Episode guide
Timewatch: Season 12
14 episodes · premiered Jan 13, 1993
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- Episode 1: Allied to the Mafia Jan 13, 1993 · 50m The extraordinary story of one of the war's most secret alliances - between the US Naval Intelligence and the Mafia. Denied for 50 years, the pact was in fact begun on the New York…
- Episode 2: The Sparks That Lit the Bonfire Jan 27, 1993 · 50m Examines the origins of the Troubles in Northern Ireland and reveals startling new evidence of the Irish government's crucial role in the emergence of the Provisional IRA. With the help of…
- Episode 3: The Stolen Child Feb 10, 1993 · 50m During the Second World War the Nazis snatched 200,000 Aryan-looking Polish children from their mothers to replenish the "master race" back in Germany. This film tells the extraordinary…
- Episode 4: The Secret File on J. Edgar Hoover Feb 24, 1993 · 50m A new profile of the man who was director of the FBI for nearly 50 years. This investigation of Hoover's private life reveals that top gangsters had evidence of his secret, homosexual love…
- Episode 5: The Pill: Prescription for Revolution Mar 10, 1993 · 50m Described as "the greatest invention since the wheel" by novelist Angela Carter, the contraceptive pill played a crucial role in the sexual and social revolution of the 60s and 70s. With…
- Episode 6: Buffalo Bill Mar 24, 1993 · 50m A new look at the legend of William F Cody. From 1883 to 1916, millions of people throughout the world thrilled to the adventures of Buffalo Bill and his Wild West Show, where Indians…
- Episode 7: Special: Battle of the Bombers Apr 7, 1993 · 1h 15m Fifty years ago Bomber Command launched a massive campaign against Nazi Germany - the Battle of the Ruhr. In this special edition Jonathan Dimbleby explores the military and moral issues…
- Episode 8: On Behalf of the State: Memories of Hanging Jun 2, 1993 · 48m On 23rd August, 1964, the last person in Britain was hanged. To those involved in it, the process of judicial execution was a 'most secret business', never to be discussed, least of all…
- Episode 9: True Story of the Roman Arena Sep 15, 1993 · 50m Julius Caesar courted popular support with spectacular displays of gladiatorial combat. But new archaeological research explains what really went on inside the Roman amphitheatre, and how…
- Episode 10: The Mother of All Battles Sep 29, 1993 · 50m It cost more lives than the British Army lost in the entire Second World War. The Battle of Kursk, south of Moscow, was fought 50 years ago. It was the biggest armoured battle in history…
- Episode 11: Hunger Strike: A Hidden History Oct 13, 1993 · 50m On 5 May 1981, Bobby Sands died on hunger strike at the Maze prison in Northern Ireland. Nine more prisoners starved themselves to death. Using first-hand testimony, this programme tells…
- Episode 12: Children of the Third Reich Nov 10, 1993 · 50m In April, a group of 18 people met in a small town halfway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Some were Jewish, the sons and daughters of Holocaust survivors; the rest were German, the…
- Episode 13: The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald Nov 21, 1993 · 1h 30m Was Lee Harvey Oswald a mentally disturbed gunman acting alone, as the report of the Warren Commission suggested? Was he one of two gunmen, as the House Select Committee on Assassinations…
- Episode 14: Chairman Mao the Last Emperor Dec 20, 1993 · 1h Mao Tse-tung ruled China from 1949 until his death in 1976, and this film examines for the first time on television the true extent of his tyranny and the brutality of his regime. His rise…