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.
Should you watch it?
“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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Episode guide
Season 1 · 16 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide →- E1 The Grunwick Strike Oct 10, 2002
- E2 The Cannabis Years Oct 12, 2002
- E3 The Writer's Trade Oct 19, 2002
- E4 The Sailing Sixties Nov 9, 2002
- E5 Attenborough: The Controller Years Nov 16, 2002
- E6 he Rise and Fall of the Comedy Straight Man Nov 30, 2002
- E7 A Shadow Over Europe Dec 3, 2002
- E8 Whatever Happened to the Working Class? Feb 11, 2003
- E9 Notting Hill Riots Jan 18, 2003
- E10 What Have the Germans Done for Us? Feb 16, 2003
- E11 Greenham Common Changed My Life Feb 23, 2003
- E12 Car Crazy Mar 2, 2003
- E13 The Magic Roundabout Story Mar 16, 2003
- E14 Malcolm Muggeridge: Swimming Against the Stream Mar 24, 2003
- E15 Gurus Mar 30, 2003
- E16 A Brief Interlude Feb 16, 2003
Season 2 · 10 episodes
- E1 The Great British Seaside Holiday May 5, 2003
- E2 Children's News May 18, 2003
- E3 Watching You May 22, 2003
- E4 TV and Charity Jun 5, 2003
- E5 Tyneside Jun 12, 2003
- E6 Political Thrillers: Plays of State Jun 15, 2003
- E7 High Rise Dreams Jun 19, 2003
- E8 Vicars: Dearly Beloved? Jul 3, 2003
- E9 Footballers’ Lives Sep 21, 2003
- E10 Six Days to Saturday Sep 21, 2003
Season 3 · 13 episodes
- E1 Cold War Kids Oct 1, 2003
- E2 The Kneale Tapes Oct 15, 2003
- E3 James Cameron: A Pain in the Neck Oct 22, 2003
- E4 Apocalypse Now… and Then Oct 29, 2003
- E5 The Lie of the Land Nov 5, 2003
- E6 Child Prodigies Nov 19, 2003
- E7 Raj to Rhondda: How Indian Doctors saved the NHS Nov 30, 2003
- E8 The Jet Set Dec 17, 2003
- E9 Missing Believed Wiped Dec 29, 2003
- E10 Prog Rock Jan 19, 2004
- E11 Hard Drive Heaven: The History of the Home Computer Feb 9, 2004
- E12 Whistleblowers Mar 2, 2004
- E13 Charles Wheeler: Edge of Frame Mar 4, 2004
Season 4 · 21 episodes
- E1 Art School Jun 19, 2004
- E2 Fantasy Sixties Jul 13, 2004
- E3 Jack Rosenthal: The Voice of Television Drama Jul 18, 2004
- E4 The Carnival Years Aug 28, 2004
- E5 The History of Pubs Oct 7, 2004
- E6 Live on the Night: The Story of Live TV Drama Oct 14, 2004
- E7 New Age Travellers Oct 21, 2004
- E8 Drugs in Sport Oct 28, 2004
- E9 Hey Mr. DJ: The Rise and Rise of the Disc Jockey Nov 4, 2004
- E10 British Space Race Nov 16, 2004
- E11 Pile It High, Sell It Cheap Jan 20, 2005
- E12 Red Robbo Feb 2, 2005
- E13 Gambling Britain Feb 3, 2005
- E14 The Story of Circus Feb 10, 2005
- E15 Pop Svengalis Feb 22, 2005
- E16 Conchies: Questions of Conscience May 1, 2005
- E17 Kenneth Tynan Mar 2, 2005
- E18 Jewish Entertainers Mar 15, 2005
- E19 Alan Plater: Hearing the Music Mar 26, 2005
- E20 Speak No Evil: The Story of the Broadcast Ban Apr 4, 2005
- E21 Russel T. Davis: Unscripted Apr 11, 2005
Season 5 · 22 episodes
- E1 MPs on the Box May 19, 2005
- E2 Je T'Aime... How We Learned to Love Europe May 31, 2005
- E3 England Away May 31, 2005
- E4 Court on Camera Jul 16, 2005
- E5 Apes in Hollywood Jul 17, 2005
- E6 Star Men Aug 6, 2005
- E7 Black and White Minstrels Revisited Aug 8, 2005
- E8 Too Much, Too Young Sep 9, 2005
- E9 The Jitterbug Years Oct 1, 2005
- E10 Play It Again Oct 4, 2005
- E11 The Battle for the Ashes Oct 20, 2005
- E12 The Lost Pictures of Eugene Smith Oct 25, 2005
- E13 The Third Progamme: High Culture for All in Postwar Britain Oct 25, 2005
- E14 Lost Road: Overland To Singapore Oct 30, 2005
- E15 A Study in Sherlock Dec 24, 2005
- E16 Baker Street Babylon: The Bizarre Afterlife of Sherlock Holmes Dec 26, 2005
- E17 Stephen Poliakoff: A Brief History of Now Jan 15, 2006
- E18 The British Way of Death Feb 6, 2006
- E19 Left of Frame: The Rise and Fall of Radical TV Drama Feb 8, 2006
- E20 Rude Britannia Feb 13, 2006
- E21 The Sun and the Moon Mar 6, 2006
- E22 Pay Attention Britain! Public Information Films 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.