Season 12 (2012)

Health before the NHS: The Road to Recovery
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September 24, 2012 • 1h

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.

Health before the NHS: A Medical Revolution
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October 1, 2012 • 1h

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

Klezmer
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October 14, 2012 • 1h

Michael Grade narrates the story of klezmer, from its origins in Jewish folk music performed at weddings and Bar Mitzvahs to a mus...Read more

Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car
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October 8, 2012 • 1h

Timeshift looks back to a time when iconic British marques like Jaguar, Austin-Healey, MG and Triumph sparked a manufacturing fren...Read more

The British Army of the Rhine
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October 22, 2012 • 1h

Documentary telling the affectionate story of British servicemen and their families who had to make Germany a home from home in th...Read more

When Wrestling was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies
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December 13, 2012 • 1h

Timeshift looks back to a time when British professional wrestling attracted huge TV audiences and made household names of the lik...Read more

The Joy of (Train) Sets
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January 23, 2013 • 1h

The Model Railway Story: Documentary which explores how the British have been in love with model railways for over a century, with...Read more

Eyes Down! The Story of Bingo
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January 30, 2013 • 1h

Documentary looking at how a loophole in an obscure piece of gambling legislation led to nearly a quarter of Britain's population ...Read more

Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting: The Rise of Martial Arts in Britain
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February 24, 2013 • 1h

Documentary taking a look at Britain's long and illustrious involvement with the martial arts, from the early days of bartitsu, th...Read more

How To Be A Lady: An Elegant History
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March 26, 2013 • 1h

With a handful of vintage etiquette books and some film archive to guide her, journalist Rachel Johnson goes in search of what see...Read more