Timeshift - Season 8

Timeshift - Season 8

Season 8

Network
Episodes8
DatesSep 14, 2008 - Apr 9, 2009
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Episodes

How to Be a Good President
Season 8Episode 160 min

How to Be a Good President

Helped by contributors including Shirley Williams, Douglas Hurd and Simon Hoggart, journalist Jonathan Freedland attempts to define the qualities which make a great US president.
Sep 14, 2008
Between the Lines: Railways in Fiction and Film
Season 8Episode 260 min

Between the Lines: Railways in Fiction and Film

Novelist Andrew Martin presents a documentary examining how the train came to shape the work of writers and film-makers, from Wordsworth and Dickens to The Railway Children.
Oct 9, 2008
The Last Days of Steam
Season 8Episode 360 min

The Last Days of Steam

Documentary that tells the surprising story of how Britain entered a new age of steam railways after the Second World War and why it quickly came to an end.
Oct 16, 2008
How to Write a Mills and Boon
Season 8Episode 460 min

How to Write a Mills and Boon

To mark 100 years of romance publishers Mills and Boon, literary novelist Stella Duffy takes on the challenge of writing for them, a task that ends up being harder than it looks.
Nov 2, 2008
How to Solve a Cryptic Crossword
Season 8Episode 560 min

How to Solve a Cryptic Crossword

Don Manley reveals the tricks that compilers use to bamboozle and entertain cryptic crossword solvers, while fans including Prunella Scales explain why they enjoy them.
Nov 10, 2008
The Comic Songbook
Season 8Episode 660 min

The Comic Songbook

Documentary which celebrates Britain's tradition of comic songs, from Noel Coward's Mad Dogs and Englishmen to Benny Hill's Ernie, and reveals the skill involved in creating them.
Dec 22, 2008
Fashion Versus the BBC
Season 8Episode 760 min

Fashion Versus the BBC

A team of fashion writers and commentators including Peter York, Colin McDowell, Ted Polhemus and Hilary Alexander looks at the relationship between British fashion and the BBC.
Jan 22, 2009
The North-South Divide
Season 8Episode 860 min

The North-South Divide

Journalist John Harris travels around England to find out why the north-south divide is still an economic reality following the decline of industry, and if it can be closed.
Apr 9, 2009

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