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Timewatch

TV-PG 1982 · 30 seasons · 343 eps · ★ 6.9 · Documentary

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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 as a banner title in the UK, but many of the individual documentaries can be found on US cable channels without the branding.

Directed by Allan Francovich · Written by Tristram Powell

Network: BBC Two

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