Witness History Episodes Available now
The Mine Disaster That Devastated Post-War Italy
How an accident at Marcinelle in Belgium killed more than 100 Italian migrant workers.
The Lake Nyos Disaster
The mysterious death of villagers and livestock in north-western Cameroon
Hitler's League Of German Girls
An elderly German recalls her years as a leader in the Hitler Youth for girls.
Benidorm
The story of the mayor who created one of the world's biggest holiday resorts.
Hitler's Architect
Albert Speer was Hitler's architect. We talk to a journalist who interviewed him.
Baba of Karo
The groundbreaking autobiography of a woman who grew up in 19th century Nigeria
USSR Wages War on Alcohol
Sales of alcohol in the USSR were limited in 1985 in a bid to fight drunkenness.
Prague Spring
The student who appealed for the world's help when Soviet tanks invaded Czechoslovakia
The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis
A bank robbery, a three-day car chase and a journalist who got too close to the story.
The Invention of Instant Noodles
The creation in 1958 of a new product that would revolutionise mealtimes worldwide.
