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The Best Episodes of Timeshift Season 11

Every episode of Timeshift Season 11 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Timeshift Season 11!

The Best Episodes of Timeshift Season 11

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.

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  1. 8.2/10(6 votes)

    #1 - Retrial by TV: The Rise and Fall of Rough Justice

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    S11:E1

    Documentary about the BBC's Rough Justice series, which began investigating miscarriages of justice in the early 1980s and helped overturn the convictions of 18 people in 13 cases.

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  2. 7.4/10(33 votes)

    #2 - Dear Censor - The secret archive of the British Board of Film Classification

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    S11:E6

    Documentary examining the work of the BBFC, casting an eye over some of the most infamous cases in its history and analysing how it works with film-makers themselves.

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  3. 7.2/10(6 votes)

    #3 - The Golden Age of Trams: A Streetcar Named Desire

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    S11:E8

    Documentary exploring how the tram liberated overcrowded cities, mapping its journey from horse-drawn carriage on rails to steam and then electric power.

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  4. 7.2/10(8 votes)

    #4 - The Smoking Years

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    S11:E10

    With contributions from Barry Cryer, Stuart Maconie and others, this documentary tells the unnatural history of the now-threatened creature that is 'the smoker'.

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  5. 7.2/10(7 votes)

    #5 - The Rules of Drinking

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    S11:E11

    Documentary which digs into the archive to discover the unwritten rules that have governed the way we drink in Britain, from 1940s pubs and clubs to drinking at home or at work.

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  6. 6.9/10(10 votes)

    #6 - Antarctica - Of Ice and Men

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    S11:E7

    Documentary which looks at why the most inhospitable place on the planet has exerted such a powerful hold on the imagination of explorers, scientists, writers and photographers.

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    #7 - Hotel Deluxe

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    S11:E2

    Documentary which charts how luxury hotels have met the needs of new forms of wealth - from aristocrats to rock stars and beyond - with comfort, innovation and service.

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    #8 - All the Fun of the Fair

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    Documentary which explores the history of the fairground, from the sideshows to the freak shows, and from early hand-powered rides to the arrival of steam and electricity.

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    #9 - When the Circus Comes to Town

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    S11:E4

    Film which uses the University of Sheffield's National Fairground Archive to explore the history of the circus, from Billy Smart to Gerry Cottle and Archaos to Cirque du Soleil

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    #10 - The Picture Postcard World of Nigel Walmsley

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    S11:E5

    The story behind the humble picture postcard, told by comic creation Nigel Walmsley. With their own language and bespoke rules, postcards were the texts and emails of their era.

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    #11 - Epic: A Cast of Thousands!

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    S11:E9

    Documentary which goes behind the scenes to tell the stories of the biggest film genre of them all - the epic, from Ben-Hur to The Ten Commandments and from El Cid to Cleopatra.

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Season 11 Ratings Summary

"Retrial by TV: The Rise and Fall of Rough Justice" is the best rated episode of "Timeshift" season 11. It scored 8.2/10 based on 6 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/3/2011. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Dear Censor - The secret archive of the British Board of Film Classification".