All Episodes of Timeshift
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Season 1
N/A/100 votesThe Sailing Sixties
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/9/2002
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 DIY dinghy builders, and ended in tragedy with the suicide of amateur yachtsman Donald Crowhurst.
Director: Unknown
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N/A/100 votesAttenborough: The Controller Years
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/16/2002
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 of the 60s... Sir David Attenborough's reign as controller of BBC TWO, from 1965 to 1973, is still thought of as the golden age of television.
Director: Unknown
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N/A/100 voteshe Rise and Fall of the Comedy Straight Man
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/30/2002
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.
Director: Unknown
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N/A/100 votesA Shadow Over Europe
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/3/2002
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 the Sudeten German minority pay for Nazi occupation, and why it became a hot political issue. This is a story about Germans as victims of World War II.
Director: Unknown
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N/A/100 votesGreenham Common Changed My Life
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/23/2003
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. Contributors include Fiona Bruce, Fay Weldon and Joan Ruddock, all of whom visited the site to show their support.
Director: Unknown
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N/A/100 votesCar Crazy
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/2/2003
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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A Brief Interlude
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/16/2003
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 ones showed a potter's wheel, a cat playing with a ball of wool and a horse-drawn plough.
Director: Unknown
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