Season 3 (2003)

Cold War Kids
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October 1, 2003 • 1h

Paul Morley and Michael Rosen are among those discussing the changing experiences of children who grew up in the shadow of the Cold War.

The Kneale Tapes
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October 15, 2003 • 1h

Time Shift profiles Nigel Kneale, the brains behind such disconcerting chillers as The Stone Tapes and The Ouatermass Experiment.

James Cameron: A Pain in the Neck
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October 22, 2003 • 1h

Timeshift profiles the journalist, a conflict-battered idealist who feared for the worst and campaigned for the best.

Apocalypse Now… and Then
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October 29, 2003 • 1h

Time Shift examins mankind's obsession with the end of the world, looking at how science and religion fuel the belief that armaged...Read more

The Lie of the Land
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November 5, 2003 • 1h

The conventional view of the country-side is of a rural idyll perpetuated by our cultural tradition - but does this idyll really e...Read more

Child Prodigies
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November 19, 2003 • 1h

Timeshift looks at how precocious children challenge thinking about education - and whether labelling a child as "gifted" does more harm than good.

Raj to Rhondda: How Indian Doctors saved the NHS
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November 30, 2003 • 1h

The story of the generation of doctors who came from the Indian subcontinent to become the hidden heroes who have provided the bac...Read more

The Jet Set
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December 17, 2003 • 1h

Rich, distant and opulent, the jet set fascinated the public as they waved to us from airplane doorways before winging their way a...Read more

Missing Believed Wiped
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December 29, 2003 • 1h

The story of Britain's lost generation of TV entertainment, from the golden age of light entertainment in the 1950s, via the "sacr...Read more

Prog Rock
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January 19, 2004 • 1h

A look back to the years when progressive rock ruled the universe, with bands such as Yes, Emerson, Lake and Palmer and King Crims...Read more

Hard Drive Heaven: The History of the Home Computer
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February 9, 2004 • 1h

The PC has shrunk in size, but grown in power - Time Shift charts its evolution. Contributors include Sir Clive Sinclair.

Whistleblowers
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March 2, 2004 • 1h

Until the 1980s Whitehall was able to use the Official Secrets Act to suppress information it didn't want disclosed. Time Shift re...Read more

Charles Wheeler: Edge of Frame
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March 4, 2004 • 1h

A look at the decisive moments of the latter 20th century through the eyes of the late Charles Wheeler. One of journalism's most d...Read more