Timewatch
Season 12 Episode 14 - Chairman Mao the Last Emperor
Mao Tse-tung ruled China from 1949 until his death in 1976, and this film examines for the first time on television the true extent of his tyranny and the brutality of his regime. His rise to power, and the revolution that swept away the corruption of Chiang Kai-shek, was accompanied with optimism, but in the following 25 years he virtually destroyed China. Mao's promiscuity with young girls who "felt honoured to have sex with Mao" is revealed by his doctor Li Zhisui; and former Red Guard Zheng Yi reveals that cannibalism played a part in the Cultural Revolution. Followed by CHRISTMAS IN SARAJEVO: As we enjoy Christmas, how are the inhabitants of the Sarajevo street coping with freezing conditions, starvation and shelling? Each night over the holiday period there will be further reports.
Episodes in Season 12
Allied to the Mafia
50 min
The Sparks That Lit the Bonfire
50 min
The Stolen Child
50 min
The Secret File on J. Edgar Hoover
50 min
The Pill: Prescription for Revolution
50 min
Buffalo Bill
50 min
Special: Battle of the Bombers
75 min
On Behalf of the State: Memories of Hanging
48 min
True Story of the Roman Arena
50 min
The Mother of All Battles
50 min
Hunger Strike: A Hidden History
50 min
Children of the Third Reich
50 min
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
90 min
Chairman Mao the Last Emperor
60 min
