Time Signs

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Time Signs
Directed by Tim Taylor
Presented by Mick Aston
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
Producer Tim Taylor
Running time30 minutes
(including adverts)
Original release
Network Channel 4
Release30 June (1991-06-30) 
21 July 1991 (1991-07-21)
Related
Time Team
History Hunters
Time Team Digs
Time Team Extra
Time Team Live
Time Team America

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.

Contents

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]

#TitleOriginal air date
1"The Deserted Valley"30 June 1991 (1991-06-30)
2"The Lost Village"7 July 1991 (1991-07-07)
3"The Turning Wheel"14 July 1991 (1991-07-14)
4"The Final Harvest"21 July 1991 (1991-07-21)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Time Signs". Unofficial Time Team Website. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2008.
  2. "Past Programmes". Channel 4 . Retrieved 26 January 2008.