Season 3
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A determined historian uncovers hidden truths, challenging perceptions of history while grappling with personal demons and unexpected revelations.
Episodes
Gabriel Weston explores BBC film archive to show how both the public views and the laws on divisive subjects like the death penalty or homosexuality had evolved during the course of the 20th and the 21st century.
Helen Castor digs through BBC film archive to show how the idea of women's rights, sexuality and role in society evolved during the last 100 years.
Military historian Saul David explores how the West saw the USSR and Russia throughout the 20th and the 21st century using footage from classic Timewatch documentaries.
David Olusoga examines not whether the British Empire was a force for good or ill, but rather how it has been portrayed on British television over the last 70 years.
Using archive footage from the long-running Timewatch series and the BBC in general, the televised evolution of a particular subject is examined each time.