Timeshift Season 12 Episodes

Episode 1

Health Before the NHS: The Road to Recovery

Episode 2

Health Before the NHS: A Medical Revolution

Episode 3

Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of The British Sportscar

60 mins

Timeshift looks back to a time when iconic British marques like Jaguar, Austin-Healey, MG and Triumph sparked a manufacturing frenzy that helped to democratize speed and glamour.

Episode 4

Klezmer

Episode 5

The British Army of the Rhine

Episode 6

When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies

Episode 7

The Joy of Sets: The Model Railway Story

59 mins

From Hornby to Triang and beyond, this documentary explores how the British have been in love with model railways for more than a century. What began as an adult obsession with building fully-engineered replicas became the iconic toy of 1950s and 60s childhood. With unique archive and contributions from modelers such as Pete Waterman, this is a celebration of the joys of miniaturization. Just don't call them toy trains.

Episode 8

Eyes Down: The Story of Bingo

The history of bingo, from its early popularity among the armed forces to becoming a mainstay of traditional British seaside holidays, the brief fashion for newspaper bingo, and the mixed fortunes of the bingo hall.

Episode 9

Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting: The Rise of Martial Arts in Britain

58 mins

Timeshift, the black belt of the archive world, takes a look at the rise of martial arts in Britain. From the early days of bartitsu, through Judo and Karate to Kung Fu, Britain has had a long and illustrious involvement with the martial arts. Gold medals have been won, Sherlock Holmes's life has been saved and aftershave has been worn - all thanks to the martial arts.

Episode 10

How to Be a Lady: An Elegant History

With a handful of vintage etiquette books and some film archive to guide her, journalist Rachel Johnson goes in search of what seems an almost vanished social type: the lady.