As of July 2026, Timewatch Season 2 aired in 1983 with 10 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Timewatch Season 2

1983 10 Episodes Documentary ⭐ 7/10

Timewatch Season 2 has built a real following among viewers who want documentaries that actually inform. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. With 8 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. The access the production secured is remarkable, and it does justice to it. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Timewatch Season 2 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. Timewatch Season 2 approaches its subject with the rigour that makes documentary storytelling worth taking seriously. Season 2 of Timewatch includes 10 episodes. It aired from January 1983 to November 1983. This season stars John Tusa. John Tusa leads a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1983. The restraint in Timewatch Season 2 is what makes it trustworthy — it does not need to editorialise to make its point. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Documentary fans who value serious storytelling will find Timewatch Season 2 essential viewing. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. John Tusa's involvement signals a level of access and cooperation that is hard to secure. The kind of documentary that makes you feel informed rather than manipulated.

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🎬 Timewatch Season 2 — Episode Guide

E1
Episode 1
1983-01-26
HOW DO YOU DEMOCRATISE A NAZI? On the 50th anniversary of Hitler's elevation to the chancellorship of the Third Reich Simon Winchester reports from Washington and Nuremberg on how America in 1945 tried to remake a nation in its own image through a process of forced re-education. THE VENERABLE BEDE ...
E2
Episode 2
1983-02-23
In a new edition of THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, editor Robert Latham has uncovered previously unknown details of Pepys's life. THE WEEDERS: Are civil servants destroying vital historical evidence when they decide Government records should not be kept? THE HISTORICAL CLEOPATRA: As the BBC drama seri...
E3
Episode 3
1983-03-30
THE PEACE MOVEMENT IN THE 1930s AND TODAY: Fifty years ago, British politics was dominated by campaigns for peace. What are the parallels with the 1980s? THE LAST MUGGLETONIAN: In 1652, the Muggletonians were a radical sect in Revolutionary England. Simon Winchester traces their secret survival unt...
E4
Episode 4
1983-04-27
THE LOVED AND HATED KING: Richard III - hunchback murderer of the princes in the Tower, or victim of Tudor propaganda? On the 500th anniversary of his coronation, historians go into battle again over his reputation. THE SILENT YEARS OF TELEVISION: In 1950 politics were not allowed on British televi...
E5
Episode 5
1983-06-01
FRANCE AND THE NAZIS: Following the arrest of Klaus Barbie, butcher of Lyon, memories of Nazi collaboration have again returned to haunt a generation of Frenchmen. Dr Christopher Andrew goes to Drancy, the Paris housing estate turned in 1940 into a transit camp for Auschwitz and uncovers the ghost o...
E6
Episode 6
1983-06-29
BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE: During the Falklands war, the Argentinians made great capital of the last time they'd fought the British - and won, in 1806. SIMON Winchester reports. BODYLINE BOWLING: Was the England captain, Douglas Jardine, aware of the political implications when he said that he woul...
E7
Episode 7
1983-07-27
SHADOW OF THE GALLOWS: After Parliament's vote on hanging, an investigation into the history of Tyburn and the mass public executions in the 18th century. Did hanging deter? SPYING FOR RUSSIA: Christopher Andrew investigates why the British Secret Service failed to detect Blunt, Burgess and Maclean...
E8
Special: Albert, Prince Consort
1983-09-07
A special programme devoted to the life and historical reputation of Prince Albert, husband to Queen Victoria. From Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, designed by Albert for his family, the many different sides of his remarkable character are brought into focus. Albert the foreigner - his upbringi...
E9
Episode 9
1983-10-12
THE BATTLE FOR MARTIN LUTHER: Martin Luther, the German priest who split the Catholic church and began the Reformation, was born 500 years ago. Today, East and West Germany both struggle to claim him. From East Germany, Bernard Clark reports on how the Marxist government has tried to transform Luthe...
E10
Episode 10
1983-11-01
BEFORE THE NATIONAL HEALTH: A remarkable newly discovered archive of silent film reveals hospital life in the 1920s and 30s. How did people afford medical care in the days before the National Health? ROYALIST OXFORD: In 1642 King Charles I set up his capital in Oxford as the English Civil War began...

🎭 Cast of Timewatch Season 2

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John Tusa
Self - Presenter

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