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The Best Episodes of Timeshift Season 13

Every episode of Timeshift Season 13 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Timeshift Season 13!

The Best Episodes of Timeshift Season 13

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.
  1. Background image for How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
    8.2/10(46 votes)

    #1 - How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective

    S13:E7

    Film charting the evolution of Sherlock Holmes on screen, from silent movies to the latest film and television versions. Featuring contributions from Sherlocks past and present.

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  2. Background image for Bouffants, Beehives and Bobs: The Hairstyles That Shaped Britain
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #2 - Bouffants, Beehives and Bobs: The Hairstyles That Shaped Britain

    S13:E3

    Timeshift takes a loving and sometimes horrified look back at the iconic hairdos and 'must have' haircuts that both men and women in Britain have flirted with in the past 60 years.

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  3. Background image for The Ladybird Books Story: The Bugs that Got Britain Reading
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    #3 - The Ladybird Books Story: The Bugs that Got Britain Reading

    S13:E5

    Timeshift documentary about Ladybird books, which once informed people on such diverse subjects as how magnets work and what to look for in winter, but also helped to teach many to read.

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  4. Background image for Full Throttle: The Glory Days of British Motorbikes
    7.7/10(12 votes)

    #4 - Full Throttle: The Glory Days of British Motorbikes

    S13:E1

    Documentary which explores the British love of fast, daring and sometimes reckless motorbike riding during a period when home-grown machines were the envy of the world

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  5. Background image for When Coal Was King
    7.5/10(13 votes)

    #5 - When Coal Was King

    S13:E2

    Documentary which explores the lost world of coal mining and the rich social and cultural lives of those who worked in what was once Britain's most important industry.

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  6. Background image for Hurricanes and Heatwaves: The Highs and Lows of British Weather
    6.0/10(8 votes)

    #6 - Hurricanes and Heatwaves: The Highs and Lows of British Weather

    S13:E6

    A national obsession is explored in this archive-rich look at the evolution of the weather forecast from print via radio to TV and beyond - and at the changing weather itself.

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  8. Background image for A Day at the Zoo
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    #7 - A Day at the Zoo

    S13:E4

    Documentary telling the story of how zoos captured the British public's imagination - from the first in Regent's Park to Gerald Durrell's conservation ark, which became Jersey Zoo.

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Season 13 Ratings Summary

"How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective" is the best rated episode of "Timeshift" season 13. It scored 8.2/10 based on 46 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/12/2014. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Bouffants, Beehives and Bobs: The Hairstyles That Shaped Britain".