Witness History Episodes Available now
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.
The Taliban take Kabul
It is 16 years since the Taliban took control of the Afghan capital.
German refugees in post-war Europe
At the end of WW2, many ethnic Germans in Central Europe were forced to leave their homes.
Arafat goes to the United Nations
In the autumn of 1974 a young Palestinian was sent to NY to pave the way for Yasser Arafat
