Witness History Episodes Available now
War Photographer, Dickey Chapelle
Photographer Dickey Chapelle was the first woman war reporter to be killed in Vietnam
Octavio Paz
In October 1990 the Mexican poet and essayist was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution
A former communist Red Guard recalls his role in China's Cultural Revolution.
A Black GI in China
How an African American soldier captured in the Korean war, decided to settle in China
Harry Houdini
How a performance in London made the reputation of the world's greatest escape artist
The Abduction of Mehdi Ben Barka
In 1965 French agents helped kidnap and disappear the Moroccan dissident in Paris
The Big Bang
In 1986 London's Stock Exchange underwent one of the biggest shake-ups in its history.
The Hungarian Uprising
In October 1956 Hungarians took to the streets of Budapest to protest at Soviet rule.
Shell Shock
Veterans talk about their experience of 'shell shock' in recordings from the BBC archive
Marvel Comics and 'The Fantastic Four'
In 1961 a new generation of comic-book super heroes was launched in the US
