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The Best Episodes of Timewatch Season 24

Every episode of Timewatch Season 24 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Timewatch Season 24!

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Timewatch Season 24 Episode 1 - Who Killed Ivan the Terrible?
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    #1 - Who Killed Ivan the Terrible?

    S24:E1

    Criminologist David Wilson conducts an investigation into the death of Russia's first dictator, who ruled the country during the 16th century. Beginning with rumours that Ivan was strangled by enemies close to him, the historical murder mystery then takes Wilson across Russia and on to the court of Queen Elizabeth I. Forensic science finally reveals the way in which Ivan was dispatched - but who was responsible?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Timewatch Season 24 Episode 2 - Murder in Rome
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    #2 - Murder in Rome

    S24:E2

    Rome, 81 BC: Sextus Roscius is accused of patricide. If found guilty, he faces a brutal execution. Defending him is a young lawyer - Cicero. Using the actual trial record, this drama reconstructs one of the most celebrated murder trials in history. NEW SERIES 1/5.

    Director:David Stewart
    Writer:Colin Swash

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  3. Timewatch Season 24 Episode 3 - Who Killed Stalin?
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    #3 - Who Killed Stalin?

    S24:E3

    When Stalin's death from a brain hemorrhage was announced in March 1953, the true details surrounding his death were immediately suppressed: the Soviet Communist Party's power would crumble if foul play was suspected. Acclaimed historian Simon Sebag-Montefiore plays detective, travelling to Moscow to investigate. For the first time, the content of secret KGB files is examined and the official version of Stalin's death is denounced as lies, while interviews with witnesses and experts present an array of motives and suspects. 2/5.

    Director:Tim Robinson
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Timewatch Season 24 Episode 4 - Princess Margaret: A Love Story
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    #4 - Princess Margaret: A Love Story

    S24:E4

    Her romance with a dashing fighter pilot was the stuff of fairy tales - yet the prospect of marriage between the Queen's sister and Group Captain Peter Townsend, a divorced commoner, divided opinion. In 1955 she ended two years of tabloid speculation by choosing duty over love - but was it a needless sacrifice?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Timewatch Season 24 Episode 5 - The Killer Wave of 1607
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    #5 - The Killer Wave of 1607

    S24:E5

    It's 9am on 20 January 1607: a 12ft-high wall of water devastates the counties of the Bristol Channel, killing in the region of 2,000. The catastrophe altered the coastline for ever - yet it's been all but forgotten. Scientists Ted Bryant and Simon Haslett team up to find archaeological evidence to support their belief that the event was not a freak storm but a tsunami.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Timewatch Season 24 Episode 6 - Britain's Lost Colosseum
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    #6 - Britain's Lost Colosseum

    S24:E6

    A love of bloody spectacle led the Romans to build amphitheatres all over their Empire. In Britain there were at least 25, the largest in Chester where archaeologists Tony Wilmott and Dan Garner spend three months excavating a complex site of ruins. With the help of computer animation, they bring the amphitheatre back to life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Timewatch Season 24 Episode 7 - The Year Without Summer
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    #7 - The Year Without Summer

    S24:E7

    Mount Tambora in eastern Indonesia unleashed the biggest volcanic blast ever in April 1815, a cataclysmic event that could have provoked a change in climate around the world. Thousands starved to death, lurid skies inspired the artist Turner and, out of the freakish cold, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was born. On opposite sides of the globe, two experts investigate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Timewatch Season 24 Episode 8 - The Gunpowder Plot
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    #8 - The Gunpowder Plot

    S24:E8

    In 1605 a group of angry young Catholic men decided to wipe out the monarchy and government by blowing up the Houses of Parliament. To mark the 400th anniversary of the infamous Gunpowder Plot, Timewatch attempts to establish why the conspirators had became so radicalised under the reign of King James I and assesses just how close the plotters came to achieving their aims. 1/4.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Timewatch Season 24 Episode 9 - Pol Pot: The Journey to the Killing Fields
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    #9 - Pol Pot: The Journey to the Killing Fields

    S24:E9

    A focus on the man responsible for the deaths of almost two million Cambodians. Dramatic reconstructions, the testimony of acquaintances, and the words of the Khmer Rouge leader himself combine to chart his rise to power and his use of terror and hunger to sustain his new regime. 2/4.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Timewatch Season 24 Episode 10 - Children of the Doomed Voyage
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    #10 - Children of the Doomed Voyage

    S24:E10

    On 17 September 1940 a German U-boat attacked the evacuee ship SS Benares en route to Canada, killing 258 of the 401 on board, including 80 of 100 child passengers. Sixty-five years on, those still living recall how they escaped death by hypothermia and drowning. 3/4.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Timewatch Season 24 Episode 11 - Inside the Mind of Adolf Hitler
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    #11 - Inside the Mind of Adolf Hitler

    S24:E11

    Psychological analysis of the biggest madman of the 20th century. How in 1943, a team of Harvard psychologists arrived at startlingly accurate conclusions from a profile they drew up of the Führer, in a bid to predict his future conduct. 4/4.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 24 Ratings Summary

"Who Killed Ivan the Terrible?" is the best rated episode of "Timewatch" season 24. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/29/2005. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Murder in Rome".