Witness History Episodes Available now
John Maynard Keynes
The remarkable man who transformed 20th century economics and changed our world.
When The Queen met Ceaușescu
It was the first time a communist leader had been given a full state visit to the UK
Saddam Hussein's foreign hostages
A British Muslim family was among hundreds of foreign nationals held hostage in Iraq
India's secret freedom radio
When Gandhi was jailed in 1942 activists launched a secret radio station for independence
US withdrawal: The fall of Saigon
The desperate scramble to evacuate US personnel and locals at the end of the Vietnam war
The man who coined the term genocide
The Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide and spent his life trying to stop it
Inside an East German jail
Vera Lengsfeld was imprisoned by the communist authorities in East Germany in 1988
East Germany's nudists
The communist regime restricted many things in the GDR but not the freedom to go naked
Exiled from East Germany: Wolf Biermann
East Germany's most famous singer-songwriter was exiled to the West in 1976
Escaping from East Berlin
East Germans used all sorts of methods to escape from communism across the Berlin Wall
