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Timeshift

Season 1 Episode 6: The Rise and Fall of the Comedy Straight Man

17 SeasonsNov 30, 2002NR1h7.2

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.

Season 1 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...


Info about Timeshift

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Four

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Documentary