Timeshift - Season 5
Season 5
Network
Episodes23
Datesfévr. 23, 2005 - févr. 23, 2005
Episodes
Season 5Episode 160 min
MP's on the Box
Time Shift looks at how satirists have portrayed politicians in such television creations as Yes Minister Spitting Image and The New Statesman.
mai 19, 2005
Season 5Episode 260 min
Je T'Aime… How We Learned to Love Europe
Sixty years ago, postwar Europe was seen as a dirty, chaotic place where you couldn't drink the water. Now Brits dream of restoring crumbling chateaux in rural France - so what happened to change our minds?
mai 31, 2005
Season 5Episode 360 min
England Away
Time Shift examines the history of English football fans travelling to Europe, and the attendant sub-culture of drinking and violence.
mai 31, 2005
Season 5Episode 460 min
Court on Camera
A member of OJ Simpson's "dream team", plus the lawyer who defended nanny Louise Woodward , are among contributors to Time Shift's history of the camera in the courtroom.
juil. 16, 2005
Season 5Episode 560 min
Apes in Hollywood
Since King Kong broke box office records, apes have been big business. Time Shift takes a wry look at a neglected genre, from Tarzan and Planet of the Apes to B-movies and cult films, like Bedtime with Bonzo.
juil. 17, 2005
Season 5Episode 660 min
Star Men
Adam Hart-Davis explores the world of Britain's 40,000 amateur astronomers. While the last century saw amateurs eclipsed by high technology, increasingly sophisticated home equipment has seen the amateur community enter a new collaborative relationship with the professionals. Contributors include bestselling novelist Terry Pratchett, Colin Pillinger of the Beagle 2 project and the godfather of popular astronomy Patrick Moore.
août 6, 2005
Season 5Episode 760 min
Black and White Minstrels Revisited
Time Shift takes a look at the now notorious show, whose blacked-up singing and dancing routines ruled the weekend schedules for 21 years.
août 8, 2005
Season 5Episode 860 min
Too Much, Too Young
Time Shift charts the devastating effect on children - some as young as five - who care for infirm parents
sept. 9, 2005
Season 5Episode 960 min
The Jitterbug Years
Documentary recalling the social revolution which swept across Britain from 1946. A new dance craze, the Jitterbug, captured the mood of the country as years of war and austerity were cast off. The film uses archive footage and a soundtrack of classic hits, including music by Louis Jordan, Alma Cogan, Billie Holiday and Ray Charles.
oct. 1, 2005
Season 5Episode 1060 min
Play It Again
Remembering the golden age of the TV panel game as What's My Line?, The Name's the Same and Ask Your Dad make their debuts during the years 1945-55. Narrated by Hugh Dennis
oct. 4, 2005
Season 5Episode 1160 min
The Battle for the Ashes
The changing sporting fortunes of England and Australia as recounted in this Time Shift documentary.
oct. 20, 2005
Season 5Episode 1260 min
The Lost Pictures of Eugene Smith
Time Shift investigates how Life magazine's opposition to Attlee's radical Labour government inspired them to suppress photographs of the 1950 general election.
oct. 25, 2005
Season 5Episode 1360 min
The Third Progamme: High Culture for All in Postwar Britain
Francine Stock narrates the story of the Third Programme, a high-culture radio show launched in 1946, focusing on how the series influenced the British arts scene.
oct. 25, 2005
Season 5Episode 1460 min
Lost Road: Overland to Singapore
In 1955 young producer of Travellers' Tales David Attenborough was persuaded by six Oxbridge undergraduates to give some money & filmstock so they could film their unique overland journey by Land Rover from London to Singapore.
oct. 30, 2005
Season 5Episode 1560 min
A Study in Sherlock
Documentary explores the continuing appeal of Sherlock Holmes through his various screen incarnations, from early silent films through the classic portrayals by Basil Rathbone and Peter Cushing to the BBC's most recent Rupert Everett version. Contributors include Minette Walters, Kim Newman and Edward Hardwicke.
déc. 24, 2005
Season 5Episode 1660 min
Baker Street Babylon: The Bizarre Afterlife of Sherlock Holmes
Time Shift presents clips of the strangest Sherlocks, with pastiche and parody from Roland Rat to John Cleese.
déc. 26, 2005
Season 5Episode 1760 min
Stephen Poliakoff: A Brief History of Now
Robert Lindsay and Miranda Richardson guest in Time Shift's profile of the TV dramatist.
janv. 15, 2006
Season 5Episode 1860 min
The British Way of Death
Daniela Nardini narrates a documentary exploring why the British funeral has acquired a new spirit of informality. Today's departed are just as likely to be sent on their way to the strains of Robbie Williams as they are to a classic hymn. A bewildering array of coffin styles is available, with even an environmentally-friendly wicker casket for the organically-minded. Are we improvising new rituals to fill a more profound vacuum in our secular society?
févr. 6, 2006
Season 5Episode 1960 min
Left of Frame: The Rise and Fall of Radical TV Drama
Jimmy McGovern and Ken Loach are among those reflecting on left-wing drama of the 1960s and 70s, looking at works as diverse as Take Me Home and Our Friends in the North.
févr. 8, 2006
Season 5Episode 2060 min
Rude Britannia
From Pygmalion to Paxman, Time Shift traces the cult of plain-speaking. Narrated by Tamsin Greig.
févr. 13, 2006
Season 5Episode 2160 min
The Sun and the Moon
A quirky Time Shift compilation of TV appearances by these two heavenly bodies, including Patrick Moore 's meeting with a vicar who refuses to believe the Sun is hot.
mars 6, 2006
Season 5Episode 2260 min
Pay Attention Britain! Public Information Films
Marking 60 years of the Central Office of Information, Time Shift celebrates PIFs, from HIV awareness to "Charley Says".
mars 30, 2006
Season 5Episode 2360 min
Pop Svengalis
févr. 23, 2005
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