# Time Signs
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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2014}}
{{Infobox television
| image =
| runtime = 30 minutes
(including adverts)
| creator =
| producer = [Tim Taylor](/source/Tim_Taylor_(producer))
| presenter = [Mick Aston](/source/Mick_Aston)
| director = [Tim Taylor](/source/Tim_Taylor_(producer))
| language = English
| country = United Kingdom
| network = [Channel 4](/source/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](/source/Time_Team)''
''[History Hunters](/source/History_Hunters)''
''[Time Team Digs](/source/Time_Team_Digs)''
''[Time Team Extra](/source/Time_Team_Extra)''
''[Time Team Live](/source/Time_Team_Live)''
''[Time Team America](/source/Time_Team_America)''
}}
'''''Time Signs''''' is a British [television series](/source/Television_program) that aired on [Channel 4](/source/Channel_4) in 1991. Presented by [Mick Aston](/source/Mick_Aston), the series tells the story of a [Devon](/source/Devon) [valley](/source/valley) throughout history. [Phil Harding](/source/Phil_Harding_(archaeologist)) does some [reconstruction archaeology](/source/Experimental_archaeology). The series was narrated by [Ray Brooks](/source/Ray_Brooks_(actor)).
''Time Signs'' was later developed into ''[Time Team](/source/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](/source/television_producer) [Tim Taylor](/source/Tim_Taylor_(producer)) asked [Mick Aston](/source/Mick_Aston) to present ''Time Signs'', a [history](/source/history) and [archaeology](/source/archaeology) series that tells the story of [Wolf](/source/River_Wolf) Valley in [Devon](/source/Devon).[{{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}}] Aston asked archaeologist [Phil Harding](/source/Phil_Harding_(archaeologist)) to do some reconstruction archaeology.[{{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](/source/Channel_4)}}] The series works back from the modern day to [prehistoric times](/source/Prehistory) to explain the valley's history.