Timewatch

Season 10, Episode 8

Episode Title: Beside Franco in Spain

Air Date: 1991-09-18

Overview:

The story of how Britain abandoned Spain's democratically elected government during the Spanish Civil War of 1936 and gave clandestine support to the nationalists and General Franco. Remarkable new evidence discovered in Spanish archives shows that Britain used all its economic and diplomatic cunning to safeguard its political and commercial interests in Spain by ensuring victory for General Franco's forces. NEW SEASON.