Tony Robinson's Time Travels | S1E1 | Secrets of the State

Secrets of the State:
Secrets damage governments and change the destiny of empires. In this episode Tony reveals the extraordinary measures powerful people take, to deceive the public and cover up the truth. Tony exposes the untold story of a wartime mutiny in Australia, deemed so dangerous an American president suppressed it for 70 years.

[@Noone76590]

This is excellent and Tony floored me when he said he would be the one being spied on! Brilliant powerful historical storytelling. So impressed by his coverage of the mutiny in Australia too

[@SerDunk]

Cant get enough of Sir Tony. My favorite history related tv host :)

[@MissLoriAAnne]

Same!

[@Dal606BBN]

I started with The Time Team 4 months ago and already watched every episode. And to start my first episode of Sir Tony's history show. I love Sir Tony and all of the Time Team members! Sir Tony thank you for teaching all of us around the world about the history of Britain and everything else in between! You're Awesome!

[@Drrayoldman]

Sir David Attenborough and Sir Tony Robinson are two of Britain's greatest treasures!

[@davidmunro6939]

Pure watching gold. Tony rules.

[@Go-tee71]

Wow, this was SO interesting! I love his programs 👍

[@writernthesky]

It would be wonderful to make a movie about the insurgency of the African American soldiers in Australia.

[@1D991]

How did I not know about this channel sooner? I love Tony and his history shows~

[@amberrain112]

Love Your shows Tony keep up the GREAT work.❤

[@karanfield4229]

Tony is the best!

[@NjK601]

A decade ago as a Canadian teen discovering Blackadder I never would have thought that out of Rowan Atkinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Tony Robinson, Tony would be my favourite of the lot, his excitement for history is infectious and he seems much more down to Earth then say Stephen Fry when he was still hosting QI

[@jotsntittles5783]

When I hear this stuff and knowing who is really in 'charge' (runs/controls the world) The Elite/Monarchies etc... Honestly - In my opinion...Someone who's been knighted / named Sir Tony Robinson is not likely uncovering/exposing anything. Rather, it's the those who have given him his honorary 'accolade/s' that are the ones feeding us commoners/plebs anything, and/or are being fed certain 'narratives' via online enfluence/ers. One of which Tony has become to perform a function to keep people ignorant/distracted and it's my guess that it's most likely done via having a little bit/or a lot of dirt on him... I could be wrong but I can't believe these institutions would allow such information to flow so gratuitously now knowing it'll just increase political agitation among rebels *shrugs*

[@morenofranco9235]

As always, Tony and Team do an excellent job. Thank You.

[@thomasvandevelde8157]

¨As redundant as a Cannon from the Crimean War¨ broke my neck almost with that one-liner

[@erinobrien8408]

Wow, I had never heard of the mutiny of the African American soldiers in Australia. They were so brave to stand up for their human rights! I wonder how it would have affected civil rights in America and elsewhere if it hadn't been hushed up.

[@Drrayoldman]

Exploring the seismograph bunker.. Tony " Am I going down first"? Director "No. the camera man is"

[@angelkaterose]

Imagine sailing across the ocean not knowing what land and people you will find.

[@Taylor101310]

In case you're wondering.... That is the actual goat who went around the world. She's immortal.

[@ColleenJousma]

GOAT

[@wildkingdom2012]

Love Tony Robinson. Very versatile, as can be seen by his many endeavors. Baldrick was the best.

[@JB-tq5bh]

My uncle fought in North Africa. He was a cryptologist and for a time he was stationed in Australia.

[@toniecat1028]

Looks like a fascinating channel/series - wishing you all the luck in the world! (I subscribed!! 😉😊 Thanks! )

[@InterestedAmerican]

Land untouched by mankind... having already been inhabited by humans for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years by then. "Lets not get bogged down with who was where first".

[@YABBAHEY1]

More please

[@mjrussell414]

So basically the U.S. Army tried to treat the black soldiers stationed in Australia like they were slaves again. Wow... Stories like that need to be told. Guess I'm off to watch the rest of these fascinating episodes.

[@nextworld491]

Happened in the USA as well. US Army Air Corps pilots were segregated. Black officers entered the White Officer's Club, riot, jail, and the white Commander brandished his pistol and required black pilots to sign an order to stay out of white officer's club. The USAF teaches this in their curriculum to new captains.

[@wildkingdom2012]

sorry, SIR Tony Robinson.

[@SandraNelson063]

The black soldiers arrived in Britain before the white soldiers. They behaved very well, earning the Brits's friendship and respect. So when the racist white officers arrived and tried to have the black soldiers thrown out of clubs , the Brits wouldn't hear of it. The racist officers had to swallow their tongues and behave themselves. With consent of the natives? Oh, that's laughable!

[@johnkelly3886]

Australia should become a republic.

[@mikecarone7320]

Yet Harry S Truman dropped 2 atomic bombs but on Japan but in 1948 De Segregated the Military

[@joshschneider9766]

You think Townsville is the only case of its type? Truman's not a hero he was f orced.

[@joshschneider9766]

Google the Tulsa massacre. Google Malcolm x. Google Fred trump. Google the fact that Britain outlawed slavery before our revolution was won. Wake up asshole.

[@christinepaige2575]

The story about the black soldiers was worth telling...as for the rest, this should be called "Tony Robinson's Politically Correct Time Travels". All about "shame, shame, shame on you America and Britain." Spare me. I was here in the sixties too, Tony -- and I prefer both sides of a story to be told.

[@apanapandottir205]

Is that why you only follow a bunch of far right channels?

[@christinepaige2575]

@@apanapandottir205 You are free to waste your time obsessing over labels; I prefer to think independently :-)

[@joshschneider9766]

Like the Tulsa massacre forty years prior? Like lynchings? fuck your sensibilities asshole.

[@joshschneider9766]

You do realize we should be ashamed right? That millions were subjugated right? Both sides of a story? That runs very near being an apologist for racist behavior and you will not do that without being called out sir.

[@GenerationJonesi]

Sigh. There go the Americans again. Telling everybody what to do, and, carrying their racism with them.