God for my Saturday morning lie-in watching four episodes in a row on More 4. It would be remiss of me not to mention that I was so sorry to read of the passing of Mick Aston. We do have money too you know. Just been reading all the comments, and a lot of sensible thinhs have been said, and a few stupid ignorant ones as well. Following the successful launch of a fan-led Patreon campaign in December, Time Team has now confirmed what could be the first of many digs. What idiot made this particular decision to cancel such an interesting and educational series! Channel 4 you need looking at!!! The major players seem tired and cranky, and while they are all professionals and are trying very hard to be positive and upbeat, its obvious that they are trying, and that ruins it. Coincidentally, digging within a tight timeframe echoed contemporary changes underway in the profession. It was not the first time that a chance conversation with Mick had got someone thinking about television archaeology. 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 too, although not often. Thank you time team, one and all, I constantly watch the reruns on the history channel here is oz. A thoroughly good bunch of people with a true PASSION for their subject ! Spot on. It lost its way because of the producers. I know more today of English history and Roman occupation than I ever did before. (and its cost increases). A family programe deleted. They were digging Roman ruins in someones back garden and explaining in detail what they were doing and what it told them hooked then and there. Great format, educational safe family viewing. I have just realised that time team is to be axed by c4. I have watched every episode from season 1, some many times. I just love the way English history came alive & feel like the team must have lots of fun doing this job.I was hopeing to find them on a dig when I come over to visit .Lets hope the powers that be decide to bring it back or make a new show similar to it. An episode where a workplace expert was on stand by for structural shoring when common sense would have not wasted this kind of expense. Changing all the staff behind Time Team was a big mistake, but ending it is even bigger. A terrible mistake in the cancellation of Time Team one the most educational series on T V I and my friend in Canada cant wait each Monday evening to watch the show we both being amateur Archaeologists and worked for many years with the Ontario Archaeology Soc and find the show captivating and extremely educational and will be sorry to see it end. I am so sad and gutted Time Team has been axed. 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. Towards the end of its run an average episode would cost around 200,000 a budget more on the scale of a small drama show in the eyes of television insiders but over 20 years Channel 4 pumped 4 million directly into British archaeology. document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a3c3c528f5d4ab9be4dd73fd43d71409" );document.getElementById("ac59ec51d8").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Latest news from our sister site, the-past.com. A good friend of mine was a guest archaeologist on several T.T programmes and it was my good fortune to go along on production. I love time team. 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. swinging camera booms. Being well aired on the Yesterday TV Channel Monday to Friday throughout the day, Time team proved that nothing I is really lost it us just covered up soil sand and water 3 cheers for the team ron atkinson. The writing was on the wall though poor scheduling . Bringing in that awful woman for the last series was the straw that broke the camels back. Yes, we all love the longtime archaelogists (sorry, cant do stars I would say they wouldnt like it either it is rather derogatory of their abilities!) So, Ch4 why did you do away with this gem of a program? This informative, interesting program has long been a favourite amongst all ages of our family. Dont judge based on the rubbish you get over there. I dont think a Presenter is supposed to be a devils advocate. I am thrilled that TT is returning in 2022, but saddened that Phil, Raksha and Tony will not be participating. I was just looking for where any dig sites would be this year and discovered the program was being axed! Expertise honed over 15 years was lost at a stroke, to be replaced by crew and production staff who knew neither each other nor archaeology. Executive producer Philip Clarke said the current series had introduced Miss Ochota and archaeologist Alex Langlands. The ABC in Australia invariably saw fit to show very, very few episodes of Time Team, although numerous repeats were televised, and like a good book, they were enjoyed by a public that is hungry for family value in TV productions. Spoilt in the end by Fixing something that want bust. It is practically unheard of for a factual, specialist programme to spend two decades as the public face of its subject and become a national institution along the way. Desperate for a good documentary to watch over a late dinner, I discovered Tony Robinsons Time Team special on the Mesolithic and Doggerland. Immediately, I was hooked. It is obvious to me that they were always working on their format and that Tony was the TV guy while the others were the science folks. He trained as a surveyor before entering the archaeology section of the Ordnance Survey. 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. , Cant we have Phil once a week digging a hole in a pub garden, please?xxxx. Seasons 9-12 are often seen as Time Teams golden age. Posted by 27 days ago. One of our students is well into his 70s, hes been in the field with us both on our formal field school and in a volunteering capacity. My second eldest is 18, and we only watch one program together as our interests are so different (that would be Time Team). You always felt a relationship with the team, they appeared friendly, very enthusiastic and appeared to be there for the love of archaeology. I loved the banter between Tony, Phil and Mick and anyone could see they enjoyed their jobs. Seeing an entire brigade of scientists down at the pub for lunch made the show so human and readily acceptable. age is no barrier in archaeology and many of us dont start until our 40s and 50s. Channel 4 should never have discarded such a treasure. Its disadvantage was that it had no scope to include z-list celebrities to manufacture controversy around, and so it was killed. While I wont be involved in the new sites, I was delighted to accept the role of honorary patron of the Time Team project. What happened to Stewart Ainsworth? 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. It works when the product and the people who are involved are so good. Its a shame yet highlights the offensively patronizing view metro-based TV people have of the general public. This was highlighted by having a member of the public read out a letter of invitation at the beginning, posing the question they wanted answered. We always joke about that, but I think its indicative of how people understand archaeology is a process. Tim Taylor devised the name Time Team, and in 1992 a pilot episode was filmed in Dorchester-on-Thames. Phil is fantastic as he has always been. What lies under the ground of the countrys past. Mick mentioned that he had recently missed a train and, having a couple of hours to kill, decided to explore. Stewart Ainsworth was born on 26 June, 1951 in Yorkshire, United Kingdom, is a British archaeological investigator. It should have stayed like that and people would have carried on watching. 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. Just watched a poor programme on Brancaster digfull of errors and poor production. Much has been said about this show on this site but I think that all of you would be best served by reading what Raksha had to say. Maybe one day she will say sorry to us all. I too am upset that this has been axed. The way Phil, Mick, Tony and company have made an impact on my life, you have no idea. . Have only just found out that Time Team has been axed after 20 years and I am gutted. We live in USA. Time Team To Be Reinstated! This biographical article about a British archaeologist is a stub. 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