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The Best Episodes of Timeshift Season 4

Every episode of Timeshift Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Timeshift Season 4!

The Best Episodes of Timeshift Season 4

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. #1 Fan Favorite
    Timeshift Season 4 Episode 1 - Art School
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    #1 - Art School

    S4:E1

    A look at the history of Britain's art schools, the most exciting educational establishments in Britain for two decades. The engines of the 1960s counter culture, they produced a generation of young go-getters who would take on the establishment and create the new industries of fashion, graphic design and pop music. Contributors include Brian Eno, Mary Quant, Kim Howells and Brian Rice.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Timeshift Season 4 Episode 2 - Fantasy Sixties
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    #2 - Fantasy Sixties

    S4:E2

    TV fantasies played out on our TV screens in the mid sixties, Timeshift take a look back at the wild ideas, that took centre stage.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Timeshift Season 4 Episode 3 - Jack Rosenthal: The Voice of Television Drama
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    #3 - Jack Rosenthal: The Voice of Television Drama

    S4:E3

    Time Shift profiles the late Jack Rosenthal from humble beginnings to his success as writer of such dramas as The Evacuees and Cold Enough for Snow.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Timeshift Season 4 Episode 4 - The Carnival Years
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    #4 - The Carnival Years

    S4:E4

    Notting Hill Carnival is Britain's biggest street party and a celebration of London's cultural melting pot. But, as Time Shift reports, its success has been dogged by controversy. With Trevor Nelson

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Timeshift Season 4 Episode 5 - The History of Pubs
    6.4/10(6 votes)

    #5 - The History of Pubs

    S4:E5

    Time Shift examines the very special place occupied by the pub in British society. Arthur Smith narrates, with contributions from Jeremy Hardy , Rowan Pelling and Pete Brown.

    Director:Kate Thomas
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Timeshift Season 4 Episode 6 - Live on the Night: The Story of Live TV Drama
    7.5/10(7 votes)

    #6 - Live on the Night: The Story of Live TV Drama

    S4:E6

    In the days before editing ensured slick production values and blemish-free performances, TV drama was a live medium. Bill Nighy narrates a Time Shift retrospective on a time when things didn't always go to plan on screen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Timeshift Season 4 Episode 7 - New Age Travellers
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    #7 - New Age Travellers

    S4:E7

    Soap-dodging scroungers or free-thinking champions of an alternative lifestyle? Time Shift examines the origins of those regarded by many as social pariahs, revealing how at one time their ideas had a surprising degree of government support.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Timeshift Season 4 Episode 8 - Drugs in Sport
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    #8 - Drugs in Sport

    S4:E8

    Time Shift tells the stories of athletes ruined by drugs - or allegations of them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Timeshift Season 4 Episode 9 - Hey Mr. DJ: The Rise and Rise of the Disc Jockey
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    #9 - Hey Mr. DJ: The Rise and Rise of the Disc Jockey

    S4:E9

    Pete Tong and Ranking Miss P contribute to Time Shift's look at the evolution of the DJ from pirate radio outlaw to modern superstar.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Timeshift Season 4 Episode 10 - British Space Race
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    #10 - British Space Race

    S4:E10

    Britain was, briefly, the unlikely player in the field of rocket research. Time Shift tells the story of unsung pioneers of space exploration: the rocket engineers, the scientists and, ultimately, the dreamers who never gave up on a vision of bringing the future into the present. Interviewees include Professor Colin Pillinger, lead scientist of Beagle 2.

    Director:Stephanie Wessell
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Timeshift Season 4 Episode 11 - Pile It High, Sell It Cheap
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    #11 - Pile It High, Sell It Cheap

    S4:E11

    Timeshift charts the spectacular growth of the supermarket over the past 50 years, examining how it has influenced British society.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Timeshift Season 4 Episode 12 - Red Robbo
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    #12 - Red Robbo

    S4:E12

    Time Shift traces the rise and fall of British Leyland shop steward Derek Robinson. In the mid 70s, he wielded immense power over management at the Longbridge plant in Birmingham. But by the end of 1979 he had been fired, a victim of the Conservative government's bid to break union power.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Timeshift Season 4 Episode 13 - Gambling Britain
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    #13 - Gambling Britain

    S4:E13

    The National Lottery's launch in 1994 confirmed Britain as a nation of gamblers - yet just over 40 years ago, betting shops and casinos were illegal. Time Shift traces governmental efforts to control gambling through legislation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Timeshift Season 4 Episode 14 - The Story of Circus
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    #14 - The Story of Circus

    S4:E14

    Timeshift explores how television's early days exploited the spectacle of the circus. Including the first live outside broadcast from Calais where a French circus artist's act was witnessed by Richard Dimbleby.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Timeshift Season 4 Episode 15 - Pop Svengalis
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    #15 - Pop Svengalis

    S4:E15

    Timeshift celebrates the dynamos behind great British bands from the 1950s to today.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Timeshift Season 4 Episode 16 - Conchies: Questions of Conscience
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    #16 - Conchies: Questions of Conscience

    S4:E16

    Timeshift looks at conscientious objectors from the first World War to today; those who refused to serve for religious, moral or political reasons.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Timeshift Season 4 Episode 17 - Kenneth Tynan
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    #17 - Kenneth Tynan

    S4:E17

    The rise and fall of the theatre critic - who brought swearing to the BBC and nudity to the West End - is traced by Time Shift. Presented by New Yorker critic John Lahr, it features rare contributions from Tynan's daughters.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Timeshift Season 4 Episode 18 - Jewish Entertainers
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    #18 - Jewish Entertainers

    S4:E18

    Jewish entertainers have dominated parts of the industry in the UK and US for decades, Time Shift investigates why American Jews celebrate their ethnicity while their British counterparts have often masked or even denied their roots.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Timeshift Season 4 Episode 19 - Alan Plater: Hearing the Music
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    #19 - Alan Plater: Hearing the Music

    S4:E19

    Writers Alan Bleasdale and Lee Billy Elliot Hall discuss the work of the writer for Time Shift. With critics Chris Dunkley and Dave Gelly, and director John Glenister.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Timeshift Season 4 Episode 20 - Speak No Evil: The Story of the Broadcast Ban
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    #20 - Speak No Evil: The Story of the Broadcast Ban

    S4:E20

    When Margaret Thatcher 's government starved Sinn Fein of the "oxygen of publicity", it was the most direct level of censorship since 1945. Time Shift recalls an era in which the voice of Gerry Adams was replaced by that of an actor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Timeshift Season 4 Episode 21 - Russel T. Davis: Unscripted
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    #21 - Russel T. Davis: Unscripted

    S4:E21

    Doctor Who and Casanova have both benefited from the writing of Russell T Davies. Time Shift examines his work from children's TV to Queer as Folk and beyond, with contributions from Mark Lawson, Christopher Eccleston and Andi Peters.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Art School" is the best rated episode of "Timeshift" season 4. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/19/2004. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Fantasy Sixties".