28th January 2011, 03:10 PM
gwyl Wrote:i am constantly amazed by the reception i get on site since TT has been on the air; i remember getting messed about all day on WBs by contractors refusing to cooperate, and that was from the chief engineer down
TT has improved the profile of the profession.
It is time that TT used the position it has to talk about professional archaeology; however, given its very close relationship with Wessex Archaeology I suspect that it cannot.
Good point. Where have we seen this before? Blair/Cameron+Murdoch. TT will not be a crusader for archaeology for various reasons. This is Channel 4! The idealism (if it had any) of the new channel back in the 80s has long since past. It's only just above 'Dirty' Desmond's Channel 5 (numerically at least). TT has to work with the units and they would be very upset if TT went 'all political' on them. In an ideal world (mine) it would be great to see TT looking at the job in a more critical way so as to build on the public profile and support built up over nearly 20 years and help affect change for the better for the 'poor bloody infantry'.