Timeshift The Cannabis Years (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Documentary

Timeshift

The Cannabis Years (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Documentary

A Brittish documentary that traces television and the wider media's reactions to cannabis, from the hysterical vilification of the drug in the 1930s, the punitive measures of the stop and search laws and prison sentences for possession, to...See moreA Brittish documentary that traces television and the wider media's reactions to cannabis, from the hysterical vilification of the drug in the 1930s, the punitive measures of the stop and search laws and prison sentences for possession, to the more considered debates now taking place and the real possibility of a change in the law. Written by Ulf Kjell Gür See less

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29 cast members

Name	Known for
Veronika Hyks Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983)
Jonathan Miller Self - Interviewer, 'Monitor' (archive footage) Self - Interviewer, 'Monitor' (archive footage) See fewer	Cosi Fan Tutte (1986)
Malcolm Muggeridge Self - Interviewer, 'Monitor' (archive footage) Self - Interviewer, 'Monitor' (archive footage) See fewer	Heavens Above! (1963)
Norman Mailer Self - Interviewee, 'Monitor' (archive footage) Self - Interviewee, 'Monitor' (archive footage) See fewer	Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
Stuart Walton Self - Author, 'Out of It' Self - Author, 'Out of It' See fewer	Timeshift (2002)
Harry Shapiro Self - Head of Publishing, Drugscope Self - Head of Publishing, Drugscope See fewer	Drug-Taking and the Arts (1993)
George Melly Self - Jazz Musician Self - Jazz Musician See fewer	Take a Girl Like You (1970)
Don Letts Self - Musician Self - Musician See fewer	Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Rosie Boycott Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	A Private War (2018)
Michael Parkinson Self - Reporter (voice) (archive footage) Self - Reporter (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Love Actually (2003)
Charles Wheeler Self - Reporter (voice) (archive footage) Self - Reporter (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Johnson Tapes (1999)
Alan Whicker Self - Reporter: Whicker's World (voice) (archive footage) Self - Reporter: Whicker's World (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Whicker; Down Mexico Way (1963)
Caroline Coon Self - Co-Founder of Release Self - Co-Founder of Release See fewer	Omnibus (1967)
John Gummer Self - Giving Speech about Drug-Taking (archive footage) (as John Selwyn Gummer) Self - Giving Speech about Drug-Taking (archive footage) (as John Selwyn Gummer) See fewer	Inside Out (1985)
James Callaghan Self - Prime Minister (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister (archive footage) See fewer	Battle of the Bogside (2004)
Shirley MacLaine Self - Interviewee (archive footage) Self - Interviewee (archive footage) See fewer	Terms of Endearment (1983)
Derek Cooper Self - Presenter, 'What Are the Facts? About Cannabis' (archive footage) Self - Presenter, 'What Are the Facts? About Cannabis' (archive footage) See fewer	Revolution Round the Corner (1964)
Lawrence Abel Self - Council for Misuse of Drugs (archive footage) Self - Council for Misuse of Drugs (archive footage) See fewer
Garry Bushell Self - TV Critic Self - TV Critic See fewer	Gatwick Gangsters (2017)
Tim Malyon Self - Legalise Cannabis Campaign Co-ordinator (archive footage) Self - Legalise Cannabis Campaign Co-ordinator (archive footage) See fewer
Andy Cornwell Self - Legalise Cannabis Campaign Self - Legalise Cannabis Campaign See fewer	Timeshift (2002)
Mal Young Self - Controller of BBC Drama Series Self - Controller of BBC Drama Series See fewer	The Young and the Restless (1973)
Clare Gerada Self - Lambeth GP (as Dr Clare Gerada) Self - Lambeth GP (as Dr Clare Gerada) See fewer	Under the Knife (2019)
Nancy Reagan Self - 'Just Say No' Campaigner (archive footage) Self - 'Just Say No' Campaigner (archive footage) See fewer	Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
Ann Widdecombe Self - Anti-Drugs Campaigner (archive footage) Self - Anti-Drugs Campaigner (archive footage) See fewer	Doctor Who (2005)
David Seymour Self - Political Editor, The Mirror Self - Political Editor, The Mirror See fewer	Timeshift (2002)
Matthew Amroliwala Self - BBC Newsreader (archive footage) Self - BBC Newsreader (archive footage) See fewer	Ashes to Ashes (2008)
Huw Edwards Self - BBC Newsreader (archive footage) Self - BBC Newsreader (archive footage) See fewer	Skyfall (2012)
Sophie Raworth Self - BBC Newsreader (archive footage) Self - BBC Newsreader (archive footage) See fewer	Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)