{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}} {{Use British English|date=February 2014}} {{Infobox television | image = | runtime = 30 minutes<br /><small>(including adverts)</small> | creator = | producer = Tim Taylor | presenter = Mick Aston | director = Tim Taylor | language = English | country = United Kingdom | network = Channel 4 | first_aired = {{Start date|1991|06|30|df=yes}} | last_aired = {{End date|1991|07|21|df=yes}} | num_episodes = 4 | num_series = 1 | related = ''Time Team''<br/>''History Hunters''<br />''Time Team Digs''<br /> ''Time Team Extra''<br/>''Time Team Live''<br/>''Time Team America''
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'''''Time Signs''''' is a British television series that aired on Channel 4 in 1991. Presented by Mick Aston, the series tells the story of a Devon valley throughout history. Phil Harding does some reconstruction archaeology. The series was narrated by Ray Brooks.
''Time Signs'' was later developed into ''Time Team'', the long-running archaeology television programme that aired from 1994 to 2014. ''Time Team'' has the same producer and also features Mick Aston and Phil Harding.
==Production== ''Time Signs'' was created in 1988 when producer Tim Taylor asked Mick Aston to present ''Time Signs'', a history and archaeology series that tells the story of Wolf Valley in Devon.<ref name="Unofficial website">{{cite web|url=http://www.timeteam.k1z.com/master_episode_list.html|title=Time Signs.|accessdate=2008-01-26|publisher=Unofficial Time Team Website|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305004502/http://www.timeteam.k1z.com/master_episode_list.html|archivedate=5 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Aston asked archaeologist Phil Harding to do some reconstruction archaeology.<ref name="Unofficial website"/> ''Time Signs'' was filmed at what is now the Roadford Reservoir in Devon.<ref name="Unofficial website"/>
==Episodes== The four thirty-minute episodes aired from 30 June to 21 July 1991 on Channel 4.<ref name="official website">{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/timeteam/full_list.html|title=Past Programmes|accessdate=2008-01-26|author=|last=|first=|year=|publisher=Channel 4}}</ref> The series works back from the modern day to prehistoric times to explain the valley's history.<ref name="Unofficial website"/> {{Episode table |overall= |total_width=78 |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber=1 | Title=The Deserted Valley | OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|06|30|df=yes}} | ShortSummary= }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber=2 | Title=The Lost Village | OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|07|07|df=yes}} | ShortSummary= }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber=3 | Title=The Turning Wheel | OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|07|14|df=yes}} | ShortSummary= }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber=4 | Title=The Final Harvest | OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|07|21|df=yes}} | ShortSummary= }} }}
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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0960640|Time Signs}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Time Signs}} Category:1991 British television series debuts Category:1991 British television series endings Category:Archaeology of the United Kingdom Category:Channel 4 original programming Category:English-language British television shows Category:Time Team