Witness History Episodes Available now
Hitler's Nuclear Programme
Nazi Germany had a nuclear programme, which could have given Hitler an atomic bomb
The Belfast Blitz
In 1941, Belfast in Northern Ireland was devastated by German bombing
Ernest Hemingway in Cuba
Alberto Ramos remembers his time working for the great American novelist in Cuba.
U2 Spy Plane
In May 1960 Gary Powers was taken captive by the Soviets when his spy plane was shot down
The Salem Witches
In 1692 nineteen men and women were convicted of witchcraft and executed in America.
The Creation of the Mini
In 1959 the British Motoring Corporation unveiled a very small new family car - the Mini
The McCarthy Era
In spring 1950, an American academic was wrongly named as the main Soviet agent in the US
The Funeral of Charles Darwin
The great English naturalist Charles Darwin is buried at Westminster Abbey in April 1882
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
In April 1986 a reactor exploded at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine
Yves Saint Laurent and Morocco
In 1966 the great French fashion designer went to Morocco for the first time
