While filming Timesigns, Tim and Mick regularly discussed other ways to bring archaeology to a television audience. It was not the first time that a chance conversation with Mick had got someone thinking about television archaeology. Suddenly Channel 4 was receptive to the idea of a major archaeology programme. Tony Robinson, filming a piece to camera at Rise HillEven after its star began to wane Time Team remained popular. A political gesture aimed at building up regional television, Time Team was picked because it seemed a safe pair of hands.