Witness History Episodes Available now
Portugal鈥檚 worst train disaster
In 1985, two trains collided on a single track line killing an estimated 150 people
Elvis visits Scotland
In 1960, the King of Rock 鈥檔鈥� Roll made an unexpected stop at Prestwick Airport
Sweden鈥檚 diplomatic freeze with the USA
In 1972, a speech by the Swedish Prime Minister caused a break-down in relations
Syria's secret library
The building of a secret library in the town of Darayya during the Syrian civil war
Charles Taylor and the blood diamond trial
In 2008 the ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor faced a courtroom accused of war crimes
The Japanese invasion of Malaya
On 8 December 1941, thousands of Japanese troops landed on beaches near Kota Bharu
The Aga Khan meets Florence Nightingale
In 1898, Florence Nightingale invited the Aga Khan around to her London home for tea
The storming of Spain's parliament
Spanish MPs were taken hostage by armed Civil Guards in February 1981
The playboy spy who inspired James Bond
Dusko Popov was one of WW2's most successful double agents, inspiring the fictional 007
'I taught the Dalai Lama'
In the late 1940s, an Austrian mountaineer becomes the young Dalai Lama's tutor
