Bonekickers

Having read the comments on here to see if this show was worth watching i very nearly deleted it without even giving it a chance. You would think that the academics with a professional interest who have slated the show from the very first episode would welcome the exposure and interest in their field. What would they prefer 6 hours watching someone unearth a broken pot with a paintbrush? If you like ancient mysteries and alternative history theories and don't mind if the truth is embellished and exaggerated to help the story along then you will enjoy this. I have watched all 6 episodes in about 1 week which tells me i must have enjoyed it. Well done to the Beeb for doing something away from mainstream drivel. It will be a shame if there's no second series as i am looking forward to it already and with a bit more thought this could go from OK to very good there's certainly the scope.

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.

Oh man. This show is. So cheesy that it's actually, sometimes, compelling.

CSI meets Oak Island... on network television, lol.

Ever wanted to see fast paced action with historical digs? Wonder how many one liners you can get on the Knights Templar? Perhaps some people bursting into flames at the slightest provocation? Look no further.

Holy Cats.

Music, sound, and camera work are all actually quite good. The production value is there, along with some decent casting.

Oh man though, THE CHEESE. You can dunk nachos in this and come back for more. Start a cheese shop in the UK. Perhaps even launch a taco empire. EMBRACE YOUR DESTINY.

Some viewers, like critics, wear blinders when they watch show's & movies. Ok, so it's fabricated, it's a STORY, OK, it can be a little quirky, IT'S a story. If you except it for what it is, a story, it is entertaining. The locations are interesting, as are the created flash backs. Also a lot of work and thought went into the PLANTING of artifacts. It IS an entertaining story, too bad the powers that be listened to the NAY SAYERS. I would truly liked to have seen more of this idea, there are so many possibilities for what they could have explored. The writers either had no further ideas, though they did well in the first season, or their ideas were nixed by the powers that be.

If you're the sort who enjoyed "The DaVinci Code" or "National Treasure," you'll probably love this show. The plot of the pilot episode was absurd, but the way the characters reacted was wall crafted and within the realm of the possible.

The social commentary is palpable and perhaps too extreme to be taken seriously. While the first episode may be called by some anti-Christian, the real distinction is drawn between those of any faith who use organized religion as a means of domination and those who actually believe in the (usually peaceful) teachings of the faith.

I was especially drawn to the character of Viv (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) both because she's beautiful and because she is the outsider's bridge to the world of archeology the show supposes to portray ... though I haven't heard of any actual archaeologist recently being hunted by brainwashed, sword swinging thugs, so let's just admit this has as little to do with archeologists as Indiana Jones.