Timewatch - Season 18 / Year 1999

Timewatch - Season 18 / Year 1999

Season 18 / Year 1999

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DatesApr 17, 1999 - Dec 4, 1999
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Episodes

Grey Owl: The Great White Hoax
Year 1999Episode 160 min

Grey Owl: The Great White Hoax

In the thirties Grey Owl tricked the establishment into believing he was the world's first eco-warrior. Archie Belaney was in fact a Briton who had emigrated to Canada at 17 and set out on a mission to fool everyone that he was an American Indian.
Apr 17, 1999
The Crossing
Year 1999Episode 260 min

The Crossing

In 1944, American submarines attacked two Japanese boats in the South China Sea, unaware that the vessels were crammed with more than 2,000 Allied PoWs. Among more than 1,000 who survived the attack were British gunner Wilf Barnett and Australian engineer Ray Wheeler. In tonight's programme, the pair recall their harrowing ordeal and their friends who died.
Apr 24, 1999
Tales from the Oklahoma Land Runs
Year 1999Episode 360 min

Tales from the Oklahoma Land Runs

A pistol shot at noon in 1889 signaled the start of the first race between thousands of desperate men and women to stake their claim on government land in north-western Oklahoma. Tonight's programme sifts through archival footage and meets descendants of those battling pioneers who still own the land today.
May 1, 1999
The Lost Temple of Java
Year 1999Episode 460 min

The Lost Temple of Java

When English explorer Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles travelled to the heart of the Indonesian island of Central J-a-v-a in the early 1800s, he found a jungle-covered hill littered with a few statues. Spurred on by stories of a lost temple, his careful excavation uncovered a massive structure in the shape of a pyramid. Now, following recent renovations, more questions about the temple's fascinating history can be answered.
May 8, 1999
Sleeping with the Enemy
Year 1999Episode 560 min

Sleeping with the Enemy

Marcelle and Elise are two elderly French women who live at opposite ends of the country but shared similar experiences in the Second World War. During the German occupation of France, when their husbands deserted them, they had affairs with German soldiers. In 1944, the women suffered public humiliation as punishment for their so-called collaboration horizontale. This alternative portrait of the occupation interweaves archive footage with testimony from Marcelle and Elise, neighbours, and resistance fighters.
May 22, 1999
Before the Titanic
Year 1999Episode 660 min

Before the Titanic

The story of the collision between two passenger liners, "Florida" and "Republic", in the North Atlantic in 1909. The stricken ships became dependent for rescue on the Marconi wireless onboard "Republic" - and its operator Jack Binns.

May 29, 1999
The Forgotten Volunteers
Year 1999Episode 760 min

The Forgotten Volunteers

Two-and-a-half million Indians fought for Britain in Second World War campaigns from Egypt to the Far East. Subject to some of the most brutal attacks on the Allies and decorated for bravery, they were forgotten by the British and disowned by India. This film recreates the era and interviews survivors of the largest volunteer army in military history.
Jun 5, 1999
Letting the Genie Out of the Bottle
Year 1999Episode 860 min

Letting the Genie Out of the Bottle

Danish politicians sparked a storm of controversy in 1969 by voting to legalise all forms of pornography, becoming the first country to approve such a move. Why did a traditionally religious nation take this step?
Jun 26, 1999
The Spies Who Fooled Hitler: MI5 at War
Year 1999Episode 960 min

The Spies Who Fooled Hitler: MI5 at War

The series returns. Captured German spies were turned into double agents and used by MI5 to deceive Hitler during the Second World War. Newly released MI5 documents and interviews with former members of MI5 and its top-secret interrogation centre, Camp 020, tell how the double agents played a crucial role in the Normandy landings.
Oct 2, 1999
Ivan the Terrible
Year 1999Episode 1060 min

Ivan the Terrible

The title bestowed by history on Russia's first tsar has become synonymous with tyranny and mass bloodshed, his 16th-century reign characterised by conquest and cruelty. Yet many in Russia regard him as a national hero where he is known as the Grozny or 'awesome' tsar. Timewatch examines this man of contradictions and the contrasting reactions to his reign.
Nov 6, 1999
Tales of the Eiffel Tower
Year 1999Episode 1160 min

Tales of the Eiffel Tower

Loathed by the intellectual establishment after its construction in 1889, the Eiffel Tower is now a cherished symbol of Paris. Tonight's film relates the story of the tower's construction and hears from people whose lives are linked to it.
Nov 20, 1999
A Very British Mutiny
Year 1999Episode 1260 min

A Very British Mutiny

In September 1943, 191 men from Montgomery's 8th Army - who had helped to drive Rommel's troops out of Africa - refused to take part in the Allied fight for Salerno, Italy. Interviews, reconstructions, and previously classified documents show how errors forced the soldiers into a predicament that caused their war pensions to be reduced, their medals reclaimed, and their honour questioned.
Dec 4, 1999

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