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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!

The Best Episodes of Timeshift Season 8

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 - How to Be a Good President

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    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.

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

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    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.

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    #3 - Last Days of Steam

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    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.

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    #4 - How to Write a Mills and Boon

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    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.

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    #5 - How to Solve a Cryptic Crossword

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    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.

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    #6 - The Comic Songbook

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    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.

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    #7 - Fashion versus the BBC

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    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.

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    #8 - The North-South Divide

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    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.

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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 N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Jonathan Freedland, it aired on 9/14/2008. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Between the Lines - Railways in Fiction and Film".