Timeshift - Season 5

Timeshift - Season 5

Season 5

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Episodes23
DatesFeb 23, 2005 - Feb 23, 2005
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Episodes

MP's on the Box
Season 5Episode 160 min

MP's on the Box

Time Shift looks at how satirists have portrayed politicians in such television creations as Yes Minister Spitting Image and The New Statesman.
May 19, 2005
Je T'Aime… How We Learned to Love Europe
Season 5Episode 260 min

Je T'Aime… How We Learned to Love Europe

Sixty years ago, postwar Europe was seen as a dirty, chaotic place where you couldn't drink the water. Now Brits dream of restoring crumbling chateaux in rural France - so what happened to change our minds?
May 31, 2005
England Away
Season 5Episode 360 min

England Away

Time Shift examines the history of English football fans travelling to Europe, and the attendant sub-culture of drinking and violence.
May 31, 2005
Court on Camera
Season 5Episode 460 min

Court on Camera

A member of OJ Simpson's "dream team", plus the lawyer who defended nanny Louise Woodward , are among contributors to Time Shift's history of the camera in the courtroom.
Jul 16, 2005
Apes in Hollywood
Season 5Episode 560 min

Apes in Hollywood

Since King Kong broke box office records, apes have been big business. Time Shift takes a wry look at a neglected genre, from Tarzan and Planet of the Apes to B-movies and cult films, like Bedtime with Bonzo.
Jul 17, 2005
Star Men
Season 5Episode 660 min

Star Men

Adam Hart-Davis explores the world of Britain's 40,000 amateur astronomers. While the last century saw amateurs eclipsed by high technology, increasingly sophisticated home equipment has seen the amateur community enter a new collaborative relationship with the professionals. Contributors include bestselling novelist Terry Pratchett, Colin Pillinger of the Beagle 2 project and the godfather of popular astronomy Patrick Moore.
Aug 6, 2005
Black and White Minstrels Revisited
Season 5Episode 760 min

Black and White Minstrels Revisited

Time Shift takes a look at the now notorious show, whose blacked-up singing and dancing routines ruled the weekend schedules for 21 years.
Aug 8, 2005
Too Much, Too Young
Season 5Episode 860 min

Too Much, Too Young

Time Shift charts the devastating effect on children - some as young as five - who care for infirm parents
Sep 9, 2005
The Jitterbug Years
Season 5Episode 960 min

The Jitterbug Years

Documentary recalling the social revolution which swept across Britain from 1946. A new dance craze, the Jitterbug, captured the mood of the country as years of war and austerity were cast off. The film uses archive footage and a soundtrack of classic hits, including music by Louis Jordan, Alma Cogan, Billie Holiday and Ray Charles.
Oct 1, 2005
Play It Again
Season 5Episode 1060 min

Play It Again

Remembering the golden age of the TV panel game as What's My Line?, The Name's the Same and Ask Your Dad make their debuts during the years 1945-55. Narrated by Hugh Dennis
Oct 4, 2005
The Battle for the Ashes
Season 5Episode 1160 min

The Battle for the Ashes

The changing sporting fortunes of England and Australia as recounted in this Time Shift documentary.
Oct 20, 2005
The Lost Pictures of Eugene Smith
Season 5Episode 1260 min

The Lost Pictures of Eugene Smith

Time Shift investigates how Life magazine's opposition to Attlee's radical Labour government inspired them to suppress photographs of the 1950 general election.
Oct 25, 2005
The Third Progamme: High Culture for All in Postwar Britain
Season 5Episode 1360 min

The Third Progamme: High Culture for All in Postwar Britain

Francine Stock narrates the story of the Third Programme, a high-culture radio show launched in 1946, focusing on how the series influenced the British arts scene.
Oct 25, 2005
Lost Road: Overland to Singapore
Season 5Episode 1460 min

Lost Road: Overland to Singapore

In 1955 young producer of Travellers' Tales David Attenborough was persuaded by six Oxbridge undergraduates to give some money & filmstock so they could film their unique overland journey by Land Rover from London to Singapore.
Oct 30, 2005
A Study in Sherlock
Season 5Episode 1560 min

A Study in Sherlock

Documentary explores the continuing appeal of Sherlock Holmes through his various screen incarnations, from early silent films through the classic portrayals by Basil Rathbone and Peter Cushing to the BBC's most recent Rupert Everett version. Contributors include Minette Walters, Kim Newman and Edward Hardwicke.
Dec 24, 2005
Baker Street Babylon: The Bizarre Afterlife of Sherlock Holmes
Season 5Episode 1660 min

Baker Street Babylon: The Bizarre Afterlife of Sherlock Holmes

Time Shift presents clips of the strangest Sherlocks, with pastiche and parody from Roland Rat to John Cleese.
Dec 26, 2005
Stephen Poliakoff: A Brief History of Now
Season 5Episode 1760 min

Stephen Poliakoff: A Brief History of Now

Robert Lindsay and Miranda Richardson guest in Time Shift's profile of the TV dramatist.
Jan 15, 2006
The British Way of Death
Season 5Episode 1860 min

The British Way of Death

Daniela Nardini narrates a documentary exploring why the British funeral has acquired a new spirit of informality. Today's departed are just as likely to be sent on their way to the strains of Robbie Williams as they are to a classic hymn. A bewildering array of coffin styles is available, with even an environmentally-friendly wicker casket for the organically-minded. Are we improvising new rituals to fill a more profound vacuum in our secular society?
Feb 6, 2006
Left of Frame: The Rise and Fall of Radical TV Drama
Season 5Episode 1960 min

Left of Frame: The Rise and Fall of Radical TV Drama

Jimmy McGovern and Ken Loach are among those reflecting on left-wing drama of the 1960s and 70s, looking at works as diverse as Take Me Home and Our Friends in the North.
Feb 8, 2006
Rude Britannia
Season 5Episode 2060 min

Rude Britannia

From Pygmalion to Paxman, Time Shift traces the cult of plain-speaking. Narrated by Tamsin Greig.
Feb 13, 2006
The Sun and the Moon
Season 5Episode 2160 min

The Sun and the Moon

A quirky Time Shift compilation of TV appearances by these two heavenly bodies, including Patrick Moore 's meeting with a vicar who refuses to believe the Sun is hot.
Mar 6, 2006
Pay Attention Britain! Public Information Films
Season 5Episode 2260 min

Pay Attention Britain! Public Information Films

Marking 60 years of the Central Office of Information, Time Shift celebrates PIFs, from HIV awareness to "Charley Says".
Mar 30, 2006
Pop Svengalis
Season 5Episode 2360 min

Pop Svengalis

Feb 23, 2005

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