Timewatch · SEASON 27
The Boxer Rebellion
Episode 9 · 2008-10-11
- Documentary
Episode overview
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.
55 minutes
Season 27 episodes
1. Viking Voyage2008-01-05
2. Bloody Omaha2008-01-06
3. The Wreckers2008-01-12
4. The Greatest Knight2008-01-19
5. The Pharaoh's Lost City2008-01-26
6. Ten Pound Poms2008-02-02
7. Stonehenge2008-09-27
8. Britain's Forgotten Floods2008-10-04
9. The Boxer Rebellion2008-10-11
10. Young Victoria2008-10-18
11. The Last Day of World War One2008-11-01
