Timeshift 2002
What is Timeshift?
Timeshift is a documentary television series. The series offers a window into Britain's social and cultural history through its narrative-led storytelling.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 2002
- Status
- Returning Series
- Episodes
- 184
- Runtime
- 60 minutes
- First aired
- Oct 10, 2002
- Last aired
- Apr 20, 2017
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- GB
- Networks
- BBC Four
- Genres
- Documentary
- Updated
Where to watch
Free
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Timeshift is a documentary television series. The series offers a window into Britain's social and cultural history through its narrative-led storytelling. This approach provides a richly immersive and varied look at the past. The series ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history.
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“Explore Britain's social and cultural history through an immersive and varied documentary series.”
- offers a richly immersive window onto the past
- features narrative-led storytelling
- limited details provided in the available overview
Watch it if you enjoy documentaries exploring British social and cultural history.
This is a documentary series focused on history.
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Season 1 · 16 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Grunwick Strike Mytharc Oct 10, 2002
- E2 The Cannabis Years Core Oct 12, 2002
- E3 The Writer's Trade Core Oct 19, 2002
- E4 The Sailing Sixties Core Nov 9, 2002
- E5 Attenborough: The Controller Years Core Nov 16, 2002
- E6 he Rise and Fall of the Comedy Straight Man Mytharc Nov 30, 2002
- E7 A Shadow Over Europe Core Dec 3, 2002
- E8 Whatever Happened to the Working Class? Core Feb 11, 2003
- E9 Notting Hill Riots Core Jan 18, 2003
- E10 What Have the Germans Done for Us? Core Feb 16, 2003
- E11 Greenham Common Changed My Life Core Feb 23, 2003
- E12 Car Crazy Core Mar 2, 2003
- E13 The Magic Roundabout Story Core Mar 16, 2003
- E14 Malcolm Muggeridge: Swimming Against the Stream Core Mar 24, 2003
- E15 Gurus Mytharc Mar 30, 2003
- E16 A Brief Interlude Mytharc Feb 16, 2003
Season 2 · 10 episodes
- E1 The Great British Seaside Holiday Mytharc May 5, 2003
- E2 Children's News Core May 18, 2003
- E3 Watching You Core May 22, 2003
- E4 TV and Charity Core Jun 5, 2003
- E5 Tyneside Core Jun 12, 2003
- E6 Political Thrillers: Plays of State Core Jun 15, 2003
- E7 High Rise Dreams Mytharc Jun 19, 2003
- E8 Vicars: Dearly Beloved? Core Jul 3, 2003
- E9 Footballers’ Lives Mytharc Sep 21, 2003
- E10 Six Days to Saturday Mytharc Sep 21, 2003
Season 3 · 13 episodes
- E1 Cold War Kids Mytharc Oct 1, 2003
- E2 The Kneale Tapes Core Oct 15, 2003
- E3 James Cameron: A Pain in the Neck Core Oct 22, 2003
- E4 Apocalypse Now… and Then Core Oct 29, 2003
- E5 The Lie of the Land Core Nov 5, 2003
- E6 Child Prodigies Core Nov 19, 2003
- E7 Raj to Rhondda: How Indian Doctors saved the NHS Core Nov 30, 2003
- E8 The Jet Set Core Dec 17, 2003
- E9 Missing Believed Wiped Core Dec 29, 2003
- E10 Prog Rock Core Jan 19, 2004
- E11 Hard Drive Heaven: The History of the Home Computer Core Feb 9, 2004
- E12 Whistleblowers Mytharc Mar 2, 2004
- E13 Charles Wheeler: Edge of Frame Mytharc Mar 4, 2004
Season 4 · 21 episodes
- E1 Art School Mytharc Jun 19, 2004
- E2 Fantasy Sixties Core Jul 13, 2004
- E3 Jack Rosenthal: The Voice of Television Drama Core Jul 18, 2004
- E4 The Carnival Years Core Aug 28, 2004
- E5 The History of Pubs Core Oct 7, 2004
- E6 Live on the Night: The Story of Live TV Drama Core Oct 14, 2004
- E7 New Age Travellers Core Oct 21, 2004
- E8 Drugs in Sport Core Oct 28, 2004
- E9 Hey Mr. DJ: The Rise and Rise of the Disc Jockey Mytharc Nov 4, 2004
- E10 British Space Race Core Nov 16, 2004
- E11 Pile It High, Sell It Cheap Core Jan 20, 2005
- E12 Red Robbo Core Feb 2, 2005
- E13 Gambling Britain Core Feb 3, 2005
- E14 The Story of Circus Core Feb 10, 2005
- E15 Pop Svengalis Core Feb 22, 2005
- E16 Conchies: Questions of Conscience Core May 1, 2005
- E17 Kenneth Tynan Core Mar 2, 2005
- E18 Jewish Entertainers Core Mar 15, 2005
- E19 Alan Plater: Hearing the Music Core Mar 26, 2005
- E20 Speak No Evil: The Story of the Broadcast Ban Mytharc Apr 4, 2005
- E21 Russel T. Davis: Unscripted Mytharc Apr 11, 2005
Season 5 · 22 episodes
- E1 MPs on the Box Mytharc May 19, 2005
- E2 Je T'Aime... How We Learned to Love Europe Core May 31, 2005
- E3 England Away Core May 31, 2005
- E4 Court on Camera Core Jul 16, 2005
- E5 Apes in Hollywood Core Jul 17, 2005
- E6 Star Men Core Aug 6, 2005
- E7 Black and White Minstrels Revisited Core Aug 8, 2005
- E8 Too Much, Too Young Core Sep 9, 2005
- E9 The Jitterbug Years Core Oct 1, 2005
- E10 Play It Again Core Oct 4, 2005
- E11 The Battle for the Ashes Core Oct 20, 2005
- E12 The Lost Pictures of Eugene Smith Core Oct 25, 2005
- E13 The Third Progamme: High Culture for All in Postwar Britain Core Oct 25, 2005
- E14 Lost Road: Overland To Singapore Core Oct 30, 2005
- E15 A Study in Sherlock Core Dec 24, 2005
- E16 Baker Street Babylon: The Bizarre Afterlife of Sherlock Holmes Core Dec 26, 2005
- E17 Stephen Poliakoff: A Brief History of Now Core Jan 15, 2006
- E18 The British Way of Death Core Feb 6, 2006
- E19 Left of Frame: The Rise and Fall of Radical TV Drama Mytharc Feb 8, 2006
- E20 Rude Britannia Core Feb 13, 2006
- E21 The Sun and the Moon Mytharc Mar 6, 2006
- E22 Pay Attention Britain! Public Information Films Mytharc Mar 30, 2006
Frequently asked questions
What is Timeshift?
Timeshift is a documentary series that ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history.
When was Timeshift released?
Timeshift premiered in the year 2002.
What kind of storytelling does the series use?
The series utilizes narrative-led storytelling.
What topics does the show cover?
The show covers Britain's social and cultural history.
How is the series described?
It is described as offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.
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