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May 5, 2003

Season 2

01. The​ Great​ British​ Seaside​ Holiday​

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.

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May 5, 2003

02. Children's News

Time Shift explores the significance of children's programmes in developing young people's worldview. With Jon Snow and John Craven.

1h 0min
May 18, 2003

03. Watching You

Undercover 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.

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May 22, 2003

04. TV and Charity

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.

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June 5, 2003

05. Tyneside

Time Shift celebrates Tyneside's cultural contribution and its development through the eyes of writers, actors and others.

1h 0min
June 12, 2003

06. Political Thrillers: Plays of State

From 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.

1h 0min
June 15, 2003

07. High Rise Dreams

Time 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.

1h 0min
June 19, 2003

08. Vicars: Dearly Beloved?

Timeshift looks at the changing role of the Church of England parish priest over the last 40 years.

1h 0min
July 3, 2003

09. Footballers’ Lives

In 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.

1h 0min
September 21, 2003

10. Six Days to Saturday

John 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.

1h 0min
September 21, 2003