Witness History Episodes Available now
Mad cow disease - CJD
In the 1990s it became clear that a brain disease could be passed from cows to humans.
Libya and Weapons of Mass Destruction
In December 2003 Colonel Gaddafi announced Libya was giving up trying to make WMD
The last men on the moon
The story of the last US space mission to the moon 40 years ago
Piltdown Man
In 1912, Britain's top palaeontologists were hoaxed by a "missing link" in human evolution
The M Room
How exiles from the Nazis helped British intelligence listen in on German prisoners-of-war
Discovering Cleopatra's Palace
Twenty years ago underwater excavations began which unearthed a 2000 year old palace.
Marsha Hunt and the 1960s
In the late 1960s a young black American woman rolled up in 'Swinging' London.
Archive of Terror
How a huge cache of papers showed the true extent of torture across 1970s South America.
Operation Restore Hope
In December 1992 US Marines landed on the beaches of Somalia.
The Origin of Nollywood
The story of the 1992 film which launched Nigeria's hugely successful movie industry
