Timeshift

17 Seasons 2002 - 2017 NR 1h 00m 7.1

Series looking at changes in British society, employing archive footage from the BBC and other sources.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 The Grunwick Strike

1. The Grunwick Strike

Aired: Oct 10, 2002

Documentary recalling the industrial dispute at the Grunwick film processing ...

Episode 2 The Cannabis Years

2. The Cannabis Years

Aired: Oct 12, 2002

A Brittish documentary that traces television and the wider media's reactions...

Episode 3 The Writer's Trade

3. The Writer's Trade

Aired: Oct 19, 2002

Examining the changing image of the novelist over the last 50 years.

Episode 4 The Sailing Sixties

4. The Sailing Sixties

Aired: Nov 9, 2002

In the mid 1960s Britain went boating mad. This documentary tells the story o...

Episode 7 A Shadow Over Europe

7. A Shadow Over Europe

Aired: Dec 3, 2002

In 1945, two and a half million ethnic Germans were driven from their homes i...

Episode 9 Notting Hill Riots

9. Notting Hill Riots

Aired: Jan 18, 2003

Examining the west London riots of August 1958, which were the catalyst for b...

Episode 10 A Brief Interlude

10. A Brief Interlude

Aired: Feb 16, 2003

A short film about "The Interludes" - a series of short films made by the BBC...

Episode 13 Car Crazy

13. Car Crazy

Aired: Mar 16, 2003

Created by a French animator, the show was reinterpreted for Britain, with cl...

Episode 16 Gurus

16. Gurus

Aired: Feb 16, 2003

A short film about "The Interludes" - a series of short films made by the BBC...


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Info about Timeshift

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Four

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres: Documentary