Timeshift Season 3 Episodes

Episode 1

Cold War Kids

Paul Morley and Michael Rosen are among those discussing the changing experiences of children who grew up in the shadow of the Cold War.

Episode 2

The Kneale Tapes

Time Shift profiles Nigel Kneale, the brains behind such disconcerting chillers as The Stone Tapes and The Ouatermass Experiment.

Episode 3

James Cameron: A Pain in the Neck

Timeshift profiles the journalist, a conflict-battered idealist who feared for the worst and campaigned for the best.

Episode 4

Apocalypse Now... and Then

Time Shift examines mankind's obsession with the end of the world, looking at how science and religion fuel the belief that armageddon is just around the corner.

Episode 5

The Lie of the Land

The conventional view of the country-side is of a rural idyll perpetuated by our cultural tradition - but does this idyll really exist? Timeshift investigates.

Episode 6

Child Prodigies

Timeshift looks at how precocious children challenge thinking about education - and whether labeling a child as "gifted" does more harm than good.

Episode 7

Raj to Rhondda: How Indian Doctors Saved the NHS

The story of the generation of doctors who came from the Indian subcontinent to become the hidden heroes who have provided the backbone of the NHS for the last 40 years. Despite enduring years of discrimination, they fulfilled Britain's health needs and carved successful careers that took them to the heart of the British medical establishment. Now, as they collectively reach retirement age, Britain faces a crisis in health care.

Episode 8

The Jet Set

Rich, distant and opulent, the jet set fascinated the public as they waved to us from airplane doorways before winging their way across the skies heading for yachts and exotic locations that the rest of us could only dream of. They were the aristocrats, the high fliers and high earners whose lives and loves fascinated us long before celebrity became a dirty word. This film looks back at the glamorous heyday of the jet set from the 1950s to the 1970s. Contributors include former Formula One world champion Jackie Stewart, psychologist Dr Martyn Dyer Smith, society columnist Ross Benson, travel writer Simon Calder, Concorde pilot Christopher Orlebar and former women's magazine editor Marcelle d'Argy Smith.

Episode 9

Missing Believed Wiped

40 mins

The history of the British Broadcasting Corporation's once prevalent, but short-sighted, policy of wholesale disposal of recorded television content, and the efforts to mitigate that loss.

Episode 10

Prog Rock

BBC documentary about the start of progressive rock in the 70's

Episode 11

Hard Drive Heaven: The History of The Home Computer

30 mins

The PC has shrunk in size, but grown in power - Time Shift charts its evolution. Contributors include Sir Clive Sinclair.

Episode 12

Whistleblowers

Until the 1980s Whitehall was able to use the Official Secrets Act to suppress information it didn't want disclosed. Time Shift recalls those who spoke out on stories the Government did not want to be told.

Episode 13

Charles Wheeler: Edge of Frame

The life of veteran BBC journalist Charles Wheeler who died aged 85, and was just one year younger than the BBC itself. The corporation's longest-serving foreign correspondent, Wheeler was at the forefront of world news reporting for more than 50 years. As a tribute to Charles Wheeler, this documentary looks at the decisive moments of the latter 20th Century through the eyes of one of journalism's most dedicated, yet modest, professionals. Contributors include Jeremy Paxman, John Simpson and Wheeler's son-in-law Boris Johnson, as well as Charles Wheeler himself.