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Timewatch Season 27 · Episode 9

The Boxer Rebellion

11th October 2008 55 mins Season 27 Episode 9

Peking, June 1900: The "Society of Right and Harmonious Fists", known by Europeans as the Boxers, entrapped more than 3,000 foreigners and Chinese Christians in the diplomatic quarter, in a bid to free China from the influence of the "Western devils". Ended by a Western relief army after 55 days, the siege helped bring down the imperial monarchy and precipitated a century of destruction, revolution, and ultimate renewal. 3/6.

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Season 27 · Episode 10

Young Victoria

How did an unassuming little girl become the most powerful woman in the world? At her birth, few believed Princess Victoria would one day be crowned Queen, but following a number of untimely deaths and the failure of her uncles to father any children, she became heir to the throne. But the battle between the princess and her mother, the Duchess of Kent, was to become one of the fiercest mother-versus-daughter struggles of all time, as the Duchess schemed to share in the power and riches that would one day be Victoria's. 4/6.
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