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The Best Episodes of Timeshift Season 12

Every episode of Timeshift Season 12 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Timeshift Season 12!

The Best Episodes of Timeshift Season 12

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 - Health before the NHS: The Road to Recovery

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    The shocking story of health before the NHS. In the early 20th century, getting treated if you were ill was a rudimentary, risky and costly business.

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    #2 - Health before the NHS: A Medical Revolution

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    Robert Winston explores the extraordinary transformation of the hospital from Victorian workhouse to modern centre of medicine.

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    #3 - Klezmer

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    Michael Grade narrates the story of klezmer, from its origins in Jewish folk music performed at weddings and Bar Mitzvahs to a musical sensation enjoyed by millions worldwide.

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    #4 - Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car

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    Timeshift looks back to a time when iconic British marques like Jaguar, Austin-Healey, MG and Triumph sparked a manufacturing frenzy that helped to democratise speed and glamour.

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    #5 - The British Army of the Rhine

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    Documentary telling the affectionate story of British servicemen and their families who had to make Germany a home from home in the decades after the Second World War.

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    #6 - When Wrestling was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies

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    Timeshift looks back to a time when British professional wrestling attracted huge TV audiences and made household names of the likes of Mick McManus, Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy.

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    #7 - The Joy of (Train) Sets

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    The Model Railway Story: Documentary which explores how the British have been in love with model railways for over a century, with unique archive and contributions from modellers.

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    #8 - Eyes Down! The Story of Bingo

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    Documentary looking at how a loophole in an obscure piece of gambling legislation led to nearly a quarter of Britain's population playing high street bingo in the 1960s.

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    #9 - Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting: The Rise of Martial Arts in Britain

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    Documentary taking a look at Britain's long and illustrious involvement with the martial arts, from the early days of bartitsu, through judo and karate to kung fu.

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    #10 - How To Be A Lady: An Elegant History

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    S12:E10

    With a handful of vintage etiquette books and some film archive to guide her, journalist Rachel Johnson goes in search of what seems an almost vanished social type: the lady.

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Season 12 Ratings Summary

"Health before the NHS: The Road to Recovery" is the best rated episode of "Timeshift" season 12. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/24/2012. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Health before the NHS: A Medical Revolution".