Bbc Time Shift Mods Rockers And Bank Holiday Mayhem (2014)

BBC - Time Shift: The Ladybird Books Story (2013)
HDTV | 1280x720 | .MKV/AVC @ 2549 Kbps | 58mn 29s | Audio: English AAC 125 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English | 1.11 GiB
Genre: Documentary

To millions of people, Ladybird books were as much a part of childhood as battery-powered torches and warm school milk. These now iconic pocket-sized books once informed us on such diverse subjects as how magnets work, what to look for in winter and how to make decorations out of old eggshells. But they also helped to teach many of us to read via a unique literacy scheme known as 'key words'. Ladybird books were also a visual treat - some of the best-known contemporary illustrators were recruited to provide images which today provide a perfect snapshot of the lost world of Ladybirdland: a place that is forever the gloriously ordinary, orderly 1950s.

BBC Time Shift - A Very British Map: The Ordnance Survey Story (2015)
HDTV | 1280x720 | .MKV/AVC @ 3103 Kbps | 58mn 52s | Audio: English AAC 128 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English | 1.35 GiB
Genre: Documentary

For over 200 years, Ordnance Survey has mapped every square mile of the British Isles, capturing not just the contours and geography of our nation, but of our lives. Originally intended for military use, OS maps were used during wartime to help locate enemy positions. In peacetime, they helped people discover and explore the countryside. Today, the large fold-out paper maps, used by generations of ramblers, scouts and weekend adventurers, represent just a small part of the OS output. As Ordnance Survey adjusts to the digital age, Timeshift looks back to tell the story of a quintessentially British institution.

BBC - Time Shift: The Engine that Powers the World (2015)
HDTV | 1280x720 | .MKV/AVC @ 3798 Kbps | 59mn 8s | Audio: English AAC 128 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English | 1.66 GiB
Genre: Documentary

The surprising story of the hidden powerhouse behind the globalised world - the diesel engine, a 19th-century invention that has become indispensable to the 21st century. It's a turtle versus hare tale in which the diesel engine races the petrol engine in a competition to replace ageing steam technology - a race eventually won hands down by diesel. Splendidly, car enthusiast presenter Mark Evans gets excitedly hands on with some of the many applications of Mr Diesel's - yes, there was one - original creation, from vintage submarines and tractors to locomotive trains and container ships. You'll never feel the same about that humble old diesel family car again.

BBC Time Shift - When the Circus Comes to Town (2011)
HDTV | 1280x720 | .MKV/AVC @ 2852 Kbps | 59mn 5s | Audio: English AAC 128 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English | 1.25 GiB
Genre: Documentary

Roll up! Roll up! Join Timeshift under the big top for unique access to the University of Sheffield's National Fairground Archive which tells the story of the circus. From Billy Smart to Gerry Cottle and Archaos to Cirque du Soleil, the documentary captures the appeal of this enduring mass entertainment. Find out what a josser is, discover why clowns are one of the few acts to achieve lasting celebrity and marvel at the sheer spectacle of some of the biggest circuses of all time. In an age when almost every form of popular entertainment owes something to the circus, this is a nostalgic journey into the origins of one of the ultimate expressions of human athleticism and showmanship.

Timeshift reveals the ten commandments of big cinema as it goes behind the scenes of the biggest film genre of them all - the epic.

BBC Time Shift - Spicing Up Britain: How Eating Out Went Exotic (2015)
HDTV | 1280x720 | .MKV/AVC @ 3297 Kbps | 58mn 37s | Audio: English AAC 132 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English | 1.43 GiB
Genre: Documentary

Timeshift looks at how post-war Britain went from a place where eating out was more of a chore than a pleasure to a nation of food adventurers, now spending up to a third of our food budget on restaurant meals. It's the story of the British palate being slowly introduced to a range of what would then have been 'exotic' cuisines by successive generations of migrants opening eateries - first Italians, then Chinese and Indians. By encouraging us to try something new - be it spaghetti, stir fry or samosa - they spiced up not just our food but our high streets and our lives.

BBC - Time Shift: When Coal Was King (2013)
HDTV | 1280x720 | .MKV/AVC @ 2704 Kbps | 58mn 58s | Audio: English AAC 132 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English | 1.19 GiB
Genre: Documentary

Timeshift explores the lost world of coal mining and the extraordinarily rich social and cultural lives of those who worked in what was once Britain's most important industry. It's a story told through a largely forgotten film archive that movingly documents the final years of coal's heyday from the 1940s to the 1980s. One priceless piece of footage features a ballet performance by tutu-wearing colliers. Featuring contributions from those who worked underground, those who lived in the pit villages, those who filmed them at work and at play and those - like Billy Elliot writer Lee Hall - who have been inspired by what made coalfield culture so unique.