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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.
Episode 22 : Pay Attention Britain! Public Information Films
March. 30,2006
Marking 60 years of the Central Office of Information, Time Shift celebrates PIFs, from HIV awareness to "Charley Says".
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Episode 21 : The Sun and the Moon
March. 06,2006
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.
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Episode 20 : Rude Britannia
February. 13,2006
From Pygmalion to Paxman, Time Shift traces the cult of plain-speaking. Narrated by Tamsin Greig.
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Episode 19 : Left of Frame: The Rise and Fall of Radical TV Drama
February. 08,2006
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.
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Episode 18 : The British Way of Death
February. 06,2006
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?
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Episode 17 : Stephen Poliakoff: A Brief History of Now
January. 15,2006
Robert Lindsay and Miranda Richardson guest in Time Shift's profile of the TV dramatist.
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Episode 16 : Baker Street Babylon: The Bizarre Afterlife of Sherlock Holmes
December. 26,2005
Time Shift presents clips of the strangest Sherlocks, with pastiche and parody from Roland Rat to John Cleese.
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Episode 15 : A Study in Sherlock
December. 24,2005
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.
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Episode 14 : Lost Road: Overland To Singapore
October. 30,2005
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.
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Episode 13 : The Third Progamme: High Culture for All in Postwar Britain
October. 25,2005
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.
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Episode 12 : The Lost Pictures of Eugene Smith
October. 25,2005
Time Shift investigates how Life magazine's opposition to Attlee's radical Labour government inspired them to suppress photographs of the 1950 general election.
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Episode 11 : The Battle for the Ashes
October. 20,2005
The changing sporting fortunes of England and Australia as recounted in this Time Shift documentary.
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Episode 10 : Play It Again
October. 04,2005
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
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Episode 9 : The Jitterbug Years
October. 01,2005
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.
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Episode 8 : Too Much, Too Young
September. 09,2005
Time Shift charts the devastating effect on children - some as young as five - who care for infirm parents
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Episode 7 : Black and White Minstrels Revisited
August. 08,2005
Time Shift takes a look at the now notorious show, whose blacked-up singing and dancing routines ruled the weekend schedules for 21 years.
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Episode 5 : Apes in Hollywood
July. 17,2005
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.
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Episode 4 : Court on Camera
July. 16,2005
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.
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Episode 3 : England Away
May. 31,2005
Time Shift examines the history of English football fans travelling to Europe, and the attendant sub-culture of drinking and violence.
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Episode 2 : Je T'Aime... How We Learned to Love Europe
May. 31,2005
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?
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