As of July 2026, Timeshift Season 5 aired in 2005 with 22 episodes — streaming now on BBC iPlayer. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Timeshift Season 5

2005 22 Episodes Documentary ⭐ 7/10

If you want a documentary that respects its subject, Timeshift Season 5 is available on right now. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. 5 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. The access the production secured is remarkable, and it does justice to it. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Timeshift Season 5 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. The access Timeshift Season 5 gets is remarkable — and the storytelling does full justice to it. Season 5 of Timeshift includes 22 episodes. It aired from May 2005 to March 2006. Episodes include "MPs on the Box", "Je T'Aime... It was aired in 2005. What elevates Timeshift Season 5 above most documentary work is a refusal to settle for the easy version of the story. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

For viewers who want their entertainment to leave them with something, Timeshift Season 5 delivers on both counts. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Getting this level of access rarely happens twice. The kind of documentary that makes you feel informed rather than manipulated.

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🎬 Timeshift Season 5 — Episode Guide

E1
MPs on the Box
2005-05-19
Time Shift looks at how satirists have portrayed politicians in such television creations as Yes Minister Spitting Image and The New Statesman.
E2
Je T'Aime... How We Learned to Love Europe
2005-05-31
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?
E3
England Away
2005-05-31
Time Shift examines the history of English football fans travelling to Europe, and the attendant sub-culture of drinking and violence.
E4
Court on Camera
2005-07-16
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.
E5
Apes in Hollywood
2005-07-17
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.
E6
Star Men
2005-08-06
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 be...
E7
Black and White Minstrels Revisited
2005-08-08
Time Shift takes a look at the now notorious show, whose blacked-up singing and dancing routines ruled the weekend schedules for 21 years.
E8
Too Much, Too Young
2005-09-09
Time Shift charts the devastating effect on children - some as young as five - who care for infirm parents
E9
The Jitterbug Years
2005-10-01
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 Coga...
E10
Play It Again
2005-10-04
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
E11
The Battle for the Ashes
2005-10-20
The changing sporting fortunes of England and Australia as recounted in this Time Shift documentary.
E12
The Lost Pictures of Eugene Smith
2005-10-25
Time Shift investigates how Life magazine's opposition to Attlee's radical Labour government inspired them to suppress photographs of the 1950 general election.
E13
The Third Progamme: High Culture for All in Postwar Britain
2005-10-25
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.
E14
Lost Road: Overland To Singapore
2005-10-30
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.
E15
A Study in Sherlock
2005-12-24
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 Edwa...
E16
Baker Street Babylon: The Bizarre Afterlife of Sherlock Holmes
2005-12-26
Time Shift presents clips of the strangest Sherlocks, with pastiche and parody from Roland Rat to John Cleese.
E17
Stephen Poliakoff: A Brief History of Now
2006-01-15
Robert Lindsay and Miranda Richardson guest in Time Shift's profile of the TV dramatist.
E18
The British Way of Death
2006-02-06
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...
E19
Left of Frame: The Rise and Fall of Radical TV Drama
2006-02-08
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.
E20
Rude Britannia
2006-02-13
From Pygmalion to Paxman, Time Shift traces the cult of plain-speaking. Narrated by Tamsin Greig.

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