Timeshift

Season 172002

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.

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16 Episodes

E01 The Grunwick Strike

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.

October 10, 2002

E02 The Cannabis Years

An in-depth examination of how the debate surrounding cannabis has evolved over the past 50 years.

October 12, 2002

E03 The Writer's Trade

Examining the changing image of the novelist over the last 50 years.

October 19, 2002

E04 The Sailing Sixties

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.

November 9, 2002

E05 Attenborough: The Controller Years

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.

November 16, 2002

E06 he Rise and Fall of the Comedy Straight Man

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.

November 30, 2002

E07 A Shadow Over Europe

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.

December 3, 2002

E08 Whatever Happened to the Working Class?

This programme in the Time Shift strand explores the history of the current conflict over class

February 11, 2003

E09 Notting Hill Riots

Examining the west London riots of August 1958, which were the catalyst for black actMsm in Britain and inspired the annual carnival.

January 18, 2003

E10 What Have the Germans Done for Us?

From VW Beetles to Blue Nun and Kraftwerk, a look at Germany's conrtibution to British life

February 16, 2003

E11 Greenham Common Changed My Life

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.

February 23, 2003

E12 Car Crazy

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.

March 2, 2003

E13 The Magic Roundabout Story

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.

March 16, 2003

E14 Malcolm Muggeridge: Swimming Against the Stream

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.

March 24, 2003

E15 Gurus

Time Shift examines how the philosophy of the Indian guru has travelled into mainstream British society.

March 30, 2003

E16 A Brief Interlude

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.

February 16, 2003

Timeshift

E01 The Grunwick Strike

E02 The Cannabis Years

E03 The Writer's Trade

E04 The Sailing Sixties

E05 Attenborough: The Controller Years

E06 he Rise and Fall of the Comedy Straight Man

E07 A Shadow Over Europe

E08 Whatever Happened to the Working Class?

E09 Notting Hill Riots

E10 What Have the Germans Done for Us?

E11 Greenham Common Changed My Life

E12 Car Crazy

E13 The Magic Roundabout Story

E14 Malcolm Muggeridge: Swimming Against the Stream

E15 Gurus

E16 A Brief Interlude

This Is England '90

Mia and Me

The Real Housewives of Atlanta

To the Lake

Oh Yeah! Cartoons

This Is England '86

Curb Your Enthusiasm

A French Village

Wizards: Tales of Arcadia

Helstrom

Loki

MINDHUNTER

Bodyguard

The Confidante

Waco

Ms. Marvel

Voice

Apache: The Life of Carlos Tevez

Fear the Walking Dead

Russian Doll

E01 The Grunwick Strike

E02 The Cannabis Years

E03 The Writer's Trade

E04 The Sailing Sixties

E05 Attenborough: The Controller Years

E06 he Rise and Fall of the Comedy Straight Man

E07 A Shadow Over Europe

E08 Whatever Happened to the Working Class?

E09 Notting Hill Riots

E10 What Have the Germans Done for Us?

E11 Greenham Common Changed My Life

E12 Car Crazy

E13 The Magic Roundabout Story

E14 Malcolm Muggeridge: Swimming Against the Stream

E15 Gurus

E16 A Brief Interlude