Documentary

Shifty

7.3(8)

First Aired:June 14, 2025

Seasons:1 season

Episodes:5

Status:Ended

When power begins to shift in society, everything becomes unstable, exciting and frightening. Living in Britain at the end of the 20th century.

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Seasons & Episodes

E1Part One - The Land of Make Believe

69m5.0

Jun 14, 2025

The dream world that Mrs Thatcher promised. And the ghosts that came back to disrupt it.

E2Part Two - Suspicion

67m4.5

Jun 14, 2025

On your own in a world of individual freedom. It's wonderful. But can you trust the old institutions? Suspicion begins to grow.

E3Part Three - I Love a Millionaire

66m

Jun 14, 2025

Money replaces ideology as a way of ordering Britain. It was supposed to make things rational. But the money got mixed with old forces from the past. And wasn't as predictable as it seemed.

E4Part Four - The Grinder

67m

Jun 14, 2025

Those in power begin to distrust you. Once you were a heroic individual. Now you are a creature of HR. And the prime minister is just a man in blue underpants.

E5Part Five - The Democratisation of Everything

77m1.0

Jun 14, 2025

Who needs politicians in a magical world of free individuals? So they give away their power. But Alexander McQueen sees what is really happening. The monstrous rise of the handbag.