Secret History

Season 8

TV-PG
Secret History was a long-running British television documentary series. Shown on Channel 4, the Secret History brandname was used as a banner title in the UK, but many of the individual documentaries can still be found on US cable channels without the branding. It can be seen as Channel 4's answer to the BBC's Timewatch.

Where to Watch Season 8

7 Episodes

  • The Duchess and the Headless Man
    E1
    The Duchess and the Headless Man
  • Funny Money
    E2
    Funny Money
  • Last Train from Budapest
    E3
    Last Train from Budapest
  • Prisoners of the Kaiser
    E4
    Prisoners of the KaiserTells the story of the 20,000 British servicemen who died in German hands between 1914 and 1918. Draws on memories of former prisoners of war, secret diaries,and archive footage.
  • Mutiny - The True Story of the Red October
    E5
    Mutiny - The True Story of the Red OctoberThe story of the attempted mutiny of the Soviet missile frigate Sentry, which inspired the novel, The Hunt for Red October.
  • Natural Born Americans
    E6
    Natural Born AmericansAmerican Indians have often been portrayed as true conservationists and guardians of nature, but is this view of them any more accurate than other stereotypes?
  • Children of the Iron Lung
    E7
    Children of the Iron LungFor the greater part of the twentieth century, polio spread panic throughout the western world and caused paralysis in its victims, who were encased in iron lungs and fitted with callipers to support their weakened limbs. The story of these years is explored through the memories of patients, medical staff and policy makers, and asks whether or not the government was too cautious in its introduction of the polio vaccine.

 

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