Witness History Episodes Available now
The Arrest of Klaus Barbie
Thirty years ago, the former Gestapo chief, Klaus Barbie, was arrested in Bolivia.
Black Stars of Ghana
Striker Osei Kofi on how the Ghanaian football team dominated Africa in the 1960s.
Roe v Wade
In 1973 the landmark decision was made in the US Supreme Court which made abortion legal
Chaim Soutine
It is 120 years since the birth of the great Expressionist painter.
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
The US government's experiment on a group of African-American men without their knowledge
Baby Fae and the baboon's heart
In 1984 doctors tried to save a baby girl's life by giving her a heart transplant.
The Boxing Day tsunami and Aceh
When the earthquake and tsunami of December 2004 hit Indonesia, over 130,000 people died.
Festival in the Desert
In 2001 a festival held in the Sahara desert launched Tuareg music on the world scene
Tito on Vis
In 1944 the Yugoslav partisan leader found sanctuary on a tiny island in the Adriatic.
Johnny Cash plays Folsom Prison
It is 45 years since the Country and Western star played his first gig in a jail.
