Episode guide
Timewatch: Season 5
10 episodes · premiered Jan 1, 1986
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- Episode 1: Matter of Record Jan 1, 1986 · 50m Three films which reflect the way official records are preserved for future generations. Film 1: Christopher Andrew examines the extraordinary story of how the MS Automedon, entrusted with…
- Episode 2: Episode 2 Feb 6, 1986 · 50m Two stories shed new light on the life and times of Henry Tudor, who took the throne of England from Richard III 500 years ago. Film 1: The problems facing Margaret Rule and her assistant…
- Episode 3: The Master Builders Mar 6, 1986 · 55m Three films presented from the British Museum reveal how visionaries and others dealt with the 'outsider' as they set out to perfect a society, a state and a national image at the turn of…
- Episode 4: Episode 4 Apr 3, 1986 · 55m Three stories presented from the Virago bookshop in Covent Garden about the lives of women in worlds dominated by men. THE NINE DAY QUEEN: Lady Jane Grey was used by men of power when she…
- Episode 5: Special: All the King's Men May 1, 1986 · 1h In January 1943 lone British agent Henri Dericourt was dropped over occupied France. His mission was to organise the reception and departure of RAF flights crucial to the secret work of…
- Episode 6: The Road to War Jun 8, 1986 · 1h In 1936 'The Road to War' used newsreel to try to alert the American people to the mounting horror of war in China, Ethiopia, Italy, Germany, Austria and Spain. But America did not want to…
- Episode 7: The Price of the Past Oct 9, 1986 · 50m Peter France introduces three films exploring the backgrounds of historic items recently auctioned and the motivations of the bidders: - A Victoria Cross won at the battle of Rorke's Drift…
- Episode 8: A Medieval Affair Nov 11, 1986 · 50m The Domesday Book was completed 900 years ago, but it says little about the daily worries and concerns of the people whose land and animals are recorded in so much detail. Three films help…
- Episode 9: The Human Factor Dec 4, 1986 · 50m Film 1: How a Bulgarian peasant farmer stumbled across the largest Thracian treasure ever discovered - more than 160 silver bowls and jugs, found while digging an irrigation ditch. THE MAN…
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