S1989 E1 • Light in the Dark

During the Nazi occupation of eastern Poland, a small group of Jews tried to save themselves by hiding in the sewers under the city. Four survivors talk about their fourteen-month ordeal of living below ground.

Première diffusion : 11 janvier 1989

S1989 E2 • An Age of Empire

Leading historian Eric Hobsbawn offers Peter France some insights into his personal understanding of the 19th century and, in the process a world that was about to disappear for ever.

Première diffusion : 8 février 1989

S1989 E3 • Sacrifice at Pearl Harbour

It has always been believed that the attack on Pearl Harbour was a total surprise, but witnesses from around the world are now coming forward with stories of Washington being repeatedly warned of the attack.

Première diffusion : 5 avril 1989

S1989 E4 • Playing With History

Première diffusion : 3 mai 1989

S1989 E5 • Witnesses

Première diffusion : 31 mai 1989

S1989 E6 • The Night of the Long Knives

Documentary revealing new evidence about the so-called "Night of the Long Knives" - Harold MacMillan's Cabinet re-shuffle of July 1962, in which he sacked the Chancellor of the Exchequer and a third of the Cabinet.

Première diffusion : 27 juillet 1989

S1989 E7 • Summer of the Bomb

Première diffusion : 9 août 1989

S1989 E8 • The Land of Lost Content

Documentary exploring how poverty in the English countryside in the years before the First World War, has been hidden behind an image of a rural paradise created by artists, writers and poets of the period which survives to the present day, as demonstrated by the huge success of Edith Holden's "Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady"

Première diffusion : 6 septembre 1989

S1989 E9 • Trotsky

Documentary on the life and ideas of Leon Trotsky

Première diffusion : 4 octobre 1989

S1989 E10 • Fascist Legacy: A Promise Fulfilled

Traces the story of the implementation of Mussolini's policy of Italianisation in the Balkans.

Première diffusion : 1 novembre 1989

S1989 E11 • Fascist Legacy: A Pledge Betrayed

Second and concluding programme in Timewatch's investigation into some of Italy's war crimes and those responsible, in this programme concentrating in particular on Allied blocking of extradition of known Italian war criminals and reluctance to pursue the perpetrators, many of whom by then held key positions in the Italian government. The effects this had on the defascistisation policy implemented in Italy after the surrender is discussed by leading historians.

Première diffusion : 8 novembre 1989