Episode guide
Timewatch: Season 7
12 episodes · premiered Jan 6, 1988
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- Episode 1: Evidence of Neglect Jan 6, 1988 · 50m Three films examine the ways our historical record is under attack. In fireproof vaults, millions of feet of film shot on nitrate stock in the first half of this century are decomposing…
- Episode 2: Wars of the Word Feb 3, 1988 · 50m The control of national television is seen by regimes the world over as a necessary adjunct to their survival today. Peter France presents two films about the control and effect of mass…
- Episode 3: The Man in the Iron Mask Mar 2, 1988 · 50m Henry Lincoln investigates the story of the 'Man in the Iron Mask' and - using evidence which only came to light last year - separates fact from romantic myth.
- Episode 4: The Hunger Winter Mar 30, 1988 · 50m In September 1944, in retaliation for Dutch support of the Arnhem landings, the Nazis cut off all food supplies to the population of western Holland. Stocks fell through the following…
- Episode 5: Dishonour and Death Jun 1, 1988 · 50m Christopher Andrew presents two stories from the darker and more secret side of British history over the past 150 years. THE DIARY OF A VERY ENGLISH SPY is an insight, based on a unique…
- Episode 6: Verdict on the Shroud Jul 27, 1988 · 50m How old is the Shroud of Turin? To millions of believers it's the burial cloth of Jesus, to sceptics it's a clever medieval fake. Recently the age of the shroud was finally determined by…
- Episode 7: Shadow of the Ripper Sep 7, 1988 · 50m Bizarre theories have surrounded the unexplained killings in Whitechapel since they hit the headlines in 1888. This film dispels the grisly fiction, revealing for the first time the true…
- Episode 8: A Woman's Story Oct 5, 1988 · 50m One hundred years after the matchgirls strike, this dramatised documentary looks at the life of Annie Besant, strike leader, pioneering 19th-century social reformer, and campaigner for the…
- Episode 9: Visions of a Conqueror: The Glorious Revolution Nov 9, 1988 · 50m Peter France examines the Glorious Revolution of 1688 from the perspective of William of Orange, unearthing the real motives behind his invasion.
- Episode 10: Bukharin and the Terror Dec 7, 1988 · 50m Fifty years ago, Nikolai Bukharin, Lenin's right-hand man and favourite of the Bolsheviks, was shot by Stalin's henchmen after the last of the infamous show trials in Moscow. Mikhail…
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