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Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history.

Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.

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Timeshift: Series 12: Episode 4: Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car

Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car

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Episode 4: Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car

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BBC Four - Timeshift, Series 12, Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car

How iconic British marques like Jaguar and MG helped to democratise speed and glamour.

Timeshift looks back to a time when iconic British marques like Jaguar, Austin-Healey, MG and Triumph sparked a manufacturing frenzy that helped to democratise speed and glamour.

Timeshift sets its rear-view mirror to look back at the golden age of the British sports car. It's the story of how - in the grey austerity of the postwar years - iconic marques like Jaguar, Austin-Healey, MG and Triumph sparked a manufacturing frenzy that helped to democratise speed and glamour.  

From the MG Midget, much loved by American GIs, through to the more affordable Austin Healey 'frog-eye' Sprite and the E-Type Jaguar, seen by many as the ultimate sports car, this is a tale of how, for a brief time, Britain was home to two-seater heaven.

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Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history

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