2nd April 2013, 02:04 PM
Somebody I know was being filmed for one of specials. During a break they took the opportunity to discuss with Tony Robinson and the director what they liked and disliked about the programme. They said one of the best things they had done was to show the diggers house in the Cantebury special (overcrowded & dirty) intercut with the unit director discussing getting a new roof on his home. When filming restarted, Tony Robinsons first question to the developer was "What do you think about the really poor pay & conditions in British archaeology?". Fair play.
I may not have agreed with everything they did but they certainly raised the profile of archaeology and have probably done more than any other programme to show what a dig looks like.
I may not have agreed with everything they did but they certainly raised the profile of archaeology and have probably done more than any other programme to show what a dig looks like.