April 17, 1999 • 50m
In the thirties Grey Owl tricked the establishment into believing he was the world's first eco-warrior. Archie Belaney was in fact...Read more
April 24, 1999 • 50m
In 1944, American submarines attacked two Japanese boats in the South China Sea, unaware that the vessels were crammed with more t...Read more
May 1, 1999 • 50m
A pistol shot at noon in 1889 signaled the start of the first race between thousands of desperate men and women to stake their cla...Read more
May 8, 1999 • 50m
When English explorer Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles travelled to the heart of the Indonesian island of Central J-a-v-a in the early ...Read more
May 22, 1999 • 50m
Marcelle and Elise are two elderly French women who live at opposite ends of the country but shared similar experiences in the Sec...Read more
May 29, 1999 • 50m
In 1909 the passenger liners Florida - carrying Italian immigrants to New York - and Republic - carrying American tourists to Euro...Read more
June 5, 1999 • 50m
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...Read more
June 26, 1999 • 50m
Danish politicians sparked a storm of controversy in 1969 by voting to legalise all forms of pornography, becoming the first count...Read more
October 2, 1999 • 50m
The series returns. Captured German spies were turned into double agents and used by MI5 to deceive Hitler during the Second Worl...Read more
November 6, 1999 • 50m
The title bestowed by history on Russia's first tsar has become synonymous with tyranny and mass bloodshed, his 16th-century reign...Read more
November 20, 1999 • 50m
Loathed by the intellectual establishment after its construction in 1889, the Eiffel Tower is now a cherished symbol of Paris. Ton...Read more
December 4, 1999 • 50m
In September 1943, 191 men from Montgomery's 8th Army - who had helped to drive Rommel's troops out of Africa - refused to take pa...Read more