Episodes 10

Timeshift presents a bank holiday celebration of the British seaside holiday experience from its Victorian origins and heyday in the 1950s to its slow decline and attempts at reinvention since. Interviewees including Jonathan Meades, Martin Parr and Bill Pertwee explain the way that the seaside has always been the place we all visit to lose our inhibitions and reveal a different side to ourselves.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

2

Children's News

0%
May 18, 20031h

Time Shift explores the significance of children's programmes in developing young people's worldview. With Jon Snow and John Craven.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

3

Watching You

0%
May 22, 20031h

Undercover reporter Donal Macintyre is among the interviewees as Time Shift looks at hidden-camera TV. Nigel Kneale discusses how his satire The Year of the Sex Olympics feels prescient in the Big Brother world.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

4

TV and Charity

0%
June 5, 20031h

Terry Wogan, Lenny Henry, Michael Buerk and Esther Rantzen guest on Time Shift's look at how charity and TV are interwoven - from the early days of Christmas collections for needy children to the successful annual telethons of today.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

5

Tyneside

0%
June 12, 20031h

Time Shift celebrates Tyneside's cultural contribution and its development through the eyes of writers, actors and others.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

6

Political Thrillers: Plays of State

0%
June 15, 20031h

From banned 1950s drama Party Manners to House of Cards and State of Play, the secrets of TV thrillers are uncovered in an edition of the Time Shift strand.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

7

High Rise Dreams

0%
June 19, 20031h

Time Shift looks back at how a group of idealistic architects changed the face of council housing in Britain, inspired by the modernist philosophy of Le Corbusier and new materials, only to be thwarted by financial restraints, poor craftsmanship and Margaret Thatcher 's private ownership creed.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

8

Vicars: Dearly Beloved?

0%
July 3, 20031h

Timeshift looks at the changing role of the Church of England parish priest over the last 40 years.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

9

Footballers’ Lives

0%
September 21, 20031h

In the last 40 years, money and fame have transformed footballers from working class heroes to multimedia icons. Time Shift explores how this change has come about and asks if today's lower league players aren't worse off than they were before.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

10

Six Days to Saturday

0%
Season Finale
September 21, 20031h

John Boorman-directed documentary from 1963, recounting a week in the life of the players and manager of Swindon Town football club, a fascinating snapshot of a profession a world away from Premiership and sponsorship.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

Back to top

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

Can't find a movie or TV show? Login to create it.

Global

s focus the search bar
p open profile menu
esc close an open window
? open keyboard shortcut window

On media pages

b go back (or to parent when applicable)
e go to edit page

On TV season pages

(right arrow) go to next season
(left arrow) go to previous season

On TV episode pages

(right arrow) go to next episode
(left arrow) go to previous episode

On all image pages

a open add image window

On all edit pages

t open translation selector
ctrl+ s submit form

On discussion pages

n create new discussion
w toggle watching status
p toggle public/private
c toggle close/open
a open activity
r reply to discussion
l go to last reply
ctrl+ enter submit your message
(right arrow) next page
(left arrow) previous page

Settings

Want to rate or add this item to a list?

Login