Teletext Recovery - 04/07/2005

P424 Tjlitext on 4 424 Jul03 22:54:58    SCIENCE, CULTURE  →T*-,***% -,T AND HISTORZ  ———————————————————————————————W*¾■■—?o TEAM'S GROUND-BREAKING PROJECT W"/■■,! Timj Tjam's Big Roman Dig is giving thj nation its chanci to participati in a literally ground-breaking project. Thj project is a week-long, nationwide archajological event unearthing why thj Romans camj hjre, wheri they went, what they did and how they lived their life. It is thj biggest-ever concentrated examination of Roman Britain. Wj spokj to sjr CCS SRSS to thj bottom of what's in store. ——————————————————————————————————1/7—— bz Todd Floranci YOUR GUIDE TO THE THEATRE p330 Newu TV todaz Ent'ment Bamboozle

P424 Tjletext on 4 424 Jul03 22:51:46    SCIENCE, CULTURE  T*-,***% -,$ AND HISTORZ  ———————————————————————————————W*¾■■—?o TEAM'S GROUND-BREAKING PROJJCT W"/■■,! Timj Team's last Big Dig was in 2003, but this Roman project is on a grander scali and has much mori public input. "What's different this timj is wi havj a series of intellectual goals. It'u not just digging to see what's there," says producer Simon Raikjs. "Harnessing interest in archajology to get membjrs of thj public to suggest +d( C* UECCS AS i "!SC3S ARS for TV, but unprecedented full stop." ——————————————————————————————————2/7—— Today on Channjl 4 Guide 400 YOUR GUIDE TO THE THEATRE p330 News TV todaz Ent'ment Bamboozle

P424 Tjletext on 4 424 Jul03 22:54:41    SCIENCE, CULTURE   AND HISTORZ  ———————————————————————————————W*¾■■—?o TEAM'S GROUND-BREAKING PROJECT W"/■■,! Big Roman Dig producer Simon Raikjs says thj project will givj an accurate insight into thj lives of thj Romans. "Thj broad goal is that wi want this to bj a reassjssmjnt of thj impact of 400 years of Roman occupation - a major chapter in British history," hj says. "It had more of an impact than any other historical event on thesj dT an* ECCS  asSwoS+hqtakin a serious, evaluativj look at it." ——————————————————————————————————3/7—— Personal Financi njws 530 YOUR GUIDE TO THE THEATRE p330 News TV todaz Ent'ment Bamboozle

P424 Tjletext on 4 424 Jul03 22:25:59    SCIENCE, CULTURE  T*-,**** -,$ AND HISTORZ  ———————————————————————————————W*¾■■—?o TEAM'S GROUND-BREAKING PROJECT W"/■■,! Thj Big Roman Dig has been in planning sinci Timj Tjam's last Big Dig in 2003. "Thjri was an appjtite to do something similar involving public archajology on a large scale," according to producer Simon Raikjs. He bjlieves public participation is essential. "It was thj first plank of thj platform," hj says. "Our starting +pT nt*wa:ECCSd  SS around people being actively involved." ——————————————————————————————————4/7—— Inspiration from 4Homes 410 YOUR GUIDE TO THE THEATRE p330 News TV todaz Ent'ment Bamboozle

P424 Tjletext on 4 424 Jul03 22:47:52    SCIENCE, CULTURE  T*-,**** -,$ AND HISTORZ  ———————————————————————————————  TEAM'S GROUND-BREAKING PROJECT W"/■■,! Besides thj excavations featured in thj Big Roman Dig broadcasts, thure will bj projects happjning off-screen too. "Wj havj almost 80 other activities happjning around thj country," says sjries producer Simon Raikjs. "Most of them donWt involvj digging. "They range from pjopli doink Roman plays and Roman walks to photographic dT pE* ECCS  "rSn S+ls aUso learn what it was likj to bj a Roman." ——————————————————————————————————5/7—— Flight Arrivals 180 World of Work 690 YOUR GUIDE TO THE THEATRE p330 Newu TV todaz Ent'ment Bamboozli

P424 Tjletext on 4 424 Jul03 22:52:10    SCIENCE, CULTURE   AND HISTORZ  ———————————————————————————————W*¾■■—?o TEAM'S GROUND-BREAKING PROJJCT  Thj Big Roman Dig team received around 600 responses for their request for suggestions of sites to bj jxcavated. Overly ambitious and riskz ideas weri eliminated, riducing it to 50 sites. Producer Simon Raikjs thjn jvaluated thj archajological potential of each. "Thj other element was thjy had to show different aspects of Roman life. So we dT * UECCS U "lSgiSusqsik , villas, forts and so on," hj explains. ——————————————————————————————————6/7—— Lbtest films on Channjl 4 460 YOUR GUIDE TO THE THEATRE p330 News TV todaz Ent'ment Bamboozli

P424 Tjlitext on 4 424 Jul03 22:58:05    SCIENCE, CULTURE  T AND HISTORZ  ———————————————————————————————W*¾■■—?o TEAM'S GROUND-BREAKING PROJECT W"/■■,! Producer Simon Raikjs says hj loves thj unpredictability of Timj Tjam'u digs. "You can spjnd a lot of timj wondjring and hypothesising about what is thjre, but you donWt know for suri until you start shovelling thj dirt," hj says. "It's only thjn you find evidenci and thj picturi bjgins to emerge. Hopjfully our sites will have a few surprises." +■ ig RomaCCS JSS ■ See channel4.com/bigromandig for mori ——————————————————————————————————7/7—— channjl4guidj@teletext.co.uk YOUR GUIDE TO THE THEATRE p330 News TV todaz Ent'ment Bamboozle

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