Jan 05, 2008
In July of 2007, an international crew of 61 sailors set off from Denmark for Ireland in a recreated 11th century Viking longboat. Braving rough seas and storms while confined to a one meter square space apiece for working, eating and sleeping in an open boat, the crew sailed 1000 miles in an attempt to reenact the Vikings' landfall at Dublin. 'Timewatch' cameras filmed the entire journey, recording their trials and triumphs.
Jan 06, 2008
More than 60 years on, researchers are still arguing about exactly why Omaha Beach was the hardest fought of all the landing points of D-Day. Presenter Richard Hammond and Dr Simon Trew of Royal Military Academy Sandhurst set out to look through the latest findings. Can new statistical research and fresh archaeological finds reveal the truth?
Jan 12, 2008
How far did British coastal inhabitants go to gain the cargo of ships in distress? Did communities really lure ships onto the rocks, or is it a ghoulish popular myth? Were crews left to die while their ships were pillaged? Bella Bathurst, author of 'The Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas and Plundered Shipwrecks', explores the answers.
Timewatch Season 26 (1982) is released on 0001-01-01T08:05:43+08:05 and the latest season 27 of Timewatch is released in 2008. Watch Timewatch online - the English Documentary TV series from United Kingdom. Timewatch is directed by Antonia Benedek,Robert Marshall,Pippa Holloway,Tilman Remme and created by Tilman Remme with Michael Praed and Peter France.
