Timewatch

A fresh look at why Hitler abandoned plans to invade Britain in 1940 and prepared, instead, to attack the Soviet Union.

Nine former grammar-school boys recall their schooldays and reflect on how that system affected their lives.

In 1976, a mummified body was found in a ghost train at a Californian fairground, which researchers claimed belonged to an incompetent outlaw called Elmer McCurdy. This documentary investigates what happened to his remains after his death, delving into the world of showmen and exploitation movie-makers.

The historical documentary series continues with a look at the two great wars led by the Roman Emperor Trajan against the people of Dacia. No written documentation of this campaign survives, but its story is depicted in stone on Trajan's Column, a monument that has towered above Rome for almost 2,000 years. Using this sculptured frieze as a starting point, the film retraces the steps of Trajan's army and the course of the wars, and uncovers the military secrets of an empire founded on war.

A look at Las Vegas, the world's gambling capital. Over 30 million people visit each year, but most are unaware that it was the clean-living Mormons who played a major part in creating `sin city'.

As the Aborigine people fight for their land rights, Australia's historians are uncovering new evidence that white settlers made concerted efforts, through breeding and eugenics, to wipe out the native Australians.

An estimated quarter-of-a-million homosexuals fought for Britain during the Second World War. At the time, homosexuality was still a criminal offence, but the authorities mostly turned a blind eye during the national crisis. Tonight's programme tells the story of these forgotten fighters, revealing the extent to which homosexual activity was condoned within the ranks.

The story of World War One from the point of view of Lloyd George, Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922. After the British victory, he declared that the whole event was one of sorry military incompetence and senseless sacrifice.

It is accepted in American history that the Pilgrim Fathers were a group of religious separatists who founded the first permanent colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts, after sailing to the New World to avoid oppression. As tonight's programme reveals, not only were the Pilgrims not the first European immigrants to America, but their journey very nearly ended in disaster and initial attempts to establish a colony were met with death from exposure, disease and starvation.

Swiss banks stand accused of collaborating with the Nazis before and during the Second World War. But 60 years ago, when the US Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau began investigating this collaboration, he found the Swiss were not alone. Tonight's film looks at Allied bankers-including British and Americans - who continued to do business with the Nazis during the war and how Morgenthau's inquiry led to some of the biggest names in British and American street banking.

Tonight's programme follows historian Andrew Roberts across the Indian subcontinent as he argues that Britain should take pride in its imperial past. His opinions are then forcefully challenged in a discussion chaired by Kirsty Wark.

In October 1993, elite units of the US army were pinned down on the streets of Mogadishu in Somalia by forces of Mohammed Farah Aidid, whom they were trying to capture. The ensuing battle left 18 American soldiers dead and 75 wounded. This programme explores this peace-keeping mission gone wrong.