Season 6

episodes

1. 1. Codes of Conduct 1987-01-15 50 min Peter France presents three films which reflect the extent to which codes of 'honour', allegiance' and 'behaviour' have had their effect on British history. 1: Christopher Andrew examines the demise...
2. 2. Faces of Cromwell 1987-02-12 60 min Views of Oliver Cromwell vary as much today as when Parliament asked him to become King in 1657: a tyrant, a repressed religious bigot who murdered a king; a patriot, civilised with a tremendous sense...
3. 3. Symptoms of an Age 1987-04-02 50 min Two stories showing how previous generations have dealt with the problems of pollution and disease: DEVONSHIRE COLIC: In Georgian times, a crippling illness struck thousands of cider drinkers in the...
4. 4. Fateful Century 1987-04-30 50 min Mary Queen of Scots has come down to us as a tragic heroine - but what kind of respect does she command as a 16th-century ruler? Anne Boleyn is usually seen either as a scheming predator or as a pathe...
5. 5. Times of Change 1987-06-25 50 min 1: The last attempt by central government to impose educational benchmarks on the majority of British schools. 2: Disinherited Londoners recall the community spirit of a Notting Hill street torn down...
6. 6. Affairs of State 1987-09-16 55 min Christopher Andrew and Gabriel Ronay investigate two political mysteries. THE ZINOVIEV LETTER led to the defeat of the first Labour Government in 1924. Was it genuine - or was it an early attempt to...
7. 7. Images of a Revolution 1987-10-14 50 min What really happened in Russia in October 1917? How far can we rely on the vivid films from the period to give us a true picture of the Revolution and, of incidents such as the storming of the Winter...
8. 8. The Art of Chivalry 1987-11-11 50 min Two films examine the reality behind the ideal. When MANFRED VON RICHTHOFEN died in 1918 he had become a figure of myth; a knight of the air with 80 victories to his credit. But the legend of the Red...
9. 9. Judgment in Jerusalem 1987-12-09 50 min Explores the trial of Nazi officer Adolph Eichmann through a controversial book, 'Eichmann in Jerusalem' by Hannah Arendt. Many Jews read her reports from Jerusalem with a sense of deep hurt and outra...
10. 97. Episode 97
11. 98. Episode 98
12. 102. Episode 102