Time Team (Time Team)

Member Name: petite_poupette

Product:	Time Team
Date:	18/05/09 (21 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Passes the time, broadens your history

Disadvantages: Slow, can't empathise with the archaeologists

Time Team seems to have a big following, but it's not for me. It's always on on Sunday evenings when I want to watch something more exciting, or over Bank Holidays weekends when they have their Time Team specials.

For me, Time Team is just a group of people digging in a field. I admit that it does raise awareness about history and can be interesting in a historical context. However, it's the excitement that the people get out of finding a little piece of roman pot in the ground that I don't understand. For the viewer, it just doesn't translate across to the living room or wherever you're watching the programme. Unless you're there, and you've been taking part trawling the ground looking for remains, seeing a piece of muddy pottery or china held up to the camera really does not mean a lot. You're unable to feel the joy after days of digging in the rain that the archaeologists feel, and therefore this programme is not something that I would choose to watch.

Summary: If you want to learn about history but don't expect it to be exciting