January 5, 2007 • 50m
The fascinating story of how, in February 1945, HMS Venturer hunted down and sank the U-boat U864 - a sub on a deadly secret missi...Read more
January 12, 2007 • 50m
By 1966 the Beatles had played over 1400 gigs and sold 200 million records. At the height of their popularity, the Fab Four decide...Read more
January 19, 2007 • 50m
A huge volcanic eruption in Iceland in 1783 spewed out poisonous gases that enveloped Europe, killing thousands of Britons. The en...Read more
January 26, 2007 • 50m
A stone barrier 74-miles long, up to 15ft high, and 10ft thick: Hadrian's Wall stood as the Roman Empire's most imposing frontier ...Read more
February 2, 2007 • 50m
Unlikely as it seems now, the first aerial bombardment of Britain was a Zeppelin raid on the unfortunate Norfolk town of Great Yar...Read more
February 9, 2007 • 50m
Timewatch recalls the last days of the 600-year-old ritual of duelling, telling the story of two men who set out with pistols into...Read more
April 2, 2007 • 50m
Almost a quarter of a century ago, 50 British servicemen lost their lives at Fitzroy inlet in the Falkland Islands when two supply...Read more
April 13, 2007 • 50m
September 1970: A BOAC flight with 20 school children on board was hijacked in the name of a Palestinian guerrilla group - the fir...Read more
April 20, 2007 • 50m
New evidence from the island of Crete suggests that Europe's first great civilisation, the Minoans, was destroyed by a cataclysmic...Read more
April 27, 2007 • 50m
By 1945 Vichy France had deported 76,000 Jews to Nazi concentration camps. Told in their own words, these are the stories of four ...Read more
May 11, 2007 • 50m
For centuries gladiators have been seen as legendary figures of the ancient world, based largely on speculation. For five years, t...Read more
May 18, 2007 • 50m
Timewatch celebrates its 25th anniversary with a return to the family that featured in its first programme, the Windsors. The coro...Read more