Watergate (TV series)
Watergate is a documentary series co-produced by the BBC and Discovery, broadcast in 1994. It was based on the book Watergate: The Corruption and Fall of Richard Nixon, by Fred Emery. The British version was broadcast on BBC2 from 8 May to 5 June 1994, and narrated by Fred Emery. It was broadcast as five episodes of 50 minutes each.[1] In the United States, the series premiered on August 7, 1994 and was narrated by Daniel Schorr[2] in three parts, with two episodes shown back to back for the first two parts.
| Watergate | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Based on | Watergate: The Corruption and Fall of Richard Nixon by Fred Emery |
| Directed by | Mick Gold |
| Narrated by | Fred Emery |
| Composer(s) | Tim Souster |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Norma Percy Paul Mitchell |
| Production company(s) | Brian Lapping Productions for BBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC2 (UK) Discovery (USA) |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 8 May – 5 June 1994 |
Episode list (Britain):
1. Break-in (8 May 1994)
2. Cover-up (15 May 1994)
3. Scapegoat (22 May 1994)
4. Massacre (29 May 1994)
5. Impeachment (5 June 1994)
Episode list (USA):
1. A Third Rate Burglary (7 August 1994)
2. The Conspiracy Crumbles (14 August 1994)
3. The Fall of a President (21 August 1994)
Reviewing the series, Jeff Silverman wrote in Variety: "Twenty years after Richard Nixon resigned the presidency in disgrace, this stunningly conceived and realized documentary miniseries brilliantly chronicles the events — and their inevitability — that led to the national nightmare Watergate. Funny, tragic, pathetic and probing, docu dramatically stares down Watergate’s smoking gun and makes its ultimate conclusion perfectly clear: Nixon’s the one. Still. Now more than ever."[3]
The series was directed by Mick Gold, and produced by Paul Mitchell and Norma Percy.
Awards
Watergate won a 1995 News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Programming.[4]
References
- Schmidt, William E. (19 May 1994). "Resurrecting an American Tragedy, BBC Series Lays Watergate Bare". The New York Times. NYC: The New York Times Company. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- Bunce, Alan (29 July 1994). "Discovery, BBC Take A Look at Watergate". The Christian Science Monitor. Boston: Christian Science Publishing Society. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- Silverman, Jeff (July 31, 1994). "Review: Watergate". variety.com. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
- Awards for Watergate on IMDb
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