Season 1
8 episodes · Oct 9, 2002
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- S1E1
Who Killed Tutankhamun?
Oct 9, 200244mDocumentary that attempts to solve the mystery surrounding Tutankhamun's death. Two leading US homicide detectives apply modern investigative techniques to try to find out who killed the boy-king. Uses reconstructions shot in Egypt, and 3-D computer animation.
- S1E2
The Brits Who Fought for Hitler
Oct 16, 200244mDocumentary looking at the British soldiers who turned against the Allies during the Second World War to join a Waffen SS unit called the British Free Corps, brainchild of English Nazi John Amery.
- S1E3
The First Pompeii
Oct 23, 200244mDocumentary which follows the excavation of a Bronze Age village that was destroyed by volcanic activity from Vesuvius - some 2,000 years before the famous eruption that froze Pompeii in time.
- S1E4
Dambusters
Oct 29, 200344mDocumentary which tells the tale of Barnes Wallis' 'bouncing bomb' which destroyed to German dams during the Second World War. Uses reconstructions, interviews, archive footage, and a fresh assessment of the technology involved.
- S1E5
Was Hitler Gay?
Nov 5, 200244mGerman historian Lothar Machtan explores notions of Hitler's sexual identity. Combines archive footage, photographs and interviews with people such as Geoffrey Giles and Michelangelo Signorile.
- S1E6
The Hindenburg Mystery
Nov 19, 200244mInvestigates the Hindenburg's crash as if it had happened today, using modern scientific methods. Considers the evidence that has survived from the official enquiry of 1937, as well as evidence gathered from other sources not used in this enquiry including more than 300 eyewitness statements. Challenges both the official conclusion and theories that have been put forward since then.
- S1E7
The True Curse of the Mummy
Jan 3, 200344mDocumentary which follows the attempts of scientists to learn more about the sarcophagus which is believed to have inspired Bram Stoker's 'The Jewel of the Seven Stars' in which an egyptologist unearths a powerful Egyptian queen whose mummified body returns to wreak deadly revenge on the living. Also identifies the 'curse' that killed Lord Caernarvon, co-discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun, as biological rather than magical.
- S1E8
Abba's Greatest Secret
Mar 27, 200344mDocumentary that looks into the past of Abba's Frida Lyngstad, who was an illegitimate child of a Nazi officer stationed in Norway.