I have noticed a lot of harsh reviews for this show, and I think most of them are unfair. I have seen A LOT of movies and T.V shows, some good, some bad, and some so bad they were good. I would put Bonekickers in the good category. I think that maybe he Brits have taken to criticizing this show a lot harshly because it is their country being represented, but sometimes to truly enjoy the concept of a show you have to open your mind and not judge based on your knowledge. I have seen plenty of good T.V shows end after one season because a few people had nothing but nasty things to say about it, and frankly it is not fair to those people who enjoyed it. That being said, every one has the right to their own opinion, but sometimes a bad opinion spoken loudly enough will prevent someone from trying something they otherwise would have enjoyed. Please keep that in mind when writing your reviews.

I read the original BBC inspired reports and heard that they were advised by one of the experts from Time-Team. SPOILER ALERT. Having watched many if not all of Time Team programmes I have never seen them burn all the finds, which they do in Bonekickers, including "incredibly" a first world war tank. END SPOILERAccording to some reviewers Julie Graham is a good actress. Not in this she isn't, but none of the others had a good day at the office. Some of the reviewers said treat it as a comedy, but I have seen better comedies and I wanted something to do with Archaeology, and a good story line. Which I didn't get. If I wanted a comedy I would watch a comedy. Thankfully not a second series.And now I cannot watch anything with Julie Graham in. So watched about 2 minutes of survivors and switched off.

You know what I'm don't watch rubbish shows...But this one was bad to an extent that it was actually entertaining....It's not the most original idea kind of like Indiana Jones meets the Time Team. I remember when Adrian Lester was promoting it and he described it as 'Indiana Jones'..I nodded my head thinking, "Of course it is!" But I watched the episode 'Warriors' and found it quite interesting..I mean it dealt with the slave trade and how the first freed slaves found their way to the shores of England...I thought it was thought provoking but the action seemed to arrive out of nowhere..I didn't question it..I just sat and watched...I'm glad it didn't get re-newed, but was fun while it lasted.

Okay, I'm a professional and not an academic, but even so. I've managed to avoid this series up until now, but last night featured the Roman Baths Museum and I had to watch it for the background. Pity the actors got in the way..... Not going to comment on the archaeology side (yeah I know it's fiction) but the whole thing was just nuts. And not in a good way either. I could have assembled a better plot from an Ikea flat-pack and the dialogue sounded like they'd shredded the script and picked up random lines off the floor. And the big surprise at the end? - anyone not get it before the programme was half over? And in answer to cake-26, I know of a few black archaeologists and worked with people from various ethnicities when doing work with the public, so the presence of Adrian Lester and Gugu Mbatha-Raw is valid but they are so under-drawn as characters as to be 2-dimensional. Hugh Bonneville played his part as if he was half-cut and I really wished I was too.