Timewatch
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From 1982 to 2011
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Timewatch is a long-running British television series showing documentaries on historical subjects, spanning all human history. It was first broadcast on 29 September 1982 and is produced by the BBC, the Timewatch brandname is used as a banner title in the UK, but many of the individual documentaries can be found on US cable channels without the branding.
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Season 1Specials12 episodes
- S00E01My Private War1991-08-17✓
- S00E02Blockade1991-08-31✓
- S00E03LBJ: 1: Beautiful Texas1991-09-15
- S00E04LBJ: 2: My Fellow Americans1991-09-19
- S00E05LBJ: 3: We Shall Overcome1991-09-22
- S00E06LBJ: 4: The Last Believer1991-09-26
- S00E07A Homecoming1990-07-01
- S00E08Dunkirk 1940: The 'Great Escape'1990-05-27
- S00E09All the King's Men: Update1988-05-11
- S00E10Blitz: The Bombing of Coventry2009-10-06
- S00E11From Burning to Body Snatching: The Victorian Way of Death2001-05-04
- S00E12Edward VII: Prince of Pleasure2010-03-23
Season 14 episodes
Season 210 episodes
Season 314 episodes
- S03E01The Klagenfurt Affair / The Black Death1984-01-03
- S03E02Episode 21984-01-11
- S03E03Episode 31984-01-31
- S03E04Episode 41984-03-06
- S03E05Episode 51984-04-03
- S03E06Episode 61984-05-01
- S03E07The Conquest and the Conqueror1984-05-08
- S03E08Episode 81984-06-06
Season 412 episodes
- S04E01Episode 11985-01-09
- S04E02Episode 21985-01-30
- S04E03Special: The Age of Charles II1985-02-06
- S04E04Episode 41985-03-06
- S04E05Episode 51985-04-03
- S04E06The Battle for Berlin1985-05-08
- S04E07Aspects of War1985-10-10
- S04E08Elements of Justice1985-11-07
Season 510 episodes
- S05E01Matter of Record1986-01-01
- S05E02Episode 21986-02-06
- S05E03The Master Builders1986-03-06
- S05E04Episode 41986-04-03
- S05E05Special: All the King's Men1986-05-01
- S05E06The Road to War1986-06-08
- S05E07The Price of the Past1986-10-09
- S05E08A Medieval Affair1986-11-11
Season 612 episodes
- S06E01Codes of Conduct1987-01-15
- S06E02Faces of Cromwell1987-02-12
- S06E03Symptoms of an Age1987-04-02
- S06E04Fateful Century1987-04-30
- S06E05Times of Change1987-06-25
- S06E06Affairs of State1987-09-16
- S06E07Images of a Revolution1987-10-14
- S06E08The Art of Chivalry1987-11-11
Season 712 episodes
- S07E01Evidence of Neglect1988-01-06
- S07E02Wars of the Word1988-02-03
- S07E03The Man in the Iron Mask1988-03-02
- S07E04The Hunger Winter1988-03-30
- S07E05Dishonour and Death1988-06-01
- S07E06Verdict on the Shroud1988-07-27
- S07E07Shadow of the Ripper 2.51988-09-07
- S07E08A Woman's Story1988-10-05
Season 811 episodes
- S08E01Light in the Dark1989-01-11
- S08E02An Age of Empire1989-02-08
- S08E03Sacrifice at Pearl Harbor1989-04-05
- S08E04Playing with History1989-05-03
- S08E05Witnesses1989-05-31
- S08E06The Night of the Long Knives1989-07-27
- S08E07Summer of the Bomb1989-08-09
- S08E08The Land of Lost Content1989-09-06
Season 913 episodes
- S09E01An Edge of Conspiracy1990-01-17
- S09E02Napoleon's Last Battle1990-02-21
- S09E03Hungary: The End of Silence1990-03-21
- S09E04Accounts of a Forgotten Army1990-09-05
- S09E05Helping the Police with Their Enquiries1990-09-19
- S09E06The Sipan Affair1990-10-03
- S09E07I Don't Want to Be Remembered As a Chair1990-10-17
- S09E08All the King's Jews1990-10-31
Season 1021 episodes
- S10E01Savagery and the American Indian: 1: Wilderness1991-01-23
- S10E02Savagery and the American Indian: 2: Civilisation1991-01-30
- S10E03The Man Who Made the Supergun1991-02-13
- S10E04Reluctant Comrade1991-02-27
- S10E05The Transmission of Roger Bacon1991-03-13
- S10E06Palestine: The First Intifada1991-03-27
- S10E07A Cold War1991-04-10
- S10E08Beside Franco in Spain1991-09-18
Season 1120 episodes
- S11E01Battle of the Styles1992-01-15
- S11E02Kwai1992-01-29
- S11E03Tito: 1: Churchill's Man?1992-02-26
- S11E04Tito: 2: His Own Man1992-03-04
- S11E05Woolly Al Walks the Kitty Back1992-03-11
- S11E06The Story of Elisabeth Nietzsche: 1: Forgotten Fatherland1992-04-01
- S11E07The Story of Elisabeth Nietzsche: 2: Mother of the Fatherland1992-04-08
- S11E08SS-3: The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich1992-06-03
Season 1214 episodes
- S12E01Allied to the Mafia1993-01-13
- S12E02The Sparks That Lit the Bonfire1993-01-27
- S12E03The Stolen Child1993-02-10
- S12E04The Secret File on J. Edgar Hoover1993-02-24
- S12E05The Pill: Prescription for Revolution1993-03-10
- S12E06Buffalo Bill1993-03-24
- S12E07Special: Battle of the Bombers1993-04-07
- S12E08On Behalf of the State: Memories of Hanging1993-06-02
Season 1316 episodes
- S13E01Forgotten Heroes1994-01-12
- S13E02The Real Rasputin1994-01-26
- S13E03Spies in the Sky1994-02-09
- S13E04Presumed Guilty - A Women's History of Divorce 1945-19691994-03-09
- S13E05Racism or Realism? - A History of Immigration1994-04-06
- S13E06Seeds of War1994-06-26
- S13E07The Myth of the Spanish Inquisition1994-11-06
- S13E08Hitler's Secret Weapons1994-11-13
Season 1411 episodes
- S14E01Out of the Ashes1995-01-11
- S14E02Uncle Ho and Uncle Sam1995-03-23
- S14E03The BBC in Vietnam1995-03-30
- S14E04The Life and Loves of Oscar Wilde1995-04-15
- S14E05Special: Biafra - Fighting a War without Guns1995-07-23
- S14E06Evidence of Vikings1995-10-08
- S14E07The True Story of Pocahontas1995-10-15
- S14E08Kamikaze1995-10-22
Season 1513 episodes
- S15E01Karnak - A Hidden History1996-01-14
- S15E02Russia's Secret War1996-01-21
- S15E03Drake's Last Voyage1996-01-28
- S15E04Bad Boys1996-02-04
- S15E05Voices of Victorian London1996-02-11
- S15E06Special: Haig - The Unknown Soldier1996-07-03
- S15E07Hannibal and Desert Storm1996-09-10
- S15E08The History of a Mystery1996-09-17
Season 1615 episodes
- S16E01Love Story1997-02-25
- S16E02Before Columbus1997-03-04
- S16E03Secret Memories1997-03-11
- S16E04The Boer War: The First Media War1997-03-18
- S16E05Birth Story1997-03-25
- S16E06Forgotten Allies1997-04-01
- S16E07Back to the Iron Age1997-04-18
- S16E08The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai1997-10-28
Season 1713 episodes
- S17E01Hitler and the Invasion of Britain1998-04-07
- S17E02Grammar School Boys1998-04-14
- S17E03The Oklahoma Outlaw1998-04-21
- S17E04The Roman Way of War1998-04-28
- S17E05Las Vegas and the Mormons1998-05-05
- S17E06Aborigine: A Collision of Conscience1998-05-12
- S17E07Sex and War1998-09-29
- S17E08Lloyd George's War1998-10-06
Season 1812 episodes
- S18E01Grey Owl: The Great White Hoax1999-04-17
- S18E02The Crossing1999-04-24
- S18E03Tales from the Oklahoma Land Runs1999-05-01
- S18E04The Lost Temple of Java1999-05-08
- S18E05Sleeping with the Enemy1999-05-22
- S18E06Before the Titanic1999-05-29
- S18E07The Forgotten Volunteers1999-06-05
- S18E08Letting the Genie out of the Bottle1999-06-26
Season 192 episodes
- S19E01The Germans We Kept2000-01-08
- S19E02Myths of Nelson's Navy2000-07-25
Season 2012 episodes
- S20E01The Empire State Story 2.52001-01-12
- S20E02Himmler, Hitler, and the End of the Reich2001-01-19
- S20E03The King's Servant2001-01-26
- S20E04Nero's Golden House2001-02-02
- S20E05Public Enemy Number One2001-02-09
- S20E06Hitler, Churchill, and the Paratroopers2001-02-16
- S20E07The Last Surrender2001-05-11
- S20E08Debutantes
Season 2113 episodes
- S21E01The Making of Adolf Hitler2002-01-04
- S21E02The Mystery of the Iron Bridge2002-01-11
- S21E03Death of the Battleship2002-01-18
- S21E04Kill 'Em All: American War Crimes in Korea2002-02-01
- S21E05Jubilee Day2002-02-08
- S21E06The Queen and Her Lover2002-02-15
- S21E07Myths of the Titanic2002-04-19
- S21E08Battle for Berlin2002-05-10
Season 2213 episodes
- S22E01White Slaves, Pirate Gold2003-01-10
- S22E02Lost Cities of the Maya2003-01-17
- S22E03Rocket and Its Rivals2003-01-24
- S22E04Ramesses III - Behind the Myth of a Pharaoh2003-01-31
- S22E051914: The War Revolution2003-02-07
- S22E06Concorde: A Love Story2003-10-19
- S22E07Zulu: The True Story2003-10-24
- S22E08The Greatest Storm2003-10-31
Season 2311 episodes
- S23E01Britain's X-Files2004-01-09
- S23E02The Lost Liner and the Empire's Gold2004-01-16
- S23E03The Secrets of Enzo Ferrari2004-01-23
- S23E04The Mysteries of the Medieval Ship2004-01-30
- S23E05How Mad Was King George?2004-02-06
- S23E06Who Killed Rasputin?2004-10-01
- S23E07The Lost Heroes2004-10-08
- S23E08The Mystery of the Black Death2004-10-15
Season 2411 episodes
- S24E01Who Killed Ivan the Terrible?2005-01-29
- S24E02Murder in Rome2005-03-04
- S24E03Who Killed Stalin?2005-03-11
- S24E04Princess Margaret: A Love Story2005-03-25
- S24E05The Killer Wave of 16072005-04-01
- S24E06Britain's Lost Colosseum2005-05-20
- S24E07The Year Without Summer2005-05-27
- S24E08The Gunpowder Plot2005-11-04
Season 2512 episodes
- S25E01The Bog Bodies2006-01-20
- S25E02The Battle of the River Plate2006-01-27
- S25E03The Floating Brothel2006-02-03
- S25E04The Unknown Soldiers2006-02-24
- S25E05Missing in Action2006-03-03
- S25E06The Secret History of Genghis Khan2006-03-10
- S25E07The Crusaders' Lost Fort2006-04-14
- S25E08Mystery of the Headless Romans2006-04-21
Season 2612 episodes
- S26E01The Hunt for U8642007-01-05
- S26E02Beatlemania2007-01-12
- S26E03Killer Cloud2007-01-19
- S26E04Hadrian's Wall2007-01-26
- S26E05The First Blitz2007-02-02
- S26E06The Last Duel2007-02-09
- S26E07Special: Remember the Galahad2007-04-02
- S26E08Hijack2007-04-13
Season 2711 episodes
- S27E01Viking Voyage2008-01-05
- S27E02Bloody Omaha 3.02008-01-06
- S27E03The Wreckers2008-01-12
- S27E04The Greatest Knight2008-01-19
- S27E05The Pharaoh's Lost City2008-01-26
- S27E06Ten Pound Poms2008-02-02
- S27E07Stonehenge2008-09-27
- S27E08Britain's Forgotten Floods2008-10-04
Season 288 episodes
- S28E01Queen Elizabeth's Lost Guns2009-02-21
- S28E02QE2: The Final Voyage2009-02-28
- S28E03The Real Bonnie and Clyde2009-03-07
- S28E04Captain Cook: The Man Behind the Legend2009-03-14
- S28E05WW1 Aces Falling2009-03-21
- S28E06Pyramid: The Last Secret2009-03-28
- S28E07In Shackleton's Footsteps2009-04-04
- S28E08The Prince and the Plotter2009-07-04
Season 291 episodes
- S29E01Atlantis: The Evidence2010-06-02
Season 304 episodes
- S30E01Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes2011-10-25
- S30E02The Most Courageous Raid of World War II2011-11-01
- S30E03Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the German Dams2011-11-08
- S30E04Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story2011-11-15