Time Team: the rise and fall of a television phenomenon (2012)

Remarkable series. US folks can get most of episodes on Amazon Prime Video (the gaps can be filled by YouTube). And it might return, thanks to Patreon: https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/12/the-return-of-time-tea....

The 3-day time limit makes the show seem like an archaeology equivalent of a hackathon. Glad to read in the posted article that only 5 of the excavated sites remain unpublished (due to much offscreen work and monies extending past the 3-day horizon)

Time team is brilliant.

To me its an ocean of calm. No conflict, a bit of tongue in cheek, just fun.

It also introduced me to 3d design. (I downloaded blender in 1999 or there abouts). long story short, I ended up in the VFX industry.

I have recently joined a local archaeology group, so I've come round full circle.

Time team have an active group on facebook, and are currently raising funds to re-start shooting.

They also hold a live Q&A after re-release on of an episode on youtube

It was a truly great program. I remember the initial controversies but the suspicions from the trade proved unfounded. A lot of great science and archaeology was done or caused by TT. Read some of the comments in the article - a lot of people loved it and many are asking for advice on how to do a similar job around the world.

Not directly connected as such but you have to see this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-5611345...

There is a particularly fascinating episode of timeteam where it became apparent that the whole thing had been a con by the owner of the land. Instead of just canning the episode they decided to carry on, because the process of working out and proving that it was a con was a great demonstration of how all their techniques work to build up a picture of a site. In this case the picture they were building made no sense, which is when they realised someone was trying to trick them.

Time team was such a great programme. I struggle to think of a programme at the moment that put smart, knowledgeable people front and center like this.

I remember watching that show as a teen, always a pleasure to watch.

Fun fact, the presenter played the Baldrick character in Blackadder

We just re-watched the entire series this past autumn (although there are strange gaps in episodes on Amazon Prime).

Great show.