Witness History Episodes Available now
Shergar - the kidnapping
It is 30 years since the Derby winner was abducted from a stud farm in Ireland.
Marcel Proust
The great French writer remembered by one of his friends and by his faithful maid.
The Stolen Generation
In 2008 the Australian Prime Minister apologised for the treatment of Aborigines
"Ghana Must Go"
Thirty years ago, Nigeria expelled up to 2 million African migrants. Most were Ghanaian
Hugo Chavez and the failed coup
In February 1992 a group of Venezuelan army officers staged a coup, among them Hugo Chavez
The 'flour bomb' rugby tour
In 1981 the South African rugby team toured New Zealand, prompting huge protests.
The battle of Stalingrad
It is 70 years since German troops lost their battle to take the Soviet industrial city.
The funeral of Gandhi
How millions of Indians mourned the death of Mahatma Gandhi
Peter the Great in London
How the young Tsar's visit to 17th Century England inspired him to modernise Russia
The building of the Eiffel tower
Work on the Eiffel Tower started in 1887 but many Parisians were opposed it
