Witness History Episodes Available now
Modern art in Tehran
It is 35 years since the opening of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.
Search for the Loch Ness Monster
It is 25 years since the most in-depth and expensive survey of Loch Ness.
Solzhenitsyn and the Nobel Prize
How the Soviet dissident smuggled his writing to the outside world.
Che in Congo
In 1965 the Latin-American revolutionary went to fight with rebels in the Congo.
The Achille Lauro Hijacking
In 1985 a luxury cruise liner was held by Palestinian gunmen in the Red Sea.
Fifty years of the Beatles
It is half a century since the Beatles released their first single.
US Support for Nicaraguan Contras
In October 1986 a CIA plane carrying arms to "contra" rebels was shot down in Nicaragua
Black Hawk Down
The battle in Mogadishu in 1993 which had a dramatic impact on US foreign policy.
The Taliban take Kabul
It is 16 years since the Taliban took control of the Afghan capital.
German refugees in post-war Europe
At the end of WW2, many ethnic Germans in Central Europe were forced to leave their homes.
