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Timeshift
Timeshift

Timeshift

IMDb: 7 2002-10-10 United Kingdom

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.

Episodes

Episode 1
Health before the NHS: The Road to Recovery

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.

Episode 2
Health before the NHS: A Medical Revolution

Robert Winston explores the extraordinary transformation of the hospital from Victorian workhouse to modern centre of medicine.

Episode 3
Klezmer

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.

Episode 4
Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car

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.

Episode 5
The British Army of the Rhine

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.

Episode 6
When Wrestling was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies

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.

Episode 7
The Joy of (Train) Sets

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.

Episode 8
Eyes Down! The Story of Bingo

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.

Episode 9
Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting: The Rise of Martial Arts in Britain

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.

Episode 10
How To Be A Lady: An Elegant History

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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