Episode guide
Timewatch: Season 6
12 episodes · premiered Jan 15, 1987
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- Episode 1: Codes of Conduct Jan 15, 1987 · 50m Peter France presents three films which reflect the extent to which codes of 'honour', allegiance' and 'behaviour' have had their effect on British history. 1: Christopher Andrew examines…
- Episode 2: Faces of Cromwell Feb 12, 1987 · 1h Views of Oliver Cromwell vary as much today as when Parliament asked him to become King in 1657: a tyrant, a repressed religious bigot who murdered a king; a patriot, civilised with a…
- Episode 3: Symptoms of an Age Apr 2, 1987 · 50m Two stories showing how previous generations have dealt with the problems of pollution and disease: DEVONSHIRE COLIC: In Georgian times, a crippling illness struck thousands of cider…
- Episode 4: Fateful Century Apr 30, 1987 · 50m Mary Queen of Scots has come down to us as a tragic heroine - but what kind of respect does she command as a 16th-century ruler? Anne Boleyn is usually seen either as a scheming predator…
- Episode 5: Times of Change Jun 25, 1987 · 50m 1: The last attempt by central government to impose educational benchmarks on the majority of British schools. 2: Disinherited Londoners recall the community spirit of a Notting Hill…
- Episode 6: Affairs of State Sep 16, 1987 · 55m Christopher Andrew and Gabriel Ronay investigate two political mysteries. THE ZINOVIEV LETTER led to the defeat of the first Labour Government in 1924. Was it genuine - or was it an early…
- Episode 7: Images of a Revolution Oct 14, 1987 · 50m What really happened in Russia in October 1917? How far can we rely on the vivid films from the period to give us a true picture of the Revolution and, of incidents such as the storming of…
- Episode 8: The Art of Chivalry Nov 11, 1987 · 50m Two films examine the reality behind the ideal. When MANFRED VON RICHTHOFEN died in 1918 he had become a figure of myth; a knight of the air with 80 victories to his credit. But the legend…
- Episode 9: Judgment in Jerusalem Dec 9, 1987 · 50m Explores the trial of Nazi officer Adolph Eichmann through a controversial book, 'Eichmann in Jerusalem' by Hannah Arendt. Many Jews read her reports from Jerusalem with a sense of deep…
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