The Myth of the Spanish Inquisition | Timewatch

1914 - The War Revolution | Timewatch

A look at the rapid changes in the nature of warfare during World War I which ended hopes of a swift conclusion and caused a long blood...

Hadrian's Wall | Timewatch

Documentary about Hadrian's Wall presented by Julian Richards. Using archaeological discoveries, Timewatch journeys back through time to unlock th...

Haig, The Unknown Soldier | Timewatch

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the man labelled "the butcher of the Somme", has been satirised and lampooned as the worst type of Brit...

Jack the Ripper the doctor | Timewatch

The construction of the theory that Jack the Ripper was a doctor or surgeon.

Jack the Ripper the gentleman | Timewatch

Following the murder of Annie Chapman, the media constructed the theory that Jack the Ripper could be a respectable gentleman.

Khrushchev - the Peasant Premier | Timewatch

In the centenary year of his birth, and using previously unseen home movies, this film explores the contradictions of the Ukrani...

Kill 'Em All: American War Crimes in Korea | Timewatch

The story of the massacre at No Gun Ri during the Korean War, one of the worst atrocities committed by American troops...

Legacy of Jack the Ripper | Timewatch

An introduction to the creation of the myth surrounding Jack the Ripper and why people are still so interested in the case.

Lenin's Secret Files | Timewatch

Stored deep underground by Soviet authorities, secret files documenting the life of Lenin were hidden away for decades in a labyrinth of vau...

Mary Jane Kelly | Timewatch

An investigation of the brutal murder of Mary Jane Kelly.

Murder In Rome | Timewatch

Rome, 81BC. Sextus Roscius is accused of patricide. If found guilty, he faces brutal execution. Includes actual trial records to recreate one of t...

Music halls and west end gentlemen | Timewatch

The role that Victorian music halls played in the theory that Jack the Ripper was a respectable gentleman.

Police failure | Timewatch

Why the police failed to find Jack the Ripper and how they too were influenced by the myths surrounding the murderer.

Setting and background to the murders | Timewatch

The setting and context in which the murders in Whitechapel were committed.

The British in India | Timewatch

Tonight's programme follows historian Andrew Roberts across the Indian subcontinent as he argues that Britain should take pride in its imper...

The Cuban Missile Crisis: 01: Defying Uncle Same | Timewatch

A two-part Timewatch Special that recalls the time, 30 years ago, when the world went to the brink of nuclear wa...

The Cuban Missile Crisis: 02: Eyeball to Eyeball | Timewatch

October 1962: the dramatic story of the US naval blockade, the shooting down of a US spy plane and the Soviet pr...

The East End | Timewatch

An investigation of the East End of London at the time of the Whitechapel murders.

The Forgotten Volunteers | Timewatch

Two-and-a-half million Indians fought for Britain in Second World War campaigns from Egypt to the Far East. Subject to some of the most ...

The Killer Wave of 1607 | Timewatch

Documentary detailing the killer wave which struck the coast of the Bristol Channel in 1607. Two scientists are increasingly convinced th...