Timewatch · SEASON 16
The Boer War: The First Media War
Episode 4 · 1997-03-18
- Documentary
Episode overview
The Boer War of 1899-1902 saw correspondents and cameramen play a major part in war propaganda for the first time. Diaries, memoirs, photographs and films form part of an examination of the media's role in a conflict that saw young journalists Winston Churchill, Rudyard Kipling and writer Edgar Wallace make their names.
50 minutes
Season 16 episodes
1. Love Story1997-02-25
2. Before Columbus1997-03-04
3. Secret Memories1997-03-11
4. The Boer War: The First Media War1997-03-18
5. Birth Story1997-03-25
6. Forgotten Allies1997-04-01
7. Back to the Iron Age1997-04-18
8. The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai1997-10-28
9. Lords of the Maya1997-11-04
10. Alison: A Personal History1997-11-11
11. The Gentlemen Spies1997-11-18
12. The African Trade1997-11-25
13. Lenin's Secret Files1997-12-02
14. Remember the Ugandan Asians1997-12-09
15. In Search of Cleopatra1997-12-16
