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Too much of blood and blight
Michael Palin discovers that even an Armistice couldn't avoid slaughter on the last day of World War One.
Under water, out of mind
Was the Bristol Channel flood of 1607 a British tsunami? The course of European history was changed by Britain's Forgotten Floods.
Quo Vardis
The role of America in the First World War unfolds alongside the story of the unknown soldiers.
Making a Queen
Inspired by the Timewatch programme on the subject, people shared their memories of Elizabeth II's coronation.
Uprising
Fearing western influence, a Chinese faction resists the growing strength of foreign powers: The Boxer Rebellion.
The lady in waiting
Discover the hidden story of the Queen who brought us into the modern age: Young Victoria.
Another view of D-Day
Victory or disaster? Timewatch goes to Normandy in seach of the true story of Bloody Omaha.
Killer wave
Inspired by the Timewatch programme, there was a discussion about the evidence for a killer wave.
Explaining stonehenge
A Bronze Age Lourdes in Wiltshire? Timewatch applies modern forensics to the mysteries of Stonehenge.
Duel on the ocean
A deadly duel at sea and one of the best intelligence bluffs of the Second World War: the battle of the River Plate.
Norse pull
Historical reconstruction writ large, as sixty-one people take a replica vessel on a Viking Voyage.
A safe passage?
The dream of a better life in the sun isn't a new one. Timewatch tracks the fate of the Australian-bound Ten Pound Poms.
Smash and grab - 19th century style
Timewatch uncovers the remarkable social history of a terrible crime in The Wreckers.
Horseback hero
Forget Heath Ledger and ladies' favours. Explore the bloody world of William Marshal, The Greatest Knight.
Hard times in Ancient Egypt
Life and death under Queen Nefertiti and the Pharaoh Akhenaten in The Pharaoh's Lost City.
Flying death
One of the forgotten stories of the First World War: Timewatch viewers share their stores of the first blitz.
An unforgiving sky
An eruption in Iceland would have terrible effects for the rest of Western Europe - a killer cloud.
Left behind
Will there ever be a definitive explanation of what happened to Americans lost in Vietnam and still missing in action?
The last big one
April 18th, 1906: The greatest natural disaster ever faced by the United States: San Francisco's great quake.
Well-preserved
Two ancient murder mysteries. What caused two ancient Celts to wind up as bog bodies?
Women as cargo
In 1789 England’s all-female transport ship set sail for a penal colony in Australia. Timewatch follows the the floating brothel.
CSI: Ancient Rome
Decapitated corpses in York? Timewatch follows the mystery of the headless Romans.
The wrath of Khan
The Secret History of the Mongols reveals an unexpected, secret history of Genghis Khan.
At Jacob's Ford
Did the Crusades fail due to too much faith? Timewatch visits the Crusader's lost fort.
Sunk
It was supposed to change the face - and the outcome - of the American Civil War. But for its soldiers, it was The Iron Coffin.
Fighting for Poland
For two months, men, woman and children fought back the Nazis. Relive the bravery of the Warsaw Uprising.
Content last updated: 15/11/2007
