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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: Hangover on February 06, 2006, 23:01:27

Title: Time Team
Post by: Hangover on February 06, 2006, 23:01:27

I see Channel 4 havn't stumped up the cash to buy new Discoverys for Time Team,is it that a Discovery is now too expensive for them or is it that Tony Robinson can't reach the pedals.
Kev

Title: Time Team
Post by: Sheddy on February 06, 2006, 23:37:38

Hate time team, hate the dwarf.

How the hell can these idiots call themselves archaeologists?  They go stomping into a site, rip off the top layers to get to the ones that they are interested in.

Doesn't sound too bad, but a Roman site would have 1600 years of contextual layers above it and they rip it off with a JCB.

The only place for TR et al is UNDER a discovery.

HATE.

Title: Time Team
Post by: Rich_P on February 06, 2006, 23:46:01

BALDRICK?![/size]  :D  :P

Title: Time Team
Post by: gtomo2 on February 07, 2006, 21:21:41

at least they still bought him a lr. :D

Title: Time Team
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on February 08, 2006, 09:21:36

And no more 'Salvage Squads' either :cry:  :cry:

So no Landies on there.
And more importantly

No more Claire (http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/S/salvage_squad/presenters.html)  :(biglove):

Title: Time Team
Post by: laser_jock99 on February 08, 2006, 13:23:42

Quote from: "Sheddy"

Hate time team, hate the dwarf.

How the hell can these idiots call themselves archaeologists?  They go stomping into a site, rip off the top layers to get to the ones that they are interested in.

Doesn't sound too bad, but a Roman site would have 1600 years of contextual layers above it and they rip it off with a JCB.

The only place for TR et al is UNDER a discovery.

HATE.

It's the the highlight of the TV week as far as I'm concerned!

Title: Time Team
Post by: Neil Jones on February 08, 2006, 14:21:04

I think Time Team is great, they bring an otherwise hidden history to life and make people who would otherwise not be aware, aware of our history.  Their tactics may not be the most gentle, but at least they are bringing history and archaeology to the masses.

Title: Time Team
Post by: Cherry Bomb on February 08, 2006, 14:38:59

From what I've seen of time team they're methods are a bit brutal, but most of the shows I've watched have been sites discovered during building work.

Unfortunately in those situations time is limited and difficult decisions have to be made usually resulting in the use of heavy machinary.

It's not the way it would be done in an ideal situation, but then situations like that never are.

Some of the wild (to say the least) assumptions that are made make me smile though. :D

Title: Time Team
Post by: petergalileo on February 08, 2006, 15:53:52

Maybe he has a "cunning plan" to reach the pedals.

I think time team is a great proggy, It makes a change from watching endless repeats.  It makes a change from watching endless repeats.  It makes a change from watching endless repeats....

Title: Time Team
Post by: Hangover on February 08, 2006, 22:41:34

Well it's a cunning plan and we've only three days to do it......now where's that JCB.
Kev