As of July 2026, Timewatch Season 24 aired in 2005 with 11 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
Timewatch Season 24 poster
← Back to Timewatch

Timewatch Season 24

2005 11 Episodes Documentary ⭐ 7/10

If you want a documentary that respects its subject, Timewatch Season 24 is available on streaming right now. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. With 8 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Worth watching in order, from the beginning — the cumulative effect is the point. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

There is a reason Timewatch Season 24 keeps coming up in conversation. What makes Timewatch Season 24 work is a willingness to sit with complexity instead of resolving it neatly. Season 24 of Timewatch includes 11 episodes. It aired from January 2005 to November 2005. Episodes include "Who Killed Ivan the Terrible?", "Murder in Rome", "Who Killed Stalin?". It was aired in 2005. What elevates Timewatch Season 24 above most documentary work is a refusal to settle for the easy version of the story. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Anyone after documentary work that genuinely informs rather than confirms will value Timewatch Season 24. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Rigorous in a way documentary work does not always commit to. Not background viewing — it rewards your full attention.

📡 Where to Watch Timewatch Season 24

Not currently available on major streaming platforms. Check back soon.

TV Butler Pro app
🎩 TV Butler Pro
You find it. Your history remembers it.

🎬 Timewatch Season 24 — Episode Guide

E1
Who Killed Ivan the Terrible?
2005-01-29
Criminologist David Wilson conducts an investigation into the death of Russia's first dictator, who ruled the country during the 16th century. Beginning with rumours that Ivan was strangled by enemies close to him, the historical murder mystery then takes Wilson across Russia and on to the court of ...
E2
Murder in Rome
2005-03-04
Rome, 81 BC: Sextus Roscius is accused of patricide. If found guilty, he faces a brutal execution. Defending him is a young lawyer - Cicero. Using the actual trial record, this drama reconstructs one of the most celebrated murder trials in history. NEW SERIES 1/5.
E3
Who Killed Stalin?
2005-03-11
When Stalin's death from a brain hemorrhage was announced in March 1953, the true details surrounding his death were immediately suppressed: the Soviet Communist Party's power would crumble if foul play was suspected. Acclaimed historian Simon Sebag-Montefiore plays detective, travelling to Moscow t...
E4
Princess Margaret: A Love Story
2005-03-25
Her romance with a dashing fighter pilot was the stuff of fairy tales - yet the prospect of marriage between the Queen's sister and Group Captain Peter Townsend, a divorced commoner, divided opinion. In 1955 she ended two years of tabloid speculation by choosing duty over love - but was it a needles...
E5
The Killer Wave of 1607
2005-04-01
It's 9am on 20 January 1607: a 12ft-high wall of water devastates the counties of the Bristol Channel, killing in the region of 2,000. The catastrophe altered the coastline for ever - yet it's been all but forgotten. Scientists Ted Bryant and Simon Haslett team up to find archaeological evidence to ...
E6
Britain's Lost Colosseum
2005-05-20
A love of bloody spectacle led the Romans to build amphitheatres all over their Empire. In Britain there were at least 25, the largest in Chester where archaeologists Tony Wilmott and Dan Garner spend three months excavating a complex site of ruins. With the help of computer animation, they bring th...
E7
The Year Without Summer
2005-05-27
Mount Tambora in eastern Indonesia unleashed the biggest volcanic blast ever in April 1815, a cataclysmic event that could have provoked a change in climate around the world. Thousands starved to death, lurid skies inspired the artist Turner and, out of the freakish cold, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein...
E8
The Gunpowder Plot
2005-11-04
In 1605 a group of angry young Catholic men decided to wipe out the monarchy and government by blowing up the Houses of Parliament. To mark the 400th anniversary of the infamous Gunpowder Plot, Timewatch attempts to establish why the conspirators had became so radicalised under the reign of King Jam...
E9
Pol Pot: The Journey to the Killing Fields
2005-11-11
A focus on the man responsible for the deaths of almost two million Cambodians. Dramatic reconstructions, the testimony of acquaintances, and the words of the Khmer Rouge leader himself combine to chart his rise to power and his use of terror and hunger to sustain his new regime. 2/4.
E10
Children of the Doomed Voyage
2005-11-18
On 17 September 1940 a German U-boat attacked the evacuee ship SS Benares en route to Canada, killing 258 of the 401 on board, including 80 of 100 child passengers. Sixty-five years on, those still living recall how they escaped death by hypothermia and drowning. 3/4.
E11
Inside the Mind of Adolf Hitler
2005-11-25
Psychological analysis of the biggest madman of the 20th century. How in 1943, a team of Harvard psychologists arrived at startlingly accurate conclusions from a profile they drew up of the Führer, in a bid to predict his future conduct. 4/4.

📋 All Seasons of Timewatch

Season 1Season 2Season 3Season 4Season 5Season 6Season 7Season 8

Never Lose Track of Timewatch

TV Butler Pro lets you search every streaming service in seconds, tracks what you've watched, and works completely free. No app download needed.

🎩 Try TV Butler Pro Free