Episode guide
Timewatch: Season 23
11 episodes · premiered Jan 9, 2004
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- Episode 1: Britain's X-Files Jan 9, 2004 · 50m Examining the UFO phenomenon in Britain since the 1950s, when alleged sightings began and Clement Attlee formed the Flying Saucer Working Party. The documentary recalls how UFOs became a…
- Episode 2: The Lost Liner and the Empire's Gold Jan 16, 2004 · 50m On 30 December 1915 the Persia, a passenger ship loaded with gold bullion bound for Bombay, was torpedoed by the notorious U-boat ace Max Valentiner, killing over ## people and sending the…
- Episode 3: The Secrets of Enzo Ferrari Jan 23, 2004 · 50m Glamour, money, sex, and danger are all synonymous with the Ferrari brand, and all were evident in the life of its creator, who died in 1988. He was prepared to manipulate, test, and shape…
- Episode 4: The Mysteries of the Medieval Ship Jan 30, 2004 · 50m The well-preserved remains of an 80ft medieval merchant ship came to light in 2002 on the banks of the River Usk in Newport, Gwent. Two of the archaeologists involved - Kate Hunter and…
- Episode 5: How Mad Was King George? Feb 6, 2004 · 50m He's best known for having suffered bouts of mental illness and losing the American colonies, but what was King George III really like? With contributions from the Prince of Wales…
- Episode 6: Who Killed Rasputin? Oct 1, 2004 · 50m Could the British Secret Service be linked with a murder that, for nearly 90 years, has been attributed to self-confessed culprit Prince Felix Yusupov? Acting with a group of fellow…
- Episode 7: The Lost Heroes Oct 8, 2004 · 50m When a handful of British volunteers were pitted against the might of the German battleship Tirpitz in 1943, official records described the raid as the most daring attack of the Second…
- Episode 8: The Mystery of the Black Death Oct 15, 2004 · 50m Could the Black Death - killer of up to half of Europe in the 14th century - be lying dormant, ready to strike again? New evidence refutes received opinion that the cause was bubonic…
- Episode 9: The Black Pharaohs Oct 22, 2004 · 50m Could a set of hieroglyphs be about to change the face of Ancient Egypt for ever? Doctor Viv Davies claims that this recent discovery proves that in 800 BC, Egypt was under the rule of…
- Episode 10: The Secrets of the Mary Rose Oct 29, 2004 · 50m The story of the men who served on board the Tudor warship, which sank in Portsmouth harbour during a battle with French forces. Archaeological analysis of artefacts recovered from the…
- Episode 11: Julius Caesar's Greatest Battle Nov 5, 2004 · 50m A journey through modern France in the footsteps of Julius Ceasar. Reconstructions provide an insight into the climax of Caesar's bloody eight-year conflict in Gaul. The great siege at…