Reveals the origins and backgrounds to a selection of films screened in the series over the past year. A decoded memo, buried in a pile of declassified documents, led to the story of the biggest security breach in World War II. Christopher Andrew tells how the MS Automedon, with its cargo of top secret documents, fell into enemy hands before the fall of Singapore and delivered to the Japanese priceless information which changed the course of the war. The 300th anniversary of the Monmouth rebellion prompted a reassessment of the infamous JUDGE JEFFREYS - was he really the sadistic monster of the Bloody Assizes, or a loyal officer of the Crown doing his job? And a stray index card in an Oxford library revealed the existence of a forgotten diary. From its pages there emerged the unique portrait of everyday life in an Essex village throughout World War I, as chronicled by the vicar, THE REVEREND ANDREW CLARKE.
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