Watergate (documentary series)
| 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 |
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. In the United States, the series premiered on August 7, 1994 and was narrated by Daniel Schorr in three parts, with two episodes shown back to back for the first two parts.
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."
The series was directed by Mick Gold, and produced by Paul Mitchell and Norma Percy.
Watergate won a 1995 News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Programming.
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