How to Be a Good President

September 14, 2008

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Timeshift - S8 - E1

Helped by contributors including Shirley Williams, Douglas Hurd and Simon Hoggart, journalist Jonathan Freedland attempts to define the qualities which make a great US president.

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Timeshift: Season 8 - 8 Episode s

8x1 - How to Be a Good President
September 14, 2008
Helped by contributors including Shirley Williams, Douglas Hurd and Simon Hoggart, journalist Jonathan Freedland attempts to define the qualities which make a great US president.
8x2 - Between the Lines - Railways in Fiction and Film
October 9, 2008
Novelist Andrew Martin presents a documentary examining how the train came to shape the work of writers and film-makers, from Wordsworth and Dickens to The Railway Children.
8x3 - Last Days of Steam
October 16, 2008
Documentary that tells the surprising story of how Britain entered a new age of steam railways after the Second World War and why it quickly came to an end.
8x4 - How to Write a Mills and Boon
November 2, 2008
To mark 100 years of romance publishers Mills and Boon, literary novelist Stella Duffy takes on the challenge of writing for them, a task that ends up being harder than it looks.
8x5 - How to Solve a Cryptic Crossword
November 10, 2008
Don Manley reveals the tricks that compilers use to bamboozle and entertain cryptic crossword solvers, while fans including Prunella Scales explain why they enjoy them.
8x6 - The Comic Songbook
December 22, 2008
Documentary which celebrates Britain's tradition of comic songs, from Noel Coward's Mad Dogs and Englishmen to Benny Hill's Ernie, and reveals the skill involved in creating them.
8x7 - Fashion versus the BBC
January 22, 2009
A team of fashion writers and commentators including Peter York, Colin McDowell, Ted Polhemus and Hilary Alexander looks at the relationship between British fashion and the BBC.
8x8 - The North-South Divide
April 2, 2009
Journalist John Harris travels around England to find out why the north-south divide is still an economic reality following the decline of industry, and if it can be closed.

How to Be a Good President

Timeshift - S8 - E1

Timeshift: Season 8 - 8 Episode s

8x1 - How to Be a Good President

8x2 - Between the Lines - Railways in Fiction and Film

8x3 - Last Days of Steam

8x4 - How to Write a Mills and Boon

8x5 - How to Solve a Cryptic Crossword

8x6 - The Comic Songbook

8x7 - Fashion versus the BBC

8x8 - The North-South Divide

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