Timewatch (1982)
Timewatch (1982)
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

John Tusa
Self - Presenter

Peter France
Self - Presenter

Simon Winchester
Self - Reporter

Sean Barrett
Self - Narrator

Ian Holm
Self - Narrator

Allan Francovich
Director

Tristram Powell
Director / Writer

Mark Anderson
Director

John Triffitt
Director / Producer

Jonathan Hacker
Director

Patrick Le Gall
Director / Writer

Agnieszka Piotrowska
Director / Writer

David Stewart
Director

Tim Robinson
Director / Producer

Richard Trayler-Smith
Director / Producer

Deborah Perkin
Director / Producer

Catrine Clay
Director / Producer

Bruce Norman
Editor

John Farren
Editor

Roy Fry
Editor

Timothy Gardam
Executive Producer

Paul Lashmar
Producer

Mark Hayhurst
Producer

Jonathan Stamp
Producer

Archie Baron
Producer

Colin Swash
Writer

Alain Dugrand
Writer

John Lennon
Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney
Self (archive footage)

George Harrison
Self (archive footage)

Ringo Starr
Self (archive footage)

Larry Kane
Self

Tony Barrow
Self

Tony Bramwell
Self

Maureen Cleave
Self

Michael Pread
Narrator

Chris Hutchins
Self

Ed Freeman
Self

Peter Ibbotson
Self

David Suchet
Self - Narrator (voice)

Andrew Sachs
Self - Narrator (voice)

Michael Cockerell
Self - Presenter

Gar Alperovitz
Self - Presenter

Antonia Benedek
Self - Presenter

Nick Ross
Self - Narrator (voice)

Michael Culver
Roger Bacon

Peter Ustinov
Self - Narrator (voice)

John Rowe
Self - Narrator (voice)

Jonathan Miller
Self - Narrator (voice) / Director

Nicholas Le Prevost
Thomas More

Michael Praed
Self - Narrator (voice)

Paul Rhys
Cicero

Owen Teale
Erucius

Mark McGann
Sextus Roscius

Christopher Good
Chair of judges

Andrew Greenough
Capito

Antony Byrne
Magnus

Penny Downie
Caecilia

Richard Ridings
Elder Sextus

Tom Smith
Tiro

Gerard Horan
Country gent

Þorsteinn Gunnarsson
Jon Steingrimsson

Richard Hammond
Self - Co-presenter

Jane Treays
Self - Narrator (voice) / Producer / Writer

Fitzroy Maclean
Self

Frances Barber
Annie Besant

Rosalind Stockwell
Self - Narrator (voice)

Juliet Stevenson
Self - Narrator (voice)

Simon Sebag-Montefiore
Self

Richard Mitchley
Self - Narrator (voice)

Robin Ellis
Self - Narrator (voice)

Christopher Andrew
Self - Reporter
Media.


Details.
Release DateSeptember 29, 1982
StatusReturning Series
Seasons30
Episodes343
Running Time1h
Content RatingTV-PG
Genres
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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 are unbranded with BBC continuity outside the domestic British market.
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