Professor Timothy Taylor is a British

television producer A television producer is a person who oversees one or more aspects of video production on a television program. Some producers take more of an executive role, in that they conceive new programs and pitch them to the television networks, but upon ...

best known for his work as the originator and producer of

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...

's popular

archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landsca ...

series ''

Time Team ''Time Team'' is a British television programme that originally aired on Channel 4 from 16 January 1994 to 7 September 2014. It returned online in 2022 for two episodes released on YouTube. Created by television producer Tim ...

''. He is an Executive Producer for ''

Time Team America ''Time Team America'' is an American television series that airs on PBS. It premiered on July 8, 2009. It is an Oregon Public Broadcasting adaptation of the British show ''Time Team'', produced in collaboration with Channel 4, which commissioned th ...

''. Taylor spent five years teaching, including two years VSO in

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, after completing a degree at the

University of Birmingham The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a Public university, public research university located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingha ...

and a PGCE at the

University of Exeter , mottoeng = "We Follow the Light" , established = 1838 - St Luke's College1855 - Exeter School of Art1863 - Exeter School of Science 1955 - University of Exeter (received royal charter) , type = Public , ...

. 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

's ''

'',Taylor on the Unofficial Time Team website
which was developed from an earlier Channel 4 series '' Time Signs'', first broadcast in 1991. Produced by Taylor, it featured

Mick Aston Michael Antony Aston (1 July 1946 – 24 June 2013) was an English archaeologist who specialised in Early Medieval landscape archaeology. Over the course of his career, he lectured at both the University of Bristol and University of Oxford an ...

and Phil Harding, who both went on to appear on ''Time Team''. 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 , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

, and has written a series of best selling books including ''The World Atlas of Archaeology'' in collaboration with Professor

, ''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''. Taylor recently received a Visiting Professorship in 'Archaeology in the Media' from the

.Honorary Staff in Archaeology
at the

References

External links

2003 interview with Taylor - Dirt Brothers Road Trip
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Tim Living people English television producers Alumni of the University of Bristol Alumni of the University of Exeter Time Team Alumni of the University of Birmingham Year of birth missing (living people)