Episode guide
Timewatch: Season 21
13 episodes · premiered Jan 4, 2002
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- Episode 1: The Making of Adolf Hitler Jan 4, 2002 · 50m Investigates new research on the early years of the Nazi leader, which have always been mired in controversy. Surprising new information comes to light about his first love amid recent…
- Episode 2: The Mystery of the Iron Bridge Jan 11, 2002 · 49m The Iron Bridge is an icon of the Industrial Revolution - the world's first metal structure and an outstanding example of 18th-Century British technical ingenuity. Yet, incredibly, no-one…
- Episode 3: Death of the Battleship Jan 18, 2002 · 50m The sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse in December 1941 is recognised as one of Britain's greatest maritime disasters. Follow a team of military and civilian divers trying to…
- Episode 4: Kill 'Em All: American War Crimes in Korea Feb 1, 2002 · 50m In July 1950, No Gun Ri in Korea witnessed one of the largest civilian massacres in US military history. This film, based on Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism, hears from eyewitnesses on…
- Episode 5: Jubilee Day Feb 8, 2002 · 50m From the Sex Pistols' trip down the Thames to the royal bonfire in Windsor Great Park, from street parties in Fulham to village fetes in Hampshire and Worcestershire, the Queen's Silver…
- Episode 6: The Queen and Her Lover Feb 15, 2002 · 50m Love, greed, murder, rape, and political treachery were ingredients in the doomed 16th-century relationship between Mary, Queen of Scots and her lover, the Earl of Bothwell. Dr Saul David…
- Episode 7: Myths of the Titanic Apr 19, 2002 · 50m No maritime tragedy has captured the public's imagination like the sinking of the Titanic. In the week that marks the 90th anniversary of the disaster, rare archive footage, plus location…
- Episode 8: Battle for Berlin May 10, 2002 · 50m Rape, murder, pillage, and destruction ensued when, in early 1945, the Red Army avenged Germany's invasion of Russia some four years earlier. As historian Antony Beevor documents the…
- Episode 10: Stalin and the Betrayal of Leningrad Aug 9, 2002 · 50m Over 1,500,000 people died from starvation and disease when Germany besieged Leningrad for 900 days in one of the Second World War's darkest episodes. But even when the Soviets forced the…
- Episode 11: The Myth of Custer's Last Stand Aug 16, 2002 · 50m The Little Bighorn in Montana is the site of one of the most famous battles in the history of the American West. For more than a century, flamboyant General George Armstrong Custer has…
- Episode 12: Akhenaten and Nefertiti: The Royal Gods of Egypt Sep 6, 2002 · 50m Using dramatic reconstructions and filmed throughout Egypt, this documentary unravels the story of King Akhenaten, the country's heretic monarch, who 3,300 years ago introduced a new…
- Episode 13: Murder at Harvard Dec 14, 2002 · 50m In 1849 American society was shaken by the grisly news that a prominent and wealthy Bostonian, George Parkman, had been killed and dismembered. The subsequent trial found a Harvard medical…
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