Timewatch

Episode 1

Queen Elizabeth's Lost Guns

Sat, Feb 21, 2009 45 mins

Episode 2

QE2: The Final Voyage

59 mins

'BBC: Timewatch' joins the crew and passengers on board Britain's favourite ship as the 'QE2' leaves Southampton for the last time and glides gracefully into retirement. The world's longest-serving and best-loved cruise ship has come a long way since her humble beginnings as piles of steel and timber on the River Clyde. Overcoming technical problems, rogue waves and even bomb threats, she has enjoyed an eventful and colourful career that has won the hearts of millions. A proud reminder of the dazzling golden era of ocean liners, she is a time capsule offering a tantalising peek into a distant age of discovery and decadence. Built at the end of the swinging sixties, she defied cultural trends and became a reassuring bastion of Britishness and tradition in an ever-changing world. In this warm, celebratory film, we bid a fond farewell to the 'QE2' and - with exclusive access to the final voyage - look back over four glittering decades on the high seas.

Episode 3

The Real Bonnie and Clyde

45 mins

Episode 4

Captain Cook: The Man Behind the Legend

Sat, Mar 14, 2009

Episode 5

WWI Aces Falling

Two Britain's greatest flying aces of World War I are profiled.

Episode 6

Pyramid: The Last Secret

The story of an architect's obsession with the grand pyramid if Gizeh, built for Pharoah Chefu, helped by high-tech 3D model-programs and various experts. A new, more plausible theory of how the pyramids were built is discussed, using not just an external ramp but also an ingenious system based on a winding, sloping internal ramp and counterweight trolleys, to pull up granite beams. Testing it on site lead to more discoveries.

Episode 7

In Shackleton's Footsteps