I hate to have to disagree with you, Mr Cynic, but I do disagree completely. I am a fan of CSI but I have to say that compared to NCIS the characters are flat and the acting more wooden - although as I say I enjoy it a lot. Liking Time Team is an affront to archaeologists everywhere ;-) I suppose it has its uses - but there is so much wrong with it that could have made it better. For a start the 3 day time limit is silly. Archaeology is about patience and doing things properly not quickly. You can't cut corners just to fit an artificial deadline. Secondly, they make up "creative" narratives about things that they couldn't possibly justify - that and they employ Mike Parker Pearson and his cronies to go all wibbly about ritual sites ;-) Thirdly, it's really unfair on the students who dig with them. I know people who worked really hard to get on the Time Team crew and then any time they found anything they were shoved out of the way so one of the team could 'rediscover' their find. On the positive side it has got a lot of people interested in archaeology and that's brilliant - and they had my favourite pig specialist Peter Rowley-Conwy on to get excited about an aurochs bone. Any program that has him on is fine in my book! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/unevendays/prc_tr.jpg
