Time Signs
Time Signs | |
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Directed by | Tim Taylor |
Presented by | Mick Aston |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 |
Production | |
Producer | Tim Taylor |
Running time | 30 minutes (including adverts) |
Release | |
Original network | Channel 4 |
Original release | 30 June 21 July 1991 | –
Chronology | |
Followed by | Time Team |
Related shows | History Hunters Time Team Digs Time Team Extra |
Time Signs is a British television series that aired on Channel 4 in 1991. Presented by Mick Aston, the series tells the story of a Devon valley throughout history. Phil Harding does some reconstruction archaeology. The series was narrated by Ray Brooks.
Time Signs was later developed into Time Team, the long-running archaeology television programme that aired from 1994 to 2014. Time Team has the same producer and also features Mick Aston and Phil Harding.
Production[]
Time Signs was created in 1988 when producer Tim Taylor asked Mick Aston to present Time Signs, a history and archaeology series that tells the story of Wolf Valley in Devon.[1] Aston asked archaeologist Phil Harding to do some reconstruction archaeology.[1] Time Signs was filmed at what is now the Roadford Reservoir in Devon.[1]
Episodes[]
The four thirty-minute episodes aired from 30 June to 21 July 1991 on Channel 4.[2] The series works back from the modern day to prehistoric times to explain the valley's history.[1]
# | Title | Original air date |
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1 | "The Deserted Valley" | 30 June 1991 |
2 | "The Lost Village" | 7 July 1991 |
3 | "The Turning Wheel" | 14 July 1991 |
4 | "The Final Harvest" | 21 July 1991 |
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Time Signs". Unofficial Time Team Website. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2008.
- ^ "Past Programmes". Channel 4. Retrieved 26 January 2008.
External links[]
- Time Signs at IMDb
- 1991 British television series debuts
- 1991 British television series endings
- Archaeology of the United Kingdom
- Channel 4 original programming
- English-language television shows
- Time Team