It will be sorely missed. Hope it returns anne from Ontario Canada. Twelve months on and I still miss it. Without Mick Aston it will not be the same, but as such it will be a fitting tribute to a great forward thinking man. Shows that actually ADD something GOOD to the mix. My son in his early 20s always likes to watch it. PLEASE bring it back. So why could it not continue on and evolve in 2013 ? Because the major players were all quite old, and as you will have heard age is the surest antidote to youthful energy. No, I didnt ever notice that, was I watching the right show? I am not sure who set it up, but you can find it by searching for Time Team FB page. Stewart Ainsworth (born 26 June 1951) is a British archaeological investigator who was regularly seen on Time Team, the Channel 4 archaeological television series. i never knew this show was available as the colonies never mentioned it. In the country you have more sense of the spirit of a place. He has since appeared in over two hundred episodes. This segregates the viewers and leaves fans like me stuck in the middle and slightly upset at the notion that my favorite programmes have been taken over by people who havent got a idea. here was atransfixing series, turning elitist subject into everyday knowledge for the ordinary man. Slower paced, Timesigns has Mick talking directly to the camera in a style more akin to a history documentary or Open University broadcast. These are absolutely awesome! I just love this programme and am very sad to hear that there will be no more. Shame on Chanel 4! time team has over the years discovered great things. Whatever happened, wed all thought, well complete the 20th series. It is made up of real people and I have learnt so much from it. I have always enjoyed TT but the latest series seems to have lost its spark! I never had any interest in my UK ancestors heritage and the conditions they must have endured until I watched the team in action. What proved to be the fateful conversation took place in a Little Chef on the Okehampton bypass. He trained as a surveyor before entering the archaeology section of the Ordnance Survey. When I get a chance I watch the repeats on More 4. It opened my eyes up to so much of the UK, in particular my ignorance of Roman settlement. So so sad, the only one of its kind and they axe it. Last night (17 June 2014), they had a prominent, crude cartoon of a mans sexual equipment inserted into this highly humorous clip. Now, instead of honest archeology, we are going to be swamped with American hystorical programming, in which they assume we all have a 1 second attention span, need constant recaps (at least 4 per 10 minute part) and need it all (badly) acted out by ridiculous, cheap, and hugely inaccurate costumes, backgrounds and language. Maybe one day she will say sorry to us all. It presented an intellectually enjoyable show to the many mature aged citizens of planet Earth and COULD continue to do so if someone with an gram of sense would realise that this show still has enormous appeal for the right demographic. 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. It will be interesting to see how the new Village Dig series comes across on TV. 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. What a shame to see it go, but what a swan song. The dig has only found old bits of pipe and 1950s china, but it really does not matter, what matters is the program has inspired my children. If ch4 wanted to save money why not repeat them from programme 1 . We will miss his humour, his knowledge and his warmth. What is wrong with older viewers? 20 years of viewing no extra costs Faye, Bridget, Alice et al brightened my week And I learnt something Or we could watch some thick tosspot nobody acting like a tw4t and manufactured into some 3rd rate star. Despite their varied talents and backgrounds it quickly became apparent that the team had a natural chemistry. It brings together entire families and to my mind, is of huge importance, in that it makes us aware of who we are and where we came from and the way it was presented to us was magical. A great series, I still watch old repeats and will enjoy them for a long time. . Tim Taylor explains because weve involved Wessex Archaeology in our work for the last 10 or so years the reports are really good quality. 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. It follows so much what has been prevallent in recent years on Brittish TV and thats dumbing down. Thank you,Mick, for all that you gave us.and thanks to Micks family for sharing him with us. I THINK THIS IS A SHOCKING DECISION AND CAN ONLY HOPE THAT IT IS REVERSED!!! T.T. Their intention is to uncover the remains of a number of plantation houses that now are no more than ruins. This is just swell. I hate the way that today producers think all people are stupid and try to dumb down TV. I cannot believe that Mick Aston has died, so very young, I thought he would go on forever. Watching how the team coalesce over time and their skills mature. Shame I can now only watch it at 5am on the History channel. Close. Screening 13 episodes a year, as well as live digs and specials the programme was ubiquitous. Eight years after the long-running archaeology series stopped filming, Time Team is set to return with two new excavations scheduled for later this year. well done on ending one of the best programs on tele. Also, a Presenter is not supposed to insult the experts he is reporting on. youtu.be/rlKmrT. My wife Ida & I never missed a program for years. Yes, speak for yourself! Without Time Team I would not have known how much I could enjoy archaeology and Im pretty sure its why my 7 year old wants to be an archaeologist when she grows up. Perhaps we can come up with a crew of our own with Ronald Hutton replacing Tony Robinson and I do know of a great film crew that would take up the filming. pain this is all I can say in thinking that the single most important program ever to put PASSION in archaeology has been culled for giving more profit$ in adverts to run of the mill crap so long TimeTeam but rest assured you have YOUR place in history now! Only problem is the core members are getting on a bit, so no chance of it going another 20 years. Teatime 26: Stewart Ainsworth - Return to Nevis 14,215 views Premiered Oct 11, 2020 Time Team Teatime: Session 26 - As Black History Month continues in the UK, we catch up with Stewart. I guess the nearest feeling to learning of its ending was like being told that your solid mates of the past twenty years are all splitting up and moving abroad. 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! Tim Team has finally brought British history into focus for me. xx. I have scoured the Internet watching every episode I can find, some more than once. The breathtaking 3D model it produced of the buried structures persuaded English Heritage to commission a complete survey on the spot. Sunday afternoons will never be the same, a wonderful programme. Because of Time Team I now want to become an archeologist. Was it her sultry beauty, or easy going attitude that rubs some the wrong way ? Thank you all for giving us years of delight and thank God for DVDs. will take it on. I loved every minute of it. The writing was on the wall when it regularly began featuring cleavage shots of diggers and the dreaded re-enactments. I have loved Time Team since episode 1, and have never, not once, missed an episode. Surely television that inspires interest and development is too good to lose? Like Concorde, should be rescued by someone BBC and revamped ASAP. I have loved Time Team for years and wish that there were not so many bone heads in Channel 4. What a pity we had to endure that young lady fashion model who merely read her script for a couple of episodes. I think Phil is a genius at being able to read the ground he is digging up. 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. Surely this cant really be the end?? Lets not overlook Public Broadcastng with its excellent programming, either). Discovered Time Team after visiting U.K. Self - Downpatrick, County Down (1998) . Maybe the TT should be recalled for a one off programme and instead of digging things up they could bury the CH 4 production managers and all forthcoming rubbish they plan to screen, My wife is very upset about the end of Time Team she adds its like losing and old friend Please Please channel 4 its not to late to change your mind. Long gone are the back garden digs. 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 Would love to see a new Time Team series up and running again especially now theyve found King Richard llls body, also instead of 3 days to uncover make it a 5-7 days to uncover maybe Geo-physics could find out a lot more information so here is a challenge to all the mainstream TV channels bring back Time Team! My absolute favorite TV program! The time team has brought history, archaeology, geophys and a devoted team of professionals into my life. I will think of you when I am digging in a field this afternoon, that you once dug, and bury a memento in your memory. My cable TV subscription gives us awesome selections for history, science, and information buffs! The regular team also included: Stewart Ainsworth, landscape investigator; John Gater and Chris Gaffney, archaeological geophysicists; Henry Chapman, surveyor; and Victor Ambrus, illustrator. NON of these corporations do they think we are all idiots who will do as they as told like little children in school!!!!! There was a youthful energy to them back them, which was part of the attraction. Channel 4 can go to where it rightly belongs confined to History. As for the rest of the Team, hats off to you for the great fun and excellent archaeology looking forward to a few TT specials. 7 comments. This is a disaster in t.v programming where currently all you get is the banal reality of the likes of Toddlers in Tiaras .The Time Team over the years became like welcome friends into your home and you wished you could join them in the pub at the end for a beer. What am I going to do now knowing there isnt an unending stream of new TTs to feed my addiction? Dont let it stop you Margaret. It encouraged me to study the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages. Maybe it will work with time team too. (and its cost increases). Ive always adored darling Tony Robinson since his days as Baldric, and Mick (RIP), Phil (gotta love him!) If Id been younger when the programme first started I would have loved to have studied archaeology to work in such a fascinating area, I had little knowledge of or interest in archaeology before. But it just goes to show how Time Team in ingrained in our family! 32. Lively interpersonal dynamics, celebratory meals and wine, inviting locals to learn more about the world around them back in time, diverse resources and approaches coordinating and appreciating each other- some reading. At least we can watch past programmes on More 4 on on the On Demand. Tony was constantly disagreeing with the archaeologists, and for some unexplained reason there was loud ballet music all but obliterating the commentary. 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. Years earlier, Sir Mortimer Wheeler did some Archaeology pgms on TV and they were always popular. Geake with Stewart Ainsworth while filming an episode of Time Team in 2007 She first worked for Time Team in 1998 as a digger, and took part occasionally thereafter as an Anglo-Saxon specialist. My wife was not well for several years & she found Time Team to be one of the few programs worth watching. The worst thing they did was sex it up. The comment by Peter Thomas is excellent and is a very eloquent summation. Never too late to register shock and disgust at the decision to axe Time Team which has opened up the hidden world of archaeology to generations. 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