Timewatch
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- Episode
- The Last Duel
- Broadcast Info
- 2007 (49 mins)
- Description
- One August morning in 1826, two men went for a walk in the Scottish countryside. Only one of them came back alive. Timewatch tells the story of two men who fought to the death with pistols: one a respected merchant, reluctantly provoked into an unwanted duel; the other a professional soldier, steeped in military tradition. The soldier also happened to be the merchant’s bank manager. It would end with the death of one man and mark the demise of a 600-year-old ritual.
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- History
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The Open University, "Timewatch". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/7342 (Accessed 19 Aug 2026)