Time Signs

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.

Time Signs
Directed by	Tim Taylor
Presented by	Mick Aston
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producer	Tim Taylor
Running time	30 minutes (including adverts)
Release
Original network	Channel 4
Original release	30 June (1991-06-30) – 21 July 1991 (1991-07-21)
Related
Time Team History Hunters Time Team Digs Time Team Extra

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]

#	Title	Original 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)

References

1. . 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.

External links

• Time Signs at IMDb