February 25, 1997 • 50m
A Second World War love affair between German housewife Lilly Wust and young Jewish lesbian Felice Schragenheim.
March 4, 1997 • 50m
Christopher Columbus is popularly believed to have been, in 1492, the first European to discover America. However, some historians...Read more
March 11, 1997 • 50m
A wireless operator who survived torture and a Nazi concentration camp, a 20-year-old sabotage expert, and an MI6 agent who filmed...Read more
March 18, 1997 • 50m
The Boer War of 1899-1902 saw correspondents and cameramen play a major part in war propaganda for the first time. Diaries, memoir...Read more
March 25, 1997 • 50m
For centuries babies were born at home, their mothers assisted through the birth by other women. But 50 years ago, childbirth was ...Read more
April 1, 1997 • 50m
When war broke out in South East Asia in 1941, one hill tribe - the Christian, English-speaking Karen - distinguished itself in th...Read more
April 18, 1997 • 50m
Tonight's documentary reassesses a project from 1977 designed to find out more about prehistoric life. For over a year a group of ...Read more
October 28, 1997 • 50m
Forty years ago a war movie created a legend. Timewatch now tells the story of Lieutenant Colonel Toosey, the British officer in B...Read more
November 4, 1997 • 50m
As Christianity became a dominant religious force in Europe, a religious movement was shaping the ancient Mayan civilisation of ce...Read more
November 11, 1997 • 50m
In 1988 the third film about the inspirational life of Alison French, who has cerebral palsy, saw her get married to Mark John. Te...Read more
November 18, 1997 • 50m
The first secret documents released by MI5 to the Public Records Office cover its establishment by the mysterious Vernon Kell, cod...Read more
November 25, 1997 • 50m
Transatlantic slavery was responsible for the largest long-distance forced migration in history. Europeans did not venture into th...Read more
December 2, 1997 • 50m
Secret files documenting the life of Lenin were hidden away for decades by Soviet authorities in a labyrinth of vaults deep underg...Read more
December 9, 1997 • 50m
Twenty-five years ago the Ugandan Asians arrived in Britain, having been expelled from their own country. Greeted warmly on their ...Read more
December 16, 1997 • 50m
Explores the myths that still surround the legendary Egyptian queen, and attempts to unravel the truth behind a life - and death -...Read more