Timeshift

  

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Timeshift5/5. Timeshift ventures inside places of sporting achievement, scientific endeavour and male obsession - the lofts of pigeon fanciers - to tell the story of a remarkable bird. [S]Fri, Mar 1, 12:30 amBBC FOUR60 mins
Timeshift3/6. How a traditional working-class pub game became a national obsession during the 1970s and 80s, and how television played a key role in elevating its players into household names. [S]Fri, Feb 22, 1:05 amBBC FOUR60 mins
Timeshift5/7. Documentary about Ladybird books, which once informed people on such diverse subjects as how magnets work and what to look for in winter, but also helped to teach many to read. [S,AD]Thu, Jan 24, 11:00 pmBBC FOUR60 mins
Timeshift4/6. The story of how film-makers turned the conquest of Himalayan peaks into great propaganda by Imperial Britain, Nazi Germany and superpower America from the 1920s to the 1960s. [S,AD]Tue, Jan 8, 12:20 amBBC FOUR60 mins
TimeshiftDocumentary about the history and tradition of the British Christmas dinner and the role it still plays in a Britain of different faiths, food fads and health concerns. [S,AD]Mon, Dec 24, 1:25 amBBC FOUR60 mins
Timeshift1/5. Exploring the British experience of family cars, from the Morris Minor to the Ford Cortina, the VW Golf to the Volvo estate, school runs to family holidays. [S]Wed, Dec 19, 12:00 amBBC FOUR60 mins
Timeshift2/12. 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. [S]Thu, Dec 13, 11:30 pmBBC FOUR60 mins
Timeshift3/9. Documentary looking at the unique culture that grew up in the Clyde shipyards of Scotland, where the Queen Mary, the Queen Elizabeth and the QE2 were built. [S]Wed, Dec 12, 12:00 amBBC FOUR60 mins
TimeshiftDocumentary which tells the surprising story of how Britain entered a new age of steam railways after the Second World War and why it quickly came to an end.Tue, Dec 4, 12:00 amBBC FOUR60 mins