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Timewatch

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.

Timewatch
Timewatch title card
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time60 min. (approx.)
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release29 September 1982 (1982-09-29) –
15 November 2011 (2011-11-15)

The Timewatch brandname is used as a banner title in the UK, but many of the individual documentaries are unbranded with BBC continuity outside the domestic British market.

Episodes edit

Viewer figures are taken from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board Ltd. website for the day that the episode was first broadcast. This is currently a list of some episodes, far from all.

1993 edit

  • Season 1993, Episode 13: The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald. First broadcast 21 November 1993, eve of the 30th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as part of the BBC 2 channel's Kennedy Night. (Episode also broadcast 30 years later on the eve of the 60th anniversary of Kennedy's death.) This Timewatch feature was nominated for the BAFTA Awards Robert Flaherty Award in Content for a full length documentary in 1993.[1] The feature was made to enable viewers to come to an informed opinion on the question of Oswald's involvement in the assassination, billed as having unearthed new evidence.[2]

1996 edit

1997 edit

The following series has seven episodes.

  • Episode 1: Love Story. First broadcast 25 February 1997. Repeated 13 March 1998.[5][6]
  • Episode 2: Before Columbus. First broadcast 4 March 1997.[7][8]
  • Episode 3: Secret Memories. First broadcast 11 March 1997.[9][10]
  • Episode 4: The Boer War: The First Media War. First broadcast 18 March 1997.[11][12]
  • Episode 5: Birth Story. First broadcast 25 March 1997.[13][14]
  • Episode 6: Forgotten Allies. First broadcast 1 April 1997.[15][16]
  • Episode 7: Back to the Iron Age. First broadcast 18 April 1997.[17][18]

The following series has eight episodes.

  • Episode 1: The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai. First broadcast 28 October 1997.[19]
  • Episode 2: Lords of the Maya. First broadcast 4 November 1997.[20][21]
  • Episode 3: Alison: A Personal History. First broadcast 11 November 1997.[22][23]
  • Episode 4: The Gentlemen Spies. First broadcast 18 November 1997.[24][25]
  • Episode 5: The African Trade. First broadcast 25 November 1997.[26][27]
  • Episode 6: Lenin's Secret Files. First broadcast 2 December 1997.[28][29]
  • Episode 7: Remember the Ugandan Asians. First broadcast 9 December 1997.[30][31]
  • Episode 8: In Search of Cleopatra. First broadcast 16 December 1997.[32][33] Repeated 1 January 1998 as part of Day of the Pharaohs.[34]

1998 edit

The following series has six episodes.

  • Episode 1: Hitler and the Invasion of Britain. Broadcast 7 April 1998.[35][36]
  • Episode 2: Grammar School Boys. Broadcast 14 April 1998.[37]
  • Episode 3: The Oklahoma Outlaw. Broadcast 21 April 1998. This episode is about Elmer McCurdy.[38][39]
  • Episode 4: The Roman Way of War. Broadcast 28 April 1998.[40][41]
  • Episode 5: Las Vegas and the Mormons. Broadcast 5 May 1998.[42][43]
  • Episode 6: Aborigine: a Collision of Conscience. Broadcast 12 May 1998.[44][45]

The following series has six episodes.

  • Episode 1: Sex and War. Broadcast 29 September 1998.[46][47]
  • Episode 2: Lloyd George's War. Broadcast 6 October 1998.[48]
  • Episode 3: The Pilgrim Obsession. Broadcast 13 October 1998.[49]
  • Episode 4: Banking with Hitler. Broadcast 20 October 1998.[50]
  • Episode 5: The British in India. Broadcast 27 October 1998.[51]
  • Episode 6: An American Firefight. Broadcast 3 November 1998.[52][53]

2001 edit

#EpisodeBroadcast DatePresenter/NarratorViewers (Millions)
1"The Empire State Story"12 January 2001Samuel West3.03
2"Himmler, Hitler and the End of the Reich"19 January 20013.35
3"The King's Servant"26 January 2001John Guy
4"Nero's Golden House"2 February 20012.63
5"Public Enemy Number One"9 February 20012.69
6"Hitler, Churchill and the Paratroopers"16 February 20013.44
7"The Last Surrender"11 May 20012.50
8"Debutantes"18 May 2001Samuel West
9"Strangeways Revisited"25 May 2001
10"Scharnhorst"1 June 20013.45
11"Roman Soldiers to Be"8 June 2001John Shrapnel
12"Bombing Germany"23 August 2001John Michie3.00

2002 edit

#EpisodeBroadcast DatePresenterViewers (Millions)
1"The Making of Adolf Hitler"4 January 2002Bill Paterson2.35
2"Mystery of the Iron Bridge"11 January 20022.90
3"Death of the Battleship"18 January 20022.82
4"Kill 'Em All: American War Crimes in Korea"1 February 2002
5"Jubilee Day"8 February 2002
6"Myths of the Titanic"19 April 2002Bernard Hill2.45
7"The Victorian Way of Death"4 May 2002Dan Cruickshank
8"Battle for Berlin"10 May 2002Bill Paterson2.17
9"Stalin and the Betrayal of Leningrad"9 August 20022.17
10"The Myth of Custer's Last Stand"16 August 20022.12
11"Akhenaten and Nefertiti: The Royal Gods of Egypt"6 September 20022.62
12"Murder in Harvard"14 December 2002

2003 edit

#EpisodeBroadcast DatePresenterViewers (Millions)
1"White Slaves Pirate Gold"[54]10 January 20032.71
2"Lost Cities of the Maya"17 January 2003Hugh Quarshie
3"Rocket and Its Rivals"24 January 2003
4"Ramesses III: Behind the Myth"31 January 2003Bill Paterson
5"1914: The War Revolution"7 February 2003Bill Paterson
6"Chaplin and Hitler: The Tramp and the Dictator" (see The Great Dictator)28 February 2003Kenneth Branagh
7"Concorde: A Love Affair"19 October 2003Michael Praed2.78
8"Zulu: The True Story"[55][56]24 October 2003Michael Praed
9"The Greatest Storm"31 October 2003Michael Praed3.88
10"Mystery of the Missing Ace"14 November 2003Michael Praed3.24
11"Gallipoli: The First D-Day"28 November 2003Michael Praed
12"Through Hell for Hitler"5 December 2003

2004 edit

#EpisodeBroadcast DatePresenterViewers (Millions)
1"Britain's X Files"9 January 2004Michael Praed
2"The Lost Liner and the Empire's Gold"21 January 2004Michael Praed
3"The Secrets of Enzo Ferrari"23 January 2004Michael Praed
4"The Mysteries of the Medieval Ship"30 January 2004Michael Praed
5"How Mad Was King George?"6 February 2004Michael Praed
6"Who Killed Rasputin?"1 October 2004Michael Praed
7"The Lost Heroes"8 October 2004Michael Praed
8"The Mystery of the Black Death"15 October 2004Michael Praed
9"The Black Pharaohs"22 October 2004Michael Praed
10"The Secrets of the Mary Rose"29 October 2004Michael Praed
11"Julius Caesar's Greatest Battle"5 November 2004Michael Praed

2005 edit

#EpisodeBroadcast DatePresenterViewers (Millions)
1"Who Killed Ivan the Terrible?"29 January 2005Michael Praed
2"Murder in Rome"4 March 2005Michael Praed
3"Who Killed Stalin?"11 March 2005Michael Praed
4"Princess Margaret: A Love Story"26 March 2005Michael Praed
5"The Killer Wave of 1607"1 April 2005Michael Praed
6"Britain's Lost Colosseum"20 May 2005Michael Praed
7"The Year Without Summer"27 May 2005Michael Praed
8"Emperor Hirohito"1 July 2005Michael Praed
9"The Gunpowder Plot"4 November 2005Alice Hogge
10"Pol Pot: The Journey to the Killing Fields"11 November 2005Michael Praed
11"Children of the Doomed Voyage"18 November 2005Michael Praed
12"Inside the Mind of Adolf Hitler"18 November 2005Michael Praed

2006 edit

#EpisodeBroadcast DatePresenterViewers (Millions)
1"The Bog Bodies"20 January 2006Michael Praed
2"Battle of the River Plate"27 January 2006Michael Praed
3"The Floating Brothel"3 February 2006Michael Praed
4"Unknown Soldiers"24 February 2006Michael Praed
5"Missing in Action"3 March 2006Michael Praed
6"The Secret History of Genghis Khan"10 March 2006Michael Praed
7"The Crusaders' Lost Fort"14 April 2006Michael Praed
8"The Mystery of the Headless Romans"21 April 2006Michael Praed
9"Battle for Warsaw"28 April 2006Michael Praed
10"The Iron Coffin"5 May 2006Michael Praed
11"San Francisco's Great Quake"12 May 2006Michael Praed
12"The Princess Spy"19 May 2006Michael Praed

2007 edit

#EpisodeBroadcast DatePresenterViewers (Millions)
1"The Hunt for U-864"5 January 2007Michael Praed
2"Beatlemania"12 January 2007Michael Praed
3"Killer Cloud"19 January 2007Michael Praed
4"Hadrian's Wall"26 January 2007Julian Richards
5"Zeppelin: The First Blitz"2 February 2007Michael Praed
6"The Last Duel"9 February 2007Brian Cox
7"Remember the Galahad"2 April 2007Michael Praed
8"Hijack"13 April 2007Michael Praed
9"The Wave That Destroyed Atlantis"20 April 2007Michael Praed
10"The Hidden Children"27 April 2007Michael Praed
11"Gladiator Graveyard"11 May 2007Michael Praed
12"The People's Coronation"18 May 2007Michael Praed

2008 edit

#EpisodeBroadcast DatePresenterViewers (Millions)
1"Viking Voyage"5 January 2008Michael Praed
2"Bloody Omaha"6 January 2008Richard Hammond2.61
3"In Search of the Wreckers"12 January 2008Bella Bathurst2.23
4"The Greatest Knight"19 January 2008Saul David
5"The Pharaoh's Lost City"26 January 2008Michael Praed2.26
6"Ten Pound Poms"2 February 2008Michael Praed1.82
7"Stonehenge: The Healing Stones"27 September 2008Tim Darvill and Geoffrey Wainwright2.19
8"Britain's Forgotten Floods"4 October 2008Vanessa Collingridge1.68
9"The Boxer Rebellion"11 October 2008Michael Praed
10"Young Victoria"18 October 2008Kate Williams2.22
11"Last Day of World War One"1 November 2008Michael Palin2.63

2009 edit

#EpisodeBroadcast DatePresenterViewers (Millions)
1"Queen Elizabeth's Lost Guns"21 February 2009Saul David2.20
2"QE2: The Final Voyage"28 February 2009Michael Praed2.03
3"The Real Bonnie and Clyde"7 March 2009Michael Praed2.06
4"Captain Cook: The Man Behind the Legend"14 March 2009Vanessa Collingridge
5"WWI Aces Falling"21 March 2009Michael Praed1.90
6"Pyramid: The Last Secret"28 March 2009Bob Brier2.32
7"In Shackleton's Footsteps "4 April 2009Michael Praed1.75
8"The Prince and the Plotter"4 July 2009Huw Edwards

2010 edit

#EpisodeBroadcast DatePresenterViewers (Millions)
1"Atlantis: The Evidence"2 June 2010Bettany Hughes

2011 edit

#EpisodeBroadcast DatePresenterViewers (Millions)
1"Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes"25 October 2011Keeley Hawes
2"The Most Courageous Raid of WWII"1 November 2011Paddy Ashdown
3"Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the German Dams"8 November 2011James Holland
4"Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story"15 November 2011Ben Macintyre

See also edit

  • Time Team - a British Channel 4 programme focusing on archaeology

References edit

  1. ^ Dafydd Sills-Jones (9 April 2009). "History Documentary on UK Terrestrial Television, 1982-2002". Student PhD Thesis of Aberystwyth University. Aberystwyth University. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  2. ^ Radio Times, reprinted at BBC Programme Index.
  3. ^ For a review of this episode, see Thomas Sutcliffe, "review", The Independent, 3 July 1996.
  4. ^ Radio Times, Issue 3779, 29 June 1996, reprinted at BBC Programme Index. See further today's choices, and "This Week", Radio Times, Issue 3779, 29 June 1996, p 10.
  5. ^ For reviews of this episode, see Peter Waymark, "Timewatch: Love Story" in "Choice", The Times, 25 February 1997, p 47; Matthew Bond, "If not unbelievable, then truly unspeakable", The Times, 26 February 1997, p 47; and "Television: Today's pick", The Independent, 13 March 1998.
  6. ^ Radio Times, Issue 3812, 22 February 1997, reprinted at BBC Programme Index. See further "This Week", Radio Times, Issue 3812, 22 February 1997, p 8.
  7. ^ For a review of this episode, see Peter Waymark, "Timewatch: Before Columbus" in "Choice", The Times, 4 March 1997, p 51.
  8. ^ Radio Times, reprinted at BBC Programme Index.
  9. ^ For reviews of this episode, see Peter Waymark, "Timewatch: Secret Memories" in "Choice", The Times, 11 March 1997, p 51; and Peter Barnard, "No reason to panic: you are not a clone", The Times, 12 March 1997, p 47.
  10. ^ Radio Times, reprinted at BBC Programme Index.
  11. ^ For reviews of this episode, see Peter Waymark, "Timewatch: The Boer War - The First Media War" in "Choice", The Times, 18 March 1997, p 55; and Matthew Bond, "When the film cameras first went to war", The Times, 19 March 1997, p 47.
  12. ^ Radio Times, reprinted at BBC Programme Index.
  13. ^ For a review of this episode, see Peter Waymark, "Timewatch: Birth Story" in "Television Choice: Spiky in body and mood", The Times, 25 March 1997, p 50.
  14. ^ Radio Times, reprinted at BBC Programme Index.
  15. ^ For reviews of this episode, see Peter Waymark, "Timewatch: Forgotten Allies" in "Television Choice: A double helping of fame", The Times, 1 April 1997, p 42; and Matthew Bond, "Playing the fool, but it's no laughing matter", The Times, 2 April 1997, p 47.
  16. ^ Radio Times, reprinted at BBC Programme Index.
  17. ^ For a review of this episode, see Peter Waymark, "Timewatch: Back to the Iron Age" in "Television Choice: Do you remember when...?", The Times, 18 April 1997, p 46.
  18. ^ Radio Times, reprinted at BBC Programme Index.
  19. ^ Radio Times, Issue 3847, 25 October 1997, reprinted at BBC Programme Index.
  20. ^ For a review of this episode, see Elizabeth Cowley, "Timewatch: Lords of the Maya" in "Television Choice: On the road to equality", The Times, 4 November 1997, p 50.
  21. ^ Radio Times, reprinted at BBC Programme Index.
  22. ^ For a review of this episode, see Peter Waymark, "Timewatch: Alison - A Personal History" in "Television Choice: Alison French revisited", The Times, 11 November 1997, p 54; and Matthew Bond, "The return of a woman with strong views", The Times, 12 November 1997, p 51.
  23. ^ Radio Times, reprinted at BBC Programme Index.
  24. ^ For a review of this episode, see Peter Waymark, "Timewatch: The Gentlemen Spies" in "Television Choice: MI5's shadowy origins", The Times, 18 November 1997, p 54.
  25. ^ Radio Times, reprinted at BBC Programme Index.
  26. ^ For reviews of this episode, see Peter Waymark, "Timewatch: The African Trade" in "Television Choice: Slavery's black secret", The Times, 25 November 1997, p 50; and Matthew Bond, "Joanna's plum pudding needed pruning", The Times, 26 November 1997, p 51.
  27. ^ Radio Times, reprinted at BBC Programme Index.
  28. ^ For a review of this episode, see Peter Waymark, "Timewatch: Lenin's Secret Files" in "Television Choice: Lenin's secrets unmasked", The Times, 2 December 1997, p 50.
  29. ^ Radio Times, reprinted at BBC Programme Index.
  30. ^ For a review of this episode, see Peter Waymark, "Timewatch: Remember the Ugandan Asians" in "Television Choice: Advice for the unwary", The Times, 9 December 1997, p 50.
  31. ^ Radio Times, reprinted at BBC Programme Index.
  32. ^ For reviews of this episode, see Peter Waymark, "Timewatch: In Search of Cleopatra" in "Television Choice: Solid second-hand advice", The Times, 16 December 1997, p 46; Peter Barnard, "A nice little runner with two careful owners", The Times, 17 December 1997, p 43; and Peter Waymark, "Day of the Pharaohs" in "Television Choice: An Egyptian celebration", The Times, 1 January 1998, p 38.
  33. ^ Radio Times, reprinted at BBC Programme Index.
  34. ^ Radio Times, Issue 3855, 20 December 1997, reprinted at BBC Programme Index: [1] [2] [3].
  35. ^ For commentary on this episode, see Rupert Cornwell, "Hitler's children - the spawn of the twentieth century", The Independent, 8 April 1998
  36. ^ Radio Times, Issue 3869, 4 April 1998, reprinted at BBC Programme Index. See further today's choices.
  37. ^ Radio Times, Issue 3870, 11 April 1998, reprinted at BBC Programme Index. See further Polly Toynbee, Radio Times, Issue 3870, 11 April 1998, p 10.
  38. ^ For reviews of this episode, see Peter Waymark, "Timewatch: The Oklahoma Outlaw" in "Television Choice: Lost in a cold, dark place", The Times, 21 April 1998, p 54; Joe Joseph, "Oxford warmly welcomes faithful retainers", The Times, 22 April 1998, p 43; and Nancy Banks-Smith, "A showbusiness career to die for", The Guardian Weekly, vol 158, no 18: week ending 3 May 1998, p 26.
  39. ^ Radio Times, Issue 3871, 18 April 1998, reprinted at BBC Programme Index.
  40. ^ The Times, 28 April 1998, p 51
  41. ^ Radio Times, Issue 3872, 25 April 1998, reprinted at BBC Programme Index.
  42. ^ For reviews of this episode, see W Stephen Gilbert, "Timewatch: Las Vegas and the Mormons" in "Television Choice: Wish you'd been elsewhere?", The Times, 5 May 1998, p 50; Joe Joseph, "Out in the desert, beyond reach of parody", The Times, 6 May 1998, p 43; and David Aaronovitch, "Television: Why I'm loving the alien", The Independent, 9 May 1998.
  43. ^ Radio Times, Issue 3873, 2 May 1998, reprinted at BBC Programme Index. See further John Peel, Radio Times, Issue 3873, 2 May 1998, p 9.
  44. ^ For reviews of this episode, see Peter Waymark, "Timewatch" in "Television Choice: Bricks and mortar of time", The Times, 12 May 1998, p 54; and Thomas Sutcliffe, "TV", The Independent, 12 May 1998.
  45. ^ Radio Times, Issue 3874, 9 May 1998, reprinted at BBC Programme Index. See further today's choices.
  46. ^ For a review of this episode, see Nicholas Lezard, "Television Review", The Independent, 29 September 1998.
  47. ^ Radio Times, Issue 3894, 26 September 1998, reprinted at BBC Programme Index. See further today's choices.
  48. ^ Radio Times, Issue 3895, 3 October 1998, reprinted at BBC Programme Index. See further today's choices.
  49. ^ Radio Times, Issue 3896, 10 October 1998, reprinted at BBC Programme Index.
  50. ^ Radio Times, Issue 3897, 17 October 1998, reprinted at BBC Programme Index. See further today's choices.
  51. ^ Radio Times, Issue 3898, 24 October 1998, reprinted at BBC Programme Index.
  52. ^ For a review of this episode, see Robert Hanks, "Television Review", The Independent, 4 November 1998
  53. ^ Radio Times, Issue 3899, 31 October 1998, reprinted at BBC Programme Index.
  54. ^ Maev Kennedy (6 January 2003). "Seabed gold 'clue to white slavers'". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  55. ^ Saul David (17 February 2011). "British History in depth. Zulu: The True Story". BBC History. BBC. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  56. ^ Zulu - The True Story (Timewatch 2003) on YouTube

External links edit

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