Witness History Episodes Available now
America's First Communists
Husband and wife Bert and Ella Wolfe faced persecution in the movement's early years
Russia's 'Dog Man'
How conceptual artist Oleg Kulik posed as a dog, attacking passers-by in Moscow.
The Launch of Vogue Russia
Aliona Doletskaya remembers starting post Soviet-Russia's biggest glossy fashion magazine
The Nuclear Legacy
The story of how the world was made safe from the former Soviet Union's nuclear legacy
Georgia In Crisis
After the breakup of the Soviet Union, Georgia found itself on the verge of civil war.
The Break-Up of the Soviet Union
Hear from two of the key players who brought to an end over 70 years of communism
Apollo 8
How the first mission around the Moon captured the world's imagination at Christmas 1968
Samuel Beckett
The great Irish playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett died on 22nd December 1989
Turkey-Greece Island Dispute
How Greece and Turkey almost came to war over a tiny rocky island in the Aegean sea.
Derek Jarman
The experimental film-maker made his first feature film 'Sebastiane' in 1976.