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Timewatch
The Last Duel
- Broadcast
- 2007 (49 mins)
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...
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The First Blitz
- Broadcast
- 2007 (49 mins)
In January 1915, a Zeppelin raid on the Norfolk town of Great Yarmouth, left one man dead - the first person in Britain to die from aerial bombing. Timewatch looks at Britain’s first Blitz
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Killer Cloud
- Broadcast
- 2007 (48 mins)
A huge volcanic eruption in Iceland in 1783 spewed out poisonous gases that enveloped Europe killing thousands of Britons. This environmental disaster is well-known in Iceland but its impact on Britain has...
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Hadrian’s Wall
- Broadcast
- 2007 (49 mins)
Julian Richards travels length of Hadrian’s Wall, built AD120 -128. Excavated since Victorian times, what does archaeology tell of daily life for the legions on northern edge of Roman empire?
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Beatlemania
- Broadcast
- 2007 (49 mins)
In 1966, at the height of their fame, the Beatles stopped touring. Ten years after it all began they left the stage at Candlestick Park in San Francisco and vowed never to perform live again. It was a pledge...
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The Hidden Children
- Broadcast
- 2007 (50 mins)
By 1945 Vichy France had deported 76,000 Jews to Nazi concentration camps. Told in their own words, these are the stories of four children secretly hidden by ordinary French people.
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Hijack
- Broadcast
- 2007 (52 mins)
Documentary about hijacking of BOAC plane with over 20 schoolchildren on board in September 1970 by a Palestinian group and attempts on 4 other planes ; first & last time British commercial plane has been...
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The People’s Coronation
- Broadcast
- 2007 (48 mins)
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on June 2nd 1953 was the first time the one thousand year old ceremony was televised live, opening up one of the most privileged royal events. Timewatch looks back at...
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Remember the Galahad
- Broadcast
- 2007 (49 mins)
Story of the worst disaster of the Falklands conflict- the bombing by Argentine planes of troopships with the loss of 50 lives. Sir Galahad was packed with Welsh Guards waiting in broad daylight to...
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Gladiator Graveyard
- Broadcast
- 2007 (49 mins)
Gladiators have been seen as legendary figures of the Ancient World. Our knowledge has been based largely on speculation, until now. For the past 5 yrs 2 forensic anthropologists have looked at thousands of...
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