Timeshift - Season 15 - Eps 2: A Very British Map: The Ordnance Survey Story
For over 200 years, Ordnance Survey has mapped every square mile of the British Isles, capturing not just the contours and geography of our nation, but of our lives. Originally intended for military use, OS maps were used during wartime to help locate enemy positions. In peacetime, they helped people discover and explore the countryside. Today, the large fold-out paper maps, used by generations of ramblers, scouts and weekend adventurers, represent just a small part of the OS output. As Ordnance Survey adjusts to the digital age, Timeshift looks back to tell the story of a quintessentially British institution.
About Timeshift
Title: Timeshift
First Air Date: 2002-10-10
Last Air Date: 2017-04-20
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 7/10 (from 5 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 17
Total Episodes: 184
Network: BBC Four
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
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.
