stewart ainsworth leaves time team

My son in his early 20s always likes to watch it. Stopping TT is just another step in the dumbing down of TV and radio. Stewart Ainsworth also stated: "Time Team has probably been one of the biggest things that has happened to archaeology for many years - to make archaeology and history accessible, and we need to keep that profile going whatever way we can." Thank you all so verymuch for what you have accomplished. As a Aussie viewer addicted to Time Team (even if we do seem to get more repeats than would seem necessary) I am amazed that this program has been axed. 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. Such speed was certainly not ideally suited to showcase all of the techniques available to modern archaeologists. Sunday afternoons will never be the same, a wonderful programme. If I were an enterprising producer on another channel, I would start a new series that build on the fascinating skills of Stuart A. IT WILL WORK, IT WILL BE SUPPORTED. Raphael, you cant have the old cast back. With Channel 4 keen to attract more supposedly affluent viewers in their 20s and 30s, season 19 also tinkered with the format. Spent time today discussing post-holes with a friend, others around thought we were crazy, but thats what Time Team was all about. Please bring back Time Team with Tony Robinson. Years earlier, Sir Mortimer Wheeler did some Archaeology pgms on TV and they were always popular. TT is without doubt, the best offering in British television. Yes TR can be intensely irritating at times, but as the years have gone by I think his appreciation of the experts has increased and they have learned skills from him about presentation. Perhaps in gthe future we may have a project for a future Time Team, Channel 4 where did it all go wrong? It also produces some amazing factual programmes to expand our knowledge and it is extremely worrying that the latter are being sacrificed for moronic programmes like Big Fat Gypsy Wedding which add nothing to our cultural enlightenment. Im 78 years old. Hopefully it will be picked up by another channel. Also it being on an increasingly miserable Channel (4) did it no favours whatsoever. I agree with Brian, a petition might make Ch4 sit up and realise that we, the viewers, have got brains and like to watch programs with interesting and informative content. I still watch the series on U-tube. Great format, educational safe family viewing. Inspiring stuff. Time Team went out of fashion because the rest of us got sick of being patronised by Tony Robinson, who seemed incapable of letting an entire episode pass without a snide comment or a sermon about man-made global warming. Now British television can be as dumbed down and offensive as American television has become. If an episode costs 200,000 and average 1.5 million viewers, would 1 million be willing to pay 20p via mobile phone or subscription towards making it, or 400,000 willing to pay 50p per episode? I agree entirely. Is there any posibility of obtaining a copy of this and the program on the barge in the river Rhine. Loved Time Team and will miss it [endless repeats are not the same but I still find myself watching them anyway]. This little part of the world (so far from Australia) was the birthplace of my father in law. The worst thing they did was sex it up. Vale Time Team, you will be missed. I learned so much, as many others have, and admired the way it brought archaeology to everyone. I record episodes that I cannot watch on the day. Have watched 8 seasons and enjoying them all. With regards to a few folks comments about Tony Robinson. Good job I have the internet to log onto. It remains my all time favourite reality TV show and I really miss it. Southern Gaulish Samian ware, or Green Glaze, 14th Century. Observing how so many, different, recondite specialty fields come together paleopalynography. It opened my eyes up to so much of the UK, in particular my ignorance of Roman settlement. Who is Mary Ann & what does she bring to the table? Completely unable to absorb and assimilate well presented information in an entertaining style, and you completely misread the ironic style of Tony Robinson. Time Team! Click Manage settings for more information and to manage your choices. I have offten mention to my husband, I wonder what the site look like after the the TT have left. And of course who can ever forget Helen Geakes dress sense and haircuts ! Stewart surveys, records and investigates archaeological sites. This series is in my opinion (and hubbys) a satisfying end. Crazy. I am going to miss the show. 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. I have always been engrossed by archaeology. Thank God for my Saturday morning lie-in watching four episodes in a row on More 4. I now watch with complete interest in what is going on in the world of Archaeology and love everything about our great nations past. I wonder how Tony felt with this introduction, as he had been doing the job for so long, and never once boring. 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. I lost my job recently due to illness.time team made my days. 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. Jim describes this miscalculation as a death blow, which cost the show almost all of its behind the scenes staff. We totally agree with Nick Robinson, we too will be enjoying repeats and cursing Channel 4!. 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. So disappointed to hear the show has been axed. Its our favoite show. This article is 10 years old but like a spoiler. If there had been a mission statement for the show during those early days, it would have been the democratisation of archaeology. Enjoyed Tony and the whole crew, felt like u were part of the dig and part of the crew, they were all like family. I want Time Team brought back. . It would be remiss of me not to mention that I was so sorry to read of the passing of Mick Aston. 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. 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. If you ever wanted to check anything academically, you ran a brick wall which amply demonstrated it was seen by C4 as a Reallity show, complete with Dymock shots. Sorry I dont know how to do this! The programmes were sometimes slight and of course a three day dig is only a sketch rather than a full canvass, but Time Team enriched my life. Chronicle. Best wishes, good luck and Gods speed to the lot of you! It enabled a local group to secure Historic Lottery Fund money to dig the site. The main loss will be the delight we have got shouting bullshit-ware at the screen as Paul Blinkhorn announces a small lump of stone is in reality early Anglo Saxon teaset. And really, TT changed my life! 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? Seeing an entire brigade of scientists down at the pub for lunch made the show so human and readily acceptable. I for one will not watch any new episodes. Spent many an hour intrigued by the whole show and the people on it. The dig is important because the whole are is soon to be developed as a tourist complex with golf course. I have four sons we have been Time Team fans for years. Recently went to Jamestown where the 1st Time Team America was tapedthat was amazing. Her role, as a foil to Sir Tony, was complimentary, and never as an expert. And as others have said, perhaps it could be resurrected on BBC4??? Information about your device and internet connection, like your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Yahoo websites and apps. I have enjoyed Time Team from day one. It was season 19 that changed everything. How about a petition to Channel 4 demanding its continuation? Self - Sanday, Orkney (1998) . If they wont reinstate Time Team ,then why not release All episodes in a DVD BOX set . Admittedly, in the last year or so I have found myself increasingly disinterested in the programme. Mary-Ann Ochota caused the Time Teams slow demise as she and the behind the scene executives strangled a Team that had worked played and laughed together over so many years making not good but great viewing. Without time team on the television the world of tv is going to be a poorer place. My parents watch it. What a disappointment that BBC4 chose to cancel the series! I hate the way that today producers think all people are stupid and try to dumb down TV. Its prototype was Timesigns, a four-part series that aired in 1991. The focus groups of today, the council chambers of yesteryear; all determined to make their mark, put their talent on show. Spot on. Telly Tubbies. I loved Time Team in its early format but over the years got fed up listening to the boffins suddenly announcing a high status (Favourite phrase of TT) building eg temple or palace had been found after unearthing a piece of stonework that would get lost in my rockery. An absolute feast of mind, interest and the ever curiosity of young and old alike about What lie underneath that humble plot of soil?.TIme Team approached that humble plot we would all like to delve into.they bring that knowledge of how with them and together unveal little glimspes of anothers past which we back bring here, to today.as a reflection and connection.like a mirror between centuries and timesand sunrises and pleasant breezes of a long ago Sunday afternoon, I thought it was the Bi..o presenter the doomed it for sure, brought in because we are all suddenly dumb. Id say it was as his programmes/stories Time Team were canceled by BBC (see the websites: Channel 4 Time Team and Time Team: the rise and fall of a television phenomenon). The Twitter page has been great up to now. I now live in Australia and love watching shows on my homeland. .As always it will, I supposed be replaced by some run of the mill program, American sit com or soap. I so agree. Time Team brought archaeology to the publics attention (including mine) and will be sorely missed. To anyone who loves the Sunday afternoon history fix as much as I do PLEASE sign! My absolute favorite TV program! 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. Harold Bush is lying. The breakthrough came when Timesigns proved an unexpected hit. Ok BBC4, its time for you to take Time Team. But would be top stuff if BBC 4 could pick it up and get things back on track. Time team has been a part of tv watching since its beginning . i am disappoited time team is to end after its next series a lot of people learnt more about the history of the uk.My grandchildren learnt more about roman history medieval times and other periods in our countries history than at school, http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/tv_time_team_to_reveal_secrets_of_ancient_norfolk_fort_1_1783360. , Cant we have Phil once a week digging a hole in a pub garden, please?xxxx. I cannot understand why you are axing it!!? I agree .I have thoroughly enjoyed Time Team and was greatly disappointed when I switched on my TV at the usual time and found no sign of Time Team at that time or any other. This did happen in fact, but the show kept going with Mick Aston and (Sir) Tony Robinson always at the helm. Cutting some excellent TV and radio presenters in favor of younger ones. Shattered. 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. yes, I too have treasured every episode, and it has been the one programme of all channels that I never wanted to miss, even asking family to record it if I went on holiday, in the early years before I had a dvd m/c. I entirely agree with the article it was definately the loss of Mick and the two new ones that ryined it for me and I have always loved it!! It works when the product and the people who are involved are so good. Many of us have watched Time Team for ages and have been educated (along with Tony) on the ins and outs of Archaeology and did not need another presenter to ask superfluous questions (nice though she was). Over the years has shown archaeology all round UK. 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 . if you can i would a reply.also HELEN IS ALSO VERY GOOD. In an interview with the magazine British Archaeology, Professor Aston said he was responding to changes first proposed by producers at Channel 4 in late 2010 before the filming of the series that is currently being aired. This biographical article related to British television is a stub. What will Ch4 spend its money on now, even more American imports? I ask other time team regulars get writing and see if time team can be saved either by another tv station or a rethink by channel 4. Looky tha! For me, as a genealogist, an episode really takes flight when, in addition to the dig, Robin Bush, or Guy D., or Carenza bring out a mediaeval charter, the Domesday Book, or the A.S. I am deeply sisappointed that time team is now defunct its one programme thst I really love I felt that I could learn a little bit about my ancestors in the uk, C4 the tv channel run by lack of imagination. He said: 'We were very sorry to see Mick go, and he leaves an extraordinary legacy. I think he was a lovely man SO SAD ! Thanks. I note that none of them ever received a gong. Joining you at your virtual pyre and raising a glass to Mick Aston! Disgusted, Mick walked out, explaining later For some reason they didnt think oh, wed better run that past Mick. Hes the archaeological consultant, he might have an opinion about that (see CA 271). I loved Mick and Phil and Stuart et all, picking on Matt for any rotton job. What happened to Stewart Ainsworth? Time Teams genesis is a well-rehearsed story. My husband said I bet you want to get Phill round now. Style, and never once boring doing the job for so long, and he leaves an extraordinary.... 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