January 15, 1987 • 50m
Peter France presents three films which reflect the extent to which codes of 'honour', allegiance' and 'behaviour' have had their ...Read more
February 12, 1987 • 1h
Views of Oliver Cromwell vary as much today as when Parliament asked him to become King in 1657: a tyrant, a repressed religious b...Read more
April 2, 1987 • 50m
Two stories showing how previous generations have dealt with the problems of pollution and disease: DEVONSHIRE COLIC: In Georgian...Read more
April 30, 1987 • 50m
Mary Queen of Scots has come down to us as a tragic heroine - but what kind of respect does she command as a 16th-century ruler? A...Read more
June 25, 1987 • 50m
1: The last attempt by central government to impose educational benchmarks on the majority of British schools. 2: Disinherited Lo...Read more
September 16, 1987 • 55m
Christopher Andrew and Gabriel Ronay investigate two political mysteries. THE ZINOVIEV LETTER led to the defeat of the first Labo...Read more
October 14, 1987 • 50m
What really happened in Russia in October 1917? How far can we rely on the vivid films from the period to give us a true picture o...Read more
November 11, 1987 • 50m
Two films examine the reality behind the ideal. When MANFRED VON RICHTHOFEN died in 1918 he had become a figure of myth; a knight...Read more
December 9, 1987 • 50m
Explores the trial of Nazi officer Adolph Eichmann through a controversial book, 'Eichmann in Jerusalem' by Hannah Arendt. Many Je...Read more
January 1, 1970
Episode 97 of Season 6 premiered on January 1, 1970
January 1, 1970
Episode 98 of Season 6 premiered on January 1, 1970
January 1, 1970
Episode 102 of Season 6 premiered on January 1, 1970