Season 1 (2002)

The Grunwick Strike
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October 10, 2002 • 1h

Documentary recalling the industrial dispute at the Grunwick film processing business in North London in 1976. Featuring film arch...Read more

The Cannabis Years
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October 12, 2002 • 1h

An in-depth examination of how the debate surrounding cannabis has evolved over the past 50 years.

The Writer's Trade
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October 19, 2002 • 1h

Examining the changing image of the novelist over the last 50 years.

The Sailing Sixties
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November 9, 2002 • 1h

In the mid 1960s Britain went boating mad. This documentary tells the story of how an extraordinary maritime revolution that was k...Read more

Attenborough: The Controller Years
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November 16, 2002 • 1h

Charting the time of our favorite presenter at the head of the then struggling and controversial BBC2. Packed chock full of interv...Read more

he Rise and Fall of the Comedy Straight Man
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November 30, 2002 • 1h

Timeshift celebrates the comedy double act's unsung half, with archive footage of Morecambe and Wise, Benny Hill and the Monty Pyt...Read more

A Shadow Over Europe
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December 3, 2002 • 1h

In 1945, two and a half million ethnic Germans were driven from their homes in Czechoslovakia. Thousands died. Now, as the Czech R...Read more

Whatever Happened to the Working Class?
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February 11, 2003 • 1h

This programme in the Time Shift strand explores the history of the current conflict over class

Notting Hill Riots
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January 18, 2003 • 1h

Examining the west London riots of August 1958, which were the catalyst for black actMsm in Britain and inspired the annual carnival.

What Have the Germans Done for Us?
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February 16, 2003 • 1h

From VW Beetles to Blue Nun and Kraftwerk, a look at Germany's conrtibution to British life

Greenham Common Changed My Life
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February 23, 2003 • 1h

The story of the women who occupied the Greenham Common Peace Camp from 1981 to 2000 - what brought them to Greenham, their protes...Read more

Car Crazy
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March 2, 2003 • 1h

The story of the British love of the motor car from the earliest days of mass production in the 1920s to today's MPVs and post-mod...Read more

The Magic Roundabout Story
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March 16, 2003 • 1h

Created by a French animator, the show was reinterpreted for Britain, with classic characters like Dougal. It transformed the care...Read more

Malcolm Muggeridge: Swimming Against the Stream
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March 24, 2003 • 1h

The controversial broadcaster is profiled by Time Shift. How did the son of a Croydon clerk become one of TV's geniune originals? ...Read more

Gurus
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March 30, 2003 • 1h

Time Shift examines how the philosophy of the Indian guru has travelled into mainstream British society.

A Brief Interlude
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February 16, 2003 • 1h

A short film about "The Interludes" - a series of short films made by the BBC in the 1940s and 1950s to fill in during technical b...Read more