Mick Gold
Director
Watergate (1994)
Series 1
This Mini series gives insight on Richard M. Nixon and the scandal he was involved in that eventually led to his resignation as America's president.
Released May 8, 1994
Episode 49 min
2+
Genres: Crime, Documentary
Keywords: imdb.nixon, imdb.reference-to-1972-u-s-presidential-election, imdb.president-of-the-united-states, imdb.scandal, imdb.political-scandal, imdb.american-politics
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Break-In
This episode looks at the break-in at the Democrats' headquarters in the Watergate Hotel on the night of 17 June 1972.
May 8, 1994, midnight
S1E2 - Cover-Up
Nixon's burglars are caught and the president himself is at the head of a cover-up that links the crime to the White House. In November 1972, five months after the break-in, Nixon is returned to office.
May 15, 1994, midnight
S1E3 - Scapegoat
President Richard Nixon had the Watergate burglars paid to keep silent about their links to the White House, a cover-up that enabled him to win a second presidential term in 1972. But once the facts began to emerge, the president sought a succession of scapegoats. The revelation that conversations in his office had been recorded meant his crimes were no longer a secret.
May 22, 1994, midnight
S1E4 - Massacre
The so-called Saturday Night Massacre, the chain of events that unfolded on 20 October 1973, when President Nixon demanded that special prosecutor Archibald Cox be fired.
May 29, 1994, midnight
S1E5 - Impeachment
President Nixon clings on to the White House as the case against him mounts. The automatic recording system he ordered to be installed in the Oval Office, however, contains damning evidence.
June 5, 1994, midnight
BBC Two
49 min/ep
245 min
May 8, 1994
June 5, 1994, midnight
Ended
NR / 2+
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