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The Best Episodes of Timeshift Season 8

Every episode of Timeshift Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Timeshift Season 8!

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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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Timeshift Season 8 Episode 1 - How to Be a Good President
    7.0/10(11 votes)

    #1 - How to Be a Good President

    S8:E1

    Helped by contributors including Shirley Williams, Douglas Hurd and Simon Hoggart, journalist Jonathan Freedland attempts to define the qualities which make a great US president.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jonathan Freedland

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  2. Timeshift Season 8 Episode 2 - Between the Lines - Railways in Fiction and Film
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - Between the Lines - Railways in Fiction and Film

    S8:E2

    Novelist Andrew Martin presents a documentary examining how the train came to shape the work of writers and film-makers, from Wordsworth and Dickens to The Railway Children.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Timeshift Season 8 Episode 3 - Last Days of Steam
    8.4/10(13 votes)

    #3 - Last Days of Steam

    S8:E3

    Documentary that tells the surprising story of how Britain entered a new age of steam railways after the Second World War and why it quickly came to an end.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Timeshift Season 8 Episode 4 - How to Write a Mills and Boon
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - How to Write a Mills and Boon

    S8:E4

    To mark 100 years of romance publishers Mills and Boon, literary novelist Stella Duffy takes on the challenge of writing for them, a task that ends up being harder than it looks.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Timeshift Season 8 Episode 5 - How to Solve a Cryptic Crossword
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - How to Solve a Cryptic Crossword

    S8:E5

    Don Manley reveals the tricks that compilers use to bamboozle and entertain cryptic crossword solvers, while fans including Prunella Scales explain why they enjoy them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Timeshift Season 8 Episode 6 - The Comic Songbook
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - The Comic Songbook

    S8:E6

    Documentary which celebrates Britain's tradition of comic songs, from Noel Coward's Mad Dogs and Englishmen to Benny Hill's Ernie, and reveals the skill involved in creating them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Timeshift Season 8 Episode 7 - Fashion versus the BBC
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - Fashion versus the BBC

    S8:E7

    A team of fashion writers and commentators including Peter York, Colin McDowell, Ted Polhemus and Hilary Alexander looks at the relationship between British fashion and the BBC.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Timeshift Season 8 Episode 8 - The North-South Divide
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - The North-South Divide

    S8:E8

    Journalist John Harris travels around England to find out why the north-south divide is still an economic reality following the decline of industry, and if it can be closed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"How to Be a Good President" is the best rated episode of "Timeshift" season 8. It scored 7/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Jonathan Freedland, it aired on 9/14/2008. This episode is rated 7.0 points higher than the second-best, "Between the Lines - Railways in Fiction and Film".