A Timewatch Guide

A Timewatch Guide

2015 · 4 seasons · 15 eps · ★ 7.0 · Documentary

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Series looking at how the BBC has revealed and interpreted monumental moments in our history. Using the BBC archive, the programmes examine changes in research covered in documentary television.

Directed by James Gray

Network: BBC Four

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Afro-Woman: 2016 CEAfro-Woman: 2016 CE · 2016
Afro-Woman: 2016 CE
9.02016
MovieDramaFantasy
A dark, strange psychological trip following a woman fighting two different versions of herself.
Mr. Petrified ForrestMr. Petrified Forrest · 1992
Mr. Petrified Forrest
8.01992
MovieDramaComedy
A passport photographer named Steven Forrest is petrified of death following the sudden demise of his fearless buddy in a martini accident.
Two LoversTwo Lovers · 2008
Two Lovers
6.92008
MovieDramaRomance
A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with two women.
The Red RoadThe Red Road · 2014
The Red Road
6.72014
SeriesCrimeDrama
Lines will be crossed when tragedy forces two men, a mesmerizing ex-con and an embattled local cop, to face the secrets of their past. As these two men find themselves increasingly compromised by one another, the lives of both quickly unravel.
We Own the NightWe Own the Night · 2007
We Own the Night
6.72007
MovieDramaCrime
A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.
Little OdessaLittle Odessa · 1994
Little Odessa
6.51994
MovieDramaCrime
Long separated from his family, hitman Joshua returns to Brighton Beach for a contract killing for the Russian Mafia. His abusive father, Arkady, banned him from returning after Joshua committed his first murder. He takes up residence in a hotel, and soon everyone knows he has returned. He goes home to visit his dying mother, Irina, and prepares for the assassination, getting drawn back into the criminal community he left behind.
Armageddon TimeArmageddon Time · 2022
Armageddon Time
6.42022
MovieDrama
In 1980, Queens, New York, a young Jewish boy befriends a rebellious African-American classmate to the disapproval of his privileged family and begins to reckon with growing up in a world of inequality and prejudice.
The Lost City of ZThe Lost City of Z · 2017
The Lost City of Z
6.42017
MovieAdventureDrama
A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
The ImmigrantThe Immigrant · 2013
The Immigrant
6.32013
MovieDramaRomance
1921 New York. An immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
The RoverThe Rover · 2014
The Rover
6.32014
MovieCrimeDrama
Ten years after a severe economic collapse in the western world, lawlessness reigns and life is cheap. Eric is a lone drifter, and his car is his only possession. When a gang steals it, Eric comes across the injured Rey, left behind by the car thieves. The pair form an unlikely and uneasy alliance.
The YardsThe Yards · 2000
The Yards
6.22000
MovieCrimeDrama
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts.
Ad AstraAd Astra · 2019
Ad Astra
6.12019
MovieScience FictionDrama
The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.
DianeDiane · 2019
Diane
6.12019
MovieDrama
Diane is a devoted friend and caretaker, particularly to her drug-addicted son. But as those around her begin to drift away in the last quarter of her life, she is left to reckon with past choices and long-dormant memories.
Blood TiesBlood Ties · 2013
Blood Ties
6.12013
MovieThrillerCrime
Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.
Digging for BritainDigging for Britain · 2010
Digging for Britain
6.02010
SeriesDocumentary
Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.
I'm Still HereI'm Still Here · 2010
I'm Still Here
6.02010
MovieMusicComedy
I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip-hop musician. The film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.

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