Time Shift - Switch Off Something - BBC4 2006 - Three Day Week Documentary 

Thanks for the upload, seems like history is repeating itself

History definitely does repeat itself! This time it might be an amalgamation of 73/74 and 78/79. Tony Booth (Till Death Us Do Part) reminds me of Jack Duckworth

Remember the powercuts we just went down the pub every night beer was cheap back then.

Coming to Britain in 2022!

Great job! I remember it well, especially the candles!

I was 17 and in my first job on £4.00 a week working for a local printing firm, I actually thought it great only working 3 days a week! Oh to be young

As a nine year old boy at the time, I had great fun during the power cuts. My parents were lifelong campers, so we had gas stoves and gas lighting. It became an adventure. No problems! Weird contrast though. During the 1970's power cuts, candles were a necessity and probably regarded as a bit of an inconvenience. In 2023, candles are a luxury thing, especially if they are scented or pretty to look at or have some fancy 'brand' attached to them. And cost crazy money. A bit odd, maybe? A power-cut event in today's world would be catastrophic for users of mobiles, internet, social media and for EV drivers amongst countless others. I hope an outage doesen't happen any time soon but hey, if it does, I'll be fine! I survived the Seventies, it's all good. As always, love and peace.

15:34 - The hypocrisy of this statement from Heath made me laugh. Telling the British public to reduce their electricity use, whilst he lived in Number 10 Downing Street which had back up electricity generators which kicked in when ever a power outage happened. So Heath never had to worry about power outages due to strikes when he was Prime Minister.

2023 history revisiting...

Buying toilet paper in a crisis? Surely not!

I remember petrol being £5/gallon at Leicester services and can confirm my Kawasaki KH250 could run on paraffin. Definitely the aroma of the year :D

We lived in a 70s flat everything electric. ⚡ in the winter we Scraped the ice off the windows 😮

35:40 Jeremy Thorpe received a package that when he opened it, it exploded and went “puff” 😂😂😂😂

I felt sorry for the poor family in Buckingham Palace and how they suffered

Why is it always toilet roll? 🤣

I was too young to understand what was going on- just three and Play School age. Three year olds don't understand politics!

We might have been cold, but we were happier back then. We were happy, because we were cold.

Not too fond of the blatant anti-union slant but an interesting watch nonetheless

I dont recall it as a time of particular hardship.

This is where South Africa is at the moment.

19:48 History really does repeat...

I don't understand what they mean by "three day week". Do they mean you only get 72 hours electricity a week ? If it means only working 3 days a week then why is that a bad thing if they're paid for only 3 days?

Smoking drinking and bad hair aged people terrible back then😂

More like Time Travel than Time Shift now under a certain Liz Truss!

Andrew Neil @17:00 - "Would you like to shower with me?" - Odious toad.

Idi Amin has so many tons of bananas

At Least It Was Not Like The Blackout Of 1940 During The Blitz

1:36 Eddie Izzard looks terrible

Good old Philip Glenister… what a hero 😂

Idi Amin, known for his charity.

23:01, 32??? Fk me, 52 at least!

Its ironic that the iron witch is burning in the pit of hell ....!!!!😅

Typical BBC exaggeration and deception. 1973 was a breeze. We got on with it and found ways to have fun, just like we do now. Stop fearmongering!

I can't stand the labour party