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Timeshift Season 12

September. 24,2012
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Episode 10 - How To Be A Lady: An Elegant History
First Aired: March. 26,2013

With a handful of vintage etiquette books and some film archive to guide her, journalist Rachel Johnson goes in search of what seems an almost vanished social type: the lady.

Episode 9 - Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting: The Rise of Martial Arts in Britain
First Aired: February. 24,2013

Documentary taking a look at Britain's long and illustrious involvement with the martial arts, from the early days of bartitsu, through judo and karate to kung fu.

Episode 8 - Eyes Down! The Story of Bingo
First Aired: January. 30,2013

Documentary looking at how a loophole in an obscure piece of gambling legislation led to nearly a quarter of Britain's population playing high street bingo in the 1960s.

Episode 7 - The Joy of (Train) Sets
First Aired: January. 23,2013

The Model Railway Story: Documentary which explores how the British have been in love with model railways for over a century, with unique archive and contributions from modellers.

Episode 6 - When Wrestling was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies
First Aired: December. 13,2012

Timeshift looks back to a time when British professional wrestling attracted huge TV audiences and made household names of the likes of Mick McManus, Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy.

Episode 5 - The British Army of the Rhine
First Aired: October. 22,2012

Documentary telling the affectionate story of British servicemen and their families who had to make Germany a home from home in the decades after the Second World War.

Episode 4 - Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car
First Aired: October. 08,2012

Timeshift looks back to a time when iconic British marques like Jaguar, Austin-Healey, MG and Triumph sparked a manufacturing frenzy that helped to democratise speed and glamour.

Episode 3 - Klezmer
First Aired: October. 14,2012

Michael Grade narrates the story of klezmer, from its origins in Jewish folk music performed at weddings and Bar Mitzvahs to a musical sensation enjoyed by millions worldwide.

Episode 2 - Health before the NHS: A Medical Revolution
First Aired: October. 01,2012

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

Episode 1 - Health before the NHS: The Road to Recovery
First Aired: September. 24,2012

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.

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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.

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