Timeshift The Smoking Years (Season 11, Episode 10)
TV Episode | Documentary

Timeshift

The Smoking Years (Season 11, Episode 10)

TV Episode | Documentary

Re-edited scenes from a 1999 documentary together with older archive footage plus updated information and contemporary experts provide a history of cigarette smoking in Britain.

Director

Borja Cantera

Producer

Borja Cantera

Cinematographers

Chris Barnett (camera) | Jacopo di Girolamo (camera) | Jaime Feliu-Torres (camera)

Editor

Glenn Lewis

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Updated Jan 4, 2012

Release date

Jan 4, 2012 (United Kingdom)

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27 cast members

Name	Known for
Glenn Lewis Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Antiques Roadshow (1979)
Matthew Hilton Self - University of Birmingham (as Prof Matthew Hilton) Self - University of Birmingham (as Prof Matthew Hilton) See fewer	Timeshift (2002)
Christopher Snowdon Self - Author 'Velvet Glove, Iron Fist' Self - Author 'Velvet Glove, Iron Fist' See fewer	Last Orders - a spiked podcast (2018)
Simon Chase Self - Cigar Expert Self - Cigar Expert See fewer	Arena (1975)
Arthur Halestrap Self - Royal Engineers - Filmed in 1999 (archive footage) Self - Royal Engineers - Filmed in 1999 (archive footage) See fewer	World War I in Colour (2003)
June Brown Self - Actress - Filmed in 1999 (archive footage) Self - Actress - Filmed in 1999 (archive footage) See fewer	EastEnders (1985)
Penny Tinkler Self - Author 'Smoke Signals' Self - Author 'Smoke Signals' See fewer	Timeshift (2002)
Edward Bernays Self - Public Relations Executive (archive footage) Self - Public Relations Executive (archive footage) See fewer	Late Night with David Letterman (1982)
Pat Jackson Self - Public Relations Advisor - Filmed in 2002 (archive footage) Self - Public Relations Advisor - Filmed in 2002 (archive footage) See fewer	The Journal (IV)
James Leavey Self - Tobacco Writer Self - Tobacco Writer See fewer	Horizon (I) (1964)
Barry Cryer Self - Entertainer Self - Entertainer See fewer	The Stanley Baxter Show (1963)
Josephine Barnes Self - Former President, British Medical Association - Filmed in 1999 (archive footage) Self - Former President, British Medical Association - Filmed in 1999 (archive footage) See fewer	After Dark (1987)
Ian Laker Self - Cigarette Card Collector Self - Cigarette Card Collector See fewer	Timeshift (2002)
Richard Doll Self - Epidemiologist Self - Epidemiologist See fewer	Planeat (2010)
Alex Maxwell Self - Tobacco Executive (archive footage) (as Sir Alex Maxwell) Self - Tobacco Executive (archive footage) (as Sir Alex Maxwell) See fewer
Tony van den Burgh Self - Former Tobacco Executive - Filmed in 1999 (archive footage) Self - Former Tobacco Executive - Filmed in 1999 (archive footage) See fewer
Stuart Maconie Self - Broadcaster and Writer Self - Broadcaster and Writer See fewer	Phoenix Nights (2001)
Cecilia Farren Self - Anti-Smoking Campaigner Self - Anti-Smoking Campaigner See fewer	Timeshift (2002)
Kate Hunt Self - MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit (as Prof Kate Hunt) Self - MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit (as Prof Kate Hunt) See fewer	Timeshift (2002)
Anna Gilmor Self - University of Bath (as Prof Anna Gilmor) Self - University of Bath (as Prof Anna Gilmor) See fewer	Timeshift (2002)
Michael Barratt Self - News Reporter: Non-Smoking Pub (archive footage) Self - News Reporter: Non-Smoking Pub (archive footage) See fewer	A Gentlemen's Club (1988)
Jeremy Paxman Self - TV Newsreader (archive footage) Self - TV Newsreader (archive footage) See fewer	Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Sarah Kennedy Self - TV Presenter (archive footage) Self - TV Presenter (archive footage) See fewer	Game for a Laugh (1981)
Dermot Murnaghan Self - TV Newsreader: Smoking Ban (archive footage) Self - TV Newsreader: Smoking Ban (archive footage) See fewer	The Gunman (2015)
Emily Maitlis Self - TV Newsreader: Smoking Ban (archive footage) Self - TV Newsreader: Smoking Ban (archive footage) See fewer	A Very Royal Scandal (2024)
Sian Williams Self - TV Newsreader: Smoking Ban (archive footage) Self - TV Newsreader: Smoking Ban (archive footage) See fewer	Doctor Who (2005)
George Alagiah Self - TV Newsreader: Smoking Ban (archive footage) Self - TV Newsreader: Smoking Ban (archive footage) See fewer	Silent Witness (1996)