Jonathan Miller
Timeshift (2002)
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.
Released Oct. 5, 2002
Episode 60 min
10+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.great-britain, tmdb.society, tmdb.culture, imdb.one-word-title, imdb.one-word-series-title, imdb.change, imdb.reenactment
Network: BBC Four
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S8E1 - How to Be a Good President
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.
Sept. 14, 2008, midnight
S8E2 - Between the Lines - Railways in Fiction and Film
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.
Oct. 9, 2008, midnight
S8E3 - Last Days of Steam
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.
Oct. 16, 2008, midnight
S8E4 - How to Write a Mills and Boon
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.
Nov. 2, 2008, midnight
S8E5 - How to Solve a Cryptic Crossword
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.
Nov. 10, 2008, midnight
S8E6 - The Comic Songbook
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.
Dec. 22, 2008, midnight
S8E7 - Fashion versus the BBC
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.
Jan. 22, 2009, midnight
S8E8 - The North-South Divide
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.
April 2, 2009, midnight
Network: BBC Four
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 60 min.
Released: Oct. 5, 2002
Last Air Date: April 20, 2017, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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