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Series looking at changes in British society, employing archive footage from the BBC and other sources.

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Whatever Happened to the Working Classes?
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Whatever Happened to the Working Classes?Timeshift presents a bank holiday celebration of the British seaside holiday experience from its Victorian origins and heyday in the 1950s to its slow decline and attempts at reinvention since. Interviewees including Jonathan Meades, Martin Parr and Bill Pertwee explain the way that the seaside has always been the place we all visit to lose our inhibitions and reveal a different side to ourselves.
Notting Hill Riots
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Notting Hill RiotsTime Shift explores the significance of children's programmes in developing young people's worldview. With Jon Snow and John Craven.
A Brief Interlude
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A Brief InterludeUndercover reporter Donal Macintyre is among the interviewees as Time Shift looks at hidden-camera TV. Nigel Kneale discusses how his satire The Year of the Sex Olympics feels prescient in the Big Brother world.
What Have the Germans Done for Us?
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What Have the Germans Done for Us?Terry Wogan, Lenny Henry, Michael Buerk and Esther Rantzen guest on Time Shift's look at how charity and TV are interwoven - from the early days of Christmas collections for needy children to the successful annual telethons of today.
Greenham Common Changed My Life
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Greenham Common Changed My LifeTime Shift celebrates Tyneside's cultural contribution and its development through the eyes of writers, actors and others.
Car Crazy
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Car CrazyFrom banned 1950s drama Party Manners to House of Cards and State of Play, the secrets of TV thrillers are uncovered in an edition of the Time Shift strand.
The Magic Roundabout Story
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The Magic Roundabout StoryTime Shift looks back at how a group of idealistic architects changed the face of council housing in Britain, inspired by the modernist philosophy of Le Corbusier and new materials, only to be thwarted by financial restraints, poor craftsmanship and Margaret Thatcher 's private ownership creed.
Malcolm Muggeridge: Swimming Against the Stream
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Malcolm Muggeridge: Swimming Against the StreamTimeshift looks at the changing role of the Church of England parish priest over the last 40 years.
Gurus
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GurusIn the last 40 years, money and fame have transformed footballers from working class heroes to multimedia icons. Time Shift explores how this change has come about and asks if today's lower league players aren't worse off than they were before.
The Great British Seaside Holiday
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The Great British Seaside HolidayJohn Boorman-directed documentary from 1963, recounting a week in the life of the players and manager of Swindon Town football club, a fascinating snapshot of a profession a world away from Premiership and sponsorship.