Watergate
2018 · History · 60 min · 1 season
S01E06 · Endgame
Mon, 5 Nov, 2:00 pm
Impeachment votes, Supreme Court rulings, and further revelations seal Richard Nixon's fate.
About
Watergate chronicles one of the biggest criminal conspiracies in modern politics and features a roster of some of the most important media, legal and political figures from the scandal, including Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, John Dean, Jill Wine-Banks, Richard Ben-Veniste, and many others. The current political climate in the U.S. has triggered renewed interest in the Watergate scandal. The film explores many of the same issues being debated today on a national level, including executive privilege and the handling of Presidential misconduct.
Episodes
- E01
The Burglary
Sat, 3 Nov· 60 minPresident Richard Nixon is reelected in 1972, but attacks from the media and the antiwar movement goad him to take the dark path to the Watergate burglary. Later, arrests lead to a cover-up, but it starts to unravel after Nixon's landslide re-election.
- E02
Coverup
Sat, 3 Nov· 60 minThe Watergate arrests lead to a vast coverup; but after Nixon's landslide re-election, the coverup starts to unravel.
- E03
Things Fall Apart
Sun, 4 Nov· 60 minThe Saturday Night Massacre prompts impeachment proceedings and a Supreme Court confrontation. Impeachment votes, Supreme Court rulings and further revelations seal Richard Nixon's fate.
- E04
U.S. v. Nixon
Sun, 4 Nov· 60 minIn 1974, the Senate Watergate Committee and the Watergate Special Prosecutor confront Nixon in a deepening Constitutional crisis.
- E05
Blowback
Mon, 5 Nov· 60 minThe Saturday Night Massacre prompts impeachment proceedings and a Supreme Court confrontation.
- E06
Endgame
Mon, 5 Nov· 60 minImpeachment votes, Supreme Court rulings, and further revelations seal Richard Nixon's fate.
