Timewatch

Season 16 Episode 4: The Boer War: The First Media War

The Boer War of 1899-1902 saw correspondents and cameramen play a major part in war propaganda for the first time. Diaries, memoirs, photographs and films form part of an examination of the media's role in a conflict that saw young journalists Winston Churchill, Rudyard Kipling and writer Edgar Wallace make their names.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

30

Episodes:

343

Quality:

HD

Status:

Ended

First Air:

1982

IMDb:

6.9