Timeshift - Season 4

Timeshift - Season 4

Season 4

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Episodes21
Datesjuin 19, 2004 - avr. 11, 2005
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Episodes

Art School
Season 4Episode 160 min

Art School

A look at the history of Britain's art schools, the most exciting educational establishments in Britain for two decades. The engines of the 1960s counter culture, they produced a generation of young go-getters who would take on the establishment and create the new industries of fashion, graphic design and pop music. Contributors include Brian Eno, Mary Quant, Kim Howells and Brian Rice.
juin 19, 2004
Fantasy Sixties
Season 4Episode 260 min

Fantasy Sixties

TV fantasies played out on our TV screens in the mid sixties, Timeshift take a look back at the wild ideas, that took centre stage.
juin 26, 2004
Rosenthal
Season 4Episode 360 min

Rosenthal

Time Shift profiles the late Jack Rosenthal from humble beginnings to his success as writer of such dramas as The Evacuees and Cold Enough for Snow.
juil. 18, 2004
The Carnival Years
Season 4Episode 460 min

The Carnival Years

Notting Hill Carnival is Britain's biggest street party and a celebration of London's cultural melting pot. But, as Time Shift reports, its success has been dogged by controversy. With Trevor Nelson
août 28, 2004
Time Gentlemen, Please: History of the British Pub
Season 4Episode 560 min

Time Gentlemen, Please: History of the British Pub

Time Shift examines the very special place occupied by the pub in British society. Arthur Smith narrates, with contributions from Jeremy Hardy , Rowan Pelling and Pete Brown.
oct. 7, 2004
Live on the Night
Season 4Episode 660 min

Live on the Night

In the days before editing ensured slick production values and blemish-free performances, TV drama was a live medium. Bill Nighy narrates a Time Shift retrospective on a time when things didn't always go to plan on screen.
oct. 14, 2004
New Age Travellers
Season 4Episode 760 min

New Age Travellers

Soap-dodging scroungers or free-thinking champions of an alternative lifestyle? Time Shift examines the origins of those regarded by many as social pariahs, revealing how at one time their ideas had a surprising degree of government support.
oct. 21, 2004
Drugs in Sport
Season 4Episode 860 min

Drugs in Sport

Time Shift tells the stories of athletes ruined by drugs - or allegations of them.
oct. 28, 2004
Hey Mr. DJ: The Rise and Rise of the Disc Jockey
Season 4Episode 960 min

Hey Mr. DJ: The Rise and Rise of the Disc Jockey

Pete Tong and Ranking Miss P contribute to Time Shift's look at the evolution of the DJ from pirate radio outlaw to modern superstar.
nov. 4, 2004
British Space Race
Season 4Episode 1060 min

British Space Race

Britain was, briefly, the unlikely player in the field of rocket research. Time Shift tells the story of unsung pioneers of space exploration: the rocket engineers, the scientists and, ultimately, the dreamers who never gave up on a vision of bringing the future into the present. Interviewees include Professor Colin Pillinger, lead scientist of Beagle 2.
nov. 16, 2004
Pile It High, Sell It Cheap
Season 4Episode 1160 min

Pile It High, Sell It Cheap

Timeshift charts the spectacular growth of the supermarket over the past 50 years, examining how it has influenced British society.
janv. 20, 2005
Red Robbo
Season 4Episode 1260 min

Red Robbo

Time Shift traces the rise and fall of British Leyland shop steward Derek Robinson. In the mid 70s, he wielded immense power over management at the Longbridge plant in Birmingham. But by the end of 1979 he had been fired, a victim of the Conservative government's bid to break union power.
févr. 2, 2005
Gambling Britain
Season 4Episode 1360 min

Gambling Britain

The National Lottery's launch in 1994 confirmed Britain as a nation of gamblers - yet just over 40 years ago, betting shops and casinos were illegal. Time Shift traces governmental efforts to control gambling through legislation.
févr. 3, 2005
The Story of Circus
Season 4Episode 1460 min

The Story of Circus

Timeshift explores how television's early days exploited the spectacle of the circus. Including the first live outside broadcast from Calais where a French circus artist's act was witnessed by Richard Dimbleby.
févr. 10, 2005
Pop Svengalis
Season 4Episode 1560 min

Pop Svengalis

Timeshift celebrates the dynamos behind great British bands from the 1950s to today.
févr. 22, 2005
Conchies: Questions of Conscience
Season 4Episode 1660 min

Conchies: Questions of Conscience

Timeshift looks at conscientious objectors from the first World War to today; those who refused to serve for religious, moral or political reasons.
mars 1, 2005
Kenneth Tynan
Season 4Episode 1760 min

Kenneth Tynan

The rise and fall of the theatre critic - who brought swearing to the BBC and nudity to the West End - is traced by Time Shift. Presented by New Yorker critic John Lahr, it features rare contributions from Tynan's daughters.
mars 2, 2005
Jewish Entertainers
Season 4Episode 1860 min

Jewish Entertainers

Jewish entertainers have dominated parts of the industry in the UK and US for decades, Time Shift investigates why American Jews celebrate their ethnicity while their British counterparts have often masked or even denied their roots.
mars 15, 2005
Alan Plater: Hearing the Music
Season 4Episode 1960 min

Alan Plater: Hearing the Music

Writers Alan Bleasdale and Lee Billy Elliot Hall discuss the work of the writer for Time Shift. With critics Chris Dunkley and Dave Gelly, and director John Glenister.
mars 26, 2005
Speak No Evil: The Story of the Broadcast Ban
Season 4Episode 2060 min

Speak No Evil: The Story of the Broadcast Ban

When Margaret Thatcher 's government starved Sinn Fein of the "oxygen of publicity", it was the most direct level of censorship since 1945. Time Shift recalls an era in which the voice of Gerry Adams was replaced by that of an actor.
avr. 4, 2005
Russel T. Davis: Unscripted
Season 4Episode 2160 min

Russel T. Davis: Unscripted

Doctor Who and Casanova have both benefited from the writing of Russell T Davies. Time Shift examines his work from children's TV to Queer as Folk and beyond, with contributions from Mark Lawson, Christopher Eccleston and Andi Peters.
avr. 11, 2005

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