Timewatch

An investigation into new research about the first 30 years of the Nazi leader's life. The programme challenges the claim. made in `Mein Kampf' that he had a long-held blueprint for politcial power, revealing instead that Hiter was a drifter and opportunist. Also assesses the evidence for and against Hitler's homosexuality.

The Iron Bridge is an icon of the Industrial Revolution the world’s first metal structure and an outstanding example of 18th-Century British technical ingenuity.Yet, incredibly, no-one knows how this vast aerial jigsaw spanning the river Severn in Shropshire was actually constructed. Timewatch sets talented young engineer, Jamie Hillier, the task of solving the mystery.

Following the military and civilian divers working to unravel the reasons behind the sinking of both HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse by the Japanese Air Force in the South China Sea in December 1941, a loss considered to be one of Britain's greatest maritime disasters.

The story of the No Gun Ri massacre in which Korean civilians were killed by the American army. Uses eyewitness accounts (from the civilians and army) as well as recently declassified documents.

From the Sex Pistols' trip down the Thames to the royal bonfire in Windsor Great Park, from street parties in Fulham to village fetes in Hampshire and Worcestershire, the Queen's Silver Jubilee was commemorated in very different ways. Timewatch explores the celebrations of June 1977, including a sedan-chair race, a singing landlady and the BBC's Nationwide Jubilee extravaganza.

Love, greed, murder, rape and political treachery were ingredients in the doomed 16th-century relationship between Mary, Queen of Scots and her lover, the Earl of Bothwell. Dr Saul David investigates Bothwell's plot to kill Mary's husband, Lord Darnley- was the queen herself involved? Love letters of hotly contested authenticity may hold the key to explaining this extraordinary affair.

This programme unravels the mystery surrounding the 1943 sinking of the battle cruiser Scharnhorst, pride of the German navy. Today's Norwegian navy has used the latest sonar technology to detect the 2,000-man vessel.

Documentary exploring the public's enduring fascination with the White Star Line's most famous ship, the Titanic. The programme attempts to uncover the truth behind the many myths which have grown up around her sinking in 1912, and asks why the tragedy continues to attract such attention.

Timewatch looks at the Red Army's sweep to Berlin and battle for the city, and the great loss of life and suffering endured. Historian Antony Beevor looks at the scale and tactics of the battle, and at the rapes, murder, looting and destruction that went on against the civilian population, not just Germans but liberated camp and slave labour victims as well.

After the Soviets forced the Germans to surrender, Joseph Stalin secretly purged Leningrad, executing the people who had ensured it's freedom, and imprisoning their families. This documentary draws on previously classified Russian documents and survivors' testimony to explain the dictators actions.

Documentary investigating what really occurred at the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn : the scene of Custer's Last Stand. The programme aims to reveal the truth behind the events that have passed into American folklore, exposing as myth the Hollywood image of the chivalrous soldier who gave his life defending his crack troops against a ferocious attack from a deadly enemy.

Using dramatic reconstructions and filmed throughout Egypt, this documentary unravels the story of King Akhenaten, the country's heretic monarch, who 3,300 years ago introduced a new religion and demanded to be worshipped like a god. At his side was Queen Nefertiti, one of the greatest iconic figures of the ancient world. What brought this enigmatic couple's reign to a sudden and disastrous halt?

In 1849, Harvard professor John White Webster was hanged for the slaying and dismemberment of prominent Bostonian George Parkman, apparently over money. Historian Simon Schama investigates the case in the light of ongoing doubts about Webster's guilt, and attempts to solve the celebrated murder mystery once and for all.