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Timeshift Season 5

May. 19,2005
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Timeshift Season 5 Full Episode Guide

Episode 22 - Pay Attention Britain! Public Information Films
Episode 21 - The Sun and the Moon
Episode 19 - Left of Frame: The Rise and Fall of Radical TV Drama
Episode 18 - The British Way of Death
First Aired: February. 06,2006

Daniela Nardini narrates a documentary exploring why the British funeral has acquired a new spirit of informality. Today's departed are just as likely to be sent on their way to the strains of Robbie Williams as they are to a classic hymn. A bewildering array of coffin styles is available, with even an environmentally-friendly wicker casket for the organically-minded. Are we improvising new rituals to fill a more profound vacuum in our secular society?

Episode 16 - Baker Street Babylon: The Bizarre Afterlife of Sherlock Holmes
Episode 15 - A Study in Sherlock
First Aired: December. 24,2005

Documentary explores the continuing appeal of Sherlock Holmes through his various screen incarnations, from early silent films through the classic portrayals by Basil Rathbone and Peter Cushing to the BBC's most recent Rupert Everett version. Contributors include Minette Walters, Kim Newman and Edward Hardwicke.

Episode 14 - Lost Road: Overland To Singapore
First Aired: October. 30,2005

In 1955 young producer of Travellers' Tales David Attenborough was persuaded by six Oxbridge undergraduates to give some money & filmstock so they could film their unique overland journey by Land Rover from London to Singapore.

Episode 13 - The Third Progamme: High Culture for All in Postwar Britain
Episode 12 - The Lost Pictures of Eugene Smith
Episode 10 - Play It Again
First Aired: October. 04,2005

Remembering the golden age of the TV panel game as What's My Line?, The Name's the Same and Ask Your Dad make their debuts during the years 1945-55. Narrated by Hugh Dennis

Episode 9 - The Jitterbug Years
First Aired: October. 01,2005

Documentary recalling the social revolution which swept across Britain from 1946. A new dance craze, the Jitterbug, captured the mood of the country as years of war and austerity were cast off. The film uses archive footage and a soundtrack of classic hits, including music by Louis Jordan, Alma Cogan, Billie Holiday and Ray Charles.

Episode 7 - Black and White Minstrels Revisited
Episode 6 - Star Men
First Aired: August. 06,2005

Adam Hart-Davis explores the world of Britain's 40,000 amateur astronomers. While the last century saw amateurs eclipsed by high technology, increasingly sophisticated home equipment has seen the amateur community enter a new collaborative relationship with the professionals. Contributors include bestselling novelist Terry Pratchett, Colin Pillinger of the Beagle 2 project and the godfather of popular astronomy Patrick Moore.

Episode 5 - Apes in Hollywood
First Aired: July. 17,2005

Since King Kong broke box office records, apes have been big business. Time Shift takes a wry look at a neglected genre, from Tarzan and Planet of the Apes to B-movies and cult films, like Bedtime with Bonzo.

Episode 4 - Court on Camera
Episode 2 - Je T'Aime... How We Learned to Love Europe
First Aired: May. 31,2005

Sixty years ago, postwar Europe was seen as a dirty, chaotic place where you couldn't drink the water. Now Brits dream of restoring crumbling chateaux in rural France - so what happened to change our minds?

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