Popular UK archaeological show Time Team has been sold as a format to US pubcaster PBS. The deal was announced at the MIPDOC programming market, in Cannes, April 6.
Time Team USA will be co-produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting, and UK producers Videotext Communications. The deal was struck by Channel 4i (C4i).
The first series will cover six episodes, with the team of experts on Time Team, USA (working title) exploring some of America’s most intriguing archaeological sites, with locations under consideration including the pre-historic Mounds of Mississippi, earth pyramids outside St. Louis, Missouri and the country’s most ancient campsite, the Skull Creek Dune in southeastern Oregon.
Time Team, in its original format, is now in its 15th year of transmission, with foreign sales as popular as ever including ABC Australia, TV Ontario in Canada and Al-Jazeera, amongst many others.
Source: Rapid TV News | 
07-04-2008
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