Professor Timothy Taylor is a British television producer best known for his work as the originator and producer of Channel 4's archaeology series Time Team . He is an executive producer for Time Team America .
Taylor spent five years teaching, including two years VSO in Thailand, after completing a degree at the University of Birmingham and a PGCE at the University of Exeter. On leaving teaching he set up a company which specialised in producing educational programmes for schools. Today, Taylor is an independent writer and producer of archaeology programmes. He devised the format for Channel 4's Time Team, [1] which was developed from an earlier Channel 4 series Time Signs , first broadcast in 1991. Produced by Taylor, it featured Mick Aston and Phil Harding, who both went on to appear on Time Team. [2] He also produced the spin-off series History Hunters , Time Team Digs and Time Team Live .
Taylor is a Visiting Industrial Professor for the Public Understanding of Archaeology at the University of Bristol, [3] and has written a series of best selling books including The World Atlas of Archaeology in collaboration with Professor Mick Aston, The Ultimate Time Team Companion: An Alternative History of Britain, Behind the Scenes at Time Team, Digging the Dirt and Time Team: A Guide to the Archaeological Sites of Britain and Ireland. [4]
Taylor recently[ when? ] received a Visiting Professorship in 'Archaeology in the Media' from the University of Exeter. [1] [5] [ failed verification ]
