Witness History Episodes Available now
The Concordski Crash
A fateful day in the race to develop the first supersonic passenger plane.
Saving Orphaned African Elephants
How a Kenyan woman, Dame Daphne Sheldrick, first raised orphaned baby African elephants
Marcel Duchamp in New York
Remembering a wartime surrealist exhibition put on by Marcel Duchamp.
Plane spotters arrested in Greece
In Nov 2001 a group of British tourists was arrested in Greece and charged with spying.
The Stockholm Syndrome
One of the original Stockholm hostages talks about her kidnap ordeal.
The Musical Cabaret
Director Hal Prince remembers the hit musical opening on Broadway in November 1966
Smuggling Endangered Birds
In Nov 1996 leading ornithologist Tony Silva was convicted of smuggling endangered birds.
The Madagascar Palace Fire
In 1995 one of Madagascar's most historic sites was destroyed by fire
East Timor Massacre
In November 1991 Indonesian troops opened fire on independence activists in Dili.
The Burning of the Satanic Verses
The publication of Salman Rushdie's book outraged many Muslims around the world
