Witness History Episodes Available now
The James Bond Theme Tune
In 1962 Monty Norman wrote the music for the first James Bond film, Dr No.
Kurdish Singer Ahmet Kaya
The widow of the famous folk singer recalls the night that changed her husband's life.
Rolling Stone Magazine
Writer and musician Michael Lydon recalls the birth of an iconic magazine.
The First Loebner Prize
On 8 November 1991, a competition which judged artificial intelligence was held.
The Pitcairn Sex Abuse Trial
In 2004 a child sex abuse trial on a remote island in the Pacific shocked the world.
War Photographer, Dickey Chapelle
Photographer Dickey Chapelle was the first woman war reporter to be killed in Vietnam
Octavio Paz
In October 1990 the Mexican poet and essayist was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution
A former communist Red Guard recalls his role in China's Cultural Revolution.
A Black GI in China
How an African American soldier captured in the Korean war, decided to settle in China
Harry Houdini
How a performance in London made the reputation of the world's greatest escape artist
