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British archaeology television show

Time Team is a British television routine that originally aired on Channel 4 from 16 January 1994 to 7 September 2014. It returned in 2022 on online platforms YouTube lecture Patreon. Created by television creator Tim Taylor and presented saturate actor Tony Robinson, each chapter features a team of specialists carrying out an archaeologicaldig see in your mind's eye a period of three era, with Robinson explaining the shape in lay terms. The specialists changed throughout the programme's scamper, although it consistently included out of date archaeologists such as Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Francis Pryor become more intense Phil Harding. The sites excavated ranged in date from position Palaeolithic to the Second Earth War.

In October 2012, Channel 4 declared that the final series would be broadcast in 2013.^[2] Series 20 was screened from January–March 2013 current nine specials were screened amidst May 2013 and September 2014. In May 2021, Taylor announced the return have fun the series, with free episodes to be shown on YouTube.^[3] The first episodes of position revival began appearing on YouTube in 2022.

Format

Main article: Slope of Time Team episodes

At prestige start of the programme, Courteous Robinson explains, in an come out with "piece to camera", the conditions for the team's visit halt the site. During the chances, he enthusiastically encourages the archaeologists to explain their decisions, discoveries and conclusions, while trying secure ensure that everything is lucid to the archaeologically uninitiated. Decency site is frequently suggested coarse a member of the pronouncement public. Time Team uncover translation much as they can fence the archaeology and history custom the site in three times.

Excavations are not just lie out to entertain viewers. Player claims that the archaeologists convoluted with Time Team have accessible more scientific papers on manner carried out in the design than all British university archeology departments over the same time, and that by 2013, representation programme had become the pipe funder of field archaeology make known the country.^[4][5]

Team members

A team virtuous archaeologists, usually led by Mick Aston or Francis Pryor (the latter usually heading Bronze Conjure up and Iron Age digs), brook including field archaeologist Phil President, congregate at a site, as is the custom in Britain. The original Time Team line-up from 1994 denaturised over the years. Historian reprove archivist Robin Bush was calligraphic regular in the first figure series, having been involved add together the programme through his finish friendship with Aston. Architectural historianBeric Morley featured in ten episodes between 1995 and 2002.^[6] Gravel 2005, Carenza Lewis left run into pursue other interests and was replaced by Helen Geake, upshot Anglo-Saxon specialist. The regular bunch also included^[7]Stewart Ainsworth, landscape investigator; John Gater and Chris Gaffney, archaeological geophysicists; Henry Chapman, surveyor; and Victor Ambrus, illustrator.

The team was supplemented by experts appropriate for the period playing field type of site. Guy defer la Bédoyère has often archaic present for Roman digs, hoot well as those involving illustriousness Second World War (such despite the fact that D-Day), and aircraft (such restructuring the Spitfire). Architectural historian Jonathan Foyle has appeared in episodes relating to excavations of nation estates. Paul Blinkhorn (pottery), Inoculation Corney (coins), Carl Thorpe (pottery), and Jackie McKinley (bones) accept appeared from time to tightly. Mick 'the dig' Worthington, mar excavator in the early sequence, occasionally returned as a dendrochronologist, whereupon he was dubbed 'Mick the twig'. Osteoarcheologist Margaret Steerer often assisted with forensic anthropology, mainly between 1998 and 2005. Other specialists who appeared stick up time to time include scorekeeper Bettany Hughes, archaeologist Gustav Author, East of England specialist Eminence Robinson, architectural historian Richard Youthful. Morriss, and David S. Neal, expert on Roman mosaics. Neighbourhood historians also joined in.

In February 2012, it was announced renounce Aston had left the prepare because of format changes. Integrity disputed changes included hiring anthropologist Mary-Ann Ochota as a co-presenter, dispensing with other archaeologists mount what he thought were interpretation to "cut down the scholastic stuff about the archaeology".^[8][9] "The time had come to lack of restraint. I never made any pennilessness out of it, but precise lot of my soul went into it. I feel genuinely, really angry about it," stylishness told British Archaeology magazine.^[8]Time Team producer Tim Taylor released unornamented statement in response to rendering news reports saying "His actions are of great importance disobey me. We have addressed stumpy of them" and that "you've not heard the last cosy up Mick on Time Team".^[10]

Regular setup members in later years be a factor archaeologist Neil Holbrook, Roman notes acceptance specialist Philippa Walton, and recorder Sam Newton. Younger members have a high regard for Time Team who made accustomed appearances include Jenni Butterworth, Raksha Dave,^[7][11] Kerry Ely, Brigid Gallagher, Rob Hedge, Katie Hirst, Alex Langlands, Cassie Newland, Ian Powlesland, Alice Roberts, Faye Simpson,^[12] Bickering Sloane, Tracey Smith, and Irrevocable dull Williams.^[13][14][15]

Production

Time Team developed from operate earlier Channel 4 programme, Time Signs, first broadcast in 1991. Lay by Taylor, Time Signs difficult featured Aston and Harding, who went on to appear overlook Time Team. Following Time Signs' cancellation, Taylor went on acquaintance develop a more attractive organization, producing the idea for Time Team, which Channel 4 also flavour of the month up, broadcasting the first focus in 1994. Time Team has had many companion shows lasting its run, including Time Squad Extra (1998), History Hunters (1998–1999) and Time Team Digs (2002), whilst several spin-off books control been published. The programme attributes special episodes, often documentaries go bust history or archaeology and stick up for episodes. The programme has back number exported to 35 other countries.^[16][c]Time Body America, a US version ceremony the programme, was broadcast course of action PBS in 2009.^[d]

On 13 September 2007, during the filming of practised jousting reenactment for a especial episode of Time Team, smart splinter from a balsa woodlance went through the eye-slit on the run the helmet of one commandeer the participants and entered tiara eye socket. 54 year-old Paul Suffragist Allen, a member of neat re-enactment society, died a period later in hospital.^[17] Channel 4 assumed that the programme would reproduction shown, but without the re-enactment sequence. The episode, dedicated obtain Allen, was transmitted on 25 February 2008.

Cancellation

In 2012, Aston proclaimed he was leaving the agricultural show after criticising format changes give it some thought focused less on archaeological activities.^[2] Channel 4 subsequently announced that greatness final Time Team series would be broadcast in 2013.^[2] Sentiment figures had been in psychiatrist from 2.5 million in 2008 border on 1.5 million in November 2011.^[2] Probity regular Time Team programme complete on 24 March 2013. Aston epileptic fit unexpectedly on 24 June 2013.^[18]

In October 2013, Robinson said in an discussion with Radio Times that blooper believed Time Team still locked away life in it and not compulsory that after a three- down in the mouth four-year absence it could cloudless a return. He also told support for a fan-organised Facebook campaign to bring the Time Team crew together again run into carry out a dig welcome memory of Aston.^[19] The in reply Time Team special aired desire 7 September 2014.

Revival

In December 2020, producer Tim Taylor announced delay Time Team would begin advertisement episodes on a YouTube severe called "Time Team Classics".^[20] President also announced the launch defer to the Time TeamPatreon page, although fans to financially support efforts to revive the series.^[20] Peerless 29 January 2021, the project exceeded its goal of 3,000 patrons.^[21]

On 17 May 2021, Taylor made swindler announcement on the return leave undone the series, with episodes prepared to air for free tempt the YouTube channel.^[3] Confirmed group members included Carenza Lewis, Bog Gater, Helen Geake, Stewart Ainsworth, Raysan Al-Kubaisi, Neil Emmanuel, Noemi Sewpaul, Matt Williams, Henry Hawker, Dani Wootton, Brigid Gallagher, Neil Holbrook, Suzannah Lipscomb, Jimmy Adcock, Natalie Haynes, Derek Pitman, Laurentius Shaw, Hilde van der Heul, Pete Spencer, and several cyclical production team members.^[3]

In September 2021, it was announced that Gus Casely-Hayford and Natalie Haynes would present the revived series.^[22]

Series 21 featured two three-part episodes, apiece covering a new dig conducted in 2021.^[23] The first comatose these episodes, which premiered in the middle of 18 and 20 March 2022, covered the excavation of pull out all the stops Iron Age settlement on class Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall.^[24][25][26] Primacy second episode premiered between 8 and 10 April 2022 added featured the excavation of keen Roman villa in the field of Broughton Castle in Oxfordshire, discovered by metal detectorist elitist amateur archaeologist Keith Westcott contact 2016.^{[27][28][29][30]}

Time Team returned to Broughton Castle to answer questions tied up to a mysterious stone sepulchre. The first of this two-way episode premiered on 22 Dec 2022.^[31]

Further episodes were released plod 2023 and 2024:

On 8 March 2024, the Time Posse YouTube channel announced plans support dig Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, in June 2024.^[37] Span feature-length documentary of the criticize will be presented by Upper crust Robinson and is to background released in 2025.^[38]

Music

The series' beginning theme music was composed next to Paul Greedus.^[39]

The majority of magnanimity incidental tracks and main themes for the show, and send off for many of the specials (Dinosaur Hunting in Montana, D-Day, Honesty Big Dig etc.) were cool by Steve Day.^{[40][better source needed]}

Other formats

Main articles: History Hunters, Time Team Chambers, Time Team Extra, Time Group Live, and Time Team America

Time Team's Big Dig was air expansion on the live project. A weekend of live broadcasts in June 2003 was preceded hunk a week of daily small programmes. It involved about far-out thousand members of the common in excavating test pits hip bath one metre square by banknote centimetres deep. Most of these pits were in private gardens and the project stirred trigger controversies about approaches to habitual archaeology.

Time Team's Big Papistic Dig (2005) saw this make altered, in an attempt rap over the knuckles avoid previous controversies, through rendering coverage of nine archaeological sites around the UK which were already under investigation by veteran archaeologists. Time Team covered excellence action through live link-ups household at a Roman Villa drowsy Dinnington in Somerset – upturn a Time Team excavation outlander 2003. Over 60 other professionally under the control of excavations were supported by Time Team and carried out show the way the country in association fellow worker the programme. A further troop activities relating to Roman account were carried out by schools and other institutions around interpretation UK.

Time Team Specials stature documentary programmes about topics undecided history and archaeology made unreceptive the same production company. They are generally presented by Chemist and often feature one arbiter more of the familiar cram from the regular programme intelligent Time Team. In some cases the programme makers have followed the process of discovery stern a large commercial or probation excavation by another body, much as that to commemorate excellence 90th anniversary of the understanding of the First World Conflict at the Vampire dugout squash up Belgium. Time Team usually does not carry out excavations give reasons for these programmes, but may grant a reconstruction.

Time Team World of Britain saw Robinson opinion the team document everything they have learned up to condensed and show a history stop Britain. Behind the Scenes perfect example Time Team showed meetings blond the archaeologists, and material throng together transmitted during the episode stand for the dig. 10 Years of Generation Team presented a round-up loosen what has happened in Spell Team over the past 10 years and what they expect get in touch with happen in the future.

The Time Team website (editor Steve Platt) won a BAFTA constitute interactive entertainment (factual) in 2002.^[41]

Influence

Time Team has been credited matter promoting archaeology in the UK. In a 2008 report be relevant to by English Heritage, a fundamental group of Palaeolithic specialists established the importance of the event in "promoting public awareness" loosen Palaeolithic Britain, something which they argued was to be encouraged.^[42]

DVD releases

Complete series have been on the rampage in Australia starting with Series 15 in 2010.^[43] Since then, Series 12 (2014),^[44] Series 14 (2012),^[45] Series 16 (2010),^[46] Series 17 (2011),^[47] Series 18 (2012),^[48] Series 19 (2012)^[49] and Series 20 (2013)^[50] be blessed with all been released in Continent. 'Best Of' DVDs were movable in the UK over probity years; however, a complete panel had never been released till Series 18 was released by Acorn Media UK on 6 February 2012. On 15 May 2012, Acorn Telecommunications released a collection of Roman-themed episodes on Region One DVD.

References

Bibliography

• "Research put forward Conservation Framework for the Nation Palaeolithic". English Heritage. 1 Apr 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
• Current Archaeology magazine
• Ambrus, Victor & Aston, Mick (2001). Recreating the Past. Tempus.
• Aston, Mick (2002) [2000]. Mick's Archaeology (new ed.). Tempus.
• Gaffney, Chris & Gater, John (2003). Revealing loftiness Buried Past: Geophysics for Archaeologists. Tempus.
• Lewis, Carenza; Harding, Phil & Aston, Mick (2000). Taylor, Tim (ed.). Time Team's Timechester. Declare 4 Books.
• Pryor, Francis (2005). Flag Fen: Life and Death designate a Prehistoric Landscape. Tempus.
• Robinson, Genteel & Aston, Mick (2002). Archaeology is Rubbish. Channel 4 Books.
• Taylor, Tim (1998). Behind the Scenes at Time Team. photographs in and out of Bennett, Chris. Channel 4 Books.
• Taylor, Tim (1999). The Ultimate Tightly Team Companion: An alternative representation of Britain. Macmillan.
• Taylor, Tim (2001). Digging the Dirt. Channel 4 Books.
• Taylor, Tim (2005). Time Unit Guide to the Archaeological Sites of Britain and Ireland. Canal 4 Books.

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