Witness History Episodes Available now
The Amman Bombings
On 9 November 2005, nearly 60 people were killed in Jordan's worst terror attack
The Russian Revolution: Alexander Kerensky
Alexander Kerensky, overthrown by Lenin in 1917, comments on the Russian Revolution
The Battle of El Alamein
In 1942, the Allies launched an offensive in Egypt that helped shape the course of WW2
The Green March
In November 1975 a huge crowd of Moroccans marched into a Spanish colony in the desert
Britain's Executioner - Albert Pierrepoint
Archive interviews with Britain's most famous hangman, who executed more than 400 people.
A Jewish Homeland in Siberia
In 1930 the USSR created a Jewish Region in Siberia, a homeland for Soviet Jews
The Great Depression: Harry Leslie Smith Remembers
Harry Leslie Smith grew up in England during the Great Depression of the 1930s
The First Lady of Cuban Ballet
World-famous prima ballerina Alicia Alonso talks about founding Cuba's National Ballet
The Nuclear Spy Alan Nunn May
In 1945 the English physicist was exposed as a nuclear spy for the Soviet Union.
The birth of the United Nations
In October 1945, the United Nations was born, in the hope of preventing future wars
