

Timeshift
2002 · 17 seasons · 184 episodes · Returning Series · BBC Four
Documentary
TMDB 7.0 · 5 votes
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.
Episodes
- S01E01The Grunwick Strike2002-10-1060m
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.
- S01E02The Cannabis Years2002-10-1260m
An in-depth examination of how the debate surrounding cannabis has evolved over the past 50 years.
- S01E03The Writer's Trade2002-10-1960m
Examining the changing image of the novelist over the last 50 years.
- S01E04The Sailing Sixties2002-11-0960m
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.
- S01E05Attenborough: The Controller Years2002-11-1660m
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.
- S01E06he Rise and Fall of the Comedy Straight Man2002-11-3060m
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.
- S01E07A Shadow Over Europe2002-12-0360m
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.
- S01E08Whatever Happened to the Working Class?2003-02-1160m
This programme in the Time Shift strand explores the history of the current conflict over class
- S01E09Notting Hill Riots2003-01-1860m
Examining the west London riots of August 1958, which were the catalyst for black actMsm in Britain and inspired the annual carnival.
- S01E10What Have the Germans Done for Us?2003-02-1660m
From VW Beetles to Blue Nun and Kraftwerk, a look at Germany's conrtibution to British life
- S01E11Greenham Common Changed My Life2003-02-2360m
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.
- S01E12Car Crazy2003-03-0260m
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.
- S01E13The Magic Roundabout Story2003-03-1660m
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.
- S01E14Malcolm Muggeridge: Swimming Against the Stream2003-03-2460m
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.
- S01E15Gurus2003-03-3060m
Time Shift examines how the philosophy of the Indian guru has travelled into mainstream British society.
- S01E16A Brief Interlude2003-02-1660m
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.
Cast
Tony Benn, Self, Self - Postmaster General
Denis LawsonSelf - Narrator
Jonathan Millerself, Self - BBC Breakfast Time, 1983 (archive footage)
Dan CruickshankSelf - TV Presenter, Self - Architectural Historian
Sid WaddellSelf - Darts Commentator (archive footage)
Eric BristowSelf - Darts Player- John LoweSelf - Darts Player
Keith DellerSelf - Darts Player
Phil TaylorSelf - Darts Player
Sylvestra Le TouzelNarrator - (Voice), Narrator (Voice)
Arthur ScargillSelf- Harry Shapiroself









