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The Best Episodes of Timeshift Season 11

Every episode of Timeshift Season 11 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Timeshift Season 11!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Timeshift Season 11 Episode 1 - Retrial by TV: The Rise and Fall of Rough Justice
    8.2/10(7 votes)

    S11:E1

    Documentary about the BBC's Rough Justice series, which began investigating miscarriages of justice in the early 1980s and helped overturn the convictions of 18 people in 13 cases.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Timeshift Season 11 Episode 6 - Dear Censor - The secret archive of the British Board of Film Classification
    7.6/10(37 votes)

    S11:E6

    Documentary examining the work of the BBFC, casting an eye over some of the most infamous cases in its history and analysing how it works with film-makers themselves.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Timeshift Season 11 Episode 7 - Antarctica - Of Ice and Men
    7.2/10(20 votes)

    S11:E7

    Documentary which looks at why the most inhospitable place on the planet has exerted such a powerful hold on the imagination of explorers, scientists, writers and photographers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Timeshift Season 11 Episode 8 - The Golden Age of Trams: A Streetcar Named Desire
    7.2/10(7 votes)

    S11:E8

    Documentary exploring how the tram liberated overcrowded cities, mapping its journey from horse-drawn carriage on rails to steam and then electric power.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Timeshift Season 11 Episode 10 - The Smoking Years
    7.2/10(8 votes)

    S11:E10

    With contributions from Barry Cryer, Stuart Maconie and others, this documentary tells the unnatural history of the now-threatened creature that is 'the smoker'.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Timeshift Season 11 Episode 11 - The Rules of Drinking
    7.0/10(10 votes)

    S11:E11

    Documentary which digs into the archive to discover the unwritten rules that have governed the way we drink in Britain, from 1940s pubs and clubs to drinking at home or at work.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Timeshift Season 11 Episode 9 - Epic: A Cast of Thousands!
    6.8/10(7 votes)

    S11:E9

    Documentary which goes behind the scenes to tell the stories of the biggest film genre of them all - the epic, from Ben-Hur to The Ten Commandments and from El Cid to Cleopatra.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Timeshift Season 11 Episode 2 - Hotel Deluxe
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S11:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Timeshift Season 11 Episode 3 - All the Fun of the Fair
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S11:E3

    Documentary which explores the history of the fairground, from the sideshows to the freak shows, and from early hand-powered rides to the arrival of steam and electricity.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Timeshift Season 11 Episode 4 - When the Circus Comes to Town
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S11:E4

    Film which uses the University of Sheffield's National Fairground Archive to explore the history of the circus, from Billy Smart to Gerry Cottle and Archaos to Cirque du Soleil

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Timeshift Season 11 Episode 5 - The Picture Postcard World of Nigel Walmsley
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S11:E5

    The story behind the humble picture postcard, told by comic creation Nigel Walmsley. With their own language and bespoke rules, postcards were the texts and emails of their era.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 11 Ratings Summary

"Retrial by TV: The Rise and Fall of Rough Justice" is the best rated episode of Timeshift season 11. It scored 8.2/10 from 7 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on April 3, 2011. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Dear Censor - The secret archive of the British Board of Film Classification".