13th April 2010, 06:37 PM
Don't knock Time Team until you've dug abroad. It's structured like it is because it's entertainment, but it's also genuinely informative for all those people who stopped studying history as soon as they were able. The British public are among the best archaeologically informed publics. No, really! Just go to France and wait foe all the jibes about brushes, dinosaurs, pyramids and maybe even pyramid-building dinosaurs. With the push to get development going as fast as possible in order to jump start the economy we need Time Team more than ever.