Watergate

In 1972, a break-in at the Democratic Party's headquarters sparks the Watergate scandal and a cover-up that goes to the very top of the US government.

Nixon's burglars are caught and the president himself is at the head of a cover-up that links the crime to the White House. In November 1972, five months after the break-in, Nixon is returned to office.

President Nixon had the Watergate burglars paid to keep silent about their links to the White House, a cover-up that enabled him to win a second presidential term. But once the facts began to emerge, the president sought a succession of scapegoats.

A focus on the so-called `Saturday Night Massacre', the chain of events that unfolded on 20 October 1973 when President Nixon demanded that special prosecutor Archibald Cox be fired.

A focus on how mounting evidence against him led to President Nixon's resignation. After compelling evidence found on the automatic taping system in the Oval Office, the House voted for impeachment, and Nixon resigned.

Documentary-maker Norma Percy looks back on her acclaimed 1994 series Watergate and shares her feelings on why the series may still resonate with viewers today.