Timeshift - Season 2
Season 2
Network
Episodes12
DatesMay 5, 2003 - Feb 9, 2004
Episodes
Season 2Episode 160 min
The British Seaside
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.
May 5, 2003
Season 2Episode 260 min
Children's News
Time Shift explores the significance of children's programmes in developing young people's worldview. With Jon Snow and John Craven.
May 15, 2003
Season 2Episode 360 min
Watching You
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.
Dec 1, 2003
Season 2Episode 460 min
TV and Charity
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.
Jun 5, 2003
Season 2Episode 560 min
Tyneside
Time Shift celebrates Tyneside's cultural contribution and its development through the eyes of writers, actors and others.
Jun 12, 2003
Season 2Episode 660 min
Political Thrillers: Plays of State
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.
Jun 15, 2003
Season 2Episode 760 min
High Rise Dreams
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.
Jun 19, 2003
Season 2Episode 860 min
Vicars: Dearly Beloved?
Timeshift looks at the changing role of the Church of England parish priest over the last 40 years.
Jul 3, 2003
Season 2Episode 960 min
Footballers' Lives
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.
Sep 21, 2003
Season 2Episode 1060 min
Six Days to Saturday
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.
Sep 21, 2003
Season 2Episode 1160 min
The Kneale Tapes
Oct 15, 2003
Season 2Episode 1260 min
Hard Drive Heaven
Feb 9, 2004
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