Timeshift (2002)
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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Episode 1 - The North on a Plate
Release Date: 2010-09-08Cultural historian Andrew Hussey follows his success with France on a Plate by travelling back to his homeland, the north west of England, in search of its lost food culture.
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Episode 2 - 1960: The Year of the North
Release Date: 2010-09-14The story of how the north went from being Britain's economic engine room to cultural powerhouse. Andrew Martin explores how the north liberated itself and the country as a whole.
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Episode 3 - When Britain Went Wild
Release Date: 2010-10-05Documentary exploring how, in the 1960s, the British people fell in love with animals and how endangered species and wildlife protection became an intrinsic part of our culture.
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Episode 4 - Nordic Noir: The Story of Scandinavian Crime Fiction
Release Date: 2010-12-20Documentary which investigates the success of Scandinavian crime fiction, from Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium trilogy to Henning Mankell's brooding Wallander series.
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Episode 5 - Italian Noir: The Story of Italian Crime Fiction
Release Date: 2010-12-27Profile of a new wave of Italian crime fiction that has emerged to challenge the conventions of the detective novel - a dark world of corruption, unsolved murders and the mafia.
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Episode 6 - The Golden Age of Coach Travel
Release Date: 2011-01-05Documentary which journeys back to the 1950s when the coach was king. Those who had not travelled beyond their own villages and towns were given a taste of exploration and freedom.
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Episode 7 - The Modern Age of the Coach
Release Date: 2011-01-12Documentary bringing the story of the coach up to date, exploring the most recent phase of Britain's love affair with four-wheeled group travel from school trips to Indian treks.
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Episode 8 - Crime and Punishment - The Story of Corporal Punishment
Release Date: 2011-04-04Documentary lifting the veil on the taboo that is corporal punishment, revealing a history spanning religion, the justice system, sex and education.
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Episode 9 - Crime and Punishment - The Story of Capital Punishment
Release Date: 2011-04-05Documentary tracing the story of the ultimate sanction, examining such matters as the protocols of the public execution and the 'science' of hanging.