Short film in which a shop front on Oxford Street. London, is the scene of a chance meeting.
What lies behind the bumbling facade of the Conservative MP and editor of the Spectator?
Time Shift profiles Nigel Kneale, the brains behind such disconcerting chillers as The Stone Tape and The Quatermass Experiment, a new version of which follows.
Be prepared to be terrified once more as the cult sci-fi classic is brought up to date in the BBC's first live drama for over 20 years. A crashed rocket holds an alien secret when the lone survivor undergoes a mutation. With Jason Flemyng , Adrian Dunbar and Andrew Tiernan. The history of live TV drama is recalled in Live on the Night at 11 pm. Behind the scenes: page 15
In the days before editing ensured slick production values and blemish-free performances, TV drama was a live medium.
Bill Nighy narrates a Time Shift retrospective on a time when things didn't always go to plan on screen.
How a shift in cultural attitudes spawned the growth of television fantasy. Time Shift looks back on Patrick McGoohan 's surreal brainchild The Prisoner, off-kilter spy caper The Avengers and the first appearance of Doctor Who.
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Rice: a candlelit gig recorded at St Luke's Church in London finds the singer and his band in fine form
