Witness History Episodes Available now
The Last Days of Sylvia Plath
It is fifty years since the suicide of American poet Sylvia Plath
The plot against Franco
In 1964 a young Scot joined a plot to assassinate the Spanish dictator, General Franco.
Shergar - the kidnapping
It is 30 years since the Derby winner was abducted from a stud farm in Ireland.
Marcel Proust
The great French writer remembered by one of his friends and by his faithful maid.
The Stolen Generation
In 2008 the Australian Prime Minister apologised for the treatment of Aborigines
"Ghana Must Go"
Thirty years ago, Nigeria expelled up to 2 million African migrants. Most were Ghanaian
Hugo Chavez and the failed coup
In February 1992 a group of Venezuelan army officers staged a coup, among them Hugo Chavez
The 'flour bomb' rugby tour
In 1981 the South African rugby team toured New Zealand, prompting huge protests.
The battle of Stalingrad
It is 70 years since German troops lost their battle to take the Soviet industrial city.
The funeral of Gandhi
How millions of Indians mourned the death of Mahatma Gandhi
