Thought some colleagues might be interested .... >Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 10:14:22 +0100 >From: Sue Davis <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Time Team Live > >TIME TEAM LIVE! > >Over the August bank holiday weekend, Time Team goes live for the first >time, broadcasting an archaeological dig against the clock and 'as it >happens'. > >The chosen site - somewhere in the heart of England - has lain untouched >since the landowner accidently discovered it over 20 years ago. Aerial >photos of one of the fields, taken in the summer of 1976, clearly showed >strange lines in the ground that looked suspiciously like the outlines of >buildings. Now the landowner has asked Time Team to investigate. > >Experts suspect that the site is Roman and, given its size, believe they >may have a significant archaeological discovery on their hands. Time Team >has just three days to discover what lies under the ground, using all the >high-tech geophysical methods at its disposal as well as simple hard labour. > >Presenter Tony Robinson and the rest of the team - joined by a number of >celebrity guests - will broadcast live from the site three times a day. And >there will be an hour-long round-up on Monday evening. > >As well as the television broadcasts, there will be regular updates on the >Channel 4 website, on 4-Tel and via a dial-and-listen telephone number. > >TIME TEAM LIVE ON CHANNEL 4 >Saturday, 23 August 1997 >1.00pm, 4.35pm, 7.30pm >Sunday, 24 August 1997 >12.40pm, 4.50pm, 7.00pm >Monday, 25 August 1997 >1.55pm, 4.55pm, 7.00pm >Television schedules can change, so check television listings > >TIME TEAM LIVE ON THE WEB >www.channel4.com > >TIME TEAM LIVE ON 4-TEL >4-Tel page 323 > >TIME TEAM LIVE ON THE TELEPHONE >(0990) 11 88 97 >(Calls are charged at national rates) > >TIME TEAM LIVE AROUND BRITAIN >See 4-Tel page 323 for a list of public sites where you can check out the >Time Team page on the Channel 4 website > >----------------------------- >Sue Davis > >Web Coordinator for Channel 4 Continuing Education >Broadcasting Support Services >Union House >Shepherd's Bush Green >London W12 8UA >Direct line: 0181 735 5063 >Fax: 0181 735 5096 >----------------------------- David Dawson email: [log in to unmask] - - - - - - - Outreach Manager, Museum Documentation Association 67 Spring Street, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5NN : telephone 01608 645576 MAIN MDA OFFICE - Jupiter House, Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2JD Tel: (+44) 1223 315760 Fax: (+44) 1223 362521 MDA WEB SITE - http://www.open.gov.uk/mdocassn/index.htm