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Timewatch Season 26 · Episode 9

The Wave That Destroyed Atlantis

20th April 2007 50 mins Season 26 Episode 9

New evidence from the island of Crete suggests that Europe's first great civilisation, the Minoans, was destroyed by a cataclysmic natural disaster. Was the terrible fate of the Minoans the source of Plato's story of Atlantis? A team of archaeologists and scientists scour Crete for conclusive evidence. 2/5.

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Season 26 · Episode 10

The Hidden Children

By 1945 Vichy France had deported 76,000 Jews to Nazi concentration camps. Told in their own words, these are the stories of four children secretly hidden by ordinary French people. Acclaimed director Jonathan Hacker awakes powerful emotions as he accompanies these survivors to the places where they once played a deadly game of hide-and-seek. 3/5.
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