Timewatch · SEASON 16
The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai
Episode 8 · 1997-10-28
- Documentary
Episode overview
Forty years ago a war movie created a legend. Timewatch now tells the story of Lieutenant Colonel Toosey, the British officer in Burma whose job it was to supply the Japanese with a workforce to build the bridge - which still exists. His tale is told with the help of tapes that recount his experiences and through the letters he exchanged with his Japanese captor after the war. NEW SEASON.
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
