Tim Taylor (producer)
Professor Timothy Taylor is a British television producer best known for his work as the originator and producer of Channel 4's popular archaeology series Time Team. He is an Executive Producer for Time Team America.
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Taylor spent five years teaching, including two years VSO in Thailand, after completing a degree at the University of Birmingham and a PGCE at the University of Exeter. On leaving teaching he set up a company which specialised in producing educational programmes for schools. Today, Taylor is an independent writer and producer of archaeology programmes. He devised the format for Channel 4's Time Team,[1] which was developed from an earlier Channel 4 series Time Signs, first broadcast in 1991. Produced by Taylor, it featured Mick Aston and Phil Harding, who both went on to appear on Time Team.[2] He also produced the spin-off series History Hunters, Time Team Digs and Time Team Live.
Taylor is a Visiting Industrial Professor for the Public Understanding of Archaeology at the University of Bristol,[3] and has written a series of best selling books including The World Atlas of Archaeology in collaboration with Professor Mick Aston, The Ultimate Time Team Companion: An Alternative History of Britain, Behind the Scenes at Time Team, Digging the Dirt and Time Team: A Guide to the Archaeological Sites of Britain and Ireland.[4]
Taylor recently received a Visiting Professorship in 'Archaeology in the Media' from the University of Exeter.[1][5]