Timeshift Season 2

Timeshift Season 2 has built a real following on among viewers who want documentaries that actually inform. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. A 7/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Worth watching in order, from the beginning — the cumulative effect is the point. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

There is a reason Timeshift Season 2 keeps coming up in conversation. Timeshift Season 2 resists the urge to oversimplify a subject that deserves better. Season 2 of Timeshift includes 10 episodes. It aired from May 2003 to September 2003. Episodes include "The Great British Seaside Holiday", "Children's News", "Watching You". It was aired in 2003. The restraint in Timeshift Season 2 is what makes it trustworthy — it does not need to editorialise to make its point. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Timeshift Season 2 is the kind of documentary you immediately want to recommend to someone else. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. The access the production gets is remarkable, and the storytelling does full justice to it. Worth watching in order, from the beginning.

🎬 Timeshift Season 2 — Episode Guide

The Great British Seaside Holiday

2003-05-05

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 ...

Children's News

2003-05-18

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

Watching You

2003-05-22

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.

TV and Charity

2003-06-05

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.

Tyneside

2003-06-12

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

Political Thrillers: Plays of State

2003-06-15

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.

High Rise Dreams

2003-06-19

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.

Vicars: Dearly Beloved?

2003-07-03

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

Footballers’ Lives

2003-09-21

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.

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Six Days to Saturday

2003-09-21

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.

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