A Time Team campaign for a one-off dig in memory of Mick Aston has now attracted over 5,000 signatures.
Supporters of Lee Brady's campaign can sign a change.org petition asking Channel 4 to commission the one-off #DIG4MICK special as tribute to Aston, who died last June at the age of 66.
Tony Robinson previously said of the campaign: "I'm part of it behind the scenes. Who knows?"
He added: "I think it would be a wonderful thing to do. Mick, as most of you will know, left Time Team in a bit of a grump - he left every organisation he ever worked for in a bit of a grump - so it's quite extraordinary he spent 20 years with us before he did.
"I would love to see one final Time Team conducted in the very best way it possibly could be, and let's hope the Time Team campaign succeeds.
Supporters of Lee Brady's campaign can sign a change.org petition asking Channel 4 to commission the one-off #DIG4MICK special as tribute to Aston, who died last June at the age of 66.
Tony Robinson previously said of the campaign: "I'm part of it behind the scenes. Who knows?"
He added: "I think it would be a wonderful thing to do. Mick, as most of you will know, left Time Team in a bit of a grump - he left every organisation he ever worked for in a bit of a grump - so it's quite extraordinary he spent 20 years with us before he did.
"I would love to see one final Time Team conducted in the very best way it possibly could be, and let's hope the Time Team campaign succeeds.
- 7/17/2014
- Digital Spy
More4 has announced an evening of tribute programmes for Mick Aston.
The archaeologist - who was best known for his appearances in Time Team from 1994 to 2011 - passed away earlier this week.
The night will include a selection of classic Time Team episodes featuring Aston, along with his former colleagues sharing their memories and stories.
Channel 4's head of factual programming, Ralph Lee, said: "We have been terribly saddened by the death of Professor Mick Aston. We are broadcasting a tribute night, recognising his important contribution to Time Team over the years, and the key role he played in making archaeology so popular."
Time Team executive producer Philip Clarke said: "Mick was a one-off. He was really irreplaceable as the heart and soul of Time Team.
"Thousands of people were not only inspired by him but truly warmed to him and felt they knew him. He was a television...
The archaeologist - who was best known for his appearances in Time Team from 1994 to 2011 - passed away earlier this week.
The night will include a selection of classic Time Team episodes featuring Aston, along with his former colleagues sharing their memories and stories.
Channel 4's head of factual programming, Ralph Lee, said: "We have been terribly saddened by the death of Professor Mick Aston. We are broadcasting a tribute night, recognising his important contribution to Time Team over the years, and the key role he played in making archaeology so popular."
Time Team executive producer Philip Clarke said: "Mick was a one-off. He was really irreplaceable as the heart and soul of Time Team.
"Thousands of people were not only inspired by him but truly warmed to him and felt they knew him. He was a television...
- 6/27/2013
- Digital Spy
Time Team's Professor Mick Aston has died at the age of 66.
The archaeologist featured on the Channel 4 series from 1994 until 2011.
Confirming the news, the show's official Twitter account posted on Monday: "It is with a very heavy heart that we've been informed that our dear colleague Mick Aston has passed away. Our thoughts are with his family."
The exact cause of his death has yet to be determined.
Co-star and friend Phil Harding explained that Aston had been suffering health problems but that his death still came as a tremendous shock.
"It just seems so incredible, like a bad dream, but unfortunately this is no dream," The Guardian quotes Harding as saying.
"He was a seriously good mate and a seriously good archaeologist, a unique man. Everybody loved him, he just had a way with people.
"I cannot believe there was anybody who disliked him, he just had such a relaxed way.
The archaeologist featured on the Channel 4 series from 1994 until 2011.
Confirming the news, the show's official Twitter account posted on Monday: "It is with a very heavy heart that we've been informed that our dear colleague Mick Aston has passed away. Our thoughts are with his family."
The exact cause of his death has yet to be determined.
Co-star and friend Phil Harding explained that Aston had been suffering health problems but that his death still came as a tremendous shock.
"It just seems so incredible, like a bad dream, but unfortunately this is no dream," The Guardian quotes Harding as saying.
"He was a seriously good mate and a seriously good archaeologist, a unique man. Everybody loved him, he just had a way with people.
"I cannot believe there was anybody who disliked him, he just had such a relaxed way.
- 6/24/2013
- Digital Spy
Mick Aston and Mary-Ann Ochota have both announced that they have left Channel 4's long-running archaeology series Time Team within the space of two days. Aston's exit was due to his annoyance at what he perceived to be a "dumbing down" of the programme. The archaeology expert, who has worked on the show for nearly two decades, allegedly did not approve of the appointment of Cambridge graduate Ochota. Speaking to the magazine British Archaeology, Aston, the show's former site director, said: "The time had come to leave. I never made any money out of it, but a lot of my soul went into it. I feel really, really angry about it." Ochota confirmed that there were issues between her and Aston on Time Team's Facebook page yesterday as she announced that she would also be departing the programme. "I always loved (more)...
- 2/10/2012
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
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