Witness History Episodes Available now
The building of the Aswan Dam
One of the largest dams in the world, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt was completed in 1970
UNESCO and race and tolerance
How UNESCO fought racism and advocated tolerance.
It's a Wonderful Life
A former Hollywood child star remembers filming the classic Christmas movie in 1946.
Studio Ghibli - Japan's Oscar-winning animators
The early days of the studio which brought Japanese animation to a global audience
Satyajit Ray - India's master of film
An actor's memories of working with the Bengali director on the classic Apu trilogy
The Sound of Music
The real story behind the heart-warming musical released in 1965
The Great Dictator
Charlie Chaplin's classic satirical film about Adolf Hitler was released in 1940
The GDR's Namibian children
At Christmas 1979 hundreds of Namibian children were taken to East Germany
The blockade of Gibraltar
How a Spanish blockade of the disputed British territory ended in December 1982.
British reality TV is born
The first British fly-on-the-wall documentary series aired on the BBC in 1974.
