Witness History Episodes Available now
The Monkees
The Monkees were the world's first 'manufactured' boy band - created especially for TV.
Umm Kulthum
Millions of Egyptians mourned the death of the legendary singer in 1975
Noel Coward Plays Vegas
The English singer, actor and playwright was invited to do a show in Las Vegas
The King of Highlife
E.T Mensah's Highlife music took Africa by storm in the 1950s
The Heyday of Somali Music
The remarkable story of Maryam Mursal, one of the superstars of 1970s Somali music .
Russia's First DJ
Russia's first radio DJ, Seva Novgorodsev, went on air at the height of the Cold War
The Auschwitz Cellist
How the cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch survived the Holocaust by playing music.
Uri Geller and the Bending Spoon
In 1976, a US magazine tested a psychic's claim that he could bend metal with his mind.
Hurricane Katrina
In August 2005 a massive hurricane hit the city of New Orleans in the USA.
The Guinness Book of Records
The first edition of one of the world's best-selling books was published in August 1955.
