Witness History Episodes Available now
The Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan's book kickstarted the modern women's movement.
The Lost Egyptian Tomb
In 1995, archaeologists in Egypt's Valley of the Kings made a remarkable discovery
The fall of Singapore
February 1942, Singapore fell to the Japanese. Tens of thousands of soldiers became POWs.
Human Shields in Iraq
The British bus driver who took peace campaigners to Iraq ahead of the 2003 invasion
The fall of Singapore
In February 1942 Britain's stronghold in South East Asia fell to the Japanese.
The Algerian Massacres
In the 1990s, the Algerian military was locked in a brutal struggle with radical Islamists
The Murder of James Bulger
The killing of a toddler in Liverpool 20 years ago that shocked Britain
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.
