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.
Documentary recalling the industrial dispute at the Grunwick film processing business in North London in 1976. Featuring film archive from the time and interviews with key players.
An in-depth examination of how the debate surrounding cannabis has evolved over the past 50 years.
Examining the changing image of the novelist over the last 50 years.
In the mid 1960s Britain went boating mad. This documentary tells the story of how an extraordinary maritime revolution that was kick-started by waterproof glues developed for bom…
Charting the time of our favorite presenter at the head of the then struggling and controversial BBC2. Packed chock full of interviews, clips and reminiscences both old and new, i…
Timeshift celebrates the comedy double act's unsung half, with archive footage of Morecambe and Wise, Benny Hill and the Monty Python team. Contributors include Syd Little and Bar…
In 1945, two and a half million ethnic Germans were driven from their homes in Czechoslovakia. Thousands died. Now, as the Czech Republic heads for EU membership, Charles Wheeler …
This programme in the Time Shift strand explores the history of the current conflict over class
Examining the west London riots of August 1958, which were the catalyst for black actMsm in Britain and inspired the annual carnival.
From VW Beetles to Blue Nun and Kraftwerk, a look at Germany's conrtibution to British life
The story of the women who occupied the Greenham Common Peace Camp from 1981 to 2000 - what brought them to Greenham, their protests, conflicts with authority and the life they le…
The story of the British love of the motor car from the earliest days of mass production in the 1920s to today's MPVs and post-modern Minis told through a succession of classic mo…
Created by a French animator, the show was reinterpreted for Britain, with classic characters like Dougal. It transformed the careers of actor Eric Thompson and animator Ivor Wood…
The controversial broadcaster is profiled by Time Shift. How did the son of a Croydon clerk become one of TV's geniune originals? Interviewees include Cormac Murphy O'Connor.
Time Shift examines how the philosophy of the Indian guru has travelled into mainstream British society.
A short film about "The Interludes" - a series of short films made by the BBC in the 1940s and 1950s to fill in during technical breakdowns and gaps in the schedules. The most fam…
A Bite of China
Robbie Coltrane: B-Road Britain
Amol Rajan Interviews
Prejudice and Pride: The People's History of LGBTQ Britain
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Sahara with Michael Palin
Brits Who Made The Modern World
King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons
Abroad Again in Britain
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