TimeshiftSeries 6Episodes Episode guide

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1. Machine Men

   Documentary looking at the history of robots, androids and cyborgs in fact and fiction.
2. Carry On Campus

   University life seen through the eyes of writers who immortalised it in the campus novel.
3. The Da Vinci Code - The Greatest Story Ever Sold

   How the Da Vinci Code forced a counter-attack from the Church and the art world.
4. Parallel Worlds: A User's Guide

   Narrated by Richard Ayoade, featuring Star Trek, Sliders and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
5. Goodbye Children Everywhere

   A celebration of kid's TV and the look at the dim prospects for it's mainstream future.
6. Transylvania Babylon

   A comic exploration of the cult of Dracula, from Bela Lugosi to bloodsucking bikes.
7. First Rites: From the Cradle to the Prom

   Documentary which looks at how the rituals that mark our milestones in life are changing.
8. Wedding Rites: In Sickness and in Health

   Documentary looking at how and why weddings are on the increase in the UK.
9. The New Middle Classes

   Tim Lott takes a quirky and humorous journey through the new social landscape of Britain.
10. Planet Ping Pong

    The story of table tennis and how it became the most popular sport in Asia.
11. Creating Life on Mars

    In conversation with writer and broadcaster Andrew Collins, the creators of Life on Mars.
12. Spy Stories - British Espionage in Fact and Fiction

    The relationship between fact and fiction in the world of British espionage.
13. Switch Off Something: Britain and the Three-Day Week

    Philip Glenister narrates a documentary about Britain and the Three-Day Week.