Timewatch - Season 26 / Year 2007

It is unique in the Roman World. A spectacular and complex stone barrier measuring 74 miles long, and up to 15 feet high and 10 feet thick. For 300 years Hadrian's Wall stood as the Roman Empire's most imposing frontier and one of the unsung wonders of the ancient world.

Almost 2,000 years after it was built, Hadrian's Wall is proving to be a magical time capsule - a window into the human past. Archaeologists have properly excavated less than 1per cent of it, but they have unearthed extraordinary findings. With presenter Julian Richards Timewatch journeys back through time to unlock the secrets of a lost world.

Documentary telling the stories of four children secretly hidden in France to avoid deportation to concentration camps during World War II. Award-winning director Jonathan Hacker accompanies these four survivors to their former hiding places of sixty years ago.

Documentary exploring the history of gladiators. Based on a study of thousands of bones found in a mass grave in Turkey, two forensic anthropologists reveal their scientific findings, helping to explain how gladiators lived, fought and died.

The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2nd June 1953 was the greatest spectacle ever staged in Britain. Three million people lined the streets in London, 20 million people watched it on TV, and 17million people clubbed together to hold coronation parties. Told by the people who watched, shaped and recorded it, this Timewatch celebrates the coronation that was to mark the birth of a new Elizabethan Age.