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Bloody Omaha

Bloody Omaha Copyrighted imageCredit: Used with permission
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 20 Dec 2007
By The Timewatch team
More than 60 years ago, the fate of World War II turned on five beaches in Normandy, France. ‘D-Day’ was the greatest amphibious invasion ever...
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Revisiting Omaha

Featuring: Audio
Revisiting Omaha Copyrighted imageCredit: Production team
Introductory Level Duration 30 mins Updated 20 Dec 2007
By John Farren, Dr Stuart Mitchell, Dr Dan Todman, Dr Simon Trew
John Farren chairs a discussion about the difficulties of making accurate TV history, taking the Timewatch Bloody Omaha programme as a starting point.
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OU on the BBC: Timewatch - More Timewatch programmes

OU on the BBC: Timewatch - More Timewatch programmes Copyrighted imageCredit: BBC
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 20 Dec 2007
By The Timewatch team
Between 2006 and 2009, The Open University joined with the BBC history flagship Timewatch to uncover the past in more depth.
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Explore The Pharaoh's Lost City: Rebuilding the city

Featuring: Video
Explore The Pharaoh's Lost City: Rebuilding the city Copyrighted imageCredit: BBC
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 18 Dec 2007
By John Hayes-Fisher, Colin Thornton
 The Timewatch team had a challenge: how do you show a city that has been destroyed for centuries?
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The Making of Bloody Omaha 10: The last peices

The Making of Bloody Omaha 10: The last peices Creative commons imageCredit: peprice under CC-BY-NC-SA licence
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 24 Sep 2007
By The Timewatch team
Researcher Georgina Leslie's diary of the making of the Timewatch programme Bloody Omaha. The programme is completed and ready for broadcast.
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The Wreckers

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 14 Sep 2007
By The Timewatch team
The Open University teamed up with BBC Two's flagship history strand to explore the legacy of those who led ships astray
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The making of The Young Victoria

The making of The Young Victoria Copyrighted imageCredit: Kate Williams / Tony Cohen
Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 31 Aug 2007
By Kate Williams
Kate Williams, writer and presenter of Timewatch's Young Victoria programme tells of her work on the production; how the programme evolved and some of the...
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Debate: Tsunami

Debate: Tsunami Copyrighted imageCredit: Jupiter Images
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 30 Aug 2007
By The Timewatch team
 
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The making of Bloody Omaha 8: Amongst the craters

The making of Bloody Omaha 8: Amongst the craters Creative commons imageCredit: peprice under CC-BY-NC-SA licence
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 20 Aug 2007
By The Timewatch team
Researcher Georgina Leslie's diary of the making of the Timewatch programme Bloody Omaha. Georgina visits the beach again to film pieces to camera with presenter...
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The making of Bloody Omaha 7: Looking through CG-eyes

The making of Bloody Omaha 7: Looking through CG-eyes Creative commons imageCredit: peprice under CC-BY-NC-SA licence
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 23 Jul 2007
By The Timewatch team
Researcher Georgina Leslie's diary of the making of the Timewatch programme Bloody Omaha. She helps to film CGI sequences for the programme.
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