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So far, our 'Meet the Crew' episodes have focussed largely on the archaeology. But needless to say, there are many other essential supporting roles when putting together a television series. In our latest instalment, we meet long-term graphic designer Neil Emmanuel. You may well have spotted Neil in the background, typically working away on his laptop next to Raysan in the incident room!

Neil is a talented graphic artist, illustrator, animator and storyboard artist – in fact, it's his handy work that you see in the opening animation of our recent videos! Thanks also to Neil for providing the images from his portfolio. To find out more about his stellar work, visit: https://neeneecreative.com/

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Gregory Jennings

Great to see the varied roles on a production.

Kieran Gane

The map on the beach in Padstow was epic!

Carole Cox

Yes! That map was awesome! I can think of quite a few other things that have enhanced the show which were 2D graphics.

Jeremy David Coulter

Really appreciate getting to know more about the people behind the scenes.

Paul Middleton

Another cog in a fantastic time piece

Jennifer L Bryan

I enjoy hearing from people who represent the great variety of disciplines that are needed to produce the show. How about the camera crew?

Jennifer L Bryan

Also on my wish list for this site is a Q&A feature for things that might not show up in a site report. For instance, there was an episode early on wherein the team's storage trailer and tools were stolen. I always wondered if they ever got that trailer back! (If I recall correctly they did find most of the tools)

Wiwikiwi

That was interesting. Thanks for that.

Carl Johnson

Great to hear from Neil, I like knowing who was the person making the graphic addons that helped me see on my TV what was there in the ground.

Christopher Samuel

Thanks Neil! Especially for spilling the beans on how that Padstow map was done, what a great idea to get it plotted out by GPS. A great insight in to the fact that whilst Tony often joked about going to hide from the rain in the incident tent, for those folks stuck there in the cold not moving it might not have been quite such an enticing place to be! I'm also guessing it was Neil and folks in that role who did the magic of making post holes, wall lines and grave cuts stand out in trenches?

William Wood

Great to see Neil, and members that worked behind the camera mainly. The graphics were always amazing, and I loved the Padstow map, truly innovative!

Karen Kelsky

I really enjoyed this! I second the vote for Holocaust and slavery-related digs.

David Boon

I always loved that map and it was fascinating to hear about the behind the scenes work of TT.

Ann Wagner

I would love to know more about the post production and other graphic work. I’m an art historian specializing in drawings, so naturally the drawing and animation aspects I find exciting. More, please!

Mak Wilson

Excellent work it was, too, Neil.

Seven

Very happy that you interviewed a visual artist, and would love to hear more on this topic. Partly because of Time Team, I have been thinking a lot lately on how the archeological field could utilize someone like me, who is not an archeologist, scientist, or historian, but am still very passionate about what archeology can reveal to modern society as a whole.

Warren Feldman MD

I am living Historian and Volunteer at the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. This is the oldest masonry Fort on the continent. I would love to see Time Team do an archeological study of our park.