Timewatch - Season 28 / Year 2009

Timewatch - Season 28 / Year 2009

Season 28 / Year 2009

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Episodes9
DatesFeb. 21, 2009 - Okt. 6, 2009
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Queen Elizabeth's Lost Guns
Year 2009Episode 160 min

Queen Elizabeth's Lost Guns

A mile off the coast of Alderney in the Channel Islands lies a 16th-century shipwreck that could rewrite England's naval history. Here, Saul David joins a team of divers and experts as they try to raise the ship's timeworn cannons. By recasting and firing one of them, the team hopes to provide an insight into how Elizabeth I became the mother of British naval dominance. NEW SEASON 1/7.
Feb. 21, 2009
QE2 - The Final Voyage
Year 2009Episode 260 min

QE2 - The Final Voyage

Over 40 years after the QE2's launch, the world's longest-serving cruise ship is set to embark on her final voyage. This celebratory film hops aboard to pay tribute to the much-loved ocean liner as she glides gracefully towards retirement. As well as exclusive footage of the trip, there's a look back over the vessel's glittering history, from humble beginnings on the River Clyde to her status as a British icon. 2/7.
Feb. 28, 2009
The Real Bonnie and Clyde
Year 2009Episode 360 min

The Real Bonnie and Clyde

Hollywood portrayed them as the most glamorous outlaws in American history, but the reality of life on the run for Bonnie and Clyde was one of violence, hardship and danger.

With unprecedented access to gang members' memoirs, family archives and recently released police records, Timewatch takes an epic road trip through the heart of Depression-era America, in search of the true story of Bonnie and Clyde.

März 7, 2009
Captain Cook: The Man Behind the Legend
Year 2009Episode 460 min

Captain Cook: The Man Behind the Legend

In the late 18th century, Captain James Cook embarked on three great voyages that pushed the borders of the British Empire to the ends of the Earth. For many, Cook remains the greatest explorer in history; for others, he was a ruthless conqueror. Vanessa Collingridge sets out to uncover the motivations of this controversial figure. 4/7.
März 14, 2009
WWI Aces Falling
Year 2009Episode 560 min

WWI Aces Falling

Edward Mannock VC and James McCudden VC rose from modest backgrounds to become two of Britain's greatest fighter aces in World War One.

As the number of their victories grew, so did their chances of dying inflames. Timewatch tells the story of their battle to survive against the odds, and of the 90-year-old mystery surrounding the death of one of them.

März 21, 2009
Pyramid - The Last Secret
Year 2009Episode 660 min

Pyramid - The Last Secret

For centuries archaeologists have been trying to work out how the ancient Egyptians raised huge stone blocks to the top of the Great Pyramid.

This documentary presents a radical theory by French architect Jean-Pierre Houdin. He believes that an internal ramp was used, which is still inside the Pyramid waiting to be discovered. If he is right, it is the greatest discovery since Tutankhamun.

März 28, 2009
In Shackleton's Footsteps
Year 2009Episode 760 min

In Shackleton's Footsteps

A small group of British men have some unfinished family business in Antarctica. A century ago their ancestors, under the leadership of the explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, tried and failed to become the first men to reach the South Pole. Following in their footsteps, the team embarks on a 900-mile trek across an area so rarely visited that more men have walked on the Moon. 7/7.
Apr. 4, 2009
The Prince and the Plotter
Year 2009Episode 860 min

The Prince and the Plotter

Forty years ago on 1 July, Wales was celebrating one of the great royal events of the 20th century - the investiture of the Prince of Wales at Caernarfon. It was a day of pomp and pageantry, but also a day of bombs and threats to the lives of the royal family. Presenter Huw Edwards chronicles the extraordinary events of a day when police, politicians, and royalty held their collective breath as a group of nationalist extremists violently plotted against the investiture.
Juli 4, 2009
Blitz: The Bombing of Coventry
Year 2009Episode 960 min

Blitz: The Bombing of Coventry

Okt. 6, 2009

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