Witness History Episodes Available now
Zola and the Dreyfus affair
In 1898 the novelist Emile Zola took up the cause of a Jewish prisoner - Alfred Dreyfus.
The death of Emperor Hirohito
When the Japanese Emperor died in 1989 it marked the end of an era.
Crossing the Rubicon
Over 2000 years ago Julius Caesar made a decision which changed European history.
Charter 77
Taking you back 35 years when an opposition movement began in Czechoslovakia.
Project Stormfury
Fifty years ago the USA launched an ambitious attempt to control the weather.
The Hollywood blacklist
A list of radicals in the US entertainment industry was published more than 60 years ago.
The capture of the USS Pueblo
In January 1968 an American spy ship was captured by North Korean forces.
Birth of the Euro
How millions of Europeans celebrated the launch of the euro in 2002.
US troops in Iraq
All US troops have now left Iraq. We take you back to when they first invaded in 2003.
The Creation of Tetris
One of the most popular computer games ever was invented in Moscow in 1984
