Timeshift - Season 8

Season 8
Network
Episodes8
DatesSept. 14, 2008 - Apr. 9, 2009
Episodes

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.
Sept. 14, 2008

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.
Okt. 9, 2008

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.
Okt. 16, 2008

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

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

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.
Dez. 22, 2008

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

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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