Timewatch (1982)
Timewatch is a long-running British television series showing documentaries on historical subjects, spanning all human history. It was first broadcast on 29 September 1982 and is produced by the BBC, the Timewatch brandname is used as a banner title in the UK, but many of the individual documentaries can be found on US cable channels without the branding.
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- 1 1. Savagery and the American Indian: 1: Wilderness1991-01-23 · 50mHistorians and archaeologists have started to reassess some of the ingrained myths of American history. American Indians lived in sophisticated societies, and many more died as a r
- 2 2. Savagery and the American Indian: 2: Civilisation1991-01-30 · 50mEvery year the Sioux nation of South Dakota pays homage to more than 300 unarmed Indians killed by US troops on 29 December 1890. For the survivors and their descendants, it was th
- 3 3. The Man Who Made the Supergun1991-02-13 · 50mThe assassination a year ago of Dr Gerald Bull prevented Saddam Hussein from acquiring a 'supergun'. Bull designed the world's best howitzers, many bought by Iraq, but the supergun
- 4 4. Reluctant Comrade1991-02-27 · 50mIn 1934, Robert Robinson, a young black car worker from Detroit, was blacklisted by America after renewing a short-term contract from the Russians to work in the First State Ball B
- 5 5. The Transmission of Roger Bacon1991-03-13 · 50mA death ray to combat the Antichrist; the effectiveness of astrology; the bizarre sexual practices of the Brahmins; and the impossibility of a society whose sole aim is money and g
- 6 6. Palestine: The First Intifada1991-03-27 · 50mFor the last three years Palestinians have been involved in an Intifada against the Israeli occupation of their homeland; 50 years ago the British administration in Palestine was f
- 7 7. A Cold War1991-04-10 · 50mIn 1945 Britain, America and the USSR were allies against Hitler; less than a year later Winston Churchill condemned Soviet expansionism. With east-west relations once again at a c
- 8 8. Beside Franco in Spain1991-09-18 · 1h 0mThe story of how Britain abandoned Spain's democratically elected government during the Spanish Civil War of 1936 and gave clandestine support to the nationalists and General Franc
- 9 9. Charles Darwin - Devil's Chaplain1991-10-02 · 50mCharles Darwin lived in fear of disgrace because of his views. He believed that humans were just a better sort of ape, that we evolved from worms. These were shattering ideas, espe
- 10 10. The Columbus Conspiracy1991-10-16 · 50mWas Columbus really the first to discover America? Five hundred years ago three ships sailed from Spain on the most famous voyage in history - west, west and always west across the
- 11 11. Harvests of Iron: 1: The Watch on the Somme1991-10-30 · 50mIn the first of two programmes about the First World War, German writer Ludwig Harig makes a pilgrimage to the Somme, hoping to understand why his father was unable to speak about
- 12 12. Harvests of Iron: 2: The Theatre of Operations1991-11-06 · 50mThe letters between military surgeon Georges Duhamel and his wife Blanche lay forgotten in a family attic for 75 years. Recently rediscovered, they reveal a poignant love story set
- 13 13. Suffer the Children1991-11-20 · 50mIn the 1830s a pioneering social investigation into child labour uncovered an appalling picture of deprivation, poverty and remorseless physical exploitation throughout Britain and
- 14 14. The Spoils of War1991-12-18 · 50mDuring the Second World War, the Nazis took many art treasures for "care and safe-keeping", including the priceless collection of French Impressionist paintings built up by the ind
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