Michael Portillo
Self - Host
Portillo's State Secrets (2015)
Season 1
Michael Portillo takes a look through the national archives to discover different stories that have been hidden in previously classified documents.
Released March 23, 2015
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.tv-mini-series
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Crime and Punishment
Michael discovers the secret files of Britain's last hangman, takes a look at private letters sent to Sherlock Holmes, and examines the hidden history of murderer Dr Crippen.
March 23, 2015, midnight
S1E2 - Tyrants
Michael discovers Hitler's hidden medical files and looks at the Christmas cards sent to an African dictator. He also finds the details of an incredible shopping list by Henry VIII.
March 24, 2015, midnight
S1E3 - Celebrity and Scandals
Michael finds out about the secret war on the Rolling Stones and how Special Branch spied on a future king.
March 25, 2015, midnight
S1E4 - Mysteries
Michael learns about the original letter that gave birth to Jack the Ripper and he also finds out about the mysterious disappearance of a wartime hero.
March 26, 2015, midnight
S1E5 - Sport and Politics
Michael learns about the secret documents that show why the country didn’t boycott Hitler’s Olympics and he finds out about Churchill’s attempt to ban the world’s first black heavyweight champion.
March 27, 2015, midnight
S1E6 - Traitors and Spies
Michael learns about the secret documents that relate to some of the country's traitors.
March 30, 2015, midnight
S1E7 - Monarchy
Michael takes a look at files from the National Archives that relate to the monarchy as he learns about a speech that would have been read by the Queen in the event of a Third World War happening.
March 31, 2015, midnight
S1E8 - Banned
Michael finds out about the state’s strategy on Scientology and learns how bull running was banned in the United Kingdom.
April 1, 2015, midnight
S1E9 - On Trial
Michael takes a look at how Mary Whitehouse defended God in a court of law and learns more about the last woman to be imprisoned under the Witchcraft Acts.
April 2, 2015, midnight
S1E10 - National Security
Michael finds out the secret memos behind the SAS’s most daring raid and takes a look at a bloody conspiracy to overthrow the government.
April 3, 2015, midnight
BBC Two
March 23, 2015
April 3, 2015, midnight
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