S1984 E1 • Timewatch

- The Last Führer: Profile of new evidence about Admiral Doenitz's involvement with Third Reich atrocities. Doenitz was Hitler's successor as Fuhrer, and received the lightest sentence at the Nuremberg War Trials. - They Be Evil People: This was how British newspapers described the Russians in the late Seventeenth Century. Looks at how the English in the 1720s feared that Peter the Great planned to conquer the world. - The Cult of the Dead: Looks at how different medieval attitutes were towards death, than they are today. Looking at wills and funeral expenses from the Sixteenth Century, the item looks for similarities and differences with modern society.

Première diffusion : 31 janvier 1984