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Timeshift Season 11

April. 03,2011
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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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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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Timeshift Season 11 Full Episode Guide

Episode 11 - The Rules of Drinking
First Aired: January. 11,2012

Documentary which digs into the archive to discover the unwritten rules that have governed the way we drink in Britain, from 1940s pubs and clubs to drinking at home or at work.

Episode 10 - The Smoking Years
First Aired: January. 04,2012

With contributions from Barry Cryer, Stuart Maconie and others, this documentary tells the unnatural history of the now-threatened creature that is 'the smoker'.

Episode 9 - Epic: A Cast of Thousands!
First Aired: December. 24,2011

Documentary which goes behind the scenes to tell the stories of the biggest film genre of them all - the epic, from Ben-Hur to The Ten Commandments and from El Cid to Cleopatra.

Episode 8 - The Golden Age of Trams: A Streetcar Named Desire
First Aired: December. 05,2011

Documentary exploring how the tram liberated overcrowded cities, mapping its journey from horse-drawn carriage on rails to steam and then electric power.

Episode 7 - Antarctica - Of Ice and Men
First Aired: November. 03,2011

Documentary which looks at why the most inhospitable place on the planet has exerted such a powerful hold on the imagination of explorers, scientists, writers and photographers.

Episode 6 - Dear Censor - The secret archive of the British Board of Film Classification
First Aired: September. 29,2011

Documentary examining the work of the BBFC, casting an eye over some of the most infamous cases in its history and analysing how it works with film-makers themselves.

Episode 5 - The Picture Postcard World of Nigel Walmsley
First Aired: September. 15,2011

The story behind the humble picture postcard, told by comic creation Nigel Walmsley. With their own language and bespoke rules, postcards were the texts and emails of their era.

Episode 4 - When the Circus Comes to Town
First Aired: August. 09,2011

Film which uses the University of Sheffield's National Fairground Archive to explore the history of the circus, from Billy Smart to Gerry Cottle and Archaos to Cirque du Soleil

Episode 3 - All the Fun of the Fair
First Aired: August. 02,2011

Documentary which explores the history of the fairground, from the sideshows to the freak shows, and from early hand-powered rides to the arrival of steam and electricity.

Episode 2 - Hotel Deluxe
First Aired: June. 29,2011

Documentary which charts how luxury hotels have met the needs of new forms of wealth - from aristocrats to rock stars and beyond - with comfort, innovation and service.

Episode 1 - Retrial by TV: The Rise and Fall of Rough Justice
First Aired: April. 03,2011

Documentary about the BBC's Rough Justice series, which began investigating miscarriages of justice in the early 1980s and helped overturn the convictions of 18 people in 13 cases.

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