Timeshift · SEASON 6

Planet Ping Pong

Episode 8 · 2006-09-11

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  • Documentary

Episode overview

The story of table tennis and how it became the most popular sport in Asia. The programme revisits the glory days of the 30s and 40s, when thousands would cram into Wembley to watch top players do battle.

60 minutes

Season 6 episodes

1. Switch off Something - Britain and the Three Day Week2006-04-01 2. Creating 'Life on Mars'2006-04-02 3. The Da Vinci Code - The Greatest Story Ever Sold2006-05-01 4. Carry On Campus2006-05-10 5. Machine Men2006-05-13 6. Oz and Them2007-01-16 7. Spy Stories: British Espionage in Fact and Fiction2006-08-30 8. Planet Ping Pong2006-09-11 9. Parallel Worlds: A User's Guide2006-11-29 10. Transylvania Babylon2006-12-28 11. The New Middle Classes2007-03-04 12. Rover: The Long Goodbye2007-03-20 13. First Rites: From the Cradle to the Prom2007-03-24 14. Wedding Rites: In Sickness and in Health2007-03-25 15. Goodbye Children Everywhere2007-05-26