Synopsis

Nixon's burglars are caught and the president himself is at the head of a cover-up that links the crime to the White House. In November 1972, five months after the break-in, Nixon is returned to office.

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01: Break-In | Watergate

BBC Two | 1994 | 49'13''

In 1974, Richard Nixon, brought down by the Watergate scandal, became the only US president ever to resign. This programme looks at the break-in at ...

03: Scapegoat | Watergate

BBC Two | 1994 | 49'09''

Nixon pays the Watergate burglars to keep silent, but his adviser, John Dean, turns state's evidence after John McCord, one of the thieves, reveals...

04: Massacre | Watergate

BBC Two | 1994 | 49'20''

The so-called Saturday Night Massacre, the chain of events that unfolded on 20 October 1973, when President Nixon demanded that special prosecutor A...

05: Impeachment | Watergate

BBC Two | 1994 | 49'11''

President Nixon clings on to the White House as the case against him mounts. The automatic recording system he ordered to be installed in the Ova...