NaN/100 votes#1 - Health before the NHS: The Road to Recovery
Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2012
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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- NaN/100 votes
#2 - Health before the NHS: A Medical Revolution
Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2012
Robert Winston explores the extraordinary transformation of the hospital from Victorian workhouse to modern centre of medicine.
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- 8.4/108 votes
#3 - Klezmer
Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/2012
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
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/2012
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
Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2012
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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- 7.2/1026 votes
#6 - When Wrestling was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies
Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 12/13/2012
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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- 7.8/106 votes
#7 - The Joy of (Train) Sets
Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 1/23/2013
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
Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 1/30/2013
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
Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 2/24/2013
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
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 3/26/2013
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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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.
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC Four
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".