Editing Time Team (section)

==Team members==
A team of [[archaeologist]]s, usually led by [[Mick Aston]] or [[Francis Pryor]] (the latter usually heading [[Bronze Age]] and [[Iron Age]] digs), and including field archaeologist [[Phil Harding (archaeologist)|Phil Harding]], congregate at a site, usually in Britain. The original ''Time Team'' line-up from 1994 changed over the years. Historian and archivist [[Robin Bush (historian)|Robin Bush]] was a regular in the first nine series, having been involved with the programme through his long friendship with Aston. [[Architectural historian]] [[Beric Morley]] featured in ten episodes between 1995 and 2002.<ref>{{cite news |title=Alzheimers ends glittering career for Linslade scholar |date=1 May 2008 |newspaper=Leighton Buzzard Observer |url=http://www.leightonbuzzardonline.co.uk/news/local-news/alzheimers-ends-glittering-career-for-linslade-scholar-1-996041 |access-date=19 October 2014 |archive-date=30 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030031635/http://www.leightonbuzzardonline.co.uk/news/local-news/alzheimers-ends-glittering-career-for-linslade-scholar-1-996041 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2005, [[Carenza Lewis]] left to pursue other interests and was replaced by [[Helen Geake]], an [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] specialist. The regular team also included<ref name=IMDB-tt0108961>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108961/epcast |title=IMDB Episodes cast for Time Team |access-date=12 March 2015 |website=Internet Movie Database}}</ref> [[Stewart Ainsworth]], [[landscape archaeology|landscape investigator]]; [[John Gater]] and [[Christopher Gaffney (archaeologist)|Chris Gaffney]], [[Geophysical survey (archaeology)|archaeological geophysicists]]; Henry Chapman, [[Surveyor (surveying)|surveyor]]; and [[Victor Ambrus]], [[illustrator]].

The team was supplemented by experts appropriate for the period and type of site. [[Guy de la Bédoyère]] has often been present for [[Roman Empire|Roman]] digs, as well as those involving the Second World War (such as [[D-Day]]), and aircraft (such as the [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfire]]). Architectural historian [[Jonathan Foyle]] has appeared in episodes relating to excavations of country estates. Paul Blinkhorn (pottery), Mark Corney (coins), Carl Thorpe (pottery), and Jackie McKinley (bones) have appeared from time to time. Mick 'the dig' Worthington, an excavator in the early series, occasionally returned as a [[dendrochronology|dendrochronologist]], whereupon he was dubbed 'Mick the twig'. Osteoarcheologist Margaret Cox often assisted with [[forensic archaeology]], mainly between 1998 and 2005. Other specialists who appeared from time to time include historian [[Bettany Hughes]], archaeologist [[Gustav Milne]], East of England specialist [[Ben Robinson]], architectural historian Richard K. Morriss, and David S. Neal, expert on Roman [[mosaic]]s. [[Local history|Local historians]] also joined in.

In February&nbsp;2012, it was announced that Aston had left the show because of format changes. The disputed changes included hiring anthropologist [[Mary-Ann Ochota]] as a co-presenter, dispensing with other archaeologists and what he thought were plans to "cut down the informative stuff about the archaeology".<ref name=Arnold-2012-02-08>{{cite web |first=Ben |last=Arnold |date=8 February 2012 |title=''Time Team'' expert quits after show hires former model |website=Yahoo! |department=TV News |url=http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/time-team-expert-quits-after-show-hires-former-model-%E2%80%93-daily-tv-round-up.html |access-date=8 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011023702/http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/time-team-expert-quits-after-show-hires-former-model-%E2%80%93-daily-tv-round-up.html
|archive-date=11 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Mick |last=Aston |title=The danger of losing touch with our history |newspaper=[[Western Daily Press]] |date=11 February 2012 |url=http://www.glastonburypeople.co.uk/danger-losing-touch-history/story-15199027-detail/story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006114942/http://www.glastonburypeople.co.uk/danger-losing-touch-history/story-15199027-detail/story.html |archive-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> "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.<ref name=Arnold-2012-02-08/> ''Time Team'' producer [[Tim Taylor (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''".<ref>{{cite web |first=Tim |last=Taylor |date=13 February 2012 |title=Farewell to Mick? |website=Scribd.com |url=https://www.scribd.com/tim_darch/d/80914164-Tim-Taylor-Statement-regarding-Mick-Aston |access-date=21 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929231550/http://www.scribd.com/doc/80914164/Tim-Taylor-Statement-regarding-Mick-Aston |archive-date=29 September 2013}}</ref>

Regular team members in later years included archaeologist Neil Holbrook, Roman coins specialist [[Philippa Walton (archaeologist)|Philippa Walton]], and historian Sam Newton. Younger members of ''Time Team'' who made regular appearances include Jenni Butterworth, [[Raksha Dave]],<ref name=IMDB-tt0108961/><ref>{{cite news |title=Time Team archaeologist Raksha Dave lectures in Leeds |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/leeds/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8858000/8858997.stm |website=BBC Leeds |date=27 July 2010}}</ref> Kerry Ely, Brigid Gallagher, Rob Hedge, Katie Hirst, [[Alex Langlands]], [[Cassie Newland]], Ian Powlesland, [[Alice Roberts]], Faye Simpson,<ref>{{cite web |title=Time Team archaeologist joins Chester |url=http://www.chester.ac.uk/news/2009/02/13 |website=University of Chester |date=25 February 2009 |access-date=14 July 2017 |archive-date=29 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729005437/http://www.chester.ac.uk/news/2009/02/13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Barney Sloane, Tracey Smith, and Matt Williams.<ref name="shropshirestar/2015/time-team">{{cite news |title=Time Team behind the scenes secrets revealed in Oswestry |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/editors-picks/2015/01/12/time-team-behind-the-scenes-secrets-revealed-in-oswestry/ |access-date=19 September 2022 |work=[[Shropshire Star]] |date=January 12, 2015 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=New Time Team crew members hail from Bournemouth University |url=https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/news/2022-03-18/new-time-team-crew-members-hail-bournemouth-university |website=[[Bournemouth University]] |access-date=19 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="wessexarch/new-wales">{{cite web |last1=Norton |first1=Andrew |title=Our New Man in Wales |url=https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/news/our-new-man-wales |website=Wessex Archaeology |access-date=19 September 2022 |language=en |date=May 31, 2016}}</ref>