• Premiered: Oct 2002
  • Episodes: 191
  • Followers: 2
  • Ended
  • BBC Four
  • Wednesday at 21
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Season 4
4x1
Art School
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Air date
Jun 19, 2004
A look at the history of Britain's art schools, the most exciting educational establishments in Britain for two decades. The engines of the 1960s counter culture, they produced a .. show full overview
4x2
Fantasy Sixties
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Jun 26, 2004
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4x3
Rosenthal
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Jul 18, 2004
Time Shift profiles the late Jack Rosenthal from humble beginnings to his success as writer of such dramas as The Evacuees and Cold Enough for Snow.
4x4
The Carnival Years
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Aug 28, 2004
Notting Hill Carnival is Britain's biggest street party and a celebration of London's cultural melting pot. But, as Time Shift reports, its success has been dogged by controversy. With Trevor Nelson
4x5
The History of Pubs
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Oct 07, 2004
Time Shift examines the very special place occupied by the pub in British society. Arthur Smith narrates, with contributions from Jeremy Hardy , Rowan Pelling and Pete Brown.
4x6
Live on the Night
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Oct 14, 2004
In the days before editing ensured slick production values and blemish-free performances, TV drama was a live medium. Bill Nighy narrates a Time Shift retrospective on a time when things didn't always go to plan on screen.
4x7
New Age Travellers
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Air date
Oct 21, 2004
Soap-dodging scroungers or free-thinking champions of an alternative lifestyle? Time Shift examines the origins of those regarded by many as social pariahs, revealing how at one time their ideas had a surprising degree of government support.
4x8
Drugs in Sport
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Air date
Oct 28, 2004
Time Shift tells the stories of athletes ruined by drugs - or allegations of them.
4x9
Hey Mr. DJ: The Rise and Rise of the Disc Jockey
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Nov 04, 2004
Pete Tong and Ranking Miss P contribute to Time Shift's look at the evolution of the DJ from pirate radio outlaw to modern superstar.
4x10
British Space Race
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Air date
Nov 16, 2004
Britain was, briefly, the unlikely player in the field of rocket research. Time Shift tells the story of unsung pioneers of space exploration: the rocket engineers, the scientists and, .. show full overview
4x11
Pile It High, Sell It Cheap
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Jan 20, 2005
Time Shift charts the spectacular growth of the supermarket over the past 50 years, examining how it has influenced British society.
4x12
Red Robbo
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Feb 02, 2005
Time Shift traces the rise and fall of British Leyland shop steward Derek Robinson. In the mid 70s, he wielded immense power over management at the Longbridge plant in Birmingham. But by .. show full overview
4x13
Gambling Britain
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Feb 03, 2005
The National Lottery's launch in 1994 confirmed Britain as a nation of gamblers - yet just over 40 years ago, betting shops and casinos were illegal. Time Shift traces governmental efforts to control gambling through legislation.
4x14
The Story of Circus
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Feb 10, 2005
Time Shift explores how television's early days exploited the spectacle of the circus. Including the first live outside broadcast from Calais where a French circus artist's act was witnessed by Richard Dimbleby.
4x15
Pop Svengalis
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Feb 22, 2005
Time Shift celebrates the dynamos behind great British bands from the 1950s to today.
4x16
Conchies: Questions of Conscience
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Mar 01, 2005
Time Shift looks at conscientious objectors from the first World War to today; those who refused to serve for religious, moral or political reasons.
4x17
Kenneth Tynan
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Mar 02, 2005
The rise and fall of the theatre critic - who brought swearing to the BBC and nudity to the West End - is traced by Time Shift. Presented by New Yorker critic John Lahr, it features rare contributions from Tynan's daughters.
4x18
Jewish Entertainers
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Air date
Mar 15, 2005
Jewish entertainers have dominated parts of the industry in the UK and US for decades, Time Shift investigates why American Jews celebrate their ethnicity while their British counterparts have often masked or even denied their roots.
4x19
Alan Plater: Hearing the Music
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Air date
Mar 26, 2005
Writers Alan Bleasdale and Lee Billy Elliot Hall discuss the work of the writer for Time Shift. With critics Chris Dunkley and Dave Gelly, and director John Glenister.
4x20
Speak No Evil: The Story of the Broadcast Ban
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Air date
Apr 04, 2005
When Margaret Thatcher 's government starved Sinn Fein of the "oxygen of publicity", it was the most direct level of censorship since 1945. Time Shift recalls an era in which the voice of Gerry Adams was replaced by that of an actor.
4x21 Season finale
Russel T. Davis: Unscripted
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Air date
Apr 11, 2005
Doctor Who and Casanova have both benefited from the writing of Russell T Davies. Time Shift examines his work from children's TV to Queer as Folk and beyond, with contributions from Mark Lawson, Christopher Eccleston and Andi Peters.

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