Timeshift presents a bank holiday celebration of the British seaside holiday experience from its Victorian origins and heyday in the 1950s to its slow decline and attempts at reinvention since.
Timeshift presents a bank holiday celebration of the British seaside holiday experience from its Victorian origins and heyday in the 1950s to its slow decline and attempts at reinvention since.
Interviewees including Jonathan Meades, Martin Parr and Bill Pertwee explain the way that the seaside has always been the place we all visit to lose our inhibitions and reveal a different side to ourselves. We look at how our different experiences of the seaside - end of the pier shows, fearsome landladies and holiday camps - have given rise to different traditions and a nostalgia, both working-class and middle-class, for a time when life's pleasures were simpler and foreign holidays were the preserve of the very rich.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:21Groove Armada
At The River (Lp Mix)
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00:31The Stranglers
Peaches
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Winifred Robinson |
| Interviewed Guest | John Walton |
| Interviewed Guest | Jane Seddon |
| Interviewed Guest | Jonathan Meades |
| Interviewed Guest | Matthew Harwood |
| Interviewed Guest | Bill Pertwee |
| Interviewed Guest | Martin Parr |
Broadcasts
- Mon 5 May 2003 20:00
- Wed 29 Jul 2020 22:30
- Sat 10 Sep 2022 23:30
- Wed 14 Sep 2022 02:40
- Wed 12 Jul 2023 23:55
- Mon 17 Jul 2023 00:00