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

36 points by zeristor 6y ago

ccrowner 6y ago
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-team/136345 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 Glad to read in the posted article that only 5 of the excavated sites remain unpublished (due to much offscreen work and monies extending past the 3-day horizon)
- JNRowe 6y ago
  As kinda mentioned in the Timesigns note in the article they're all available on All4(the new name for 4od). So UK folks, and people who ahem... have IPs that look like they are, can watch all the episodes for free. https://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-team https://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-team
gerdesj 6y ago
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-56113457 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-5611345...
KaiserPro 6y ago
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
- vidanay 6y ago
  The evolution of their modelling techniques was amazing to watch. Especially when condensed into only a couple weeks of watching.
vidanay 6y ago
We just re-watched the entire series this past autumn (although there are strange gaps in episodes on Amazon Prime). Great show.
7sigma 6y ago
I remember watching that show as a teen, always a pleasure to watch. Fun fact, the presenter played the Baldrick character in Blackadder
noneeeed 6y ago
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.

36 points by zeristor 6y ago

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-team/136345 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)

JNRowe 6y ago
As kinda mentioned in the Timesigns note in the article they're all available on All4(the new name for 4od). So UK folks, and people who ahem... have IPs that look like they are, can watch all the episodes for free. https://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-team https://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-team

gerdesj 6y ago

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-56113457 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-5611345...

KaiserPro 6y ago

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

vidanay 6y ago
The evolution of their modelling techniques was amazing to watch. Especially when condensed into only a couple weeks of watching.

vidanay 6y ago

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

7sigma 6y ago

I remember watching that show as a teen, always a pleasure to watch. Fun fact, the presenter played the Baldrick character in Blackadder

noneeeed 6y ago

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.