Timewatch

- Season 21

(2008)

A shipwreck off Devon uncovered much more than a haul of Islamic coins and jewelry - it also revealed a forgotten and fearful time when coastal Europe lived in terror of the 'Barbary pirates'.

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Both loved and vilified, the world's only supersonic passenger plane survived ecological and economical pressure to become an international symbol for the ultimate in global travel. Engineers, pilots, staff, and well-known frequent fliers remember its legacy.

"Zulu: The True Story" is a look at how the humiliating defeat at the battle of Isandlwana was played down while the small victory at Rorke's Drift, on the same day, was promoted by Victoria and Disraeli as the major engagement.

In January of 1953, unusual weather conditions caused Britain's worst national peacetime disaster of the 20th century. A storm surge flooded the eastern coast of England, killing more than 300 people and leaving thousands homeless. Fifty years later, 'Timewatch' re-examines a calamity which is largely forgotten today.

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