| Timewatch |
Timewatch Title Card |
| Format |
History documentary |
| Country of origin |
United Kingdom |
| Production |
| Running time |
60 min. (approx.) |
| Broadcast |
| Original channel |
BBC Two |
| Picture format |
Originally PAL, later 576i (1998-2001 anamorphic 16:9, pre-1998 4:3) |
| Original run |
29th September 1982 – present |
| External links |
| Website |
Timewatch is a long-running British television series showing documentaries on historical subjects, spanning all human history. It was first broadcast on 29th September 1982 and is produced by the BBC, the Timewatch brandname is used as a banner title in the UK, but many of the individual documentaries can be found on US cable channels (like Discovery Times or The History Channel International) without the branding.
The 2006 season included programmes on Genghis Khan, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, SOE agent Noor Inayat Khan, The Warsaw Uprising of 1944, and the Gunpowder Plot.
[edit] Episodes
Viewer figures are taken from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board Ltd. website for the day that the episode was first aired.
[edit] Season 28, Early 2008
| # |
Episode |
Air Date |
Presenter |
Viewers (Millions) |
| 1 |
"Viking Voyage" |
5 January 2008 |
|
|
| 2 |
"Bloody Omaha" |
6 January 2008 |
Richard Hammond |
2.61 |
| 3 |
"The Wreckers" |
12 January 2008 |
Bella Bathurst |
2.23 |
| 4 |
"The Greatest Knight" |
19 January 2008 |
Dr Saul David |
|
| 5 |
"The Pharaoh's Lost City" |
26 January 2008 |
|
2.26 |
[edit] Season 29, Late 2008
[edit] Season 30, Early 2009
| # |
Episode |
Air Date |
Presenter |
Viewers (Millions) |
| 1 |
"Queen Elizabeth's Lost Guns" |
21 February 2009 |
Saul David |
2.20 |
| 2 |
"QE2: The Final Voyage" |
28 February 2009 |
Michael Praed |
2.03 |
| 3 |
"The Real Bonnie & Clyde" |
7 March 2009 |
|
2.06 |
| 4 |
"Captain Cook: The Man Behind the Legend" |
14 March 2009 |
Vanessa Collingridge |
|
| 5 |
"WW1: Aces Falling" |
21 March 2009 |
|
1.90 |
| 6 |
"Pyramid: The Last Secret" |
28 March 2009 |
Bob Brier |
2.32 |
| 7 |
"In Shackleton's Footsteps " |
4 April 2009 |
|
1.75 |
[edit] See also
- Time Team - a British Channel 4 programme focusing on archaeology
[edit] External links
