Thanks for the tip! The file is available here http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00mcxcn/I_Guess_Thats_Why_They_Call_It_The_News_Episode_3/, starting at 22' - very funny!
By the way, I dont think they confused anything. Archaeology is a lot about artefacts, their interpretation and their value (not only in the public imagination).
The point seems to be that the 1970s do not need archaeology because there are no mysteries as everybody remembers it all so well. Within that logic our task appears to be identifying and subsequently solving a contemporary mystery.
I am sure there are many.
C
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Cornelius Holtorf
University of Kalmar, Sweden
soon Linnaeus University
http://web.comhem.se/cornelius
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Ämne: Fame at last!
Well we must have reached the pinnacle of acceptance since Contemporary
Archaeology was satirised on Radio 4's prime Friday night comedy show "I
guess that's why they call it the news" this evening. Admittedly they did
confuse us with the Antiques Roadshow, but you can't have everything. We are
now clearly mainstream.
Available on Listen Again for a week, and rebroadcast tomorrow lunchtime.
David
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