indy Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 Channel 4 cancelled Time Team in October 2012 after 20 years, 230 programmes and still a lot of sites awaiting discovery and investigation by the Team.......... Let's convince Channel 4 of the great mistake that they have made in axing this iconic series ... Please make this video go viral ! All footage shot in this video was filmed in Warburton/Warrington ... Forward to all your friends . We need to save Time Team... We can do this !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 is this your cunning plan Indy?.... a plan so cunning you could pin a tale on it and call it a fox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 or as cunning as a fox what used to be Professor of Cunning at Oxford University but has moved on and is now working for the U.N. at the High Commission of International Cunning Planning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 Indy, it is possible that I missed your reply but did you ever get back to us with your finding as to what was under the tomb/grave stones in Warburton Church graveyard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Unfortunately , Time Team also provides more rugby league exposure than the BBC in the form of Paul Blinkhorn's Saints jumpers ! I am an avid viewer of Time Team though ,even though the family think i'm sad, & it needs to be saved. No doubt it will be replaced by endless replays of Friends ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Tessla Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Some of the archaeologists I know are of the opinion that Time Team has lost its way over the years - an opinion shared (and expressed in archaeological magazines ) by Mick Aston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 I had no idea that they were scrapping Time Team and that's a shame as I find them fascinating to watch. I watched two episodes yesterday but they were being aired on the Discovery History Channel so I guess they may have been older ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey Bennett Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 The older episodes seem to be on constant repeat between Yesterday and More4. I love Time Team but, personally, I think it's run it's course as a show. 20 years is a lot to be proud of (last year's series excepted!) I think it's right to stop now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 I watch it on Yesterday nowadays, along with many other quality progs. Can't such channels commission new productions, or are they reliant on the big 5 for old copies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 I totally agree with Tracey!, enough is enough!. that little twerp Tony Robinson should have stuck with being Baldrick, he played him brilliantly but as a TV presenter he would make a good ice cream salesman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey Bennett Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 What I do think is interesting is how Time Team highlights how Channel 4 has changed. When the channel first started it was supposed to be arty, intellectual, cutting edge, provocative. Time Team was like public service broadcasting. These days Ch 4 is all about yoof and celebrity, TT doesn't fit the profile anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 I'm pretty sure that if Time Team was pulling in the viewers it would continue to be made, its all down to ratings which govern advertising income. Channel 4 has no obligation to the Country to provide it with free archaeological digs, that's the job of Government to fund. Sadly for some the majority of the viewing public aren't turned on by a bunch of freaky looking hippy types digging up the odd hob nail and ring pull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy Posted March 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Indy, it is possible that I missed your reply but did you ever get back to us with your finding as to what was under the tomb/grave stones in Warburton Church graveyard. The churchyard mystery remains a mystery as it is going through official channels including the Churches own archaeological department and plenty of red tape ... hopefully progress will be made soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Indy, thanks for the reply, I shall await with interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Tessla Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 I'm pretty sure that if Time Team was pulling in the viewers it would continue to be made, its all down to ratings which govern advertising income. Channel 4 has no obligation to the Country to provide it with free archaeological digs, that's the job of Government to fund. Sadly for some the majority of the viewing public aren't turned on by a bunch of freaky looking hippy types digging up the odd hob nail and ring pull. Channel four is a publicly owned not for profit channel that has a remit that obliges it to a wide range of tastes and interests and not just chase ratings - it could be argues that appealing to the minority that want to watch " a bunch of freaky looking hippy types ......" meets that remit. It could be argued that achieving low, even very low, ratings on at least some of their output is a sign of success. It also has an obligation to make a significant contribution to the need for public service channels to include programmes of an educational nature.(as per Communications Act 2003). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 While what you say is true, Channel 4 still has to attract advertising to fund its programmes, so needs to produce programmes that are able to do that. If Time Team is unable to attract sufficient viewers to convince advertisers to pay then I'm afraid thats show business! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockcutting Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Is this thread anything to do with James Balme? Time Team at Warburton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Yes it has , RC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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