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Timeshift

2002 – 2017Show17 seasons184 episodes

Documentary
67
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb6.5
67
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb6.5

Summary

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.

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  • Family movie night
  • Friends night
  • Teens

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Timeshift episodes

17 seasons · 184 episodes

  1. S1 E14 The Magic Roundabout Story, 5.8
  1. S2 E1 The Great British Seaside Holiday, 6.7
  1. S3 E2 The Kneale Tapes, 8.2
  2. S3 E8 The Jet Set, 6.7
  3. S3 E9 Missing Believed Wiped, 7.0
  1. S4 E5 Time Gentlemen, Please: The History of The British Pub, 6.5
  2. S4 E6 Live on the Night: The Story of Live TV Drama, 7.5
  1. S5 E15 A Study in Sherlock, 7.8
  1. S6 E12 Rover: The Long Goodbye, 7.3
  1. S7 E3 Gagging for It: TV's Hunger for Radio Comedy, 6.4
  2. S7 E5 Emmylou Harris's 10 Commandments of Country, 8.0
  3. S7 E12 Stuffed: The Great British Christmas Dinner, 6.0
  1. S8 E1 How to Be a Good President, 7.0
  2. S8 E3 Last Days of Steam, 8.3
  1. S9 E2 The Golden Age of Liners, 8.4
  2. S9 E5 How to Win at Chess, 7.6
  3. S9 E6 Oliver Postgate: A Life in Small Films, 7.2
  4. S9 E8 Bread: A Loaf Affair, 7.5
  1. S10 E4 Nordic Noir: The Story of Scandinavian Crime Fiction, 7.3
  2. S10 E5 Italian Noir, 7.3
  3. S10 E8 Crime and Punishment: A Good Flogging / The Story of Corporal Punishment, 7.3
  4. S10 E9 Crime and Punishment: The Death Penalty / The Story of Capital Punishment, 7.9
  1. S11 E1 Re-Trial by Television: The Rise and Fall of Rough Justice, 8.2
  2. S11 E6 Dear Censor... The Secret Archive of The British Board of Film Classification, 7.6
  3. S11 E7 Antarctica: Of Ice and Men, 7.2
  4. S11 E8 The Story of The Tram: A Streetcar Named Desire, 7.2
  5. S11 E9 Epic: A Cast of Thousands!, 6.8
  6. S11 E10 The Smoking Years, 7.2
  7. S11 E11 The Rules of Drinking, 7.0
  1. S12 E3 Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of The British Sportscar, 8.4
  2. S12 E6 When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies, 7.2
  3. S12 E7 The Joy of Sets: The Model Railway Story, 7.6
  1. S13 E1 Full Throttle: The Glory Days of British Motorbikes, 7.7
  2. S13 E2 When Coal Was King, 7.6
  3. S13 E3 Bouffants, Beehives and Bobs: The Hairstyles That Shaped Britain, 7.9
  4. S13 E5 The Ladybird Books Story: The Bugs That Got Britain Reading, 7.8
  5. S13 E6 Hurricanes and Heatwaves: The Highs and Lows of British Weather, 6.0
  6. S13 E7 How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective, 8.2
  1. S14 E1 Mods, Rockers and Bank Holiday Mayhem, 6.4
  2. S14 E2 Killer Storms and Cruel Winters: The History of Extreme Weather in Britain, 7.0
  3. S14 E3 Bullseyes & Beer: When Darts Hit Britain, 6.7
  4. S14 E4 Battle for the Himalayas: The Fight to Film Everest, 6.6
  5. S14 E5 The Nation's Railway: The Golden Age of British Rail, 7.3
  1. S15 E1 The Trains That Time Forgot: Britain's Lost Railway Journeys, 7.1
  2. S15 E2 A Very British Map: The Ordnance Survey Story, 7.3
  3. S15 E3 The Engine that Powers the World, 8.3
  4. S15 E4 The People's Liners: Britain's Lost Pleasure Fleets, 6.8
  5. S15 E5 Looking for Mr Bond: 007 at the BBC, 7.2
  6. S15 E6 How Britain Won the Space Race: The Story of Bernard Lovell and Jodrell Bank, 7.6
  1. S16 E1 Bridging the Gap: How the Severn Bridge Was Built, 7.0
  2. S16 E2 Sailors, Ships and Stevedores: The Story of British Docks, 7.7
  3. S16 E3 Penny Blacks & Twopenny Blues: How Britain Got Stuck on Stamps, 8.4
  4. S16 E4 Booze, Beans & Bhajis: The Story of The Corner Shop, 7.9
  5. S16 E5 Flights of Fancy: Pigeons and the British, 8.0
  1. S17 E3 Dial 'B' for Britain: The Story of The Landline, 7.5

Cast

24 of 59 · most episodes first

Crew

Directors
Matthew Thomas, Linda Sands, John Das
Written by
Matthew Thomas, Babita Sharma, Jonathan Freedland
Produced by
Rachel Jardine, John Das, Kate Thomas

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Facts

October 10, 2002 · April 20, 2017 · Ended

First aired
October 10, 2002
Last aired
April 20, 2017
Status
Ended
Length
17 seasons · 184 episodes
Content
Violence
Genres
Documentary
Original language
English
Made in
United Kingdom
Available in
1 country

Q&A

5 questions, like "Where can I stream Timeshift?"

Questions about Timeshift

Quick answers from GoodWatch data.

Where can I stream Timeshift?

It streams in 1 other country, but not in the United States.

Is Timeshift worth watching?

67
GoodGoodWatch score

Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 67 (IMDb 6.5). Season 1 is the weak spot, with an IMDb average of 5.8 against 7.8 for the best season.

Does Timeshift get better after season 1?

Yes: season 1 has an IMDb average of 5.8, and seasons 5, 13, and 16 peak at 7.8. The highest-rated episode is The Golden Age of Liners (season 9, episode 2) at 8.4, and the lowest is The Magic Roundabout Story (season 1, episode 14) at 5.8.

Is Timeshift okay for kids?

Violence

Yes: its content advisories are violence, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.

How long does it take to watch Timeshift?

184 h

About 184 hours: 184 episodes in 17 seasons of about 60 minutes each, aired from 2002 to 2017.