Witness History Episodes Available now
Expulsion of the Chagos Islanders
A Chagos Islander talks of Britain's expulsion of his people from their homeland.
Wayne Gretzky
He was a Canadian sporting superstar but in 1988 he was sold to an American team
Britain's first nudist beach
In August 1979 the seaside town of Brighton decided to open a nudist beach
Exodus of Asians from Uganda
In 1972 the dictator Idi Amin announced that all Asians had 90 days to leave Uganda
The Voyage of the Kon-Tiki
In 1947 a Norwegian adventurer sailed across the Pacific on a wooden raft
Bologna bomb
In August 1980 a huge bomb destroyed much of Bologna railway station in Italy
Peace Activist Samantha Smith
A child dreams of world peace and writes a letter to the leader of the Soviet Union
MTV turns 30
It is 30 years since the launch of the first 24 hour music TV channel
The Shipbuilders' Clydeside "Work-In"
How Scottish workers took over their shipyards and warded off the threat of closure
Picasso
Sixty years ago a young art historian got to know the greatest painter in the world
