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Timeshift (2002)
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Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.
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Season 1
16 episodes · First aired 2002-10-10
E01
The Grunwick Strike
2002-10-10 · 60 min
Documentary recalling the industrial dispute at the Grunwick film processing business in North London in 1976. Featuring film archive from the time and interviews with key players.
E02
The Cannabis Years
2002-10-12 · 60 min
An in-depth examination of how the debate surrounding cannabis has evolved over the past 50 years.
E03
The Writer's Trade
2002-10-19 · 60 min
Examining the changing image of the novelist over the last 50 years.
E04
The Sailing Sixties
2002-11-09 · 60 min
In the mid 1960s Britain went boating mad. This documentary tells the story of how an extraordinary maritime revolution that was kick-started by waterproof glues developed for bomber aircraft led to a whole generation of DIY dinghy builders, and ended in tragedy with the suicide of amateur yachtsman Donald Crowhurst.
E05
Attenborough: The Controller Years
2002-11-16 · 60 min
Charting the time of our favorite presenter at the head of the then struggling and controversial BBC2. Packed chock full of interviews, clips and reminiscences both old and new, including the very tasty Joan Bakewell of the 60s... Sir David Attenborough's reign as controller of BBC TWO, from 1965 to 1973, is still thought of as the golden age of television.
E06
he Rise and Fall of the Comedy Straight Man
2002-11-30 · 60 min
Timeshift celebrates the comedy double act's unsung half, with archive footage of Morecambe and Wise, Benny Hill and the Monty Python team. Contributors include Syd Little and Barry Cryer. Narrated by Mark Lamarr.
E07
A Shadow Over Europe
2002-12-03 · 60 min
In 1945, two and a half million ethnic Germans were driven from their homes in Czechoslovakia. Thousands died. Now, as the Czech Republic heads for EU membership, Charles Wheeler reports on how the Czechs made the Sudeten German minority pay for Nazi occupation, and why it became a hot political issue. This is a story about Germans as victims of World War II.
E08
Whatever Happened to the Working Class?
2003-02-11 · 60 min
This programme in the Time Shift strand explores the history of the current conflict over class
E09
Notting Hill Riots
2003-01-18 · 60 min
Examining the west London riots of August 1958, which were the catalyst for black actMsm in Britain and inspired the annual carnival.
E10
What Have the Germans Done for Us?
2003-02-16 · 60 min
From VW Beetles to Blue Nun and Kraftwerk, a look at Germany's conrtibution to British life
E11
Greenham Common Changed My Life
2003-02-23 · 60 min
The story of the women who occupied the Greenham Common Peace Camp from 1981 to 2000 - what brought them to Greenham, their protests, conflicts with authority and the life they led at the camp. Contributors include Fiona Bruce, Fay Weldon and Joan Ruddock, all of whom visited the site to show their support.
E12
Car Crazy
2003-03-02 · 60 min
The story of the British love of the motor car from the earliest days of mass production in the 1920s to today's MPVs and post-modern Minis told through a succession of classic models from the Austin 7 and Morris Minor to the Ford Cortina.
E13
The Magic Roundabout Story
2003-03-16 · 60 min
Created by a French animator, the show was reinterpreted for Britain, with classic characters like Dougal. It transformed the careers of actor Eric Thompson and animator Ivor Wood and has spawned a movie.
E14
Malcolm Muggeridge: Swimming Against the Stream
2003-03-24 · 60 min
The controversial broadcaster is profiled by Time Shift. How did the son of a Croydon clerk become one of TV's geniune originals? Interviewees include Cormac Murphy O'Connor.
E15
Gurus
2003-03-30 · 60 min
Time Shift examines how the philosophy of the Indian guru has travelled into mainstream British society.
E16
A Brief Interlude
2003-02-16 · 60 min
A short film about "The Interludes" - a series of short films made by the BBC in the 1940s and 1950s to fill in during technical breakdowns and gaps in the schedules. The most famous ones showed a potter's wheel, a cat playing with a ball of wool and a horse-drawn plough.
Season 2
10 episodes · First aired 2003-05-05
E01
The Great British Seaside Holiday
2003-05-05 · 60 min
Timeshift presents a bank holiday celebration of the British seaside holiday experience from its Victorian origins and heyday in the 1950s to its slow decline and attempts at reinvention since. Interviewees including Jonathan Meades, Martin Parr and Bill Pertwee explain the way that the seaside has always been the place we all visit to lose our inhibitions and reveal a different side to ourselves.
E02
Children's News
2003-05-18 · 60 min
Time Shift explores the significance of children's programmes in developing young people's worldview. With Jon Snow and John Craven.
E03
Watching You
2003-05-22 · 60 min
Undercover reporter Donal Macintyre is among the interviewees as Time Shift looks at hidden-camera TV. Nigel Kneale discusses how his satire The Year of the Sex Olympics feels prescient in the Big Brother world.
E04
TV and Charity
2003-06-05 · 60 min
Terry Wogan, Lenny Henry, Michael Buerk and Esther Rantzen guest on Time Shift's look at how charity and TV are interwoven - from the early days of Christmas collections for needy children to the successful annual telethons of today.
E05
Tyneside
2003-06-12 · 60 min
Time Shift celebrates Tyneside's cultural contribution and its development through the eyes of writers, actors and others.
E06
Political Thrillers: Plays of State
2003-06-15 · 60 min
From banned 1950s drama Party Manners to House of Cards and State of Play, the secrets of TV thrillers are uncovered in an edition of the Time Shift strand.
E07
High Rise Dreams
2003-06-19 · 60 min
Time Shift looks back at how a group of idealistic architects changed the face of council housing in Britain, inspired by the modernist philosophy of Le Corbusier and new materials, only to be thwarted by financial restraints, poor craftsmanship and Margaret Thatcher 's private ownership creed.
E08
Vicars: Dearly Beloved?
2003-07-03 · 60 min
Timeshift looks at the changing role of the Church of England parish priest over the last 40 years.
E09
Footballers’ Lives
2003-09-21 · 60 min
In the last 40 years, money and fame have transformed footballers from working class heroes to multimedia icons. Time Shift explores how this change has come about and asks if today's lower league players aren't worse off than they were before.
E10
Six Days to Saturday
2003-09-21 · 60 min
John Boorman-directed documentary from 1963, recounting a week in the life of the players and manager of Swindon Town football club, a fascinating snapshot of a profession a world away from Premiership and sponsorship.
