Witness History Episodes Available now
USS Nautilus: Under the North Pole
The first voyage to the North Pole under the icecap. Ken Carr remembers Nautilus's mission
The Battle of Passchendaele
It was one of the defining battles of the First World War
Megan's law
Eighteen years ago a little girl was raped and murdered - her killing changed US law.
The GI who chose China
At the end of the Korean War, 21 American prisoners chose not to go home to the USA.
Womad
It is 30 years since the first Womad - world music festival- in England.
The Farewell dossier
How a mole in the KGB sent secrets to France and the USA in 1981.
The Death of Evita Peron
It is 60 years since the Argentine first lady died.
The first IVF baby
In July 1978 the first baby to be conceived in a laboratory was born in England.
Roosevelt in the Amazon
How the American president Theodore Roosevelt nearly died in the Amazon in 1914.
Life in the Warsaw Ghetto
Janina Dawidowicz survived the Warsaw Ghetto as a child during World War Two.
