Timewatch Season 26

Right now you can watch Timewatch Season 26 on streaming — and it earns the access it was given. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. 8 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Worth watching in order, from the beginning — the cumulative effect is the point. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Timewatch Season 26 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. Timewatch Season 26 approaches its subject with the rigour that makes documentary storytelling worth taking seriously. Season 26 of Timewatch includes 12 episodes. It aired from January 2007 to May 2007. Episodes include "The Hunt for U864", "Beatlemania", "Killer Cloud". It was aired in 2007. Documentary work at this level requires access that is hard to get and storytelling that does justice to it — Timewatch Season 26 has both. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Documentary fans who value serious storytelling will find Timewatch Season 26 essential viewing. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Getting this level of access rarely happens twice. The kind of documentary that makes you feel informed rather than manipulated.

🎬 Timewatch Season 26 — Episode Guide

The Hunt for U864

2007-01-05

The fascinating story of how, in February 1945, HMS Venturer hunted down and sank the U-boat U864 - a sub on a deadly secret mission. This documentary uses eyewitness accounts, archive material, and a dive into the Baltic's frozen waters to bring the full story of the boat's last hours to life. 1/6.

Beatlemania

2007-01-12

By 1966 the Beatles had played over 1400 gigs and sold 200 million records. At the height of their popularity, the Fab Four decided they would never tour again. Previously unseen archive footage plus interviews with those who accompanied the band on tour tell the inside story of Beatlemania, from de...

Killer Cloud

2007-01-19

A huge volcanic eruption in Iceland in 1783 spewed out poisonous gases that enveloped Europe, killing thousands of Britons. The ensuing winter was one of the worst ever and cost countless more lives. This environmental disaster is well known in Iceland, but its impact on Britain has until now been a...

Hadrian's Wall

2007-01-26

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 for 300 years. Almost 2,000 years after it was built, archaeologists have properly excavated less than one per cent of it, but they have unearthed extraordinary findings....

The First Blitz

2007-02-02

Unlikely as it seems now, the first aerial bombardment of Britain was a Zeppelin raid on the unfortunate Norfolk town of Great Yarmouth with one fatality. The next three years saw a terror campaign that would take hundreds of lives and whose psychological effect was arguably as harrowing as the Blit...

The Last Duel

2007-02-09

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 the Scottish countryside on 23 August 1826 after arguing over money. 6/6.

Special: Remember the Galahad

2007-04-02

Almost a quarter of a century ago, 50 British servicemen lost their lives at Fitzroy inlet in the Falkland Islands when two supply ships, Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram, were bombed by Argentinian planes. This one-off Timewatch special details the events that led up to the tragedy and talks to survivo...

Hijack

2007-04-13

September 1970: A BOAC flight with 20 school children on board was hijacked in the name of a Palestinian guerrilla group - the first and last time a British commercial aircraft has ever been hijacked. Interviews from hostages and their hijackers help illustrate events that changed airplane travel fo...

The Wave That Destroyed Atlantis

2007-04-20

New evidence from the island of Crete suggests that Europe's first great civilisation, the Minoans, was destroyed by a cataclysmic natural disaster. Was the terrible fate of the Minoans the source of Plato's story of Atlantis? A team of archaeologists and scientists scour Crete for conclusive eviden...

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The Hidden Children

2007-04-27

By 1945 Vichy France had deported 76,000 Jews to Nazi concentration camps. Told in their own words, these are the stories of four children secretly hidden by ordinary French people. Acclaimed director Jonathan Hacker awakes powerful emotions as he accompanies these survivors to the places where they...

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Gladiator Graveyard

2007-05-11

For centuries gladiators have been seen as legendary figures of the ancient world, based largely on speculation. For five years, two forensic anthropologists have been looking at thousands of bones found in a mass grave in Turkey. Their findings prove how gladiators lived, how they fought, and the e...

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The People's Coronation

2007-05-18

Timewatch celebrates its 25th anniversary with a return to the family that featured in its first programme, the Windsors. The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953 was the greatest spectacle ever staged in Britain. Told by the people who watched, shaped, and recorded it, this is a chance t...

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