Season 2
10 episodes · May 5, 2003
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S2E1The Great British Seaside Holiday
May 5, 200360mTimeshift 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.
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Children's News
May 18, 200360mTime Shift explores the significance of children's programmes in developing young people's worldview. With Jon Snow and John Craven.
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Watching You
May 22, 200360mUndercover 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.
S2E4TV and Charity
Jun 5, 200360mTerry 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.
S2E5Tyneside
Jun 12, 200360mTime Shift celebrates Tyneside's cultural contribution and its development through the eyes of writers, actors and others.
S2E6Political Thrillers: Plays of State
Jun 15, 200360mFrom 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.
S2E7High Rise Dreams
Jun 19, 200360mTime 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.
S2E8Vicars: Dearly Beloved?
Jul 3, 200360mTimeshift looks at the changing role of the Church of England parish priest over the last 40 years.
S2E9Footballers’ Lives
Sep 21, 200360mIn 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.
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Six Days to Saturday
Sep 21, 200360mJohn 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.