TT can not go on forever and must therefore end at some point, whenever that might be. It shouldn’t however be the end of archaeology on television – what sort of programme(s) would you like to see follow on from Time Team? My first thoughts are perhaps for a series that picks out important digs carried out by local archaeologists and follows the excavation from planning to followup, bringing with them resources that the local unit would not necessarily normally have access to – e.g. geophysics. The “team” wouldn’t be as key to it as with TT, but more a loose collection of specialists who are part of the resource provided by the team, simmilar to how Guy and Francis Prior appear in TT. It would probably need a combined presenter/narrator role to hold it all together as a series. I see it as perhaps covering one season’s activity on a site over about three 1 hour programs, with four or five sites per series, possibly with one of them being a major excavation that they return to over several series. The sites would be different, e.g. a Roman site in the north of England, a saxon site in the westcountry, industrial archaeology in South Wales. A mix of extensive sites, back-garden archaeolgy, a rescue site, etc. A Christmas special could be used to provide an update on the sites featured. I see it based more on the TT specials (the Canterbury Big Dig program keeps comming to mind) than on the regular TT series, particularly with the presenter/narrator role. It woudl be a more intermediate level of funding and activity between the “normal” low budget operation and the expensive, flashy whizz-bang of a 3-day TT excavation. Thoughts?_________________Wanted: 1 signature. Must be witty or insightful (both would be beneficial) and willing to appear with URL below. Hours: 24/7, pay: none.
