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Timeshift

Series 12

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

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

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. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Andy Hall
Director:
Andy Hall
Series Producer:
John Das
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole
Narrator:
Tamsin Greig
Participant:
Quentin Willson
Participant:
Stirling Moss

Duration: 1 hour, 49 minutes

on BBC Four

The story of a ship from its construction to its participation at Dunkirk and finally its sinking at the Battle of Crete. As the ship sinks, the crew remember their loved ones. Show more

Contributors

Captain 'D':
Noel Coward
O/S 'Shorty' Blake:
John Mills
Alix Kinross:
Celia Johnson
Mrs Hardy:
Joyce Carey
Freda Lewis:
Kay Walsh
Chief Petty Officer Walter Hardy:
Bernard Miles
Director:
Noel Coward
Director:
David Lean
Producer:
Noel Coward

Duration: 1 hour, 24 minutes

on BBC Four

On the first day of the Lebanon war in 1982, a lone Israeli tank and its platoon of paratroopers are sent in to a Lebanese town. Show more

Contributors

Shmulik:
Yoav Donat
Hertzel:
Oshri Cohen
Syrian prisoner:
Dudu Tassa
1st Phalangist:
Ashraf Barhom
2nd Phalangist:
Fares Hananya
Lebanese Mother:
Reymond Amsalem
Lebanese Father:
Bian Antir
BMW Driver:
Iad Nama
Truck Driver:
Hussein Mahagna
Army Doctor:
David Volach
Director:
Samuel Maoz
Producer:
Leon Edery
Producer:
Moshe Edery
Producer:
Ilann Girard
Producer:
Uri Sabag
Producer:
David Silber

BBC Four

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