Timewatch · SEASON 11
Roger Casement - Heart of Darkness
Episode 20 · 1992-10-28
- Documentary
Episode overview
A personal account by actor Kenneth Griffith of the rise and fall of Irish nationalist hero Roger Casement. Knighted by the British for his humanitarian work in Africa and South America, in 1913 Casement switched his efforts to the cause of Irish Home Rule. During the First World War he went to Germany, seeking help from the Kaiser. On the eve of the Easter Rising in 1916, as he returned to Ireland with a shipment of German arms, he was arrested, tried and hanged for treason.
50 minutes
Season 11 episodes
1. Battle of the Styles1992-01-15
2. Kwai1992-01-29
3. Tito: 1: Churchill's Man?1992-02-26
4. Tito: 2: His Own Man1992-03-04
5. Woolly Al Walks the Kitty Back1992-03-11
6. The Story of Elisabeth Nietzsche: 1: Forgotten Fatherland1992-04-01
7. The Story of Elisabeth Nietzsche: 2: Mother of the Fatherland1992-04-08
8. SS-3: The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich1992-06-03
9. Gladio: 1: The Ringmasters1992-06-10
10. Gladio: 2: The Puppeteers1992-06-17
11. Gladio: 3: The Foot Soldiers1992-06-24
12. The Un-Americans: 1: Five Minutes to Midnight1992-09-02
13. The Un-Americans: 2: No Place to Hide1992-09-09
14. The Un-Americans: 3: To Hell with Truth1992-09-16
15. A Diplomat in Japan: 1: A Clash of Cultures1992-09-23
16. A Diplomat In Japan: 2: Witness to a Revolution1992-09-30
17. Special: The Cuban Missile Crisis: 1: Defying Uncle Sam1992-10-07
18. Special: The Cuban Missile Crisis: 2: Eyeball to Eyeball1992-10-14
19. Sold Down the River1992-10-21
20. Roger Casement - Heart of Darkness1992-10-28
