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| creator = | executive_producer = Tim Taylor | presenter = Tony Robinson | country = United Kingdom | network = Channel 4 | picture_format = | first_aired = | last_aired = | num_episodes = | num_series = 20 | list_episodes = List of Time Team episodes | website = http://www.channel4.com/timeteam Time Team | preceded_by = ''Time Signs'' | related = }} ''Time Team'' is a British television series that originally aired on British Channel 4 from 1994 to 2014. Created by television producer Tim Taylor and presented by actor Tony Robinson, each episode featured a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig over a period of three days, with Robinson explaining the process in layman's terms. This team of specialists changed throughout the series' run, although has consistently included professional archaeologists such as Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Francis Pryor and Phil Harding. The sites excavated over the show's run have ranged in date from the Palaeolithic to the Second World War. In October 2012, Channel 4 announced that the final series would be broadcast in 2013. Series 20 was screened in January–March 2013. A further nine specials (essentially an irregularly scheduled 21st series) were screened between May 2013 and September 2014. ==Format== A team of archaeologists, usually led by either Mick Aston or Francis Pryor (the latter usually heads Bronze Age and Iron Age digs), and including field archaeologist Phil Harding, congregate at a site, usually in the United Kingdom. The site is frequently suggested by a member of the viewing public who knows of an unsolved archaeological mystery, or who owns property that has not been excavated and is potentially interesting. ''Time Team'' uncover as much as they can about the archaeology and history of the site in three days. At the start of the programme, Tony Robinson explains, in an opening "piece to camera", the reasons for the team's visit to the site, and during the dig he enthusiastically encourages the archaeologists to explain their decisions, discoveries and conclusions. He tries to ensure that everything is comprehensible to the archaeologically uninitiated. Excavations are not just carried out to entertain viewers. Tony Robinson claims that the archaeologists involved with ''Time Team'' have published more scientific papers on excavations carried out in the series than all British university archaeology departments put together over the same period;〔(Channel 4 programme website ) ''(Retrieved 23 October 2007)''〕 and also that, as of 2013, the programme had become the biggest funder of field archaeology in the country.〔Jade Bremner, (Tony Robinson on Walking Through History, Time Team and Blackadder ), ''Radio Times'', 28 March 2013〕 ''Time Team'' developed from an earlier Channel 4 series, ''Time Signs'', first broadcast in 1991. Produced by Taylor, ''Time Signs'' had featured Aston and Harding, who both went on to appear on ''Time Team''. Following that show's cancellation, Taylor went on to develop a more attractive format, producing the idea for ''Time Team'', which Channel 4 also picked up, broadcasting the first series in 1994. ''Time Team'' has had many companion shows during its run, including ''Time Team Extra'' (1998), ''History Hunters'' (1998-1999) and ''Time Team Digs'' (1997-2006), whilst several spin-off books have also been published. The series also features special episodes, often documentaries on history or archaeology, and live episodes. ''Time Team America'', a US version of the programme, was broadcast on PBS in 2009, and co-produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting and Videotext/C4i. The programme has been exported to 35 other countries〔(''Time Team buried by C4'', Balihar Khalsa, Broadcast, London, 22 October 2012 ). Retrieved 31 January 2013.〕 In February 2012, it was announced that expert Mick Aston had quit the show due to format changes. The disputed changes included hiring a former model (Mary Ann Ochota) as a co-presenter, the letting go of other archaeologists, and what he thought were plans to "cut down the informative stuff about the archaeology".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/time-team-expert-quits-after-show-hires-former-model-%E2%80%93-daily-tv-round-up.html ) Mick Aston, (The danger of losing touch with our history ), ''Western Daily Press'', 11 February 2012〕 "The time had come to leave. I never made any money out of it, but a lot of my soul went into it. I feel really, really angry about it," he told ''British Archaeology'' magazine.〔 ''Time Team'' producer Tim Taylor released a statement in response to the news reports saying "His concerns are of great importance to me. We have addressed some of them", and that "you’ve not heard the last of Mick on ''Time Team''". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Time Team」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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