BBC Two - Timewatch

History documentary series

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2000-2001 The Empire State Story

The construction of the New York's Empire State, once the world's tallest building. (2001)

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2008-2009 The Last Day of World War One

Michael Palin tells the stories of the last soldiers to die in the First World War.

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Fri 24 May 2013 00:05 BBC Four

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The Timewatch Archive

From Shackleton to Stonehenge there's a wealth of information and clips from previous programmes, screened between 2005-2009, on our archive page.
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Read about the hidden stories and secret lives of World War II being explored in a series of Timewatch specials.
Read about World War II's secret stories on the BBC TV blog

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