Witness History Episodes Available now
The Hitler Diaries Hoax
Thirty years ago newspapers spent millions on what they thought were Hitler's diaries
Pau Casals
The acclaimed musician who became a symbol of Catalan resistance to General Franco
Haile Selassie in Jamaica
Ethiopia's emperor visited Jamaica - the birthplace of the Rastafarian movement - in 1966
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Jewish fighters in the Polish capital rose up against the German army in 1943
The Khmer Rouge take power
In April 1975 the four-year rule of the brutal Khmer Rouge began in Cambodia.
The funeral of Sir Winston Churchill
In January 1965 Britain held a state funeral for the man who led it through World War Two.
The discovery of LSD
It is 70 years since a Swiss chemist stumbled on the controversial hallucinogenic drug.
The First War in the Air
The story of a young British pilot who survived the world's first war in the air
Mickey Mouse goes to Europe
When Disney opened a theme park in Europe, just outside Paris it was beset with problems.
Lee Elder at The Masters
How Lee Elder broke one of the last barriers in US sport in 1975
