Timewatch

Name: Timewatch
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1982-09-29
Rating: 6.9
Cast: John Tusa, Peter France

6.9 Sep 1982 30 Seasons 343 Episodes TV-PG

Ended

Documentary

Overview

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.

BBC

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · English

Cast

John Tusa

Self - Presenter

Peter France

Self - Presenter

Key Crew

Rob Coldstream

Director

Jonathan Hacker

Director

Jonathan Miller

Director

Ashley Gething

Director

Mark Anderson

Director

Catrine Clay

Director

Tristram Powell

Director

Patrick Le Gall

Director

John Triffitt

Director

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