Witness History Episodes Available now
Russia's Forbidden Art
The Russian painter who created a world-famous collection of forbidden Soviet art
A Mass Shooting in America
In October 2006 a man killed five Amish schoolgirls and injured five more in Pennsylvania
Palomares Nuclear Accident
How two US military planes, one carrying nuclear weapons, crashed over a Spanish village
Chairman Mao's Little Red Book
How the thoughts of China's communist leader became an unexpected global best-seller
Fidel Castro Takes Havana
In Jan 1959 leftist revolutionaries ended decades of rule by Cuba's US-backed dictator
The Eames Chair
In 1956, Charles and Ray Eames launched the Eames Chair.
The start of the Open University
A new university in Britain offers a radically different approach to higher education.
Vietnamese Boat People Arrive in Britain
Some of the first Vietnamese refugees arrive in Britain after a dramatic rescue at sea.
The Millennium Bug
How the world waited for a potential global computer meltdown on New Year's Eve 1999
The Poster Boy for the Communist System
In 1935, Alexei Stakhanov, a coal miner, became a Soviet celebrity.
