Timewatch
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| 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 | 29 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 29 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.
Episodes
Viewer figures are taken from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board Ltd. website for the day that the episode was first aired.
Season 24, January - March 2006
| # | Episode | Air Date | Presenter | Viewers (Millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Bog Bodies" | 20 January 2006 | Michael Praed | |
| 2 | "The Battle of the River Plate" | 27 January 2006 | Michael Praed | |
| 3 | "The Floating Brothel" | 3 February 2006 | Michael Praed | |
| 4 | "The Unknown Soldiers" | 24 February 2006 | Michael Praed | |
| 5 | "Missing in Action" | 3 March 2006 | Michael Praed | |
| 6 | "The Secret History of Genghis Khan" | 10 March 2006 | Michael Praed |
Season 25, April - May 2006
| # | Episode | Air Date | Presenter | Viewers (Millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Crusaders' Lost Fort" | 14 April 2006 | Michael Praed | |
| 2 | "Mystery of the Headless Romans" | 21 April 2006 | Michael Praed | |
| 3 | "Battle for Warsaw" | 28 April 2006 | Michael Praed | |
| 4 | "The Iron Coffin" | 5 May 2006 | Michael Praed | |
| 5 | "San Francisco's Great Quake" | 12 May 2006 | Michael Praed | |
| 6 | "SOE" | |||
| 7 | "The Princess Spy" | 19 May 2006 | Michael Praed | |
| 8 | "Gunpowder Plot" |
Season 26, January–February 2007
| # | Episode | Air Date | Presenter | Viewers (Millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Hunt for U864" | 5 January 2007 | Michael Praed | |
| 2 | "Beatlemania" | 12 January 2007 | Michael Praed | |
| 3 | "Killer Cloud" | 19 January 2007 | Michael Praed | |
| 4 | "Hadrian's Wall" | 26 January 2007 | Michael Praed | |
| 5 | "Zeppelin: The First Blitz" | 2 February 2007 | Michael Praed | |
| 6 | "The Last Duel" | 9 February 2007 |
Season 27, April–May 2007
| # | Episode | Air Date | Presenter | Viewers (Millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Remember the Galahad" | 2 April 2007 | Michael Praed | |
| 2 | "Hijack" | 6 April 2007 | Michael Praed | |
| 3 | "The Hidden Children" | 13 April 2007 | Michael Praed | |
| 4 | "The Wave that Destroyed Atlantis" | 20 April 2007 | Michael Praed | |
| 5 | "Gladiator Graveyard" | 11 May 2007 | Michael Praed | |
| 6 | "The People's Coronation" | 18 May 2007 | Michael Praed |
Season 28, Early 2008
| # | Episode | Air Date | Presenter | Viewers (Millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Viking Voyage" | 5 January 2008 | Michael Praed | |
| 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 | Michael Praed | 2.26 |
Season 29, Late 2008
| # | Episode | Air Date | Presenter | Viewers (Millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Stonehenge: The Healing Stones" | 21 September 2008 | Tim Darvill and Geoff Wainwright | 2.19 |
| 2 | "Britain's Forgotten Floods" | 4 October 2008 | Vanessa Collingridge | 1.68 |
| 3 | "The Boxer Rebellion" | 11 October 2008 | Michael Praed | |
| 4 | "Young Victoria" | 18 October 2008 | Kate Williams | 2.22 |
| 5 | "The Ten Pound Poms" | 25 October 2008 | Michael Praed | 1.82 |
| 6 | "The Last Day of World War One" | 1 November 2008 | Michael Palin | 2.63 |
Season 30, 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 and Clyde" | 7 March 2009 | Michael Praed | 2.06 |
| 4 | "Captain Cook: The Man Behind the Legend" | 14 March 2009 | Vanessa Collingridge | |
| 5 | "WW1: Aces Falling" | 21 March 2009 | Michael Praed | 1.90 |
| 6 | "Pyramid: The Last Secret" | 28 March 2009 | Bob Brier | 2.32 |
| 7 | "In Shackleton's Footsteps " | 4 April 2009 | Michael Praed | 1.75 |
See also
- Time Team - a British Channel 4 programme focusing on archaeology
External links
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