7.3/108 votes#1 - Who Killed Ivan the Terrible?
Season 24 Episode 1 - Aired 1/29/2005
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1086 votes
#2 - Murder in Rome
Season 24 Episode 2 - Aired 3/4/2005
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
- 6.5/1027 votes
#3 - Who Killed Stalin?
Season 24 Episode 3 - Aired 3/11/2005
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: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#4 - Princess Margaret: A Love Story
Season 24 Episode 4 - Aired 3/25/2005
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1016 votes#5 - The Killer Wave of 1607
Season 24 Episode 5 - Aired 4/1/2005
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/106 votes
#6 - Britain's Lost Colosseum
Season 24 Episode 6 - Aired 5/20/2005
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#7 - The Year Without Summer
Season 24 Episode 7 - Aired 5/27/2005
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#8 - The Gunpowder Plot
Season 24 Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/2005
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.5/1012 votes#9 - Pol Pot: The Journey to the Killing Fields
Season 24 Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/2005
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1010 votes
#10 - Children of the Doomed Voyage
Season 24 Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/2005
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#11 - Inside the Mind of Adolf Hitler
Season 24 Episode 11 - Aired 11/25/2005
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
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!
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Network:BBC Two
Season 24 Ratings Summary
"Who Killed Ivan the Terrible?" is the best rated episode of "Timewatch" season 24. It scored 7.3/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/29/2005. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Murder in Rome".