Episode guide
Timewatch: Season 2
10 episodes · premiered Jan 26, 1983
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- Episode 1: Episode 1 Jan 26, 1983 · 50m HOW DO YOU DEMOCRATISE A NAZI? On the 50th anniversary of Hitler's elevation to the chancellorship of the Third Reich Simon Winchester reports from Washington and Nuremberg on how America…
- Episode 2: Episode 2 Feb 23, 1983 · 55m In a new edition of THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, editor Robert Latham has uncovered previously unknown details of Pepys's life. THE WEEDERS: Are civil servants destroying vital historical…
- Episode 3: Episode 3 Mar 30, 1983 · 1h THE PEACE MOVEMENT IN THE 1930s AND TODAY: Fifty years ago, British politics was dominated by campaigns for peace. What are the parallels with the 1980s? THE LAST MUGGLETONIAN: In 1652…
- Episode 4: Episode 4 Apr 27, 1983 · 1h THE LOVED AND HATED KING: Richard III - hunchback murderer of the princes in the Tower, or victim of Tudor propaganda? On the 500th anniversary of his coronation, historians go into battle…
- Episode 5: Episode 5 Jun 1, 1983 · 1h FRANCE AND THE NAZIS: Following the arrest of Klaus Barbie, butcher of Lyon, memories of Nazi collaboration have again returned to haunt a generation of Frenchmen. Dr Christopher Andrew…
- Episode 6: Episode 6 Jun 29, 1983 · 1h BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE: During the Falklands war, the Argentinians made great capital of the last time they'd fought the British - and won, in 1806. SIMON Winchester reports. BODYLINE…
- Episode 7: Episode 7 Jul 27, 1983 · 1h SHADOW OF THE GALLOWS: After Parliament's vote on hanging, an investigation into the history of Tyburn and the mass public executions in the 18th century. Did hanging deter? SPYING FOR…
- Episode 8: Special: Albert, Prince Consort Sep 7, 1983 · 1h A special programme devoted to the life and historical reputation of Prince Albert, husband to Queen Victoria. From Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, designed by Albert for his family…
- Episode 9: Episode 9 Oct 12, 1983 · 50m THE BATTLE FOR MARTIN LUTHER: Martin Luther, the German priest who split the Catholic church and began the Reformation, was born 500 years ago. Today, East and West Germany both struggle…
- Episode 10: Episode 10 Nov 1, 1983 · 50m BEFORE THE NATIONAL HEALTH: A remarkable newly discovered archive of silent film reveals hospital life in the 1920s and 30s. How did people afford medical care in the days before the…