Episode guide
Timewatch: Season 14
11 episodes · premiered Jan 11, 1995
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- Episode 1: Out of the Ashes Jan 11, 1995 · 50m Three children of victims of the Holocaust tell the almost unbelievable stories of their parents' survival. From ghetto, through concentration camp, on to displaced persons camp, and out…
- Episode 2: Uncle Ho and Uncle Sam Mar 23, 1995 · 50m Using unique archive material from Vietnam and interviews with US agents, this programme tells the story of the friendly relations in 1945 between the United States government and…
- Episode 3: The BBC in Vietnam Mar 30, 1995 · 45m The reports of young journalists like Martin Bell, David Jessel, Brian Barron, and Julian Pettifer brought the front line of the war into the front room. This review of the BBC's coverage…
- Episode 4: The Life and Loves of Oscar Wilde Apr 15, 1995 · 1h A candid portrait of Oscar Wilde and his remarkable family, including revelations by his grandson Merlin Holland and Lady Alice Douglas, a descendant of Wilde's lover Lord Alfred Douglas.
- Episode 5: Special: Biafra - Fighting a War without Guns Jul 23, 1995 · 50m On the 25th anniversary of the end of the 1967-70 Biafran war, Timewatch examines the doomed struggle of the Ibos, known as "the Jews of Africa", to secede from Nigeria. It was a war which…
- Episode 6: Evidence of Vikings Oct 8, 1995 · 1h The modern view of Vikings is that they were not very different from anyone else at the time. Timewatch travels to Iceland, the Shetlands, and Sicily to investigate the evidence and solve…
- Episode 7: The True Story of Pocahontas Oct 15, 1995 · 50m Pocahontas was the first heroine of American history. Disney has released a romanticised cartoon version of her story, but the real story is far more interesting. Filmed in Virginia…
- Episode 8: Kamikaze Oct 22, 1995 · 50m The word kamikaze is synonymous with death. But not every kamikaze who vowed to die in the Second World War fulfilled his promise. Shot down on route to the target, or still waiting to be…
- Episode 9: Quiet Revolution Oct 29, 1995 · 50m One of the most important revolutions of the 20th century has taken place not on the battlefield but in the home. In 1900, one in three working women in Britain was a domestic servant…
- Episode 10: The Projection Racket Nov 5, 1995 · 50m The 1930s were a golden age for Hollywood and its gangster films. But behind the screen, the Mob was turning a small-time protection racket targeting projectionists into a million-dollar…
- Episode 11: Tanks - Wonder Weapon of WW1? Nov 12, 1995 · 45m Eighty years ago, a secret new weapon was born - the tank. From its inauspicious debut on the Somme in 1916 to the massed-tank battles of Cambrai and Amiens, the British media and public…