Witness History Episodes Available now
The Greek Civil War
British troops liberated Greece from the Nazis in October 1944.
Cuban Missile Crisis: The Photos
CIA expert Dino Brugioni interpreted the ariel photographs of missiles in Cuba
Modern art in Tehran
It is 35 years since the opening of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.
Search for the Loch Ness Monster
It is 25 years since the most in-depth and expensive survey of Loch Ness.
Solzhenitsyn and the Nobel Prize
How the Soviet dissident smuggled his writing to the outside world.
Che in Congo
In 1965 the Latin-American revolutionary went to fight with rebels in the Congo.
The Achille Lauro Hijacking
In 1985 a luxury cruise liner was held by Palestinian gunmen in the Red Sea.
Fifty years of the Beatles
It is half a century since the Beatles released their first single.
US Support for Nicaraguan Contras
In October 1986 a CIA plane carrying arms to "contra" rebels was shot down in Nicaragua
Black Hawk Down
The battle in Mogadishu in 1993 which had a dramatic impact on US foreign policy.
