Witness History Episodes Available now
Escape from the KGB
In July 1985, Oleg Gordievsky, a high-ranking Soviet spy defected to the UK
German Re-Armament
In the 1930s Hitler began to rebuild Germany's air force.
Red Cross Visits Nazi Concentration Camp
In 1944 the International Red Cross was allowed into Theresienstadt concentration camp
The Berlin Love Parade
On 1 July 1989, 150 dancers set off on a demonstration for 'peace, love and pancakes'
Helen Keller
A childhood illness left Helen Keller deaf and blind - but she still learned to speak
The Filming of Jaws
It is 40 years since the blockbuster movie about a man-eating shark was released
Save the Whale
On June 27th 1975 Greenpeace activists launched their first direct action against whalers
James Salter: Writer and Pilot
The acclaimed American author died on 19 June 2015, aged 90
Communist Yugoslavia breaks with the USSR
In June 1948 Marshal Tito shocked the world by shunning his former Soviet ally, Stalin.
Air India Flight 182
On 23 June 1985 a passenger plane was blown out of the sky by Sikh extremists
