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The Best Episodes of Timeshift Season 5

Every episode of Timeshift Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Timeshift Season 5!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Timeshift Season 5 Episode 15 - A Study in Sherlock
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    S5:E15

    Documentary explores the continuing appeal of Sherlock Holmes through his various screen incarnations, from early silent films through the classic portrayals by Basil Rathbone and Peter Cushing to the BBC's most recent Rupert Everett version. Contributors include Minette Walters, Kim Newman and Edward Hardwicke.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Timeshift Season 5 Episode 1 - MPs on the Box
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E1

    Time Shift looks at how satirists have portrayed politicians in such television creations as Yes Minister Spitting Image and The New Statesman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Timeshift Season 5 Episode 2 - Je T'Aime... How We Learned to Love Europe
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E2

    Sixty years ago, postwar Europe was seen as a dirty, chaotic place where you couldn't drink the water. Now Brits dream of restoring crumbling chateaux in rural France - so what happened to change our minds?

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Timeshift Season 5 Episode 3 - England Away
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E3

    Time Shift examines the history of English football fans travelling to Europe, and the attendant sub-culture of drinking and violence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Timeshift Season 5 Episode 4 - Court on Camera
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E4

    A member of OJ Simpson's "dream team", plus the lawyer who defended nanny Louise Woodward , are among contributors to Time Shift's history of the camera in the courtroom.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Timeshift Season 5 Episode 5 - Apes in Hollywood
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E5

    Since King Kong broke box office records, apes have been big business. Time Shift takes a wry look at a neglected genre, from Tarzan and Planet of the Apes to B-movies and cult films, like Bedtime with Bonzo.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Timeshift Season 5 Episode 6 - Star Men
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E6

    Adam Hart-Davis explores the world of Britain's 40,000 amateur astronomers. While the last century saw amateurs eclipsed by high technology, increasingly sophisticated home equipment has seen the amateur community enter a new collaborative relationship with the professionals. Contributors include bestselling novelist Terry Pratchett, Colin Pillinger of the Beagle 2 project and the godfather of popular astronomy Patrick Moore.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Timeshift Season 5 Episode 7 - Black and White Minstrels Revisited
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E7

    Time Shift takes a look at the now notorious show, whose blacked-up singing and dancing routines ruled the weekend schedules for 21 years.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Timeshift Season 5 Episode 8 - Too Much, Too Young
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E8

    Time Shift charts the devastating effect on children - some as young as five - who care for infirm parents

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Timeshift Season 5 Episode 9 - The Jitterbug Years
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E9

    Documentary recalling the social revolution which swept across Britain from 1946. A new dance craze, the Jitterbug, captured the mood of the country as years of war and austerity were cast off. The film uses archive footage and a soundtrack of classic hits, including music by Louis Jordan, Alma Cogan, Billie Holiday and Ray Charles.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Timeshift Season 5 Episode 10 - Play It Again
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E10

    Remembering the golden age of the TV panel game as What's My Line?, The Name's the Same and Ask Your Dad make their debuts during the years 1945-55. Narrated by Hugh Dennis

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Timeshift Season 5 Episode 11 - The Battle for the Ashes
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E11

    The changing sporting fortunes of England and Australia as recounted in this Time Shift documentary.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Timeshift Season 5 Episode 12 - The Lost Pictures of Eugene Smith
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E12

    Time Shift investigates how Life magazine's opposition to Attlee's radical Labour government inspired them to suppress photographs of the 1950 general election.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Timeshift Season 5 Episode 13 - The Third Progamme: High Culture for All in Postwar Britain
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E13

    Francine Stock narrates the story of the Third Programme, a high-culture radio show launched in 1946, focusing on how the series influenced the British arts scene.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Timeshift Season 5 Episode 14 - Lost Road: Overland To Singapore
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E14

    In 1955 young producer of Travellers' Tales David Attenborough was persuaded by six Oxbridge undergraduates to give some money & filmstock so they could film their unique overland journey by Land Rover from London to Singapore.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Timeshift Season 5 Episode 16 - Baker Street Babylon: The Bizarre Afterlife of Sherlock Holmes
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E16

    Time Shift presents clips of the strangest Sherlocks, with pastiche and parody from Roland Rat to John Cleese.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Timeshift Season 5 Episode 17 - Stephen Poliakoff: A Brief History of Now
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E17

    Robert Lindsay and Miranda Richardson guest in Time Shift's profile of the TV dramatist.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Timeshift Season 5 Episode 18 - The British Way of Death
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E18

    Daniela Nardini narrates a documentary exploring why the British funeral has acquired a new spirit of informality. Today's departed are just as likely to be sent on their way to the strains of Robbie Williams as they are to a classic hymn. A bewildering array of coffin styles is available, with even an environmentally-friendly wicker casket for the organically-minded. Are we improvising new rituals to fill a more profound vacuum in our secular society?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Timeshift Season 5 Episode 19 - Left of Frame: The Rise and Fall of Radical TV Drama
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E19

    Jimmy McGovern and Ken Loach are among those reflecting on left-wing drama of the 1960s and 70s, looking at works as diverse as Take Me Home and Our Friends in the North.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Timeshift Season 5 Episode 20 - Rude Britannia
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E20

    From Pygmalion to Paxman, Time Shift traces the cult of plain-speaking. Narrated by Tamsin Greig.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Timeshift Season 5 Episode 21 - The Sun and the Moon
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E21

    A quirky Time Shift compilation of TV appearances by these two heavenly bodies, including Patrick Moore 's meeting with a vicar who refuses to believe the Sun is hot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Timeshift Season 5 Episode 22 - Pay Attention Britain! Public Information Films
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E22

    Marking 60 years of the Central Office of Information, Time Shift celebrates PIFs, from HIV awareness to "Charley Says".

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"A Study in Sherlock" is the best rated episode of Timeshift season 5. It scored 7.8/10 from 9 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on December 24, 2005. This episode is rated 7.8 points higher than the second-best, "MPs on the Box".