S01E01 The Grunwick Strike
Documentary recalling the industrial dispute at the Grunwick film processing business in North London in 1976. Featuring film archive from the time and interviews with key players.
Timeshift
S01E12: Car Crazy
The story of the British love of the motor car from the earliest days of mass production in the 1920s to today's MPVs and post-modern Minis told through a succession of classic models from the Austin 7 and Morris Minor to the Ford Cortina.
Overview
Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.
Episodes
S01E02 The Cannabis Years
An in-depth examination of how the debate surrounding cannabis has evolved over the past 50 years.
S01E03 The Writer's Trade
Examining the changing image of the novelist over the last 50 years.
S01E04 The Sailing Sixties
In the mid 1960s Britain went boating mad. This documentary tells the story of how an extraordinary maritime revolution that was kick-started by waterproof glues developed for bomber aircraft led to a whole generation of...
S01E05 Attenborough: The Controller Years
Charting the time of our favorite presenter at the head of the then struggling and controversial BBC2. Packed chock full of interviews, clips and reminiscences both old and new, including the very tasty Joan Bakewell...
S01E06 he Rise and Fall of the Comedy Straight Man
Timeshift celebrates the comedy double act's unsung half, with archive footage of Morecambe and Wise, Benny Hill and the Monty Python team. Contributors include Syd Little and Barry Cryer. Narrated by Mark Lamarr.
S01E07 A Shadow Over Europe
In 1945, two and a half million ethnic Germans were driven from their homes in Czechoslovakia. Thousands died. Now, as the Czech Republic heads for EU membership, Charles Wheeler reports on how the Czechs made...
S01E08 Whatever Happened to the Working Class?
This programme in the Time Shift strand explores the history of the current conflict over class
S01E09 Notting Hill Riots
Examining the west London riots of August 1958, which were the catalyst for black actMsm in Britain and inspired the annual carnival.
S01E10 What Have the Germans Done for Us?
From VW Beetles to Blue Nun and Kraftwerk, a look at Germany's conrtibution to British life
S01E11 Greenham Common Changed My Life
The story of the women who occupied the Greenham Common Peace Camp from 1981 to 2000 - what brought them to Greenham, their protests, conflicts with authority and the life they led at the camp....
S01E12 Car Crazy
The story of the British love of the motor car from the earliest days of mass production in the 1920s to today's MPVs and post-modern Minis told through a succession of classic models from the...
S01E13 The Magic Roundabout Story
Created by a French animator, the show was reinterpreted for Britain, with classic characters like Dougal. It transformed the careers of actor Eric Thompson and animator Ivor Wood and has spawned a movie.
S01E14 Malcolm Muggeridge: Swimming Against the Stream
The controversial broadcaster is profiled by Time Shift. How did the son of a Croydon clerk become one of TV's geniune originals? Interviewees include Cormac Murphy O'Connor.
S01E15 Gurus
Time Shift examines how the philosophy of the Indian guru has travelled into mainstream British society.
S01E16 A Brief Interlude
A short film about "The Interludes" - a series of short films made by the BBC in the 1940s and 1950s to fill in during technical breakdowns and gaps in the schedules. The most famous...
