Witness History Episodes Available now
Women Nurses during World War One
Thousands of women volunteered for war work during WW1. Hear archive from one of them.
African Troops during World War One
Thousands of East Africans were conscripted to fight for Britain and Germany during WW1
The Battle of Passchendaele
It was one of the battles which symbolised the horror and futility of WW1
A Kristallnacht story
Nora Krug investigated Nazi attacks in her German hometown on 9 November 1938
Why I Slapped the German Chancellor
In November 1968 a young activist hit Germany's leader to draw attention to his Nazi past
Princess Margaret And The War Hero
How a love affair between the Queen's sister and Captain Peter Townsend gripped Britain.
Life With America's Black Panthers
Memories of the radical African American leader, Eldridge Cleaver.
The KGB's Whistleblower
KGB defector Vasili Mitrokhin's top secret archive was smuggled to Britain in 1992
The Day Nigeria Struck Oil
An eyewitness account of a discovery that changed Nigerian history
When Russia's Richest Man Was Jailed
Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky was arrested in 2003
