Secret History (TV series)

Secret History is a long-running British television documentary series. Shown on Channel 4, the Secret History brandname is still used as a banner title in the UK, but many of the individual documentaries can still be found on US cable channels without the branding. It can be seen as Channel 4's answer to the BBC's Timewatch. The series returned to Channel 4 on 10 November 2013 after a nine-year break.

Production

According to Channel 4, Secret History is the home of single, hour-long history documentaries that shed new light on some of the most intriguing stories from the past. New evidence from excavation, research, and investigation reveal strange, forgotten stories and shed new light on the events we thought we knew well.[1] The programmes challenge accepted views of key events in history. Sometimes concealed, sometimes manipulated by the media, the truth has been submerged behind the headlines and the propaganda. From Roman legions to Nazi television, the series re-examined contemporary evidence, focusing on often shocking first-hand accounts and the ground-breaking views of leading experts.[2]

In 1992, the show won the Royal Television Society award for Best Documentary Series.[3]

Episode guide

Titles are linked to the main subject of each programme, where possible.

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

Special

Series 4

* Originally scheduled for 18 July, the day after the crash of TWA Flight 800 - replaced with repeat of The Soviet Wives Affair.

Series 5

Specials - Indian Summer season

Series 6

Series 7

Special

Series 8

Series 9

Series 10

First World War sub-series:

Series 11

Specials

Series 12

Series 13

Series 14

Series 15

Series 16

Series 17

Home video releases

The Whitechapel Murders was released on PAL VHS by Channel 4 Video in 1996,[6] and later re-issued as part of the Marshall Cavendish part-work Murder in Mind. The Dambusters Raid was released as a region-free NTSC DVD by Delta Music in 2002, and reissued several times subsequently.

References

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