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Title: What Was That Show???
Post by: Mr. DS on March 16, 2007, 11:16:54 AM
Not necessarily a movie but a show that was on in mid to late 90s.  Brief description;

A person (Michael Caine comes to mind but I'm not 100% sure) goes back in time to observe some infamous people (Hitler, Jack The Ripper).  It wasn't exactly a drama like say Quantem Leap but rather a serious show about these historical figures.  I recall in the Hitler episode the guy going back to Hitler's painting days and a woman asking over a communication device about what does the guy see in Hitler's eyes.  The guy replies with "anger".  Not sure what cable channel it was on. 


Title: Re: What Was That Show???
Post by: Puzzled on March 26, 2007, 12:48:23 PM
It doesn't sound like an exact match, since it takes place during WWII and not before, but it is a British TV series and was from the early 90's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodnight_Sweetheart


Title: Re: What Was That Show???
Post by: Mr. DS on March 28, 2007, 11:19:05 AM
checked out the link, I don't think it was that show.  The one I'm thinking of is more or less like a documentary show with a twist.  Thanks for looking though. 


Title: Re: What Was That Show???
Post by: Andrew on March 28, 2007, 11:49:51 AM
The one I know of that was more drama (maybe adventure) was "Voyagers," but that was much too old.

Could this be from the Timecop TV series?  I remember it being not as much action and punching as the movie.


Title: Re: What Was That Show???
Post by: Poogie on March 28, 2007, 09:41:55 PM
Michael Caine was in the TV movie of "Jack the Ripper", are you sure you're not mixing this up with the one you're looking for?


Title: Re: What Was That Show???
Post by: Mr. DS on April 04, 2007, 11:51:33 AM
Michael Caine was in the TV movie of "Jack the Ripper", are you sure you're not mixing this up with the one you're looking for?

I could very well be mixing that up.  Something tells me it was a very short run show.  I don't recall seeing many episodes. 


Title: Re: What Was That Show???
Post by: ajax7925 on September 21, 2010, 03:17:26 PM
Voyagers;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyagers!


Title: Re: What Was That Show???
Post by: bumblefish on September 21, 2010, 10:08:00 PM
Was it sliders where they went to other dimensions very similar to ours but not exactly and were allways trying to get back?


Title: Re: What Was That Show???
Post by: Umaril The Unfeathered on September 22, 2010, 12:19:32 AM
The one I know of that was more drama (maybe adventure) was "Voyagers," but that was much too old.

Could this be from the Timecop TV series?  I remember it being not as much action and punching as the movie.

Yeah man, Voyagers was back around 1980 or so. I used to watch it a lot.  I also remember the controversy when Jon Eric Hexum (the star of the show) accidentally killed himself when he pointed a blank .357 revolver at his had and pulled the trigger. The force of the wadding fractured and penetrated his skull.

Voyagers wasn't a bad show, but I was always partial to Irwin Allen's The Time Tunnel. 


Title: Re: What Was That Show???
Post by: freeman on July 26, 2018, 08:57:40 AM
This sounds like the "you are there" series that was on american TV in the 50s hosted by Walter Cronkite, they ran went to a historical event and played it like a news teams there covering it, for example for Paul Reveres  Ride, they would interview actors pretending British and american soldier, Reveres family etc.  I think this was revived under other names several times, there was aversion on Canadian TV in the 1970s with similar format, Called witness to yesterday.


Title: Re: What Was That Show???
Post by: RCMerchant on February 06, 2020, 12:01:00 PM
I GOT IT!

it's called GOOD NIGHT SWEETHEART. It's a British show that ran from 1993 to 2016. A series about time travel!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106014/?ref_=kw_li_tt (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106014/?ref_=kw_li_tt)

Here's the Jack the Ripper episode!!!!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0591055/?ref_=kw_li_tt (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0591055/?ref_=kw_li_tt)