Professor Mick Aston - A Time Team Tribute - 01 - The Enthusiast

More 4 aired a special tribute night to Professor Mick Aston who died on the 24th June 2013.
The tribute was broadcast on Saturday 13th July.
Three episodes that was broadcast were Much Wenlock, Nether Poppleton and then, Isle of Man. Each episode was introduced by members of Time Team.
These were there tributes.

[@winkerdude]

I miss Mick, but I miss them all just as much. Such a great great treasure ruined by bean counters.

[@daviddavis5689]

So why was it canceled?

[@rivolinho]

@@daviddavis5689 Viewing figures declining, what else. Everything has a time. It was a great run of 20 years and no one would have predicted it would last that long and become the institution it has. At least now it's back in online form with some of the old crew and many new faces.

[@hallets1956]

Loved Time Team.. Learnt more about history from watching that show than years at school!! RIP Mick xx

[@PenneyNile]

I was terribly saddened to learn of not only Mick's death, but that of Robin as well. Two great loses for Time Team.

[@joannamallory2823]

Robin died?!? Oh, no.

[@gbwildlifeuk8269]

@@joannamallory2823 died in 2010

[@shafrobert]

One of the many things I loved about Mick was that no matter who was telling him their ideas, from a 6 year old kid to other world class archaeologists, he always paid attention, respected whoever it was, and really listened and interacted. He had that great and unique gift that only the truly talented can possess to never talk down to anyone, but to help raise them up to his level, and make it fun. He (and all of Time Team) are sorely missed.

[@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739]

RIP Old boy. He was a gentleman, and a fine disciplined archeologist.

[@bettygreenhansen]

Mick may be gone but his legacy is brought into my home everyday through Time Team. RIP Mick. God bless the entire Time Team too! ❤️

[@hakagamerink7061]

R.I.P Mick Aston, blessings both to him and his family. A great man with great enthusiasm and one I am sure many will not forget. You will be missed.

[@marinaarkley6696]

A wonderful show. I've learned more history from this series than I ever learned in school. Mick Aston was a marvelous instructor. I'm sorry the series ended, but with the help of modern technology, I can watch it all again and each time discover something new.

[@ElsieDreamWorld]

I watch them again and again, I’ve learned so much with all those series, and I miss the whole team as I would a dear friend.

[@Patmax100]

I loved this programme , one of the best ever , Mick and Phil were great

[@kiwizeppelin]

The best show on telly ever.....

[@justaguitardude]

mick was a rock star. R.I.P

[@thebannedgreenman8939]

Mick was a much loved and respected figure combining erudition with enthusiasm.

[@obrienqwerty]

Just watching a re-run of this show now. Truly one of the great shows in tv history...until some witless producers got their grubby paws on it.

[@lavillablanca]

MIKE O'BRIEN Time Team was politically incorrect. It had to go.

[@Brinta3]

lavillablanca Why was it politically incorrect?

[@lynnmaupin-simpson1215]

But it's coming back!!

[@obrienqwerty]

@@lynnmaupin-simpson1215 Really? When!

[@barnyfraggles]

Oh how I loved that man. Sadly missed.

[@mgclark46]

Just found this series and man, do I like these people. Just knowing Mick is gone, four years later, kills me. I'm so sorry he was angry in his last months. R.I.P. Mick!

[@BlueChrysalis]

Same. Mick is my fave. RIP

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

I never learned of the show until this last year. Luckily for me, there are some episodes I haven't yet seen. ^-^ R.I.P. Mick and Robin. Your legacies live on, and continue to educate and entertain many to this day and beyond.

[@josephsimnovec8446]

Some one will find you in a thousand years my friend

[@christopherdaviddvan-hilto4495]

RIP Professor Mick Aston. You made me laugh and I learnt a lot about Archeology from your enthusiastic investigations.

[@nomadtrader5425]

I'm about in the middle of all of the Time Team episodes. Mick definitely was a special guy, and his enthusiasm for archaeology was contagious! He really know what he was doing, too! He understood there was a reason for everything... Miss You Mick!

[@johnmh1000]

Prof Mick - rest in peace and throughout the centuries sir. You and TT were very special to me when times were dark.

[@ericolsen4935]

Late to TT and love it especially Mick. What a fantastic teacher of history. Was disapointed to learn that we had lost him. The world needs more Mick's.

[@susangray1609]

Time Team was and is my favorite tv program. Thanks to the internet I watch all the old programs. All of the people on the show were so fun to watch. From Mick to the unknown archeogist on the dig, they not only taught you history but each keep you entertained. Mick you are very much missed.

[@17ConcreteMason76]

2021 still here.. Love time team, it lives forever on Utube. RIP Mick.

[@leonardo1480]

Go to show I don't listen to the news that much, I have only just found out that Dear Mick Aston has passed away. really in my mind and heart Mick is still with us. I loved the Time Team show all ways watched it. Mick made the show what it was which we all thank him for. we all always learn something new and his enthusiastic and communication with the public and the rest of the team was well out standing. My Blessings go out to Mick Aston and all his family.

[@MrChrissy1r]

I wish that my school teachers had a thousandth of the enthusiasm and knowledge of Mick Aston. R.I.P. a great loss, to the family and the world.

[@JonLazer]

Great man, great show. Someone bring it back!!

[@robyncrouch3090]

Will be sadly missed a great man

[@geoffm9944]

A great character who was so enthusiastic about everything he did. Also, he had a tremendous sense of humour. An inspirational expert. He will be sadly missed.

[@oscartravis5740]

Kudos to old Mick, I've watched his stripey jumpers since Time Team first began and it was a staple of my Sunday teatimes. I hope in years to come some future archaeologist gets to dig him up and ferret around with his grave goods, it would be somehow fitting :)

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

The mere thought of that made me laugh and tear up all at once. ^-^

[@HydroSnips]

Man I loved this program. Does it repeat anywhere, anyone know? (And gotta say that Tony’s grin at the end is gold).

[@anthonytindle5758]

Time Team a history lesson that wasn't or never intended to be a lesson, brought more history into our homes than schools ever did and we didn't mind learning from it either bring it back even repeats is OK, bless you mick and Phil with his spade. one programme. I'm surely going to miss on a weekly basis why didnt they all get honours from hm the queen?

[@HazelAnnie]

so sad. He died to young and to soon. R.I.P

[@svendbosanvovski4241]

Beautiful man. Flamboyant, humble and brilliant all in the one colourful beanie.

[@amandajstar]

Man, I miss Time Team. Still have the DVDs, the BOOKS, the memories... and the emblemed fleece jacket, though!

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

I'm a late comer to watching Time Team. It's only been in the last year that I've known of the show. I really think the entire team were wonderful, even the newer people that so many put down. But Mick was perhaps the most loveable of the bunch in my opinion, and that's really saying something when you put him up along side such an awesome team of good and passionate people. R.I.P Mick Aston, you don't know me, but you've educated me some and made me smile even more many times. ^-^

[@sim2502]

Needed a much longer tribute for such a great man and fantastic programme.

[@MrZORROish]

Utterly brilliant programme - one of the very very very best things ever done - the team seemed to become old friends - so glad to be able to watch it on YT. Parents - sit down and watch it with your kids, better than fantasy computer games - it may inspire them to get out and understand their own country and value its heritage. It's been here a long time, it must be treasured and not taken for granted

[@spacelemur7955]

Mick's enthusiasm being praised as if unusual by his equally enthusiastic colleagues is rather endearing. Enthusiasm seems to be a career trait.

[@panspermiahunter7597]

Time team died when they recruited Bill Oddie and I believe Sandi Toksvig, it lost its attraction as a serious archaeological program to a joke show for them, Mick was a real archaeologist through and through and foundation of the show, R.I.P.

[@pennyvickers5178]

He was a really enthusiastic person, he was on my 'would love to meet' list

[@michaelvickery7630]

Mick was such a loveable and intelligent person. Miss him, miss the whole team and program.

[@jdemo7167]

The only constant is change. Time marches on...damn it all!

[@maximiliand2544]

I only became aware of Time team around Dec 2019 but I believe ive managed to binge every episode and wish there were more.

[@lameesahmad9166]

'Inna Lillaahi Wa Inna Ilayhi Raji'oun' “We surely belong to God and to Him we shall return. May God be pleased with him.” Miss you Sir.

[@MrZooBreak]

Thanks all for putting this tribute together. I've learned to love all the Time Team people on quite personal level. I've enjoyed every single episode, and the entire lot of you. Thank you, thank you, thank you! After discovering Time Team on line, I kept thinking, "Mick is a man I'd really like to spend an afternoon with."

[@prairrie]

I loved mick he's was time team. He will a,ways be Time team 💜 thank you for your lovely tribute . 💜

[@lynnmaupin-simpson1215]

I miss Mick and Robin. But I value the "time" I had with them and with them all. Why did Mick always wear stripes?

[@carrienania9427]

Love Mick, he is so calm and knowledgeable. No matter what he is TIME TEAM!

[@bigbadjohn10]

I miss them all. I guess all good things come to an end and of course they are all getting older (aren’t we all!). I like the occasional programs that Tony does and when the others pop up as experts. I liked the way that over the years the young archaeologists who were only in the background became experts in their own right!

[@richard66754]

Loved this man. The world truly lost a treasure.

[@mindrolling24]

One of the best television shows ever. In Australia we only saw the last couple of years' worth of series. Please replay the series from the beginning.

[@waldemarsikorski4759]

You can watch them here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3W2lH2XndhnmJI

[@davelister1]

Bring back time team.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Sure wish that would happen. I enjoyed every iteration of different members, even though I missed each who left.

[@jordanxbrookes]

August 2017 and I still watch Time Team episodes on the telly. Loved Time Team for years and was really saddened when Mick Aston was announced dead. Robin's death was also an upset.

[@colinharwood977]

Loved watching Time Team, miss them all greatly when they cancelled the show it was like losing members of my family

[@PenneyNile]

I was terribly saddened to learn of not only Mick's death, but that of Robin as well. Two great loses for Time Team.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

So true. I always loved Robin, he was a wonderful man as well.

[@welshpete12]

It was such a wonderful series . He and all the rest of the crew, were so interested in what they were doing, and so well informed . I learned so much from Mick and all the rest . To this day , I still look at land in a new way and at bumps and uneven ground . Near castles where I live and think, what is under there , what stories lay hidden ? But I think they would have worked for free if they had too ! Thank you Mick , for your enthusiasm, it rubbed off a little on me !

[@kavic1234]

My wife and I discovered Time Team just a week ago, the best thing to do during the Covid situation. There is nothing on main stream TV worth watching anymore and the left wing news coverage is crap.

[@caricue]

Michael Nolte I am working on Season 11 because that's where I first saw it on Netflix. I guess I have a lot of episodes to watch, like seasons 1 through 10. Another good show on Netflix is The Repair Shop.

[@Dal606BBN]

Mick will be missed! I Love The Time Team!!

[@joannamallory2823]

I love you all. I've been enlightened and entertained and feel as though I've lost family.

[@deepsouthNZ]

Should have received a queen's honour

[@t1000eg]

he was a really really nice guy..rip mick x

[@jannerkev]

Lovely bloke. So knowledgeable about the history of our land and its people. Fantastic series. Miss it so much. Wish they would do some more.

[@kevinmccarthy8746]

This prodigal son the USA, love and esteem you, your King, and the people or, just every and any thing British, I dare say. NOW, I loved Nick like only a dislexic guy could. To me, he was your consimet teacher. Showing and asking the students questions that are ENLITENNING and teaching the people the intelligent approach, to any archological situation under any conditions. except Meteor`s.

[@donnal.oglesby4806]

Missing Mick , is such an under statement cause he really WAS what Time Team 1.0 was all about, and though he will never be replaced, his memory lives on now, in the New Time Team 2.0..Love and Gentle Hugs to you Mike, from here on earth to God's heaven above..

[@ALong-fo5so]

I’m a newbie to these series. I don’t know why I didn’t watch any before this. Actually I tried but couldn’t get through an entire episode in one sitting. But I’m now hooked. I watch an episode or two a day. And it’s because of Mick Aston. You can’t help but get drawn to him. Personable, approachable and down to earth. He swears like a sailor but he’s real. He is what you see. I remember one episode when he swore and it escaped the censor. I thought then I really liked the guy. I think it was an episode in season 10 when he tried to lift a bell made from bronze and it was really heavy. RIP Mick Aston.

[@sheldonaubut]

Mick is missed, but the new Time Team is coming. I believe the first full episode will be in December of 2021. Check out the "Time Team Official" KZbin channel: kzbin.infovideos

[@flügelmachen]

With all due respect, I'm sorry to say that with his untimely death, the magic of TimeTeam began to fade. He could bring the past back to life like no one else. I bow to a great man whose light may never be extinguished.

[@debrah7548]

Mick could seriously send me into stitches with his quick quips and retorts. I think I played that “farting around” scene 5 or 6 times!

[@hiddentruth1982]

they are trying to bring time team back. will it be as good or the same? I think without Mick it won't. It could still be good if they have the right people but it will always be Mick's baby.

[@johnmainwaring6556]

Time Team - Dream Team...

[@gerardmcnally]

AH, Thank you for all that fantastic info and enjoyment RIP my friend ....

[@ItchyBoyEnt]

RIP Professor Aston

[@Baskerville22]

Who got his jumpers ?

[@Blisterdude123]

"Mick was Mick." I don't know that I could honestly put it better than Phil.

[@amybarb25]

Sigh

[@benediktmorak4409]

he for sure will be chaffed when he sees the - Mickmobile - in the new episodes. though they will not be the same without him. -chapeau -

[@CH3FFI3]

Mick having a potty mouth makes him all the more lovable. When they made him they broke the mold.

[@jonathaneffemey944]

RIP Mick was something very special!

[@robinalexander1634]

I live in the US and love watching the old shows with Mick and the Time Team crew

[@godzillas6301]

Heartwarming people . Thank you all .

[@tinkmarshino]

Mick was a good man.. like Tony, Phil and the rest of the gang..

[@Pauldjreadman]

Great program, bring it back.

[@lousutton2626]

The best show of all time I miss Mick ❤ Tony and the whole team 😢

[@HaNoiVietNam.2034]

mick aston . Buồn yêu thương 😢🎉

[@benters3509]

For Christ's Sake! I have just spent half an hour chasing a non existent audio problem with my computer, only to find you only have audio on one channel! Give me a break! PS loved Mick Aston.

[@HillBoston]

Rest in peace sir

[@TheDazman50]

Loved time team.

[@mickmcloughlin5816]

Like the teacher at school who kept going till the end RIPMICK

[@nuggetoftruth-ericking7489]

Interesting talk.

[@s1nb4d59]

Would be nice to see the timeteam back.

[@kellogsdadfa3683]

RIP Mick

[@delboytrotter8806]

Great show, never missed it !

[@BlissImagine]

Hope someone out there can tell me which episode starts off at 2:35...The one where Mick gets "hacked off." My thanks.

[@bobmetcalfe9640]

www.imdb.com/title/tt0952380/ it should be this one.

[@hughwilliams979]

From what I can remember it was from the episode of Templecombe, Somerset where they were looking for evidence of the Knights Templar

[@isakkleppe1761]

😢

[@michaelexman5474]

thats a bit odd

[@gerrycox6691]

Waterloo

[@usernaem4818]

R.I.P

[@Wasteland88]

R.I.P. Mick