Witness History Episodes Available now
A Brief History of Time
Physicist Stephen Hawking's best-seller, A Brief History of Time, was published in 1988
Elvis in the US Army
How the 'King' of Rock'n'Roll became a GI in 1958 and served during the Cold War
The Skull Valley Sheep Kill
Did a nerve agent kill 6,000 sheep close to a US military testing site in 1968?
Latvia's Controversial Waffen-SS Fighters
In 1998 Latvian Waffen-SS veterans marched to remember a battle against the Soviets.
Tancredo Neves - Doomed Hero of Brazilian Democracy
How the politician who led Brazil to democracy died before taking office as president.
The Battle of the Airwaves in Latin America
How the BBC began Spanish and Portuguese broadcasts to fight the Nazis in the Americas
Surviving The My Lai Massacre
One of the worse US military atrocities took place during the Vietnam war.
The Moscow Show Trials
An eyewitness account of Stalin's purge of top Soviet leaders during the Great Terror.
Changing the Alphabet in Azerbaijan
After independence Azerbaijan changed from Russian Cyrillic script to Latin letters.
Marie Stopes: Birth Control Pioneer
The first birth control clinic in Britain was opened in London in 1921 by Dr Marie Stopes
