How long does it take you to prepare for a live dig and is it harder to do than a normal recording of a programme?
Live 2001 is a scaled-down event in comparison with the big events held in previous years at York and Canterbury. Even so, it is a huge operation involving more than 150 people. And as well as all the sound and camera crews, outside broadcast unit and so on required for each day’s programme (and Sunday 2 September’s 90-minute special), there is another film crew working at the same time on a documentary to be screened next year. The pressures of a Live make it much harder than normal Time Team programmes, with no room for re-takes or editing afterwards. The background research for the Live is carried out several months in advance but Time Team’s interest in this particular site originated with the discovery of the ‘situla’ (bucket) two years ago.
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