Witness History Episodes Available now
Rationing in Britain
In the early 1950s Britain was still so badly-off that food and fuel had to be rationed.
Palestine Post
In the months before the creation of Israel -Jerusalem was a dangerous place to be.
Gandhi
The assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948
Meeting Osama
What is Osama bin Laden really like? Witness talks to someone who knows.
Hitler's Book
The story of a young American soldier and the book he found in Hitler's house.
Somalia 1991
What was it like living in Mogadishu at the height of Somalia's civil war?
Idi Amin
Ugandan dictator Idi Amin took power in 1971, but it ended in disarray in 1979
Witness
Queen Victoria died exactly 109 years ago today - we hear from her shocked subjects.
Haiti Duvaliers
How the father and son regime of the Duvaliers affected the already poor country of Haiti.
History of TV
How John Logie Baird tried to convince people that TV could work.
