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Secret History

8.5·18 seasons·130 episodes·United Kingdom

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.

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The Hidden Hand
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Nov 14, 1991

A Zimbabwean writer and activist investigates the war against Mozambique and the assassinations of opponents of South African apartheid.

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Unquiet Graves
Unquiet Graves
Nov 21, 1991

Looks at the history of the Ukraine from World War Two to the present, taking as its starting point the mass graves, people killed by Russians, Germans and the Ukrainians themselves.

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Ratlines
Ratlines
Nov 28, 1991

An investigation into the escape of thousands of Nazi war criminals after World War II with the aid of the British, French, Italian and United States Governments and the Vatican. Looks especially at the case of Ante Pavelic a Croation leader during the war who was responsible for the death of 500,000 people.

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Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday
Dec 5, 1991

An investigation into the actions of the Parachute Regiment and the protesters, Lord Widgery's subsequent inquiry.

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Murder in Mississippi
Murder in Mississippi
Dec 12, 1991

On the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner on June 21 1964, also known as the 'Mississippi Burning murders'

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Prisoners of Propaganda
Prisoners of Propaganda
Dec 19, 1991

In 1943, the Imperial Japanese Army Secret Service forced a group of Australian servicemen to appear in a film to show the 'exemplary conditions' under which prisoners of war were treated by Nippon, and also to soften up the Australian public for the anticipated occupation of their country by Japanese forces. For 40 years, the making of this film remained a mystery. This documentary tells why the film was made and how it has come to be forgotten.

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