S5 E1 • MPs on the Box

Time Shift looks at how satirists have portrayed politicians in such television creations as Yes Minister Spitting Image and The New Statesman.

Première diffusion : 19 mai 2005

S5 E2 • Je T’Aime… How We Learned to Love Europe

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?

Première diffusion : 31 mai 2005

S5 E3 • England Away

Time Shift examines the history of English football fans travelling to Europe, and the attendant sub-culture of drinking and violence.

Première diffusion : 31 mai 2005

S5 E4 • Court on Camera

A member of OJ Simpson's "dream team", plus the lawyer who defended nanny Louise Woodward , are among contributors to Time Shift's history of the camera in the courtroom.

Première diffusion : 16 juillet 2005

S5 E5 • Apes in Hollywood

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.

Première diffusion : 17 juillet 2005

S5 E6 • Star Men

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.

Première diffusion : 6 août 2005

S5 E7 • Black and White Minstrels Revisited

Time Shift takes a look at the now notorious show, whose blacked-up singing and dancing routines ruled the weekend schedules for 21 years.

Première diffusion : 8 août 2005

S5 E8 • Too Much, Too Young

Time Shift charts the devastating effect on children - some as young as five - who care for infirm parents

Première diffusion : 9 septembre 2005

S5 E9 • The Jitterbug Years

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.

Première diffusion : 1 octobre 2005

S5 E10 • Play It Again

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

Première diffusion : 4 octobre 2005

S5 E11 • The Battle for the Ashes

The changing sporting fortunes of England and Australia as recounted in this Time Shift documentary.

Première diffusion : 20 octobre 2005

S5 E12 • The Lost Pictures of Eugene Smith

Time Shift investigates how Life magazine's opposition to Attlee's radical Labour government inspired them to suppress photographs of the 1950 general election.

Première diffusion : 25 octobre 2005

S5 E13 • The Third Progamme: High Culture for All in Postwar Britain

Francine Stock narrates the story of the Third Programme, a high-culture radio show launched in 1946, focusing on how the series influenced the British arts scene.

Première diffusion : 25 octobre 2005

S5 E14 • Lost Road: Overland To Singapore

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. The team fly across the Channel, travel through France, brewing tea at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. Then onward through Germany, Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey. They inspect ancient ruins in Syria, learn to waterski in The Lebanon and spend time a Nairn Bus workshop in Iraq. They demo the landrovers to the Iranian Army, travel through Pakistan to India where they visit the Taj Mahal and the tea plantations of Darjeeling. Onto previously inaccessible Nepal and through fairly incessible Burma. There they are escorted by soldiers whose jeep they have to repair. Then through Malaya and onto the Singapore causeway where a welcoming committee awaits.

Première diffusion : 30 octobre 2005

S5 E15 • A Study in Sherlock

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.

Première diffusion : 24 décembre 2005

S5 E16 • Baker Street Babylon: The Bizarre Afterlife of Sherlock Holmes

Time Shift presents clips of the strangest Sherlocks, with pastiche and parody from Roland Rat to John Cleese.

Première diffusion : 26 décembre 2005

S5 E17 • Stephen Poliakoff: A Brief History of Now

Robert Lindsay and Miranda Richardson guest in Time Shift's profile of the TV dramatist.

Première diffusion : 15 janvier 2006

S5 E18 • The British Way of Death

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?

Première diffusion : 6 février 2006

S5 E19 • Left of Frame: The Rise and Fall of Radical TV Drama

Jimmy McGovern and Ken Loach are among those reflecting on left-wing drama of the 1960s and 70s, looking at works as diverse as Take Me Home and Our Friends in the North.

Première diffusion : 8 février 2006

S5 E20 • Rude Britannia

From Pygmalion to Paxman, Time Shift traces the cult of plain-speaking. Narrated by Tamsin Greig.

Première diffusion : 13 février 2006

S5 E21 • The Sun and the Moon

A quirky Time Shift compilation of TV appearances by these two heavenly bodies, including Patrick Moore 's meeting with a vicar who refuses to believe the Sun is hot.

Première diffusion : 6 mars 2006

S5 E22 • Pay Attention Britain! Public Information Films

Marking 60 years of the Central Office of Information, Time Shift celebrates PIFs, from HIV awareness to "Charley Says".

Première diffusion : 30 mars 2006

S5 E23 • Pop Svengalis - DUPLICATE

A look at the Svengali-like managers that have been behind some of Britian's great pop acts, and how they came to dominate the music business. Are they exploitative or crucial to the act's success?

Première diffusion : 23 février 2005