Timewatch is a long-running British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 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

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

, 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

Discovery Times

Investigation Discovery is a television network that is owned by Discovery Communications. The channel features documentary-style programming dealing with criminal investigations , and other crime-related documentaries.-History:The channel launched in 1996 under the name Discovery Civilization...

 or The History Channel International) without the branding.

The 2006 season included programmes on Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan , born Temujin and occasionally known by his temple name Taizu , was the founder and Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death....

, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake

1906 San Francisco earthquake

The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake that struck San Francisco, California, and the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. The most widely accepted estimate for the magnitude of the earthquake is a moment magnitude of 7.9; however, other...

, SOE

Special Operations Executive

The Special Operations Executive was a World War II organisation of the United Kingdom. It was officially formed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton on 22 July 1940, to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Axis powers and to instruct and aid local...

 agent Noor Inayat Khan

Noor Inayat Khan

Assistant Section Officer Noor Inayat Khan / Nora Baker, GC, MBE , usually known as Noor Inayat Khan was of Indian Muslim origin...

, The Warsaw Uprising

Warsaw Uprising

The Warsaw Uprising was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance Home Army , to liberate Warsaw from Nazi Germany. The rebellion was timed to coincide with the Soviet Union's Red Army approaching the eastern suburbs of the city and the retreat of German forces...

 of 1944, and the Gunpowder Plot

Gunpowder Plot

The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby.The plan was to blow up the House of...

.

Episodes

Viewer figures are taken from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board Ltd. website for the day that the episode was first aired.

Season 28, Early 2008

#	Episode	Air Date	Presenter	Viewers (Millions)
1	"Viking Voyage"	5 January 2008
2	"Bloody Omaha"	6 January 2008	Richard Hammond Richard Hammond Richard Mark Hammond is an English broadcaster, writer, and journalist most noted for co-hosting car programme Top Gear with Jeremy Clarkson and James May, as well as presenting Brainiac: Science Abuse on Sky 1.-Early life:...	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

Season 29, Late 2008

#	Episode	Air Date	Presenter	Viewers (Millions)
1	"Stonehenge Stonehenge Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about west of Amesbury and north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of a circular setting of large standing stones set within earthworks... "	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 Kate Williams (historian) Kate Williams is a British author, historian and TV presenter.-Books:Her first book, England’s Mistress, a biography of Emma Hamilton, was published by Random House in the UK and US...	2.22
5	"The Ten Pound Poms"	25 October 2008		1.82
6	"The Last Day of World War One Last Day of World War One The Last Day of World War One is an episode in the 2008 season of the Television series Timewatch. The programme was a co-production between the Open University and the BBC and aired in November 2008 on BBC 2... "	1 November 2008	Michael Palin Michael Palin Michael Edward Palin, CBE FRGS is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries....	2.63

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

External links

• Official Timewatch Homepage at bbc.co.uk