As of July 2026, Timewatch Season 6 aired in 1987 with 12 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Timewatch Season 6

1987 12 Episodes Documentary ⭐ 7/10

Timewatch Season 6 has built a real following among viewers who want documentaries that actually inform. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. A 7/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. The access the production secured is remarkable, and it does justice to it. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Timewatch Season 6 earns its spot. The access Timewatch Season 6 gets is remarkable — and the storytelling does full justice to it. Season 6 of Timewatch includes 12 episodes. It aired from January 1987 to December 1987. This season stars Peter France. Peter France leads a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1987. What elevates Timewatch Season 6 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.

Timewatch Season 6 is the kind of documentary you immediately want to recommend to someone else. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. The subject drives every choice here, not the other way around. The kind of production you finish and immediately want to read more about.

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🎬 Timewatch Season 6 — Episode Guide

E1
Codes of Conduct
1987-01-15
Peter France presents three films which reflect the extent to which codes of 'honour', allegiance' and 'behaviour' have had their effect on British history. 1: Christopher Andrew examines the demise of duelling 100 years ago. 2: Ian Dear tells the story of the duplicity behind the victories which ...
E2
Faces of Cromwell
1987-02-12
Views of Oliver Cromwell vary as much today as when Parliament asked him to become King in 1657: a tyrant, a repressed religious bigot who murdered a king; a patriot, civilised with a tremendous sense of humour, and conscience in matters of state and religion. How do modern historians view the parli...
E3
Symptoms of an Age
1987-04-02
Two stories showing how previous generations have dealt with the problems of pollution and disease: DEVONSHIRE COLIC: In Georgian times, a crippling illness struck thousands of cider drinkers in the west of England, who found mysterious relief only by taking the waters at Bath Spa. In Victorian En...
E4
Fateful Century
1987-04-30
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? Anne Boleyn is usually seen either as a scheming predator or as a pathetic figure executed because she failed to produce a male heir for Henry VIII. Historians Jenny Worma...
E5
Times of Change
1987-06-25
1: The last attempt by central government to impose educational benchmarks on the majority of British schools. 2: Disinherited Londoners recall the community spirit of a Notting Hill street torn down for redevelopment 25 years ago. 3: Cambridge don David Cannadine explores current attitudes toward...
E6
Affairs of State
1987-09-16
Christopher Andrew and Gabriel Ronay investigate two political mysteries. THE ZINOVIEV LETTER led to the defeat of the first Labour Government in 1924. Was it genuine - or was it an early attempt to use 'red scare' tactics to bring down a democratically elected government? And if so, who sent it? ...
E7
Images of a Revolution
1987-10-14
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 of the Revolution and, of incidents such as the storming of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg? Christopher Andrew, in a critical examination of documentary evidence and t...
E8
The Art of Chivalry
1987-11-11
Two films examine the reality behind the ideal. When MANFRED VON RICHTHOFEN died in 1918 he had become a figure of myth; a knight of the air with 80 victories to his credit. But the legend of the Red Baron hid a quiet, aloof man whose aristocratic sense of honour drove him to his death. WILLIAM MA...
E9
Judgment in Jerusalem
1987-12-09
Explores the trial of Nazi officer Adolph Eichmann through a controversial book, 'Eichmann in Jerusalem' by Hannah Arendt. Many Jews read her reports from Jerusalem with a sense of deep hurt and outrage as she questioned the legality and political purpose of the trial, portraying Eichmann as 'banal ...
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Episode 102

🎭 Cast of Timewatch Season 6

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Peter France
Self - Presenter

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